Badger633

Hi Yes those are the settings. Not sure how experienced you are with A2A refuel? When on the basket or very close you should not be experiencing a lot of vortex effects. If you are constantly having to move the stick in one direction it is probably your trim is out. This could be if you have used some of the weapons and are heavier on one side. You must trim before you even approach the tanker so you can fly straight and level hands off. You will also need to fine tune your trim as your speed reduces to the tankers. Also in A2A refuel you will always have to be making slight adjustments with column and throttle to keep in formation with the tanker that is normal. If it is constantly in one direction then your trim is out. Hope this helps

HI Marco I am not sure is the honest answer. Make sure you have selected in settings that your settings are to take priority and try switching off vortex. It shouldn't be a problem though. The vortex are coming off the wing tips. Try making your approach for a good distance back between the wing tips. You can also try staying low out of his slip stream and slowly rise up when close , but stay between wingtips. I very rarely get thrown around as long as you stick to the above. Hope this helps Badger633

Hi, yes it’s a DCS bug, have reported it , will get a fix for next update. Thanks for the heads up. EDIT 24 AUG 22 : Now fixed in todays update.

Thanks, will have a look at what’s happened. Which version Normal / harder / eze refuel?

No problem fly it as you like as long as you enjoy it. The idea of the Serpent's Head, The Serpent's Head 2 and Rise of the Persian Lion Campaigns is they are a set of campaigns with a continuous plot that get slowly more difficult as they progress. What many do is when they get stuck at something they will read up or look it up on u tube, master what they need to to complete the mission. So as you progress through the campaigns you are becoming more proficient with the Hornet. Weapons are normally selected to test you at various aspects, but you can do what you like

I think the initial fail is probably due to distance and radio shadow as they are obscured by hills. Why it does not work after that, not got a clue. You might want to report it to ED as a potential bug. Hope you enjoy the campaign.

Hi Give it a try, contact them when 20 miles out as in the written brief you are also reminded on route. Fly at Angels 15. Yeah, just checked, Angels 10 is not in the brief but given to you as a clearance on launch and also via a clearance over Batumi. This however would not apply when in the combat arena you select the best height for the job. ATC would not know if you have a missile chasing you, so you do what's needed when in the combat arena. As I have said, I flew the mission and got the JTAC fine so cannot repeat this end. If there was a bug, which I do not think is the case, it is not a mission scripting issue but a main DCS bug as mission scripting does not govern the ability to communicate with the JTACs. Best of Luck

Will check it out. How high were you and what distance from the target were you when trying to contact JTAC? You will need to carry out a strike hitting the correct buildings and so need the JTAC. UPDATE: Just checked it out contacted JTAC without any problem. Make sure you are contacting them within the 20 miles and i was at a height of Angels15. You could be getting radio shadow if your lower and too far away. Other than that check you are using the correct Comm 1 button to call up the radio menu. Which version are you playing. Super Carrier , not Super Carrier / easy A2A or normal? Hope this helps Badger633

Hi will check it out. Badger633

No problem , hope you enjoy

Hi Yes, supposed to be there. Bit of maintenance going on you must use Cats 3 and 4

Hi Yes rar to miz is normal. The idea of the rar is simply that it contains all the files you need to install in your saved games directory in one place. If you have installed everything correctly then you will have two campaign options. One will say SUPERCARRIER, this is the one you should select. If you want the supercarrier option obviously you have to own the Supercarrier module. Hope this helps, let me know if not. Badger633

I’d like to think you were in too much of a rush to fly the next mission in the campaign

Rightly or wrongly I never touch the ATT switch just leave it on Auto. I start both engines and as soon as I have 65 on both engines select CV. Then immediately select the stored alignment button on the HSI page. Then just wait till the ok message. Once this achieved move to the IFA position. Really important don’t release hand break until alignment fully complete.

Did you manage to get this sorted? If not send me a track of you trying to align. It won’t be a mission scripting issue but I may be able to point out the problem.

No problem, glad you got it sorted, hope you enjoy the campaign

Double check your coordinates you shouldn't be over land , that's probably what's triggered the failure to plug.

Hi The ability to align is not a mission scripting aspect but a DCS issue. I have just now checked though and managed to align without any problems using the Supercarrier version of Mission 3. What procedure exactly are you using? Make sure you do not release the parking break before the alignment is fully complete.

HI That should not happen. Which direction are you heading to get to the the Marianas? You should not be going over land but remain over the sea. The fail trigger is a 50 mile zone around the ABE you do not need to enter this to deal with the Marianas. Have you got Tacview and could you send me a file of your movement. ( DCS Tracks do not work very well) I can then check it out.

Hi The requirement to tank is after you have resolved things, all as directed in the mission by Strike, not before. Hope this helps.

Hi Have checked it out. There is an issue. In a proposed update ED was going to introduced a Super Carrier version of the Stennis, at the last minute it had to be withdrawn. Having already updated all missions for new model I had to quickly change them all back. Unfortunately the 'Super Carrier Easy A2A Refuel' version was missed, the others are ok. So currently in this mission you are flying you have the new Stennis model which does not work if you have Super Carrier. I have now corrected this and submitted to ED. It may make next update but if not it will be the one after. Sorry about that but when you have four versions of each mission and last minute updates sometimes one can get missed. Thanks for the heads up. EDIT 21 07 2022 Now fixed in todays update.

Which version are you using ? Supercarrier or not easy refuel or not?

I know what you mean ……I didn’t say that though.

Hi As you approach the bandits you are told to attack the two bandits on the right and leave the two on the left to 410. Did you do that? Do you think this is what happened. Other than that could be the AI has broke again. Let me know please. If you have Tacview a Tacview file of the mission would really be useful to pin what happened. (Tracks are no good as they don't work well in these situations.) All worked well last time I flew the mission. Cheers Badger633

Thanks. Still up to my eyes working on it now. Could be a couple of months. Trouble these things take so long to put together . I will try and complete as soon as I can though.