Question about the carrier optical landing system

[luckyfortune]

Hello,

 

I really love to fly the Su-33 and carrier land, but I have a problem: I can't get the optical landing system to turn on!

 

I radio the carrier for an inbound, request the landing a couple kilometres out, and fly in for an overhead or break-turn approach, but then can't see the optical landing system and there's no landing signals officer for the talk-down, so I have to land on guesswork by using the deck of the carrier as a reference instead of flying the ball the proper way, which isn't very safe or reliable.

 

After getting onto the carrier, sometimes I turn on the external camera and look around, and usually see the datum lights on. But on approach, even as close as ten seconds in the groove, sometimes I've paused the game to switch to a view of the ship so I can see the optical landing system, but there are no lights on it, not even the datum lights are on.

 

Any help will be appreciated! Thank you.

[sniperwolfpk5]

I can't see it as well but I use ILS (instrument landing system) so on HUD you have to keep center the two circles (Make a donut) on each other. Be sure you are on landing (LNDG) mode not on RTN. You can check your current navigation mode on HUD

[luckyfortune]

Thanks. Having the glideslope indicator on the HUD really helps, although that's a bit of a pity that I can't get the Optical Landing System to work the way it should.

 

I will use the ILS for now.

 

Much appreciated!

[Azrayen]

IIRC optical never worked for humans in LO or DCS. Only for IA.

Old "bug"...