Hippo

Using the F-18, and I'm trying to change the default view. I adjust (I only want to change the zoom) as desired and hit RAlt+Num0. It appears to work and save as expected... until I reload the mission, and the view is back to what it was before I changed it. I have the user snap view option ticked in the options. Also, the snapviews.lua in the saved games folder IS being changed. Sorry if this is not a bug. I'm pretty sure I'm doing it right. Does anyone have any idea what the issue might be? Thx.

It's not clear from your post whether you're using the supercarrier. However, if you are, the "commencing" call is when you start your descent from 6,000 ft at 21 DME. The "Platform" call is passing (descending through) 5,000 ft, and it's a continuous descent (2,000* fpm, 250 kts) until 1,200 ft at which point you level off. To be "by the book" you should also "check in" when asked to after "commencing" and before "platform", though I don't think it causes any issues if you don't. You should be flying level at 1,200 by 10 dme. Then gear down, hook down, flaps full, on AoA staying level at 1,200 ft. Once flying level in the landing config, engage ATC. This should be at around 6nm. You will be asked to go mode 2 at which point you can engage CPL P/R. After that, sit back and enjoy the view. Although I was posting about something else you might want to watch my second track on this post for ideas. *strictly speaking it's supposed to be 4,000 fpm until you reach 5,000ft, and 2,000 fpm thereafter.

... or perhaps even undo functionality?

Measuring distances in the ME is something that needs to be done very often, and I sometimes find the current line tool a bit cumbersome. I think that a scaled grid of concentric circles and N-S, E-W, NW-SE, NE-SW lines, centred on the cursor, that can be turned on or off as required (by keyboard shortcut), could be very useful and convenient.

Thanks again! I put myself further away and all now works as expected, so it does seem to be down to my being too close.

Whilst you're here... Same mission. I find that if I TWS and L&S one of the targets at my 12 o'clock and try to activate RAID (or EXP) it doesn't do anything (issue 1). If I move the scan over the targets to my left, L&S one of those, then RAID and EXP do work, but RAID stops working after about one second (issue 2); EXP works as expected . Do you have any ideas as to why this might be? I'm thinking it might be because the targets' speeds are (almost) identical to mine? Also, targets are at the same altitude and heading.

Thank you for your (as always) interesting and detailed response, and to everyone else who replied. For years I had never given aspect angle a second thought: as long as the target was on my nose, it was just obvious. In the case above, the target was not on my nose, which was the cause of my confusion. My understanding is that the tick marks on the F-18 display are supposed to be aspect angle. Thank goodness for the SA display.

Thanks. Thinking about it, it makes perfect sense. It had never occurred to me that the mapping also rotates the heading.

Sorry if this is the stupidest post ever, but it's dawning on me that I must've been misunderstanding this for years. This is the mission setup. The targets and I are both heading 090 at the same speed. This is what I see on the radar. The manual describes, in several places. "Target Aspect Angle Pointer. Displays relative target heading." I have always thought that the pointer told me where the tgt's nose was pointing, so shouldn't the "stalks" of the targets to the left be pointing straight up as both the target and I are on parallel headings? The radar image suggests that the target is flying to a point ahead of me. Does anyone have a better definition?

An update. I was experimenting with this mission again. This time I tried setting the (leftmost, topmost) ship first to invisible and then to late activation. On both ocassions, when I fly the mission the harpoon still flies to the point the ship would've been at as if it's still there. I also have issues if try to view the track with time acceleration, e.g. the harpoon explodes as it is released. hpd_01.trk

I know where you're coming from. What is going on with the Stennis? I hadn't actually noticed the model change (I guess these things are wasted on me), but it still doesn't appear to have a deck crew, although the radio comms are SC comms. It's a bit of a frankencarrier. It would useful to have the ability (for testing) to have the non-SC Stennis even if you have the SC add-on installed. I thought they were going to go with two different types in the ME, which I think I would've preferred, but it seems there's only one type in the ME and you just get whichever you've paid for. If I want to try a non-SC Stennis I guess I have to disable the SC add-on? Personally I think it just causes too much confusion, and hassle for ED, and the SC should just be a part of base DCS with ED recovering costs via a "surcharge" on carrier-capable aircraft.

EDIT (2023-03-14): Post edited and added point 3. Unnecessary out of date waffle removed. Old tracks I had attached removed, as they now appear to be borked. The procedure is described in chapter 24 of the NATOPS and I'd like to offer the following observations: 1. From the first NATOPS image, it appears that it is possible to select ACL and have T/C available long before established in the marshal stack. However, in DCS it appears to be impossible to get T/C before making the "established" call. I'd suggest that this could be fixed by making T/C avaible folliwing the "inbound" call instead. Pls see track(s). I have to call established well before I'm anywhere near the hold, to get T/C. T/C then works in that I can CPL and I do get a CPLD HDG as per the NATOPS, but... 2. It appears to guide me to a point around 40 nm behind the carrier and disconnects, afaict, when I cross the FB radial. It's impossible to tell from the NATOPS but it seems to me that T/C CPL should've guided me closer to the holding point and should not disengage automatically. 3. From my reading of the NATOPS, it should be possible to engage T/C (CPLD HDG) on commencing and keep it activated all the way though to step 5 on the second diagram below, at which point the pilot pushes CPL twice, first to deselect T/C and then to engage CLPD P/R. However, I find that trying to transition into the landing configuration with CPLD HDG selected is almost impossible with huge overcorrections from the A/P. I will post a track to demonstrate this. Thank you again for making such an excellent sim.

Sorry to hijack the thread, but there are a number of differences in the ACLS between the NATOPS and what we have at the moment. I'm hoping that it's still WIP, but i don't know. It is puzzling that (with SC) the procedure is dependent on making radio calls at specific times. Does this reflect reality? Is the system entirely automated or does it depend on a person on the carrier taking actions as radio calls come in from the pilot?

Looks as if this was it. I think I might've forgotten to disgengage the parking brake. I also unlocked the t/wheel, which I had never tried doing before. One or both of these seemed to do the trick, in that the takeoff was a lot easier. Thanks.

Having a lot of problems trying to takeoff in this mission, very often tipping over. Quite frustrating after having gone through startup and inputting waypoints. I have no issue taking off in other missions (from paved?), so not sure why it seems to be so much harder in this mission? Any ideas, tips, suggestions?

Has anyone bought this recently or seen any recent reviews? Just wondering how it compares with Naturalpoint TIR5. https://www.trackhat.org/product-page/copy-of-copy-of-trackhat-clip-plus-amp-amp-sensor-kit

What I missing here? From the manual My understanding is that it should be possible to drop the weapon as soon as the ASL dot on the HUD goes below the LAR maximum, however holding down WEP REL, the bomb does not drop until the dot crosses the FPM. Sure, I can select CLAR override and then the bomb can be dropped at any time; but my understanding is that it should be possible to drop the weapon whenever the aircraft is inside the CLAR (without enabling the override), this does not appear to be the case.

Thanks. I'm just reporting a behaviour I found a bit strange. BTW, the file should've been called mk82 (not 84) strangeness as those were the bombs used. I just tried the mission again but set the wind to zero. Curiously the port side bombs still overlap briefly, but don't explode. The wind should make no difference in this regard. Again, this behaviour seems a bit odd. Would the option to drop 4 bombs at once be available if the result were this unpredictable? mk82 strangeness_calm.trk

Please see track. I release 4 bombs. Watching weapon view (F6) after release the bombs "overlap" with each other and then explode in mid-air. Is this expected behaviour or a bug? mk84 strangeness.trk

I haven't viewed your tracks (yet) but it seems to me that if you're trying to drop 10 bombs with a spacing of 1,000 ft, then that's 9,000 ft between the first and last bomb. Since the CCIP predicted point is supposed to be the "midpoint" of the bomb drop then the solution simply might not be possible from a height of 300 ft. At the moment you press the pickle button the last (i.e. the first to drop) bomb already has to land / have landed 4,500 ft behind the CCIP pipper. I really don't know, but just a thought. Before I read your post I had been experimenting with 82y and I had no problems dropping 8 in sequence. However my spacing was only 80 ft. I was flying at 500 kts and 500 ft. As already stated the trick seems to be keeping the fpv on or just above the horizon line.

Thank you very much. It is "select" in my (English) version.

In the draw tool, line and segments selected, when I draw one or more line segments I am unable to delete them. I have tried pressing the delete key from within the draw tool. I have also tried to select the line from the ME intending to then press delete, but I am unable to select the line. Also, when drawing line segments if I want to end the operation the only way to do so appears to be to press ESC, which also exits the draw tool. Is there no way to stop drawing the current line but remain in the draw tool?

As always, apologies if user error from me. The mission is as follows: I am launching from WP1, BOL, with a search activation of 30 nm. As I understand it the hpd should ignore the the ships at 20 nm, but instead it always goes for the northernmost ship. Track attached. Is there still work outstanding on the harpoon? harpoon_early.trk

That was... me . I had posted in the F-18 forum. Seems like it could be a bug, no? So I deleted there and reposted here.

I have a mission where I have set numerous triggers that set up the aircraft (F-18) at mission start as required. I would like to quickly copy those triggers to a number of other missions; doing it manually in the ME will take ages. I thought it would be as simple as copying what I believe to be the relevant sections from the file "mission" within the .mis file, but this appears to do absolutely nothing. Does anyone know if I have to make other changes in the .mis? Or if there's any other way to do this. Thanks for any suggestions.