VULCAN FORGE - A Realistic 10 Mission AV-8B Campaign on NTTR

[DerBayer]

Thank's for the Update! I love your campaign.

[Sedlo]

Thanks!

 

Thank's for the Update! I love your campaign.

[James Corbett]

This campaign is very well done. Good for getting used to the Harrier systems. Good for learning. Very well done. Thank you

[Sedlo]

Thanks, James, I am glad you like it!

[Parrotman]

Thank you so much for making this and sharing.

I am getting to grips with the harrier,

And this has proved fantastic at applying system learning in a realistic

Situation.

Brill.

[Sedlo]

Excellent, I'm glad you find it useful!

 

Thank you so much for making this and sharing.

I am getting to grips with the harrier,

And this has proved fantastic at applying system learning in a realistic

Situation.

Brill.

[Sydy]

Hi guys and Sedlo,

 

I hope you guys are doing pretty well. After I came back flying the Harrier and updating my quick checklist, I decided to fly your Campaign Vulcan Forge (1.8 ). It was awesome.

 

Very well scripted and worked flawlessly. I love it all.

 

If I may make a couple of suggestions, I'd say:

1- Make a doc package available with charts like Missions 01/08/09 and 10. It makes easier to put it on on other monitor. The briefing is nice also, but the Nav and WPTs Map are more important.

2- Maybe, just a maybe, you may add a couple of missions in the middle of the campaign with some other weapons like Jdam (nothing complicated) and AGM-65G, but it is just a suggestion.

 

I loved the weapons and employments variation and surely it made me a better AV8B virtual pilot.

 

Thanks a lot,

 

Sydy

Edited May 4, 2020 by Sydy

[Sedlo]

Thanks, Sydy! I'll take it under advisement. Right now I'd say most of my DCS time is going to be dedicated to Bold Cheetah, but I do plan on going back to Vulcan Forge once day in the near future.

[DerBayer]

Hi, is with mission 7 everything ok? After I bombed the truck, two F-18 arrived and I have to RTB. Wasn´t there a enemy helicopter, when I flown this mission long time ago?

I tried it twice.

 

 

 

Thanks!

[Sedlo]

Could be busted, so much broke with 2.5.6. Yes, there is supposed to be a helo.

[Sydy]

Hi, is with mission 7 everything ok? After I bombed the truck, two F-18 arrived and I have to RTB. Wasn´t there a enemy helicopter, when I flown this mission long time ago?

I tried it twice.

Thanks!

 

Hi,

 

I just flew the campaign and Mission 7 was just the truck. I was told to RTB after that and never saw an enemy Helo. It came out as success.

 

All the best,

 

Sydy

Edited May 5, 2020 by Sydy

[Sedlo]

Hey SYDY! I've updated the campaign to version 1.9 today, and I should have the issue in mission 7 and 10 fixed now.

 

Some of the missions are now Cold Starts, too.

[unlikely_spider]

Hey SYDY! I've updated the campaign to version 1.9 today, and I should have the issue in mission 7 and 10 fixed now.

 

Some of the missions are now Cold Starts, too.

 

Yay! Man, you guys are really a service to this sim. Kudos.

[Quip]

That's how you do it! Very very good campaign using the AV8 the way it's meant to, within the constraints of DCS.

Absolutely terrific.

 

Yes yes, robot voices are "meh" and you may want to add a pause between the spoken lines. Also I'd like NOT to have all caps. But those are minor gripes ins what's otherwise a job very well done!

 

One more thing: make sure it's for Stable, not Open Beta. Stable is the supported version of the game.

 

Respect and thank you!

[Sydy]

Hey SYDY! I've updated the campaign to version 1.9 today, and I should have the issue in mission 7 and 10 fixed now.

 

Some of the missions are now Cold Starts, too.

 

Thanks a lot, Sedlo. I already downloaded it.

 

Tks also to unlikely_spider!

 

Sydy

[Steve Trowell]

I've only managed to find some vaguely appropriate amount of time to dedicate to DCS during these various lockdowns & have just started your Vulcan Forge Campaign but I'm already loving it & really appreciate all the time & effort you've put in @Sedlo Thank you..!

[Sedlo]

1 hour ago, Steve Trowell said:

I've only managed to find some vaguely appropriate amount of time to dedicate to DCS during these various lockdowns & have just started your Vulcan Forge Campaign but I'm already loving it & really appreciate all the time & effort you've put in @Sedlo Thank you..!

Thank you, Steve!  I haven’t ran through the campaign in a couple of patches, I hope you enjoy it. Please let me know if you run into any issues. 
 

cheers! 
 

sedlo 

[CommandT]

20 hours ago, Sedlo said:

Thank you, Steve!  I haven’t ran through the campaign in a couple of patches, I hope you enjoy it. Please let me know if you run into any issues. 
 

cheers! 
 

sedlo 

Hi Sedlo, I don't suppose you have any more new AV-8B or F-18 missions? Your Red Flag F-18 missions were the best I've every come across. I just wish there was bit more. Especially for the Harrier. I tried Vulcan Forge but gave up kind of quickly as I wasn't a fan of the comms voicovers and the fictional scenario. I know it was your early work. 

I remember you were saying you have an F-18 campaign ready to go. Is that getting close? 

Also the Syria map has virtually zero content atm. 

[Sedlo]

Hey @CommandT!  Nothing ready just quite yet.  Still waiting on some things to line up re: Bold Cheetah.  

[CommandT]

22 hours ago, Sedlo said:

Hey @CommandT!  Nothing ready just quite yet.  Still waiting on some things to line up re: Bold Cheetah.  

Got you. Hope it works out! I can't wait

[Brainfreeze]

I have a question about M3 (night low level LST GBU bombing)...    I am arriving low level to avoid the SA-8... i.e 150ft ...  rise up 3 miles before... but GBUs keep missing target because, I think, they need to be dropped from higher altitude in order to be able to steer themselves.  Am I wrong there?  Waht altitude are u guys coming at and are you hitting tgt?

[Sedlo]

Once you get a lock on the laser spot and it's designated, pull up into a steep climb while holding the pickle button.. Bombs should come off on their own and guide to target.

 

[Sedlo]

I just re-flew the mission again... Make sure you've got everything set up prior to running in (bombs selected, configured, armed and in AUTO mode).  The target will be designated when you're within 6 miles.  As soon as you've got the laser locked in / designated, pull up and hold the pickle.

 

[Brainfreeze]

29 minutes ago, Sedlo said:

Once you get a lock on the laser spot and it's designated, pull up into a steep climb while holding the pickle button.. Bombs should come off on their own and guide to target.

 

They do but they land too short or too long.  what altitude are you went you arrive / just before you pull up?

Edited January 30, 2021 by Brainfreeze

[Sedlo]

I think they come off the jet somewhere around 800ft or so?  I didn't keep a track of it, but it's important to pull up as soon as you have the lock ( I think mine was somewhere around 5 miles out or so)

I'm maybe 200ft agl on the ingress.