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Hi I am going to assist with the CAS mission, I entered the coordinates and switched the VHF radio (2) to channel 12 for blue 2, but I get no response...tried multiple times. I didn't record a track file...but I'll try it again and keep the trk file if I still have a problem. Has anyone experienced the same problem? Love the campaign by the way!!

Your right....I had the wrong camp...was flying over my own camp with the green smoke. Hard to fly formation fast and low and stay on top of the messages!! I'll try again...thanks for the reply.

Hi I'm having a different problem. I can find the camp no problem and I think I'm supposed to "show of force" when I find it. I flew over a number of times low and fast but nothing happens. I designated it with the piper and still nothing. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong?? Thoughts?

Just finished the campaign. I really enjoyed it. It's nice to see another campaign on the Marianna's map. I played Paradise Lost and wasn't even aware there were other islands on the map!! Nice, short campaigns with excellent use of the various weapon systems. I only had one problem on mission 11 where the wingmen didn't leave the air strip...the soldiers remained in front of the Vipers and they just remained in their stalls. Not a biggie, I flew the mission myself anyway and still did what I could. Great fun, thanks!

Thanks for the help everyone. I went with a NVME 4TB SSD drive. I can't believe the difference in the quality of the graphics.....its made a huge improvement.....and now after I save a few more toonies (that's Canadian money) I'll be able to buy the Kola map!! Again, thanks for all the help! Love this game!!

Sorry to be a pain. It looks like I don't have quite enough space on the D drive for the terrain folder. If I leave the game engine on the C drive and mklink to the terrain folder on my external E hard drive (which has lots of storage), will that impact performance?

Is that command in the system Command Prompt or is it done somewhere inside DCS?

Yes I tried it yesterday. It definitely loads slower and was a little choppy....of course at the most inopportune time. I have 2 internal drives a C and D. The entire game won't fit on either single drive. Is there any way to say put the game engine on the C drive and the maps on the D drive? I haven't been able to find an option to change where the downloads go? This would help if I could split the game between the 2 internal drives? Thoughts? Oh and thanks for the quick replies...much appreciated.

Hi, my C drive is full and I can't download the new map updates. I have an external E drive and I copied the entire game on the external drive. My concern is what, if any impacts, will there be on the game performance from playing entirely off an external hard drive? Any thoughts? Thanks MLA306

Hey thanks Reflected!!

Hi I replayed the campaign and on mission 11 when you are supposed to bail out, it doesn't seem to work. I used the keyboard Lcntrl, Lshift and C to open the canopy and then Lshift E to bailout but it doesn't work. I then tried just Lshift E and that didn't work either. So I mapped the bailout to one of my hotas buttons but still no luck. Just wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem or knows what I'm doing wrong?

No problem, I got it. I hadn't killed all the vehicles where they were setting up the air defenses. I replayed it today and got it. Thanks.

I have flown over the village and killed everything. I get the message to drop the smoke for the incoming flight but it never happens. I used F10 to tell Tom to drop the smoke but still nothing. I tried landing but that didn't work either. I'm guessing there is a soldier somewhere that I haven't killed yet but I can't find anyone and no one is shooting at me anymore. Any ideas? If you haven't come across this one yet I'll fly it again and keep the track file. Thoughts? Really enjoying the campaign and love the immersion with this current mission, very cool!

Just finished the last mission. The only problem I had was the radio not working on the tower on the return to Batman on the last mission. Really enjoyed the campaign and can hardly wait till you come out with an Afghanistan campaign.....or any other map for that matter!!

Yes same issue here. I completed the mission and landed safely and got the mission success queue and when I exited it still show "active".

I'm pretty sure this is an ED issue. I played the map before the last update with no issues..and failed (sigh). I updated DCS yesterday and tried mission 3 again today. I get to the runway and ask for clearance to takeoff but there is an F16 on the runway (guessing flight lead) and he just sits there and never takes off. I am really loving this campaign, I'm an F18 guy and just learning the F16 and in the first 2 missions have already learned a great deal. The immersion level and the coordination with the other flight members is excellent. I flew red flag first which was an excellent introduction to the F16 and I would highly recommend you fly that campaign before this one. This campaign will take your skillset to the next level!! Great Job.

Worked great, thanks for the help man!!

Hi I've read a number of other threads and just want to confirm before I start copying and deleting stuff and potentially causing myself worse headaches. I don't have enough space on my C drive for the latest update, but I have 931GB available on my D drive. My DCS folder on the C drive is 692 GB. If I copy my DCS folder to the D drive and delete the version on the C drive will that fix my problem. I understand that I will need to run the updater in slow mode and remap my shortcuts. Is that all I have to do and will it work?? Thoughts?

Yes it says rearming complete and I can see the weapons on the pods as well as in my inventory. I just can't activate them. When I hit A-G it doesn't pull up the normal arming screen it just pulls up the inventory screen and I can't do anything with it. I'll try again and track the file. Tx for responding!

Hi, I'm having trouble with the optional Gauntlet Ops at the start of mission 1. I get it to launch okay. I then get the ground crew to rearm for the target which works okay. When I get into the air nothing is working. I select A-G and I can see the weapons but I can't select any of them. The TGP is off, and the weapons show as off. I have all the hardpoints on the right console turned on, and the master arm and laser are on. I've tried flying around for 5 minutes to see if everything just needs to warm up but it doesn't change. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

Got it, thanks Sandman!

I am trying to buy this campaign and the new apache horsemen campaign but the buy button does not appear. I have 4 others in the cart. I'm just having problems adding these two to the cart? Thoughts?

figured it out. My sklar designate undesignate mapping was missing. Remapped and everything back to normal.

For anyone interested. I recently upgraded from my TM 16000M. I had a TM16000 for about two years and the TDC axis began to drift, I believe because of continually pushing the TDC depress button. I dampened the drift with the curvatures and remapped the TDC depress button which worked for a little while, but eventually the axis drift made the game unplayable. I bought a new TM16000M to replace the old one...because I'm cheap and was relatively happy with the first. The new one came with the same TDC axis drift problem right out of the box! So I did a lot of research (forum and you tube) and decided to buy the VKB standard and Gladiator flight stick. I went with VKB standard because it comes with extra buttons in case any wear out. You can also reconfigure the stick and throttle if you don't like the placement of the buttons. I've only been using it about 3 months now but am very impressed with the quality and functionality. It's kind of mid range from a price perspective but it's the only one that I could find that comes with extra interchangeable buttons. I still have to set up detents for my jet fighters, and am relearning most of my aircraft due to my new mapping, but I am loving the VKB solution. I contemplated a second Gladiator flight stick instead of a Throttle because you can lock the horizontal axis on the Gladiator and use it as a throttle, but I am glad I went with the VKB Standard throttle as it has a whole lot more functionality. If I was just flying choppers and warbirds I think I would consider two Gladiator flight sticks. Is anyone else using that configuration?

Hi, I was playing the Mad campaign up until mission 5 with no problems. After the last update I can no longer lock my targets in the Sklar. I tried an instant action as well as a mission file and the tracking does not seem to work in any kind of mission. I checked my controls and the lock target button is mapped....and worked up until about a week ago. Any thoughts? I've attached a couple of mission track files. Thanks lock target KA50 .trk lock target KA50 mission .trk