rromano158

Is the boarding ladder option ONLY available in the Open Beta version? I am using the regular version and no matter how many times I press the boarding ladder button (even have it bound to a keyboard command), it will not deploy.

I had the same issue with the exterior lights. After some comments in another area of the forum I finally unbound my pinky switch to what I had it bound to, and just press the LCTL+P keys on the keyboard and the lights come on. If you do have a HOTAS, then make sure your pinky switch is in the "AFT" (rear) position. Hope this helps.

A-10C exterior lighting problems Thanks to everyone who responded. I went back into DCS today and noticed that you are absolutely right, in the cockpit view, the pinky switch doesn't move at all. I went into the controls menu and unbound the pinky switch with what I had it bound to. I noticed that in the controls menu I wasn't able to bind the LCTL+P, LSHFT+P, or the LALT+P as they are greyed out on the throttle side. So, when I went back into the mission I had set up, I started up as normal, then pressed LCTL+P, and VOILA':doh:, it finally works!!!! Again thanks so much for the responses and help. Now I can buckle down and after about three months from now, I might start to be semi-comfortable getting to know this bird!:pilotfly: rromano158:thumbup:

Okay, here goes I am trying to upload the short track video of the problem with the nav lights. As I have said this ONLY happens if I have the mission set to "Take off from ramp" (cold start). They always work if I have the mission set to "Take off from ramp hot start". Thanks for any suggestions, rromano 158 tempMission.miz.trk

A-10C exterior lighting problems Has anyone had or are having problems getting the exterior lights to come on? I am at Tonopah, Nevada in the mission editor practicing my cold starts and some bombing scenarios. When I first get into the sim, I follow the startup checklist,:book:, get the battery and ac generators turned on, but I have no exterior lights at all, except for the light on the nosewheel steering gear in either the taxi or takeoff position. I cannot get any other taxi lights, wing tip or tail lights to come on, even if I press the RCTL+L keys. I have the pinky switch in the aft position which, in the cockpit, shows anti-collision lights on, but still no exterior lights flashing or even steady, no matter which position I place the cockpit switches in.:unsure::unsure: When I set up a scenario in the Mission Editor as a "Start From Ramp Hot", the lights are on.:thumbup: When I go into the training scenarios, the lights are on.:thumbup: The light on the nosewheel steering gear is on in both the takeoff and taxi positions.:thumbup: It's when I am in a cold start from the ramp in the mission editor that I cannot get any of the exterior Nav lights to come on.:mad: Thanks

I can't seem to get the training missions with the SU27 or the SU33 to work from the first takeoff all the way through the carrier landings. My HUD doesn't show anything at all, plus it won't even let me turn on the cockpit lights. When I was in the RWR training, CCIP, CCRP the "instructor" kept saying stuff about what was supposed to be on my HUD, but it was blank. Then he would say to look at the weapons loadout, but it was blank as well. Any suggestions, or do I need to re-install the whole damn thing again?