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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

What is the procedure to bolter in Case II and III? Do you have to go back to Marshall, or do you just reenter the pattern...? v6, boNes

Just so you know, the ebracket is ratchety and inaccurate, even real Tomcat pilots don't even use it. v6, boNes

I know the patch from last week caused worse problems for lighting in general, however, even before that patch, the AOA indexer was really dim. Ever since the start. Can anything be done to brighten it up even more? Thanks! v6, boNes

Now, did anyone notice that if you choose MAVF standalone and your TPOD is on in the other MFD, that you can't slew the MAVF around, even if there is no designated target? I think the only way I was able to do so was to put the TPOD into standby or off. v6, boNes

THAT did it! PTRKing is not enough. You also have to designate with the TPOD. Or alternatively, just use the Maverick stand alone. Thanks! v6, boNes

OK, so I changed FOV to narrow before locking it on. On this run, I tracked with the TPOD with PTRK. The TPOD followed the target as it moved and the MAVF uncaged automatically and slewed to the target. I switched to the MAVF MFD and attempted to launch when it was in range. THere was the X on MAVF in the HUD and it did not launch. Now, I think I have done it before without designating with the TPOD after PTRKing it. But this was before the update. So maybe the update changed things? I am enroute to try it again this time with TPOD designation. AND RECLUSE! Let's fly sometime for old time's sake! Email me, my address is still the same. Me and the guys I fly with will be flying tonight. v6, boNes

PM sent... v6, boNes

Yes on both counts v6, boNes

My issue is I have the TPOD locked on the target in PTRK and designated. I hand it off to my MAVF. The MAVF automatically uncages and points to the target and locks on. "IN RNG" is in the HUD, but the crossout on the "MAVF" in the HUD never goes away and so I can't fire. Anyone know what's wrong? v6, boNes

Well they did use NAS Fallon during the 80s for some TOPGUN training so... v6, boNes

OMG, I refuse to trap in the Tomcat anymore. It's bad enough that the AOA indexer was dim no matter what you did. Now you can't see the indexer cues barely at all. I can't tell if I'm trimmed properly, if I should pitch up or down. Look at the screenies--and I angled the shadow to be on the indexer and zoomed in and I still can't see it unless I get really really close then it's dim and barely visible. The HUD is super dim also. And then when the sun shines on it, I mean forget it. This is so friggin bad. It's bad enough the LSO tells you bad information (he was saying I was low when I was way high, just horrible calls). It's such a waste of time trying to get a good trap in the Tomcat now. Heartbreaking. v6, boNes

AS of a few days ago, beta and stable versions are equal. Here's one weird thing I noticed on the TPOD now: If you have the TDC in the TPOD and an IMAV in the other MFD, and you long press RAID/FOV/FLIR to change from the TV to the FLIR in the TPOD, it does not change. Instead, the IMAV changes FOV. The only way it seems to change the TPOD between FLIR and TV is to deselect the IMAV. Also if you select PTRK in the TPOD with the IMAV in the other screen, the IMAV appears to uncage itself to lock onto the target in the TPOD. I can't remember if this is correct--I thought before you had to unacge the IMAV yourself? I also found that caging uncaging the TPOD makes it slew completely to look at your 6:00 position, to whcih the onky ways to make it look ahead is to set it to standby then back to arm, or to slew it all 180 deg to the front which take FOREVER...! v6, boNes

By default it seems the HUD is always deselected for the RWR on the EW page. That being the case, you must have turned yours on unknowingly if you don't know how to turn it off to remove the clutter...? v6, boNes

Yes I have seen that also. The IFLOLS is still flashing waveoff when you come back AND the ball on it is still positioning per your approach. v6, boNes

I've been flying traps in the Supercarrier for a long time and I really wonder how complete the LSO and IFLOLS is? There are lots of times when I am clearly high---the ball is green, the needles are low, and the LSO is saying I'm too low. There are lots of times when the new IFLOLS that pops up on the side says I'm high and the LSO says I'm low. And/or it doesn't coincide with the needles. There have been a few times lately where I was on centerline and on slope (based on the ball on the carrier) and the AOA indexer was perfect and then then suddenly the LSO yells waveoff and the grade is WO AFUIC So I don't know who to believe or listen to. In MP it is worse in a way as I have a buddy watching me on the LSO platform with the LOS panel and he tells me where I am based on the panel and the AI LSO is saying something else completely. In that case I listen to my buddy instead and he's right on. So that's why I ask. It seems so very off all the time, and I don't know which factor to beleive---LSO, mini IFLOLS, ICLS needles, or the boat IFLOLS. The boat IFLOLS and my eyeballs and the AOA indexer is what I tend to believe because they end up being accurate, but the LSO keeps giving bad guidance and I'm frustrated with the LSO calls. IT's as bad as Jester when he calls the bandit on my six when he is clearly on my nose. Also, if you are flying the instant action stock Case I Caucuses, are the LSO calls working differently compared to if you fly the instant action case I Supercarrier Caucuses? Could that be why the LSO is AFU? v6, boNes

That would do it. Forget I had it set to realistic comms. Got it going but next question: when I got into the groove I never heard the LSO ask me to call the ball. Is this a bug? I'd still get direction from him though. v6, boNes

You can do it in the front cockpit. You can also have Jester do it in the rear cockpit. This is the stock instant action mission. They specify tower freq as 127.5 in the briefing. v6, boNes