A-10C Tactical Training Qualification Campaign

[jasonbirder]

If its any help (might not apply) when I played through a while ago...I had alot of trouble getting JTACs to respond when I had VA/VIACOM running

Turning off VIACOM had them behaving correctly...

May help!

[King39]

I don't use Viacom or any type of voice mod or any mods at all.

[Sabre-TLA]

Just retested mission 11 in the latest OpenBeta and the JTAC voice overs played fine.  I suggest you do a DCS Repair and uninstall and reinstall the campaign files in case they got corrupted.

Edited December 31, 2021 by Sabre-TLA

[Meatshield]

Hi, love the campaigns.

I'm on the first mission management one, (after getting lucky on SADL engagement), my issue is I can't figure out how to issue an accurate attack command to wingmen. They just sorta do whatever they want. Last attempt at one point they were each 40 miles away in opposite directions (I believe after issuing an attack command).

I have SPI on a target, and I've tried either broadcasting it, or with SPI set, hooking a wingman and hitting the "SEND xxxx" OSB on the TAD, but neither result in any attack runs by the wingmen. They seem to just pick their own targets of whatever type if I issue an engage command afterwards. No idea how datalink and issuing commands to AI work together, and google isn't helping, either. Everything I can find is about human wingmen and multiplayer.

Little help?

For what it's worth, the A-10C manual says the following, but after hooking the aircraft, the network ID appears below send without pressing it first, and after pressing send the first time, the send OSB goes away, so there's no send OSB to press a second time.

Quote

Actively hook the SADL-equipped aircraft you wish to send the Target Assignment to and
press the SEND OSB. Upon doing so, the network identification (XX-XX) of the hooked aircraft
appears below the SEND label.
• Set the SPI to the location of the TAD symbol that you wish to assign as the target. You do
not need to be broadcasting SPI to do this. This will set the target location and be visible on
the recipient aircraft’s TAD.
• With the recipient and target set, press the SEND OSB a second time to send the Target
Assignment.

 

Edited January 11, 2022 by Meatshield
added manual wording

[Meatshield]

Sorry, I figured it out. Giving the "engage with" command does it, but then it doesn't use the datalink, it uses DCS AI magic. Limitations of AI wingmen and such, I assume.

Anyways, great work, thanks for all the fun, learning, and practice!

[mokrunka]

Hi everyone, late to the party here, but is it possible to play this campaign with the A10Cii? Has it been updated for the ii?

[Sabre-TLA]

Yes it has!   You get campaign files for both aircraft versions.

[Wali763]

Just had the wierdest fail IMO.

Just did the third mission in the Campaign (night JTAC-mission) and upon landing in full landing-configuration (last leg) at Vaziani, my wingman/supervisor came very close to my aircraft, flew alongside of me for a while and then turned into me! I was able to see this and tried to avoid a collision, which was not possible. So I crashed a few 100m from the runway and failed the mission! 

Overall Im not very pleased right now with this campaign. I will maybe later elaborate on this. Right now I dont think its lack of skill on my side...

[Sabre-TLA]

Sorry to hear that.  The AI is unpredictable at times.  I believe he is supposed to break away when you are landing but something may have changed. 

Did it happen on any other mission (as the logic is the same)?

[Wali763]

On 9/27/2022 at 3:54 AM, Sabre-TLA said:

Did it happen on any other mission (as the logic is the same)?

Not yet. But I had the AI very often mess with the wingman on landing before. Often they jump up and down. But this time it looked like the wingman was on a kamikaze-trip....