setting course line on ncarrier

[chaser]

Yesterday I could set a coarse line on the deck today I cant

Using the same procedure

[Wags]

Make sure you have the carrier TACAN first entered and selected.

[chaser]

thanks wags that what Im doing so boxing Tacan and selecting 1x for the stennis = ddi confirms tacan and the correct call sign

[chaser]

just to confirm

[chaser]

where as airfield operations are fine

Would you say that this is a bug ? I don't want to get suspended again for posting in the wrong place

[chaser]

anyone?

[Tholozor]

The picture you've taken on board the carrier looks correct, but the TACAN station icon is not appearing in your HSI and is only giving you bearing with no range, this leads me to believe the TACAN is not set up correctly.

 

Are you using something custom-made in the Mission Editor, or a pre-made mission? If it's custom-made then I would double check the carrier's Waypoint 0 settings and ensure the TACAN is properly configured. If it's a pre-made mission, might need to check with the mission designer.

[chaser]

The picture you've taken on board the carrier looks correct, but the TACAN station icon is not appearing in your HSI and is only giving you bearing with no range, this leads me to believe the TACAN is not set up correctly.

 

Are you using something custom-made in the Mission Editor, or a pre-made mission? If it's custom-made then I would double check the carrier's Waypoint 0 settings and ensure the TACAN is properly configured. If it's a pre-made mission, might need to check with the mission designer.

 

 

no just a simple mission -f18 on a carrier Stennis is showing active TACAN with a channel setting of 1x and transmit and receive has been selected

Edited February 2, 2019 by chaser

[Flamin_Squirrel]

Are you in receive mode only?

[ApoNOOB]

Do you have to enter & turn on TCN first? That is how I understand Wags. When I enter course line before and enter&activate TCN after, I get this. Once I adjust course line again, it shows as expected.

 

 

Normally I would think even after putting in course before activating Tacan, it should alteast show once I activate it.

[Tholozor]

If TACAN is de-selected with a course line, and then re-selected on the HSI, the course line will be not be visible until the CRS switch is pressed in either direction.

[chaser]

guys thanks for your replies -course line isn't working on a carrier deck on the Caucasus map but does work on the airfields ill try it on the gulf map and post my findings

**Edit**

Now reported as a bug as cant set course line on gulf and or Caucasus map whilst on a carrier, but can on airfields

 

 

Edited February 3, 2019 by chaser

[Doum76]

guys thanks for your replies -course line isn't working on a carrier deck on the Caucasus map but does work on the airfields ill try it on the gulf map and post my findings

**Edit**

Now reported as a bug as cant set course line on gulf and or Caucasus map whilst on a carrier, but can on airfields

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just tried on my side on gulf map, using latest Open Beta version, a training mission i keep on going for a while, and no issues at all, all works as intented. At first i thought it wa because in your mission editor, you didn't select the Carrier as Tacan unit in the advanced waypoint action (Activate Tacan) option, but even when i put « Nothing » as option, it stil worked, thought the Tacan icon went crazy a few seconds while turning around on the HSI, but then found the Tacan.

 

 

There used to have sometimes issues with the Tacan, that you had to turn it off then turn it back on.

 

 

EDIT: i created a new mission real quick, with tacan 1x as you have, created without specify the Stennis as unit in the option i told you above, and the Tacan tracker on the HSI keep turning clockwise unable to detext the Tacan, left the misison edited it, went in the option to specifiy the Stennis as unit in the Tacan option, and that time the Tacan worked. Might wanna take a look at this in the mission editor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 3, 2019 by Doum76

[Silversmith]

Confirm it works fine for me too on all Caucasus and Persion Gulf. Only recent change ? I notice is on the HUD where the distance to the Tacan station was previously shown as STN xx.x it now shows as TKR xx.x

 

[Deano87]

Confirm it works fine for me too on all Caucasus and Persion Gulf. Only recent change ? I notice is on the HUD where the distance to the Tacan station was previously shown as STN xx.x it now shows as TKR xx.x

 

 

That’s whatever you name it inside the Tacan setup menu in mission editor, defaults to TKR for some reason.

[chaser]

perfect thanks for your help

[Doum76]

That’s whatever you name it inside the Tacan setup menu in mission editor, defaults to TKR for some reason.

 

 

 

 

I presume because before we could only assign Tacan to Tankers, so my bet is, this haven't changed in the codings and stayed with TKR as pre-assign name?

[Deano87]

I presume because before we could only assign Tacan to Tankers, so my bet is, this haven't changed in the codings and stayed with TKR as pre-assign name?

 

Most likely. Yes.

[macedk]

guys thanks for your replies -course line isn't working on a carrier deck on the Caucasus map but does work on the airfields ill try it on the gulf map and post my findings

**Edit**

Now reported as a bug as cant set course line on gulf and or Caucasus map whilst on a carrier, but can on airfields

 

 

 

EDIT. I see u got it working ...disregard :)

 

not a bug . U are not doing it correctly :)