compass heading messed up in mission 1

wolle · March 16, 2017

After start-up in campaign mission 1 my compass (both magnetic standby and HSI) points in the wrong direction (off by almost 90 degrees). Anyone else notice that? Am I missing something in the startup (don't think so because the magnetic compass should need no external input, right?) :helpsmilie:

609_Relentov · March 16, 2017

It depends. In your options, I think the special or misc tab, there is an option for the Mirage to require INS initialization or not. If you choose the option requiring initialization (it's a check box, going by memory here), then you would need to initialize INS or your compass will be off quite a bit. If you choose the option that does not require it, then when you start up it should then initialize on its own.

In multiplayer servers, the server controls if INS requires initialization or not - but if it doesn't you'd still need to have that option set on your client properly or you'd still need to do it :).

baltic_dragon · March 16, 2017

That is a known bug and has been reported. For some reason it only happens in January :) should be fixed soon hopefully!

609_Relentov · March 16, 2017

Oh, never mind then - I didn't know this was related to the bug just mentioned, I was thinking just a generic issue if the OP didn't realize they had to initialize INS...

wolle · March 16, 2017

That is a known bug and has been reported. For some reason it only happens in January :) should be fixed soon hopefully!

Hi Baltic Dragon,

Thanks! I thought I was going crazy...:)

Lymark · March 27, 2017

Is there any workaround at the moment, besides using Cv NA?

baltic_dragon · March 27, 2017

You can change the date of the mission in the ME to February :)

=Pedro= · April 19, 2017

I thought that I was going crazy for a moment too XD

scotth6 · June 14, 2017

Ha. Glad it wasn't just me. This just happened to me. Completed the mission anyway, but couldn't figure out why I was on a heading of about 210 degrees on final to Vaziani when it was supposed to be 309 degrees. i did a flyby of the runway to look for a number to confirm it was Vaziani :D , but I recognised it up close anyway.

Cool mission!

baltic_dragon · June 14, 2017

LOL :) well, I hope this gets fixed by ED. If not I will just change the date for M1 and 2 :D

Joni · August 3, 2017

Hi there!

I saw that all missions are set in January. Should I change all to another month? Is that the solution?

Joni · August 3, 2017

I cant save those missions, are blocked. Any way?

Ramsay · August 3, 2017

The work-around for the DCS January magnetic declination bug is to set the HSI to Cv Nav (True bearings) or edit the mission date in the mission editor i.e. to February.

You should be able to navigate to the campaign folder in the Mission Editor.

"DCS World\Mods\aircraft\M-2000C\Missions\Campaigns"

If you can't edit/save the default campaign files you might try copying them to

"Saved Games\DCS\Missions\Campaigns\en\M-2000C Caucasus Campaign by BalticDragon"

IIRC the first 7 missions are set in January.

You would then find the edited "M-2000C Campaign" under "CAMPAIGN\My Campaigns".

Joni · August 3, 2017

If I copy them I still cant edit.

And the workaround is not the cv nav as that only works for WPs.

Ramsay · August 4, 2017

If I copy them I still cant edit.

Unfortunately I can't help, as I'm using Steam and have changed the month and tested adding a 2nd player slot to the campaign missions without issue.

Gandalf_56 · August 4, 2017

How strange!!

I have changed and edited the campaign missions to add clients instead of players to fly it in MP.

Only the firsts missions are set on January. From the 4th or 5th till the end are set in February.

Edited August 4, 2017 by Gandalf_56

Joni · August 4, 2017

I dont know what to say. Ill try again

baltic_dragon · August 4, 2017

You should be ablw to edit the missions, they are not protected!

Joni · August 4, 2017

You should be ablw to edit the missions, they are not protected!

Thats odd!!! Maybe because i rolled back? Maybe it caused an issue?

SharpeXB · August 6, 2017

Can ED fix this problem? That's preferable to every player having to fix with the ME

sze5003 · August 13, 2017

I am also stuck with the January bug on mission 02. Btw I am loving the campaign so far. When I get to the TACAN station and follow to 180 I end up over the ocean.

Going in the mission editor I can not type anything in the month area. I can only change the year from 2009 to anything else. The dropdown for the month is also disabled. I can't enter another day either.

I was on 1.5.7, latest but because of bugs I rolled back to 1.5.6. Not sure if this has anything to do with it.

Joni · August 13, 2017

yes, 1.5.6 doesnt have this bug fixed but 1.5.7 does. But 1.5.7 is unplayable.

ED is going for the bugs world record :D :music_whistling:

sze5003 · August 13, 2017

I managed to edit the mission another way. Copy the mission from the campaigns folder to your desktop.

Open dcs and go to mission editor. Then open the file you placed on the desktop. Edit the month from January to February and hit save in mission editor.

Exit dcs and then copy the mission 02 file back to the campaign folder and overwrite.

Now when you pull up the mission through the game campaign system it should show February instead of January. I will try to fly it now and see if I pass it this time.

1.5.7 seemed playable on my system but it was buggy with other missions.

Joni · August 13, 2017

Its unplayable for any system, just depends on luck and type of mission

sze5003 · August 13, 2017

Noticed when changing mission two to February that it's not as dark outside. Maybe changing the time an hour or two back should make it like the mission was on default for January.

Edit: This was my issue, changing to February helped me pass the mission. It's also good to note, turning toward 180 when the hsi needle moves, you should turn in the direction that the needle is pointing until you hit radial 18.

I was doing it the other way by turning left to 18 because it was closer that way. Either way after I changed the month I no longer ended up over the ocean and after flying in that radial direction, I got the prompt to contact colt to continue, which I was not getting before.

Edited August 16, 2017 by sze5003

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