Autopilot F-15C 1.2.8 does not work?

[Sorin]

Autopilot of F-15C 1.2.8 does not work anymore?

 

Also the graphics engine seems to be modified for the worst... on my reference mission, where I use a fixed camera position, the FPS is about 10% less that 1.2.7...

No changes on my dedicated system, only the upgrade to 1.2.8.

 

I hope ED will fix the autopilot...

As for the graphics engine I have lost hope...

[Jester Darrak]

What do you mean with autopilot not working? It's not the old "press [A] key and follow the mission waypoints 1:1" anymore. You can set the ACS to Attitude Hold and Altitude hold. Nothing less, nothing more. You should check your controls as there have been some changes recently.

[Sorin]

What do you mean with autopilot not working? It's not the old "press [A] key and follow the mission waypoints 1:1" anymore. You can set the ACS to Attitude Hold and Altitude hold. Nothing less, nothing more. You should check your controls as there have been some changes recently.

 

Thanks Jester.

Such changes should be included in the release notes of 1.2.8 but they are not.

I guess in a future release they will change the throttle on us silently :bash:

 

How is the autopilot in the real F-15C?

I don't think is just alt/att hold.

[GGTharos]

It is just alt/att hold.

[Sorin]

It is just alt/att hold.

 

Thanks GG.

How about ILS landing?

[GGTharos]

I don't know what you are asking about exactly in this case, but the way it is in the game right now is correct in terms of HuD symbology.

 

I'm assuming you're asking about the old large ILS bars vs. putting the FPI on the director cross that we have now. The way it is now is correct :)

 

Thanks GG.

How about ILS landing?

[NineLine]

Thanks Jester.

Such changes should be included in the release notes of 1.2.8 but they are not.

I guess in a future release they will change the throttle on us silently :bash:

 

How is the autopilot in the real F-15C?

I don't think is just alt/att hold.

 

I hope that the changes will make it in to the manual soon. It has been reported.

[Sorin]

I don't know what you are asking about exactly in this case, but the way it is in the game right now is correct in terms of HuD symbology.

 

I'm assuming you're asking about the old large ILS bars vs. putting the FPI on the director cross that we have now. The way it is now is correct :)

 

Is the real life F-15C capable of doing an ILS landing?

Like it was working in 1.2.7, the autopilot was following the glideslope and landing the aircraft if I was doing the throttle.

 

Speaking of throttle... does the auto-throttle work in the real F-15C?

Edited April 29, 2014 by Sorin

[GGTharos]

The real F-15C will not auto-land, that capability does not exist AFAIK. You do a regular ILS landing, ie. you follow the directors until you reach the appropriate checkpoint where you either have visual on the runway and land, or you don't have visual and you abort.

 

There's no auto-throttle on the F-15C.

 

Is the the real life F-15C capable of doing an ILS landing?

Like it was working in 1.2.7, the autopilot was following the glideslope and landing the aircraft if I was doing the throttle.

 

Speaking of throttle... does the auto-throttle work in the real F-15C?

[HiJack]

The F/A-18 SuperBug has an auto throttle function, is that fiction as well?

[GGTharos]

The real F-18 should have an autothrottle and autoland IIRC and in fact you are required to use them. Don't quote me, I might not remember well.

[Shaman]

The real F-18 should have an autothrottle and autoland IIRC and in fact you are required to use them. Don't quote me, I might not remember well.

 

You are spot on on this one, GG :)

ATC is required to land (by procedure)

 

Finished my training in VRS already ;) Bring me on DCS SuperBug!

Edited April 29, 2014 by Shaman

[lunaticfringe]

Autothrottle in the F/A-18 is not required behind the boat, nor is considered kosher in many circles. Further, LSOs maintain the authority to direct them off depending on the nature of the recovery.

[Home Fries]

I'm also having issues with the autopilot, even though I had it working in the 1.2.8 open beta. It appears that attitude hold will not hold attitude, and altitude hold will not hold altitude, even if the aircraft was trimmed up prior to entering autopilot.

 

I know that in the 1.2.8 beta the autopilot was finicky, but the autopilot in the release version of 1.2.8 seems only to flip the switch without doing anything. I actually need to trim the aircraft while in attitude hold to keep it in place, which defeats the purpose of attitude hold to begin with.

 

Any ideas? Is there anything I'm missing?

[26-J39]

Attitude hold works fine here but altitude hold does nothing at all.

[IvanK]

AP in the F15 in both Attitude Hold and Altitude hold works.

 

To engage Altitude Hold you first need to be in Attitude Hold, with ROC , than I think 2000fom. THEN engage Altitude Hold.

[26-J39]

Thanks Ivan, aware of that. Found my problem tho, I assumed defauld key was 'H' for alt hold but it was LAlt 4 when I checked bindings. :music_whistling: All good :doh:

[Home Fries]

I should clarify with my issue: the bindings are fine and the switches flip in the cockpit. There's just no noticeable effect when the switches are engaged.

 

I have tried cold start (where I noticed the problem), warm start (just in case I was missing something with the cold start), and I even tried cycling the CAS switches in flight to see if that would do something to sync the cockpit. Finally, I made sure that no other controllers were conflicting with the XY axis assignments. Everything checked out fine, but the autopilot still doesn't work properly.

[Home Fries]

I think I got it. Problem was a centering issue with my Y axis. The slightest bit off-center, and the Autopilot reads it as a manual input override. Sensitive bugger!

[104th_Crunch]

This is why an updated manual, patch notes are needed. All these things must ne found out be coming to the forms to ask.