Woody01

Still broken after the hotfix. Would have thought this was a fairly important item to have working..

Not working for me either. I did a repair and the suggestion above but no joy. Very annoying!

Yea very interesting. As I say if you know what it is it is an easy work around but if you don't, well, we have nearly disbanded our 20-year group over this.

I am glad I found this report as we have not been able to complete a single multiplayer mission for months now. We have had the flickering aircraft/loadouts for a few months and I have to ask is it possible that because I use 'uncontrolled aircraft'/ Start trigger extensively in our missions could this be the culprit? I am honestly at the end of my resilience with running a large online group that meets several times a week to fly unique missions only to start out with 20~ guys to get typically 2~ pilots actually make it to target due to everyone crashing out in one way or another and then, every time a coconut, the server crashing. Could it be down to this bug? If so, it's an easy work around but also incredibly disappointing.

AI warbirds that actually act in a way you would expect! This has been a long time coming and a point of extreme frustration for warbird enthusiasts, but finally after our initial testing AI warbirds (Bf-109, Fw-190 A8) don't flip onto their back after absorbing all your ammo, have their engine quit and climb back to Paris. Helicopters to test next (can they still absorb 8 AMRAMMS?) but so far, a great step forward, thank you.

Thank you very much for a solution to this, it has plagued me for a while. When you say ".ogg sound file is poorly compressed or incorrect" could you explain what is correct? I often add concerts to our training missions to play over the radio and I suspect it was one of these that broke it, any idea what compression or settings would be correct? Thanks again.

Hey man. Jump on the discord channel and we can go from there. Check out our 2021 and beyond video for all the info you need https://youtu.be/jyHenUc1UKU You will find our discord channel here - https://discord.gg/JAwECggJ See you there.

Our group flew a MP mission last night that was based around a JTAC in a Stryker on a hill working with several divisions of jets. Also having a couple of Apache's doing FAC(A) so we could spread the load a bit. Apache's were fine to use DCS comms but not the tactical commander in the Stryker. It was a real shame to find for a 'Digital Combat Simulator' (as in not just a flight simulator) that this glaring omission is present. Anyone know if this is planned to be implemented?

Yes super annoying!

I'm excited for this map, we have a huge contingent of Australians flying with the Kiwis at TFK so for us it would be really cool. For those that cant envision usable scenarios for this map I would put that down to a lack of imagination, same with the NTTR map. I build a new MP mission for 20~ pilots every week and I can think up a bazillion mission ideas on this map. Looking forward to it! Will need Kangaroos to go with the cows though to put in the LSO position

For what its worth, last night with around 20 people in our multi player mission we were attacking/capturing Shiraz airport with multiple aircraft types and lots of different munitions. FPS for everyone during the battle was as low as it could get looking at the airport, but the moment we captured the airport the frames went back to normal. I have no idea what that means but we thought it was interesting.

Yes, annoying much.

For the last 16 years The Flying Kiwis has been a pretty casual group that has welcomed anyone. Going forward not so much the latter part. We have an amazing core group of about 40 people and our scheduled flight nights we will see 20+ regulars show up and fly. We have looked at what we do, where we are at and how we want to handle potential new members going forward. Basically if you can read the description in the multiplayer server list and can make your way onto our discord channel, jump in and fly you are more than welcome. If you want to camp on our discord channel and just watch and not participate then TFK is not the place for you. We worked out of our core group everyone has spent a shitload of money and time to be able to enjoy this hobby at the level we are flying at, we are not a school, we are not a place for people to live vicariously through us, but again if you can figure out how to jump on our discord and get involved you are more than welcome. Regular flight nights include: Choppa Tuesday! starts 20:00NZ Training on Thursday - various formats including 'Fuel School', Tac form practice, navigation exercises and weapons practice etc... Starts 20:00NZ Sunday night main mission, a new mission every week incorporating most aircraft types. Starts 20:00NZ Our dedicated server has unique missions you will not find on any other server. Ole mate Rhino has put this video together that sums it up pretty well. Enjoy!

This week we are starting TFK fuel school. If you want to practice or learn how to air to air refuel come and get involved. Boom or drogue both will be catered for. Air refueling is a great skill to master, especially when flying in a multiplayer environment when long range missions depend on it, it is a very rewarding experience to see a number of divisions gather on and quickly top everybody up and push on in a expeditious manner. Come and get involved if you want to get this skill routine rather than stressful. Jump on the TFK discord on Thursdays at 20:00NZ.

Cheers Pie, if your in the region or even if your elsewhere in the world and would like to participate here is the discord channel link https://discord.gg/4cSCqCz7 Main mission starts 20:00NZ on Sunday but there are a few missions this time around so it will probably be a bit of a weekend full of flying. War birds are go!