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I'm struggling with a simple CTLD mission playing around with the CH-47. I want to be able to transport 40 troops in the CH-47 and 16 in the Mi-8. I created a new 40-strong unit "Platoon" which shows up in the F10 menu and I imposed the unit load limits but every time I load troops I get 40 into any helo, then the Mi-8 and Huey cant take off as they're too heavy. Lol. I also set ctld.numberOfTroops = 40, could that be the problem? If the number is < 40 then the Platoon option does not appear.

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It may be quicker for me to start learning Russian

Are you running on the latest DLSS version?

Has anyone looked at resolving this bug yet?

I tried running these 2 modes in parallel with two ai Hueys, troop pick up and drop off, lik a timed assault course, combat on racing against combat off. sadly I cannot say I noticed any difference, they both landed back at virtually the same time and spilled thir troops out together. Maybe the distance from last waypoint to land or disembark poont is really critical to get this to work properly?

In further news, I managed to get keyboard emulation mapped to 2 of my little-used joystick buttons (VKB NXT Pro - the software that comes with this is amazing) so with one joystick button press it emulates L Ctrl + Lshift + W : i can store a waypoint, then move the map & store another, a different key press emulates Lctrl+Lshift+s and sends the waypints to the cockpit. Happy days

@Comrade Doge Thanks - this is a brilliant tool, it should be fully integrated into DCS at some stage. It would be good to find 2 really easily accessible keys to press for VR users. If I go to desktop view then the Quest 2 will crash and cause DCS to hang - this is due to me using Turbo Mode in the OpenXR tool, which really helps achieve good frame rate and smoothness, so I'd rather not have to turn it off!

New version with Kiowa support (big thanks!) works fine oon flat screen, but I cannot get it working in VR (Quest 2 headset). I tried the deault key bindings (ctrl+shift+s, ect.) and also tried changing settings to map my own keybinds but it will not pick up, store or transfer any thing. Its like my key presses are being ignored (in VR as well as flat screen). Did I miss a step? Is <numpad Enter> a reserved keypress? I guess I may have had ctrl+shift+s apready mapped to something different, if I change it to ctrl+shift+w then it works, I just wanted to avoid having to do ctrl+shift+anything in vr as I cannot see the keys.

THanks you Flappie I guess with (new) combat landing option ticked you have to make sure the helo has enough time to get low and come in horizontal, not a steep approach. that should be possible by placing th touchdown waypoint a sensible distance after the touchdown waypoint marker (does that make sense?)

i set up a new test mission with 3 hueys on the afghan map and now they are working fine! The only difference is ni MIST or CTLD script loaded up. I will do more testing to see if thats the issue, but I realise thats not a Huey bug then.

Troops are close enough but not in danger of getting squashed, no other triggers used, other than the ME extract task, the ground is flat (apron of airfield as well as flat field tested). If you replace the Huey with an Mi-8 then it functions properly as the Mi-8 actually touches down which triggers the troops to board. Also works fine with the ai CH-47 and the UH-60D, Its just the Huey that never manages to go that extra metre and rest its skids on the ground.

I was playing around with some SP missions getting Hueys to pick up troops using the embark task option, then dropping them off at a target one, but the ai huey wont land any more, it stays hovering about a metre above the ground, so the troops never board.

I have an issue that is puzzling me, placing Hercs in as transport in the Kola map, its a small simple single player sandbox mission. I know the Herc is not supported any more, but it still works at many airfields - Using the herc-cargo-ctld code, all the correct naming procedures for logistics & pickzones works fine at some airports, I can use them to load troops into Hueys, and hercs, i can put troops and vehicles into hercs and they parachute out as ground units, but at other airports the game freezes on spawn-in to a particular herc if its cold or hot-start, and the mist, ctld and herc-cargo script just doesnt load. It's just with the Herc. Why would it all work fine at all airports with the Huey but only a few airports in Kola with the Herc? Are there other settings I may not know about, such as time spend loading the textures first?

Thats worth a try - I was sort of accepting there wasnt a solution to this annoying issue. Edit: It works for me - thanks!

Yep I checked and set to 'English' but it was all still in Russian. The old mig-15 english pit & textures mod wont work as I think they changed all the texture file naming protocols.

How can I get the english cockpit working in the FC version?

Its really nice to see Polychop giving some custom skins back to the real pilots as a tribute, but these are only going to carry that heartfelt meaning to a very small number of people - those closely involved. This in my opinion is better in the realm of the talented skinning community to produce an individual skin over one of the basic unmarked skins. Great they organised the files & textures to cram so many in to such a small disk space but so many of them are virtually the same to the rookie pilot, just with a different name stuck to the side. I dont need so many lookalikes in my hangar, personally. They will never get used. Other folk will differ in their requirements. The beauty of DCS is that everyone can play it at their own level. Pity theres always a shouty passionate few who can get outraged that someone else takes something different from the game, sorry sim.

Further issues with esc key not working - I jump into instant action - caucasus free flight, esc works at first, when i change any control seetings or keybinds then esc key no longer works?? I have to ctrl+alt+del to exit

Is there also a way of exiting the orbit left/right command to fly straight again?

Yes, I get the same issue in SP missions, tutorials, quick starts, works ok at first but whenever I try to set custom snap views the esc key then no longer works. Result is ctrl+alt+del to close down and I never get the chance to save the custom snap views. I'm sure I have had non-MP lockups before trying to change or set custom snap views, in fact I have not yet flown the Kiowa in a MP server. [edit]: Got same issue in VR without touching snap view settings, I think thats a red herring.

i've pinned it down to a strange issue; Seems to be specifically the Kiowa. If I enter an instant action mission the esc key works fine, but I'm trying to reset some custom snap views (using the numpad keys) and as soon as Ive stored one, the esc key no longer works.

I also noticed this problem, since last update or installing the Polychop Kiowa, in the training missions theres no esc key so no way to exit at the end of the lesson, also in my own 'sandbox' missions flying the Kiowa the esc key is disabled but ther are no keymapping conflicts, I dont use SRS or Lotatc. The only way I can exit dcs is doing the old ctrl+alt+del.

sorted, was switching tads/fcr on the display but not on the grip button. Remapped a couple of controls.