A-A Training TGP won't move.

[BFBunny]

Sorry if this is a bit long winded.

 

Background

 

I pull out the training missions for the A10c, learn to start it, understand the mfds, countermeasures, the gun modes, that little button under the throttle that you have to switch before the engines decide to work.

 

I watch some youtube videos and they're rubbish using all the lingo of china and back street without telling you the keys.

 

I skip unguided rockets, bombs litening, landing, nav, precision guided munitions to get to the mavs.

 

I get into this training mission, work out what the china switch does at last and how to slew the mavs on to the target (the yt vids showed me the fire and forget and shake when locked on features).

 

The training mission gets stuck after it askes me to do something and I have no idea what it's on about. I push the china switch forward, lock one mav, fire, lock another, fire, lock the third and fire destroying all the targets and then finish the remaining playing with the gun and the different modes.

 

The problem

 

The Air-to-air training mission comes next with the TGP pod and I follow the instructions.

 

Press the tgp button

Press the aa button

Hold k to make it soi

Press the , ; / buttons and.... NOTHING. I look at the pod and it's shaking like it's cold, but won't move. I try pushing the china hat button forward by pressing V and still nothing.

I then start pressing tgp pages before re-starting and following to the letter.

Still it shakes like it's locked by something.

So I select the AA weapon, let the weapon lock and press Left ctrl + UP (another step in the training) and the TGP moves to the target.

I release the weapon and destroy the target.

 

I come to the forums because I have no idea what I'm doing wrong since I've used these , ; / buttons on the mav page to slew around.

 

 

If you guys can think of anything let me know. I'll keep fiddling for a bit, but the training is usually pretty good.

 

Thanks.

 

SOLVED

 

This seems to be a bug with the tutorial as I tried this in the map editor with the pod loaded and I was able to slew pod. I still don't really understand how to use it properly, but at least I can now get it to move with the HUD.

 

I also worked out that I have to have the aa missile reticle over the target for it to lock.

Edited March 6, 2016 by BFBunny
SOLVED

[gospadin]

I watch some youtube videos and they're rubbish using all the lingo of china and back street without telling you the keys.

 

Glad you got things worked out.

 

Note that everyone you fly with online is going to have different key bindings or control setups, so describing things by their real names (coolie hat, boat switch, china hat, TMS, DMS, etc.) is the only way to consistently give instructions to a new Hawg pilot online.

 

You'll be helping yourself out a LOT by learning all the fundamental control names and how they work, separately from the key bindings.

 

--gos