Sandman1330

The 9 line format is used by a JTAC (aka FAC) on the ground to control close air support by aircraft. Close air support is when the ordnance is to be dropped in close proximity to friendly forces. The JTACs job is to ensure the pilot engages the correct targets, without endangering the friendly forces. Even if the aircraft is equipped with a targeting pod, this does not negate the need for a JTAC and brief when in close proximity to friendlies. The 9 line format is standardized and provides all the necessary info to do this. It can be seen in game when you use the AI JTACs, and is as follows: 1 - Initial point 2 - brg from IP to target; 3 - rge from IP to target; 4 - target elevation in MSL; 5 - target description; 6 - target location (grid); 7 - mark to be used; 8 - location of friendlies; 9 - egress direction Remarks and restrictions: may include mandatory attack headings, time on target, weapon to be used, etc. Mandatory readbacks are lines 4,6 and remarks.

“Available now in the Open Beta” And you still don’t see how some people interpreted this as available now? Maybe you should read instead.

If you are looking for hands on, I think the Tomcat will be your winner when it comes out shortly. Harrier is pretty hands on too. Me, when I really want to fly raw I go helicopters or WWII birds, but the Tomcat sounds like it will be a handful to fly well.

Thanks! I did read the brief and kneeboard, and did see the remarks about landing order, etc. My question is once the tanker goes off station, can I fall back and fly off the wing of the AI, or do I have to remain at the tip of the wedge formation? That's exceedingly difficult (hard on the neck!) when I'm flying off someone at my 5/7 o'clock.

Hey BD, always loved your campaigns! Question: I just started the demo Mission 1. Am I supposed to be flying lead or wing? The wingmen don't follow me, they just fly straight and level, so if I'm supposed to be lead I find myself flying formation over my shoulder off the guys behind me. Is this correct behaviour?

Are we sure it’s not available yet? It sounded like it was in the news to me. Just yesterday, while doing aeros in close form in the CE2, I inexplicably lost my elevators, but we didn’t collide and the other guy had no damage. Wake turbulence may explain this?

Negative. I already paid for Huey multicrew when I bought the module, which has openly advertised multicrew is coming since inception.

This! The gazelle is the closest thing we have, but a AI tanks are sharpshooters with their ATGMs and outrange the HOT3.

Wow! I wonder how many attempts that took...

From my observations, I think DCS treats chaff much like flares - a decoy that the missile goes after instead of the real target. This is why it works while beaming. In reality, I think chaff is best employed when placed between the missile or tracking radar and the aircraft. Chaff is designed to create a large return that the radar beam cannot penetrate, allowing the defending aircraft to manoeuvre clear of the beam and thereby break lock. I don’t think it works this way in DCS, since tracking radars don’t seem to be modeled correctly (with a very narrow beam).

Same issues, CTD with no log file when using external views.

Yeah, I’ve found sometimes it works and sometimes not. Didn’t know about the Mach limitation, maybe that’s why!

He asked for ED’s official response, not to restart the whole argument over again...

Could be the home fuel caution. It uses your current fuel flow to calculate fuel required to make it to your home waypoint, so sometimes it will deedle deedle on and off when you work the throttles. PITA on a carrier approach!

I get dud on occasion too. Assuming you’ve correctly set up your fusing, switch mode to CCIP then back to Auto, usually solves it for me.

If you’ve used the Stennis (and not the Vinson), perhaps it’s your graphics settings? I’ve noticed when I play on my laptop and have to turn settings way down, the carrier gets ugly.

Are you using an axis for your TDC? Does it look like the video in this post? https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=227481

It eventually worked for me. Longest 46mb patch ever! Haha

Stuck too.

It’s about suppression (the S in SEAD) An S300 can engage 4-6 targets simultaneously (depending on variant, and only based on a very quick Wikipedia search). I also would not be surprised if there are azimuth limitations to this (ie those 4-6 targets must be in roughly the same direction, not on both sides of the radar, though I have no source for this, just basic knowledge of how the tracking radars work) 1 element of HARM shooting hornets can keep lobbing HARMs at the S300, forcing it to engage the HARMs or shut off to avoid destruction. Either way, the S300 is not engaging the other element of hornets or vipers or strike eagles coming in low level to hit the headquarters or whatever else the S300 is guarding. They’d only need a small window, which can be gained simply by keeping the S300 busy. Destroying it isn’t always necessary, sometimes you just need to keep him busy for a few minutes.

You can use shift+p to temporarily remove it without going into the options menu, but I know this can be tough in VR. I like wolf’s idea though!

It does this automagically for you! No need to change any settings.

+1 We all have our one thing that we really want to see implemented or fixed. I have always wanted a save game option, to the point where I once swore not to spend any more money on DCS until it came. Then 2.5 came out, and the PG map, and the Hornet, and the F14... I’ve just come to realize that we all can’t have our one thing always be at the top of the list, because we all want different things. Do I want a fix to the mouse issue? Yes, though I’ve largely mitigated it by using touch controllers, now that they are implemented (no doubt someone else’s “thing” at some point too). Do I still want a save game? Absolutely. But there is just too much good in this whole ecosystem to quit over one “thing” that may be annoying but ultimately isn’t a deal breaker.

Yeah, internal to my LAN I connect with IPv6, but all my friends connect via IPv4 externally, we have no issues playing on the server at the same time. Works great!

Why was this moved to bugs? It’s not a bug, it’s a question about how the engine works / will work!