Jesse Lacey Posted August 18, 2014 Posted August 18, 2014 I just got the F-86 Sabre expansion, and the first step of startup is to radio the ground crew to turn on the Ground Electric Power, I do so, and my character requests it, and then nothing happens. I've watched a few videos and they reply within ten seconds or so, but for me the ground crew never replies. I tried verifying my local content which found some files that it replaced and tried again with no luck. So at this point I really don't know what to do. Any suggestions? It's similar to when I got the P-51D and it wouldn't start but I fixed that by verifying the files. -JL
kontiuka Posted August 18, 2014 Posted August 18, 2014 (edited) Is your canopy open? In some modules, like the Huey for example, communicating with the ground crew means shouting at them from your cockpit as opposed to over a radio/intercom. In which case, your canopy needs to be open. EDIT: Also, are you using realistic communications or easy comms? Edited August 18, 2014 by kontiuka
Paganus Posted August 18, 2014 Posted August 18, 2014 kontiuka is right. Ask for Ground power with the canopy open. You don't have power so the radio isn't working. Even with the engine running there is not enough power to run everything unless the RPM is @ 45 or above.
kontiuka Posted August 18, 2014 Posted August 18, 2014 Oh, and is there an actual ground crew to communicate with?:) If you're playing one of the stock DCS missions, there should be. But if you're playing a mission you built yourself, you have to make sure the airfield has the right utility vehicles parked at it.
effte Posted August 18, 2014 Posted August 18, 2014 Any suggestions? http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2148953&postcount=5 ? ----- Introduction to UTM/MGRS - Trying to get your head around what trim is, how it works and how to use it? - DCS helos vs the real world.
kontiuka Posted August 18, 2014 Posted August 18, 2014 Oh, and is there an actual ground crew to communicate with?:) If you're playing one of the stock DCS missions, there should be. But if you're playing a mission you built yourself, you have to make sure the airfield has the right utility vehicles parked at it.Ya, doesn't seem to matter if the canopy is open but make sure the airfield has some utility vehicles like a "HEMTT TFFT", "Tanker M978 HEMTT", and a "Transport M818" for all your ground crew needs.
Buzzles Posted August 18, 2014 Posted August 18, 2014 Don't forget you need to set the airport to Blue or Red depending on what side you've picked for the groundcrew to respond. They won't respond if it's still set neutral. Fancy trying Star Citizen? Click here!
Jesse Lacey Posted August 19, 2014 Author Posted August 19, 2014 I tried with the canopy open and closed, by default when you spawn in it is open. So I keep trying but for the time being it seems I'm stuck with starting from the runway. The ground crew is not black on the list, I've even tried powering up my radio with the battery but literally the videos I've watched it was the very first thing they did. So something is off.
Jesse Lacey Posted August 19, 2014 Author Posted August 19, 2014 I'll try adding in a HEMMT Truck though, I was just doing quick missions at the time, so maybe it didn't spawn them in. The airfield is set to blue though, and I usually play on blue anyways.
kontiuka Posted August 19, 2014 Posted August 19, 2014 (edited) I tried with the canopy open and closed, by default when you spawn in it is open. So I keep trying but for the time being it seems I'm stuck with starting from the runway. The ground crew is not black on the list, I've even tried powering up my radio with the battery but literally the videos I've watched it was the very first thing they did. So something is off.The ground crew won't necessarily be "blacked out" on the radio list even if they don't exist at the air field. Try what was mentioned above - checking that the airfield is friendly and has ground units. Also, post a track here on the forums. We'll probably be able to see pretty quickly what the problem is. Edited August 19, 2014 by kontiuka
kontiuka Posted August 19, 2014 Posted August 19, 2014 Also, are you using easy comms? That might be messing you up.
Jesse Lacey Posted August 19, 2014 Author Posted August 19, 2014 Aha, well I tried it with the HEMTT on the airfield and it works with canopy open or closed. Thanks guys!
Jesse Lacey Posted August 19, 2014 Author Posted August 19, 2014 Also, I must say, this is one of the best parts of communities in sim games, between ARMA and DCS if you have a question that you can't answer by searching google you can just pop on the forums and viola people are happy to help, and don't treat you like you must be clueless to ask. There's a lot of communities where that doesn't happen, I always try to figure things out for myself, but it's nice to know that you can always pop on and just ask. So thank you again for all the help.
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