ChrisJD

I had this very problem & reported it on DCS 2.5 Problems -Installation Got no answer so just un-installed DCS & re-installed from new. Solved the problem - was able to install my Yak.

OK Forget this post. Got so fed up with going round in circles that I un-installed my DCS World & re-installed from scratch. Guess what? Loaded & ran perfectly & was I able to install the Yak-52 I had just bought. ChrisD

Hi I just purchased the Yak-52 & went to install it. When I ran DCS it said there was an update & to install it. This I did & got an error message. Checked the forums & then downloaded the DCS Updater 2.6.25.40. This appeared to be Ok. When I went to install my module, it showed on the install box but then I got a message to say V2.5.2.20143 is not available. However, this is the installed version. the program then starts loading again in a loop. The error message is: === Log opened UTC 2018-08-11 21:58:00 INFO : DCS_Updater/2.6.25.40 (Windows NT 6.1.7601; Win64; en-GB) INFO : cmdline: "F:\DCS World\bin\dcs_updater.exe" --apply install YAK-52 NS430_MI-8MTV2 STATUS: Initializing... INFO : basedir: F:\DCS World INFO : DCS/2.5.2.20143 (x86_64; EN; BF-109K4,FW-190D9,UH-1H,A-10C,FC3,CA,KA-50bs1,P-51D,AJS37,WWII-ARMOUR,POLYCHOPSIM_SA342,MI-8MTV2,LAIVYNAS_MI-8MTV2_OILFIELD_campaign,NS430,WORLD,L-39) INFO : branch: STATUS: Connecting to update servers... INFO : Got reply from http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com INFO : Got reply from srv16update.digitalcombatsimulator.com ERROR: Version 2.5.2.20143 is not available. === Log closed. Help please! Regards ChrisD

Following on from the previous reply. SAR for Mi-8 has the briefing in Russian, Snowbound is a simple bad weather 4 pick up mission & the Tootall mission crashed the program with a script error. ChrisJD

Cibit - rather you than me - I did my bit at RAF Marham in the winter! Art-J - yes - you are quite right about the winch, that occurred to me after I posted my thread. However, there are many clever people who could add a cable to the winch? BTW - I'm having a look at these missions later - will let you know. ChrisJD

Thanks Cibit Have downloaded all 3 - but I think that your right in thinking the last one may not work in 2.5 as it was written some 5 years ago. We'll see. Still nothing re winching a person or stretcher though. PS i bet your a bit chilly up there - not bad here in East Anglia! ChrisJD

Now that there is an excellent skin for the Mi-8 of a Canadian SAR in yellow - the question is - what can this be used for? I am thinking rescuing people off mountains, rocks sinking ships,etc. Searching for downed airmen at sea, damaged yachts, etc. Anyone any ideas how the winch can be adapted to lift people? Also having a winch man to be winched down to collect injured people on a stretcher? Thoughts, anyone? ChrisJD

I thought that would be the case. Thanks for your help Will look for a youtube video as suggested ChrisJD

Hi I want to use the Doppler to follow my own waypoints. I can see how to get from the start to the first waypoint - but how do I get to the remaining waypoints? Chucks guide only mentions what it can be used for & DCS does not even mention it at all. A guide please! Thanks. ChrisJD

Hi FF Thanks again for your input. I think the problem was the moose .lua file which was wrong. I re-loaded it from your message, check correct case, etc & tried the mission. First thing is that the mission loaded with no problems. There are no error messages & nothing is being written to the T:\temp folder. Only thing is - there are no aircraft that I can see. I suspect I am missing something very simple! I have been using F11 to view all the airports - vehicle traffic is running OK - but no planes. Help!! ChrisJD

Hi FF Thanks for your help. 1) I have no idea how the file came to be a HTML file - but I downloaded the correct one you supplied. 2) On your how -to video it does say to make 2 entries in Actions, but I see that this has now been changed & I will re-load with 1 entry. 3) You note that the text is incorrect in the RAT script. If you re-read my message you will see that I did a straight copy/paste of your own text to use as the RAT script. This has remained correct in the main folder in DCS root which I named RAT-moose. The problem has been that the copy of this in T:\Temp\DCS has been corrupted altering the = to - & the _ to -. This is the file which has caused the error message. I will delete all the existing files & replace them with the correct ones as downloaded now. I will run it tomorrow & let you know how I get on. I would like to thank you for your help & patience with this problem. Much appreciated. ChrisJD

Hi - mission file (hopefully) attached

Hi FF The file ~000006118 does not exist. There are 6 files in the DCS folder 2 autoupdate & a cookie - all text files A last mission track file, a temp mission miz file & an update info. json file. Plus the Mission folder is/i10n/default which only has the 2 lua files. There are many temp files in the temp folder but the above is all there is in the DCS folder.

Hi FunkyFranky First the good news - I managed to work everything out as regards the basic spawn. The bad news I have a strange error message come up when I press Fly to start the mission. The message is' [string"T\Temp\DCS\/~miss00006118"]:7:unexpected symbol near'<'' This means absolutely nothing to me. The RAT script .lua file I copy/pasted from your post. I have a folder in F:/DCS World with the Moose & RAT script.lua. This is copied to T:\Temp\DCS\Mission\i10n\Default automatically. I also copied your script to here. After I have exited DCS after the error message I found that the RAT script had been changed in T drive- it now reads 'yak-RAT' not 'yak=RAT' & 'Rat -Yak' instead of 'Rat_Yak' I can find no mention of the '~miss00006118' The file in DCS World is still unchanged Any ideas?

Thanks again. What confused me was the Moose download is a folder with a large number of files & folders in it. The moose .lua is in the folder Mission editor. Do I extract this file & make a new folder separately or leave it where it is? I'll have a try today & see how it goes. ChrisJD

Thanks FunkyFranky Yes, I did read part 2 as you say - however my first question is where do I install the folder Moose 2.2.3 which I downloaded? Step 3 is a little confusing - how do you make a text file & where does it go? I am venturing into completely unknown territory here, so please forgive my ignorance!

How? Hi - I don't want to appear a plonker, but how do you get started using this program? I have downloaded the latest version of MOOSE - but what do I do with it? How & where is it installed in DCS? How do I use it in DCS? Once I am up & running I can probably work things out for myself. A step by step installation guide would be much appreciated. Thanks. ChrisJD

RB15 Thank heavens someone else is having the same problem as me!! I thought I was doing everything correctly but, as you say, sometimes all seems well & then on comes the red light so no release. Other times the missiles release & fly OK & then just as the ships come into sight they make a sharp right turn & then self destruct. Other times they release & hit the same target. I tried setting the waypoints on the ME but no use. I find it very frustrating as the 04s work perfectly using the same setup. I will try your suggestions & see how I go. And, before you ask, I have watched XXJohnsXX videos (& made notes) carefully read Chucks tutorial & had a good read of the official manual. They all make it look so easy that I begin to doubt myself!! What little thing am I doing wrong? Oh well - keep trying! ChrisJD