Animal66

Hi all, Is it possible to see through SADL the available weapons of my flight members during a mission?

Hi al, A couple of days ago I have posted the folowing in the in the A-10C Operation Piercing Fury Campaign section but got zero response and I am sure that there are members who can help me out. The problem is that my AI co pilots respons very bad to given commands. Piercing Fury is my first campain where this occurs but also in other missions my AI flightmember(s) respont quite bad. I am aware that the build in AI has its limitations and can react sometimes in an unexpected way. This is accepted and I try to make the best out of it. I use Voice Attack and Vaicom Pro for commands. If a command isn't clear, then I use the F-buttons. The problem shouldn't be related to the radio, no easy comms, using the correct radios with correct frequencies. Would this be wrong, then I won't get any response at all. I understand that my AI teammembers must "see" the enemy, otherwise they response my command with a "negative". So let's take mission 12 "Juggernaut Pt.1 as an example where my flight of 4 have to destroy 6 convoys, each equiped with air defences. At the moment my flight tells me that they have seen targets, and then especcially air defences, I want them to start with taking out air defences with missiles from the east. Voice Commands understands perfectly when I say: Flight, Engage Airdefences with Missiles from the East. DCS repeats this and adds "At my SPI", so I'll take care that my SPI is on one of the air defence verhicles and my TAD shows right top SPI ON. I get no response from my flight, so I have tried all other possbilities, e.g. instead of Flight I choose Wingman and Second Element, and instead of using Voice Command I use the F-buttons. No response. The only response that always works is Engage Ground Targets. The problem with this is that at least one will be ejecting within 1 minute and the other two won't survive the attack till the end. This also happened within other missions but there I was able to fisinsh the job by myself and got 85% instead of 100%. Mission 12 cannot be done without support of your team, even after adapting the weapons configuration and other settings in the mission editor. Am I doing something wrong, or is this simply how it works? Stay safe! Animal66

Hi al, First of all, this is my first campaign and I love it! The only thing is that my flight members Hawk 2-4 don’t perform quite well. I am aware that the build in AI has it’s limitations and can react sometimes in an unexpected way. Okay, this is as it is so I try to make the best out of it by giving specific orders but it seems that they don’t get it. Radio and frequencies are correct, no issues there. I don’t have experience with other campaigns but within other missions everything seems to work well although these are only with an AI wingman. First of all, I understand that they have to “see” the enemy, otherwise I get a “negative” as response. The only command they respond to is “engage ground targets”. But I want that they start to take out air defenses with Mavericks, so I command F2-Flight F-3 Engage with... F4-Engage Air Defenses F1-with Missile... F1-From the North. After selecting “my voice” speaks this loud so the command is correct. But none of the flight members acknowledged or respond to this. Again, they only respond to engage ground targets. I have tried all variations, to my F1-Wingman, F2-Flight and F3-Second Element. I have read the manual over and search in this forum to find out if I do something wrong or want something that is not possible, both aren’t the case. Because of my other flight member’s stupidity (ace level: ejecting during anchoring, bingo fuel when my tanks are at least 70%, or simply disappeared without any reason) I have to redo mission after mission (currently I am doing 12 for the fourth time after 6 times doing 11). Who can provide me with some good advice without adapting the missions, at least not too much. My regards, Animal66

Yurgon and Shagrat, both thanks for responding. I understand that most of the experienced Simmers are focussing on MP but I think that there is still a huge group who are simming solo. And besides that, I think that improvement of AI is not only for the solo simmers, but will also benefit experienced simmers if the quality of response improves. I understand that upgrading AI can be a challenge and time conserving job. But I am convinced that an increase in AI also leads to an increase of the value and attractiveness of DCS. Anyhow, mimicing my lights settings makes it mor realistic and that's what I like.

Hi all, I’m JJ call sign Animal66 and this is my first post. I have a question about the use of exterior lighting during combat/hostile situations. I notice that during combat missions the exterior lighting from the AI planes remains on. From what I understand from a real A-10 pilot is that during combat flights they always switch these off. As far as I know it makes no difference within DCS whether the lighting is switched off or not, but it would be more realistic if this has some impact, e.g. the enemy spots you earlier with exterior lights on. In addition, it would also be nice if you could give specific commands to your wingman / flight via the radio. Do you find this useful? If so, would this be technically feasible? Cheers, Animal66

This is not a gamma or monitorsetting issue. I can't read anything on the control light panel, neighter can I see if the steeringwheel/gun is enabled, very anoying.

This is really an issue, i.e. it is impossible to read the causion light panel.

Hi all, I'n new here but have the same problem which occurs since the last Open Beta Hotfix. I'm using the VoiceAttack and DCS Open Beta Steam versions. It seems that this can make a difference compared to the non-Steam version. Is there anyone here who has the same Steam versions but has no issues with the Vaicom Pro? The Vaicom Pro advanced menu states that with Steam you should NOT select the OB box (but I have tried it). Further I have tried all described suggestions except a complete reïnstallation and unsubscribing from the Public Beta version (due to custom .lua files and the feeling that Vaicom Pro should adapt their program) However, suggestions are more than welcome!