Random bugs in instant action

[odin13]

Hi all, first post here, please bear with a noob. Win 10 x64, DCS 1.5, Aircraft P-51, Saitek X52 Controller, CH rudder pedals, Instant Action. I am encountering random bugs in certain scenarios. On cold start Vasiani (sp) I can't gain altitude after takeoff. I go up to 500 feet & that's it, after that the plane just won't gain any more altitude. Trimming out is also acting up as the plane refuses to respond to adjustments. Control surfaces are showing movement as does control knobs in the cockpit. This bug is strictly limited to this scenario. In other Instant Action scenarios the problems do not exist.

 

On a previous install, the same scenario exhibited a different bug where I could not retract landing gear. All files pass a repair check so that is not a fix. All control surface configurations have been checked out & no problems are evident there. Short of a clean install (which I REALLY don't want to do since I'm running out on the number of serial number validations I have left) does anyone know how to fix bugs of this nature? I have no problems at all performing a takeoff from Batumi. Trim can be attained without any problem, & the landing gear retracts just fine. I haven't flown any other scenarios so I have no idea if other bugs may be popping up elsewhere.

 

Since I'm fairly new to DCS (maybe 50 hours of flight time) I have no idea what is going on. I've flown on a few servers & seen a few bugs, but with a simple plane reset the bugs disappear (no canopy, brakes not working etc.) I don't think it's my gear since the problems are limited to certain scenarios & do not repeat on others.

 

Is there any method to just overwrite the data/files to any given scenario? If so, this would hopefully eliminate these spurious bugs. Since i'm unfamiliar with file locations & structure, I'd need help identifying where or what to replace/change.

 

Thanks for any help that may be offered in advance & happy flying!:pilotfly:

Edited August 18, 2016 by odin13

[MadDog-IC]

 

Instant Action. I am encountering random bugs in certain scenarios.

 

On cold start Vasiani (sp) I can't gain altitude after takeoff. I go up to 500 feet & that's it, after that the plane just won't gain any more altitude.

 

Trimming out is also acting up as the plane refuses to respond to adjustments. Control surfaces are showing movement as does control knobs in the cockpit. This bug is strictly limited to this scenario. In other Instant Action scenarios the problems do not exist.

 

On a previous install, the same scenario exhibited a different bug where I could not retract landing gear. All files pass a repair check so that is not a fix.

 

Is there any method to just overwrite the data/files to any given scenario? If so, this would hopefully eliminate these spurious bugs. Since i'm unfamiliar with file locations & structure, I'd need help identifying where or what to replace/change.

 

Thanks for any help that may be offered in advance & happy flying!:pilotfly:

 

With these sort of random issues, I have generally found that bugs have been introduced in the mission files them selves over time, such as commands that have to be reloaded to function again, strange waypoint numbering, missing waypoint type and heaps of other things.

 

As all the P-51 and a great deal of other plane modules missions are still in the older pre dcs v1.216 mission format and haven't been freshened up to the DCS v1.5x format.

 

I would be making a copy of them into your own saved games folder by loading them into the mission editor and re-saving them and then play the freshened up version of the missions and see if any of your problems disappear (This has fixed some issues in the past).

 

Game Missions in:

.....\DCS World\Mods\aircraft\P-51D\Missions\EN\QuickStart\

 

Your Saved Games folder:

c:\Users\yourusername\Saved Games\Dcs\Missions\P-51D\Quickstart\

 

Regards, Ian.