WalterRoach Posted February 25, 2018 Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) I've created a mod that allows a TACAN to be placed on the Tarawa. It's pretty "hacky", as the way it works is a KC130 in AV8B clothing is parked on the deck of the Tarawa. To keep the model off the tramline, I've modified the runway lua for the Tarawa to be located at the parking spaces. DCS doesn't allow more than one group to be placed on the ship at mission start, so if you are taking off from the ship, the TACAN unit has to be spawned in after you takeoff. Unit has to be uncontrolled or it will try to takeoff immediately, even if there are now waypoints active. This link https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZhU9kyMju1eBcI361nNjC3f8cloSm7M7?usp=sharing has the mod (TarawaTacanV1.1.zip), which is OVGME compatible, along with a simple script (activateBeacon.lua) to spawn the unit on the ship and activate the TACAN beacon. The script relies on MIST framework, and there are other ways to accomplish the same thing (once) via mission editor triggers. Using the activateBeacon.lua allows you to spawn and despawn the TACAN unit at will to allow respawn of player units onboard the Tarawa. Feel free to edit/improve and let me know if anyone plays with this and finds a better way to accomplish the same. EDIT: FYI- the modified runways mean that AI won't properly use the ship (not like they did to begin with though), as they will try and takeoff and land almost perpendicular to the tram line. Edited February 25, 2018 by WalterRoach
SUBS17 Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 An S3b can land on the Tarawa :) When? And how did they take off? [sIGPIC] [/sIGPIC]
Evilducky Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 When? And how did they take off? Spawn them in the air an you just set them to land on the carrier and their tacan will stay on.
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