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So Comm 2 (but not Comm 1 interestingly) worked to bring up the comms menu and it allowed me to choose Smoke to do the show of force, but then nothing progresses. I assume he did the show of force but then he just leaves and there are no further comms or instructions. mission3.trk

Copy, will try. Very strange bug. I wonder how "\" could work normally in all other situations, including the same mission up to that point.

Tried 3 times, same thing. Easy comm and Presets unchecked, nothing wrong with DCS, no crashes, no error messages, no keybind issues, every other module/mission/campaign works normally. Everything works up until it gives me the instructions for the show of force, then the message stays there and I'm not able open the comms menu. Track file attached. Thanks for checking. mission3.trk

Thanks. I mean I'm not able to do anything because the message never goes away and it disables my "\" key so I can't bring up the comms menu. Nothing wrong with key bindings and DCS is not crashing, it simply gets to that point and won't let me continue. And I never get an option to start at the tanker. Any other ideas?

I've tried this mission 4 times and every time it gets to the instructions to use F10 to choose whether I fly the show of force or Smoke does, it just hangs with those instructions on the screen. They don't go away and it won't let me select the comms menu. What am I doing wrong?

Great, thanks.

Sorry, couldn't find in the main DCS threads, but is there a way to view my specific ground target from a position on the ground and a little further away from the target so I can watch it get destroyed? Ground Unit view and Ground Hostile view just show random units. Is there a way to select and view the target I've released a weapon on (for example, to watch cluster munitions falling on a group of targets)?

This is the map after my last mission. Where are the red circles?

Then what's the purpose of unchecking the random failures option if it doesn't actually work?

It happens to me also at various times for no reason. No warnings, no abnormal indications, plenty of fuel, no birds, random failures not selected, etc.

You're likely having the same problem as all of us since the FLIR was broken many updates ago and still hasn't been fixed AFAIK. Objects are basically invisible in most circumstances no matter the brightness/contrast settings, BHOT/WHOT selection, time of day, terrain, etc. They just say that's how it's supposed to be or that we're doing something wrong, but it's not. I've flown IRL with the Litening pod (and Sniper pod) and the DCS image is not even close in most cases.

Correct. I've flown about 9 or 10 missions now and all the AI flights just stay basically where you see them on the map I posted. They are assigned as suggested and armed correctly. Early on a CAP flight and SEAD flight did go north, but not anymore. It's just the exact same voiceovers every mission with the AI orbiting off the coast so I can't even tell if it's progressing. Also, the target coords given in the debrief are different in the briefing for the next mission so that's confusing also.

Does anyone fly this campaign? Is the developer still around?

Anyone? Campaign developer?

What's the secret to getting the AI flights to attack? Have flown 4 missions and the AI flights just orbit off the coast the entire time even though I've correctly assigned payloads and tasks. Last code was EHHHDE.

Still doesn't work for me. Track attached. The first part shows that Mavs have no effect on T-72s (different issue), but at the end I was holding DMS Forward Long the entire time and the Mav never stabilized, it just moves around with aircraft movement whether DMS Forward is held or not. mav1.trk

Dumb question - is the open beta manual different than the one available on the DCS documentation page?

Thanks for the suggestions, but date/time is still automatic and DCS is not affected by my antivirus software.

Own it.

What does "go online mode" mean?

Does anyone know how to fix this? It shows up every time I start DCS. I just click OK and it goes away and DCS starts as normal.

Doesn't work for me. Maverick seeker still moves all around with aircraft movement and holding or releasing DMS Forward does nothing.

I have the same issue since latest update.

Yes, I've tried all combinations of brightness/contrast. The pic shows the display with medium brightness, but brightness doesn't really matter anyway because decreasing the brightness also decreases the brightness of the symbols which keeps them nearly invisible regardless of the settings. And turning up the contrast just makes the symbols more yellow which makes them even less visible. The center display at least has a separate symbol brightness control, but it still doesn't make them bright enough to see clearly over the map.

Thanks. I just have a hard time understanding why they would design something as important as the symbology to be near invisible IRL. The pilot should be concerned with getting the best image possible, but the symbols/overlays should be highly visible and instantly readable under all display settings.