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Well what I was getting at was that I was in the Marshall, so was at 250 it’s at angels 2. It used to be when I did that I’d get signal Charlie...in this mission, before I even got to position 1of the post. v6, boNes

I'll be sure to tip my server. v6, boNes

I see what you did there...! v6, boNes

So I and others have been complaining about how the AOA indexer is dim, especially when the sun shines right on it. No one at Heatblur seems to hear it...so it seems...so... ..What do you do to be able to see the AOA indexer? I'm tired of not being able to see it no matter what I do. It used to be better before the last update with the horrid cockpit lighting they did, but not by much. I wish it was as bright as the Hornet's, it's really costing me some good approaches. v6, boNes

I am flying at MSL at 250 knots and am approaching from astern, starboard side. This has worked before, and would be a typical Marshall altitude. v6, boNes

It is the case I recovery mission for Caucuses that comes with when you buy the F-14. So no server—it is SP, and yes same mission. Never changed the mission as I don’t do the mission editor at all on these. I tried the Supercarrier stock one (Case I, Caucuses) that comes with the Supercarrier module and same thing. I also tried the Hornet Case I Caucuses that come with Supercarrier as checks...and there were no signal Charlies there either. All of these missions used to do it. v6, boNes

Case I. And yes I followed procedures and altitudes. It9s the same stock mission I flew the same way every time and back then it was working. v6, boNes

Is it that the only difference really with the Stennis when you have SUpercarrier is the deck crew? ie, even though it's Stennis, you still get carrier comms, ie Marshall, LSO and ball on the side of teh screen, tower telling you signal charlie, etc, right? Can a mission be written with simple comms? SOmetimes I notice when I'm flying I get AUTO radio menus or the simple ones even though I've got simple comms turned off. Can the mission override that? v6, boNes

I've been noticing in the last few days that After I call see you at 10 and they tell me to switch tower and my virtual self does and calls them, the last comm I get is roger, BRC and that's it. I don;t get a signal charlie less than 3 miles out even though I am the only aircraft in the pattern. I get an LSO when I call the ball. BNut when I land I get "no proper communication." Anyone having this issue? I never hear them call charlie anymore. I've tried it on Stennis, Roosevelt, Lincoln, PG, Caucuses, nothing works. I checked the freq, it's all tuned, and broadcasting on the correct radio--plus I do get Marshall and LSO answering and calling me. v6, boNes

I've been noticing in the last few days that After I call see you at 10 and they tell me to switch tower and my virtual self does and calls them, the last comm I get is roger, BRC and that's it. I don;t get a signal charlie less than 3 miles out even though I am the only aircraft in the pattern. I get an LSO when I call the ball. BNut when I land I get "no proper communication." Anyone having this issue? I never hear them call charlie anymore. I've tried it on Stennis, Roosevelt, Lincoln, PG, Caucuses, nothing works. I checked the freq, it's all tuned, and broadcasting on the correct radio--plus I do get Marshall and LSO answering and calling me. v6, boNes

I get what you are saying, but I guess from reading the manual I was under the impression that if you speak the TACAN tune command, whether you are in the Tomcat or another plane, that the sim would tune it for you and save you the trouble of having to do it with your mouse. So that’s why I was perplexed that I would speak that command and it would accept it but my TACAN up front would not change. v6, boNes

I also tried using "TACAN Tune Xray 074" and it would accept it but the TACAN wouldn't change. If in the Tomcat I have the TACAN set to pilot, shouldn't this command change the TACAN for me? Or is it reserved exclusively for the RIO and in which case I have to set TACAN to NFO? v6, boNes

Yes, I had the Tomcat was the loaded module. But, I got it to work again. The problem was I was asking it to scan a sector that apparently is not in the parameter range. For instance, based on the command as set up with VA/VAICOM PRO, you can't ask to scan an altitude higher than 14000. Or a range of more than 30 nm: "Scan Sector, Angels [0..14,5] [at; for;] [0..30,5]" I'm not sure how to read that line of commands exactly, but I think from looking at it I was asking to scan at angels 20 and range of 100 (IIRC)...both of which are outside of those parameters. What does that line above mean exactly? v6, boNes

I take that back. This time when I tried it it did nothing at all. I gotta tell you, VA and Vaicom Pro sure are consistent at giving consistent results. This time also, I started VA with Viacom Pro and for some reason AIRIO was turned off upon startup. Again, consistent at being inconsistent. I dunno. v6, boNes

I think I got fed up and said scan angels [] for [] and it worked! Just drop the "sector". I think because it at least recognized "angels" and "for" and figured it out from there. v6, boNes

Thanks! v6, boNes

I noticed in the manual that there are commands that are not listed in the dropdown list of commands that you train. So if I say a command that is in the manual, it's not recognized and thus doesn't execute. For instance, for AIRIO, "scan sector <angels> for <range>." Or, there are commands listed in the manual but they are different from what's listed in the dropdown menu. For example, the manual says "Enable grid" but the dropdown says "grid enable." Which, when I say "grid enable" Jester says OK, but he does nothing. Same with changing the NavGrid heading or sectors or what have you. Then there are commands that are listed, such as TACAN tune, and VAIMCOM PRO recognizes it but Jester does nothing. Any ideas? Thanks! v6, boNes

Thanks for all the tips guys, I appreciate it. v6, boNes

I was training the VAICOM PRO with the phrases that you are supposed to speak, and some didn't work so I skipped it, I want to come back to it later...but then it occurred to me--Will I ahve to rerecord all 870 phrases, or can I just do the ones that I skipped? Also, when I was recording the phrase "Select...", the Microsoft app wouldn't take note of it, instead it would say "Selecting..." and then hang. Any tips on that? Thanks! v6, boNes

Seems pretty random... Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't. Error message varies too. v6, boNes

I got it to work but now it isn't... v6, boNes

AS of this morning July 1st, when I start DCS, a DCS Login window pops up looking for Steam authorization data. It fails then tells me that all of my modules are not authorized and will be disabled. DCS continues to load and sure enough when the main screen comes on, all of my modules are deactivated. They were working fine yesterday. I checked my steam licenses in my account and they are all still there. Anyone know why they won't authorize and how to fix it? Thanks! v6, boNes

Thanks but yes it was in 4a. If I had it in 4c, I don’t think the datalink contact would not have shown up at all like it eventually did. v6, boNes

I was following calls from the E-2 and had the datalink on. I never saw the contact on the TID. I kept flying toward his bra calls. Eventually I picked the contact up 120 miles away, but still no datalink contact. A minute or so later the datalink contact appeared well after I had him on my own Radar. Why is that? I had the datalink on and tuned the whole time and didn’t change anything on it. v6, boNes

I also get the same. When I start, I lock a target with the laser, switch to the Mav MFD. As soon as I do that, it automatically uncages and goes right to where the TPOD is locked and lazing. But every Maverick shot after that it does not automatically uncage and lock on. In fact, it starts out as caged and when I switch to the Mav MFD it stays caged, then if I uncage, it wanders around looking for a laser, then if I cage it, it cages right to where the laser is locked. I hold the pickle, it fires the laser,it launches. I also found you can tap the pickle once to turn on the laser then tap it again to launch. But the cage uncage thing is inconsistent. v6, boNes