toby23

I'm stuck on the Devil's Cross Campaign, Mission One. Why do JTAC instruct me to 'Abort, Abort, Abort' directly after telling me it's ok to proceed with another attack run? The Track is attached (.zip) and right at the very end, JTAC instruct me to 'Abort, Abort, Abort'. Any help in understanding what I am doing wrong would be very appreciated. I think perhaps I attacked a tank that wasn't in the convoy I was supposed to attack? Is that possible? Thanks in advance, Toby

-- Available for Download -- I have been playing around with the Sun today and have uploaded the results to the User Files section. I also found out how to remove the Sun's glare and keep the lovely HDR effects. 1. Navigate to the following folder in your DCS A-10C install folder - \DCS A-10C\Bazar\Effects\PostMotionEffect\options 2. Make a backup of the file hdr.lua 3. Open the original hdr.lua with notepad++ 4. Find the following text and replace 3.0 with 0.0 to remove the effect -- sun glow radius hdr['glow_radius'] = 3.05. Start DCS A-10C and enjoy flights without the glare in your eyes... Screenshot Comparisons below, enjoy and happy hunting. Toby SUN GLARE EDIT Comparison Screenshot HERE It just removes the milky effect that covers the screen. It doesn't remove the bloom effect of the sun (lightening and darkening of screen) Look at the third image, in both the cockpit is hard to see because of the bloom effect darkening the screen but on the right, imho, the image is more realistic. You are still affected by the sun but the cockpit remains clear.

Thanks for your help people. I finally beat this mission. :thumbup: Victory screenshot attached! Cibit, I followed your plan and it worked great.

So if I call 'in', 'contact smoke' or 'confirm laser' and am 'cleared hot' and run in on heading from JTAC, can I attack as many tanks in the column as I can in one run or do I need to do a separate run for each tank?

Now the bombs are hitting their targets but JTAC is giving me an 'Abort, Abort, Abort, you can go home now, thank you message' after my second kill. Do I need to ask permission before every kill? How can I get permission once and fire several Mavericks at different targets without the mission being aborted? Thanks for your help.

I cannot seem to complete the final part of the Instant Action Easy Georgia Mission. On my last attempt, I popped the ZSU-23(?) at the back of the column with a Maverick, then on my next run, both GBU-12's missed and both of the GBU-38's missed. I know how to drop bombs and I can do it in the training mission but in this mission, all my bombs missed their targets. Why? I was in CCRP mode, the bombs were set to CCRP, target was lined up etc etc but the bombs missed and eventually JTAC dismissed me and sent me home. I have tried this mission so often and fail every time, always at this point. Last time, JTAC actually used Smoke instead of Lasering the Targets, which was a nice change. Does anyone have any tips on how to complete this mission? Thanks.

This isn't a Modman addon, just a texture replacement, needs to be done manually.

I have finished editing the cockpit textures and updated the Download File. There is NO shimmering of textures in the cockpit any more. I have no control over the MFD display or the cockpit shadows. This final update includes the MFD labels and the circuit breakers behind the stick. Happy hunting.

As part of a Touch IR Profile that I'm working on for DCS A-10C, I've created a map with the airfields and frequencies. I've provided two JPEG versions below for anyone who might find them useful. One with a large frequency overview and one without. Happy hunting.

Thanks Mustang, nice work!

EDIT - COMPATIBLE WITH 1.1.0.9, NO CHANGE FROM 1.1.0.8 ------------------------------------- FINAL UPDATE UPLOADED 14/06/11 ------------------------------------- I have uploaded a new replacement texture set for the A-10C cockpit to the USER FILES section. This replaces all of my previous texture uploads. Note --- This is a simple texture swap for alternative cockpit textures. I have cleaned up the text and removed ALL of the shimmering text and lines in the cockpit. Screenshots below for reference are not as high quality as in game textures due to size reduction and compression. Happy hunting.

have you seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcJ8mlMF7qg

Thanks for that photo, as I thought, ED used the correct font. I couldn't find which font is the A10C label font. Does anyone know?

This is the only photo I could find online... It looks like Eagle Dynamics did a fantastic job of modelling the A10C. I only wanted to change the UFC font, nothing else.

I have made a replacement texture for the UFC Control Panel. The file (A-10C-UFC.zip) has been submitted to the User Files section and will hopefully be up soon. Comparison shot below for reference. Sorry about the quality of the screenshot, I took it with my phone, I can't get screenshot to work in the sim atm. Happy Hunting. Toby

EDIT - Available for download from HERE -------------------------------------- I have made a replacement texture for the Armament HUD Control Panel. The original text was hard for me to read, so I edited it. The file (AHCP_Texture_Replacement.zip) has been submitted to the User Files section and will hopefully be up soon. Comparison shot below for reference. Happy Hunting. Toby

I apologize if I upset anyone. My comments were meant as constructive feedback and definitely not as a slander on anyones work. Over and out. Toby

GAJ52, you should see Digital Combat Simulations Black Shark in the list, use that.

Sorry T-Bone, but if that's 2048, then either the DCS engine is more messed up than I thought or something is wrong with your image. I've developed 1024, 2048 and 4096 images for FSX and none of them look that bad. I know it depends on the source material but even Tileproxy can do better than this and that utility is converting downloaded tiles on the fly and rendering them in game. Someone who knows how, and I wish I did, really needs to sort out the ground textures and weather in DCS products. These are such fantastic study sims with incredibly detailed aircraft models that are completely let down by a terrain engine from the eighties... Come on DCS, fix your code and let the sims take their rightful place at the top of the flight sim charts. Rant over and out, Toby

It's such a shame that no-one has been able to provide us with decent looking terrain so far in DCS products. That's the one area that really lets the DCS sims down. Some of you might not care for ground detail but it makes all the more real for me... I've often had the feeling that I've just visited somewhere I've flown over in FSX, I've never ever had the feeling that I was somewhere in DCS products, if you know what I mean. I love Black Shark and I'm trying to get into the A-10 but the terrain as it is sucks and after looking forward so much to Nellis, I was sorely disappointed that it's such low resolution. Look at products, freeware products, like the scenery from Bluesky Scenery for FSX. It's free and it's 1m/pixel and Nevada looks magnificent. Why can't the team developing the Nellis terrain also get hold of quality imagery like this? Fingers crossed something changes soon. Toby

Guys, chill out... I'm doing this for myself, not for anyone else at the moment... I've been playing around with the 'settings' and I just wondered if anyone had got the ENB mod to work or not. Thanks, Toby

No, as lovely as the HDR effect in A10C is, ENB allows you to control certain elements, like bloom or colour saturation for example. See my post here for more info... Toby

Has anyone had any success getting the ENB mod to work with DCS A10C? It looks like ED have updated the files and the D3D9.DLL doesn't work any more. If anyone finds a way to get this to work, please let me know. I'd love to get some control over the lighting and colouring in this sim. Thanks, Toby

SOLD... For a pittance on ebay.

After selling my PC and Controllers on ebay at the weekend, I am now selling my Black Shark Manual Hard Copy. It ordered it in the middle of July this year and never used it. It is in mint condition. If anyone would like to buy it, I would like €22 for the manual + €10 postage & packing to Europe. This is the same as the original price from Fighter Collective. If you are interested, please send me an email to toby 23 AT gmx DOT net. Thank you, Toby