VNAO T-45 Goshawk

[flyingscotsman]

4 hours ago, Rudel_chw said:

 

+1 ... I wasn't able to load the Track   ... the first step before reporting a bug, is to make sure you are using a clean DCS with just the single T-45 Mod loaded.

Hi Rudel,

                      OK Sorry about that, should have thought of that, will get that sorted and There was mention elsewhere of stick lock might be on, will hunt that out and get back. Thank you for replying.

[Bones1775]

On 10/17/2025 at 3:18 PM, hreich said:

Managed export now, but fonts not readable

what did you have to change to export?

[flyingscotsman]

20 hours ago, Rudel_chw said:

run the mission again, when you exit the mission there is a button to "save track file", attach that file here to take a look at your issue 

Hello Rudel,

                         With apologies for not thinking ahead and leaving a trillion MODS on there. I have put Persian Gulf Map, long runway. Did a stir with the stick and all surfaces worked as normal. But I do notice that acceleration is slow, it accelerates like a Chipmunk, only getting to 130KTS by the piano keys at the far end.

Your advice appreciated.

T45 no mods, very slow acceleration.trk

[MAXsenna]

20 minutes ago, flyingscotsman said:

Hello Rudel,
                         With apologies for not thinking ahead and leaving a trillion MODS on there. I have put Persian Gulf Map, long runway. Did a stir with the stick and all surfaces worked as normal. But I do notice that acceleration is slow, it accelerates like a Chipmunk, only getting to 130KTS by the piano keys at the far end.
Your advice appreciated.
T45 no mods, very slow acceleration.trk

Shot in the dark. Pedals with toe brakes with the axis not set as a slider and/or (not) inverted?

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Edited October 19 by MAXsenna
Added text

[Blinde]

Could someone make custom .lua with gunpod added? I know T-45 doesn't has it but since og Hawk has it.

[Archangel44]

5 hours ago, MAXsenna said:

Shot in the dark. Pedals with toe brakes with the axis not set as a slider and/or (not) inverted?

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It’s possible about the toe brakes.

The F/A-18C, when setting up my controls, I ran into slow acceleration and had to invert the toe brakes.

The way I found out was I taxied with the toe brakes depressed and I knew right away the issue.

Hope this helps.

[MAXsenna]

It’s possible about the toe brakes.
The F/A-18C, when setting up my controls, I ran into slow acceleration and had to invert the toe brakes.
The way I found out was I taxied with the toe brakes depressed and I knew right away the issue.
Hope this helps.

Yup, not only possible, but might be the issue, that's why I mentioned it when I saw he couldn't get up to speed. I have to invert the brakes in "all" my modules and set them as sliders, or they will be half cocked all the time.

Cheers!

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[prestupnik]

The Bat, Gen, and Launchbar switches don't work when assigned to separate On/Off buttons.
The battery turns on, only when you click the mouse.

[Archangel44]

3 hours ago, prestupnik said:

The Bat, Gen, and Launchbar switches don't work when assigned to separate On/Off buttons.
The battery turns on, only when you click the mouse.

Noticed the same. They turn on/off with mouse click only. But still a fun plane to fly.

[hreich]

14 hours ago, Bones1775 said:

what did you have to change to export?

I had to change name of export screens - T-45 mod export names are:-

MFDL
MFDR

So you need to put entries in your monitor config file 

Alternatively, you could change those names to LEFT_MFCD and RIGHT_MFCD and then they will export into the same positions as the A10, F18 etc.

In the files
VNAO_T45\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\MFDL\Indicator\init.lua  ---->  try_find_assigned_viewport("MFDL") to try_find_assigned_viewport("LEFT_MFCD")
and
VNAO_T45\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\MFDR\Indicator\init.lua ---->  try_find_assigned_viewport("MFDR") to try_find_assigned_viewport("RIGHT_MFCD")

I got it to export but fonts are unraeadable...

Edited October 20 by hreich

[Bones1775]

3 hours ago, hreich said:

I had to change name of export screens - T-45 mod export names are:-

MFDL
MFDR

So you need to put entries in your monitor config file 

Alternatively, you could change those names to LEFT_MFCD and RIGHT_MFCD and then they will export into the same positions as the A10, F18 etc.

In the files
VNAO_T45\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\MFDL\Indicator\init.lua  ---->  try_find_assigned_viewport("MFDL") to try_find_assigned_viewport("LEFT_MFCD")
and
VNAO_T45\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\MFDR\Indicator\init.lua ---->  try_find_assigned_viewport("MFDR") to try_find_assigned_viewport("RIGHT_MFCD")

I got it to export but fonts are unraeadable...

thanks, based on my experience with the hornets rwr export the changes that will need done to make them readable will make them unreadable in the cockpit but i'll be doing some testing with it later today. basically need to find where it defines the line weight and fuzziness for the displays

 

part 2 got it, you need to edit the following file VNAO_T45\Cockpit\Scripts\materials.lua. (line 21) MFD_thickness = 0.2 i used the following MFD_thickness = 4.2

see the attached screenshots to see the results. as you can see it does make the in cockpit displays unreadable. you can mess around with line 21 and 22 to get the desired effect that suits you.

Edited October 20 by Bones1775

[flyingscotsman]

22 hours ago, MAXsenna said:

Shot in the dark. Pedals with toe brakes with the axis not set as a slider and/or (not) inverted?

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MaxSenna & Archangel 44 are both on the right track. I reset the pedals to Slider, but no change, but then noticed that one axis seemed to 'Stick' .

So changed pedals to Right side only for both brakes, and away she went, doubled the speed after initial inertia and leapt into the air.

So thank you to both of you, and Rudel who was good enough offer to take a look at my .trk file.

All working......until something else crops up, LOL

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN

[Morpheus]

For those who want it, goes in .....Cockpit\Scripts\ControlsIndicator (save original please)

ControlsIndicator_page.lua

[MAXsenna]

MaxSenna & Archangel 44 are both on the right track. I reset the pedals to Slider, but no change, but then noticed that one axis seemed to 'Stick' .
So changed pedals to Right side only for both brakes, and away she went, doubled the speed after initial inertia and leapt into the air.
So thank you to both of you, and Rudel who was good enough offer to take a look at my .trk file.
All working......until something else crops up, LOL
THANK YOU GENTLEMEN

Great. But no need to invert the axis?

Cheers!

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[hreich]

On 10/20/2025 at 1:41 PM, Bones1775 said:

thanks, based on my experience with the hornets rwr export the changes that will need done to make them readable will make them unreadable in the cockpit but i'll be doing some testing with it later today. basically need to find where it defines the line weight and fuzziness for the displays

 

part 2 got it, you need to edit the following file VNAO_T45\Cockpit\Scripts\materials.lua. (line 21) MFD_thickness = 0.2 i used the following MFD_thickness = 4.2

see the attached screenshots to see the results. as you can see it does make the in cockpit displays unreadable. you can mess around with line 21 and 22 to get the desired effect that suits you.

Thanks, you are the live saver...I need them readable on my exported mfd for now

 

[Rudel_chw]

On 10/14/2025 at 6:12 PM, Rudel_chw said:

Thanks for the reports, I will check the mission as soon as I get back home

 

Hello,

I checked the M01 mission and updated the mission to comply with a couple of minor changes that v1.2 has had since the time when I edited that mission, I had to restrict the trim range check, to -2° instead of -3°, to accomodate the Mod limitations. I will send the mission to the Mod developers now but in the meantime here is a link to the updated mission:

 

T-45C - Training - M01 Carrier Cold Start (by Rudel_chw).miz

 

and here is a video walkthrough to check it is indeed working:

 

 

One of the Mod changes I detected probably impact other missions as well, I will check those also over the next few days.

Best regards and sorry for the inconvenience 

 

Eduardo

[hreich]

On 10/20/2025 at 1:41 PM, Bones1775 said:

thanks, based on my experience with the hornets rwr export the changes that will need done to make them readable will make them unreadable in the cockpit but i'll be doing some testing with it later today. basically need to find where it defines the line weight and fuzziness for the displays

 

part 2 got it, you need to edit the following file VNAO_T45\Cockpit\Scripts\materials.lua. (line 21) MFD_thickness = 0.2 i used the following MFD_thickness = 4.2

see the attached screenshots to see the results. as you can see it does make the in cockpit displays unreadable. you can mess around with line 21 and 22 to get the desired effect that suits you.

 

 

And here's a fix that works for me, so that fonts are readable in cockpit and on mfd export...you can change thickness and fuziness, but also set this to TRUE -- dbg_drawStrokesAsWire = true

I have now clear fonts on mfd export and in game!!

-------FONTS----------
fontdescription = {}
dbg_drawStrokesAsWire = true
HUD_thickness = 1.5
HUD_fuzziness = 0.5
MFD_thickness = 0.2
MFD_fuzziness = 4.1

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Edited Wednesday at 07:49 AM by hreich

[SN68]

this mod should evolve into a full module + Meridian NAS

[flyingcyrus]

I spent dozen of hours in the 1.01 version either solo or with friends, and always found this plane VERY enjoyable to fly. That was confirmed by a collegue of mine who is a former AlphaJet pilot in the Patrouille de France. The perfomances of the T45 mod reminded him his beloved "GadJet". So I can't wait getting some freetime to jump again in this new Goshawk.

Having said that, would it be possible to update the first page of the topic and add the new download link (which is a bit hard to find among the 60+ pages)  ?

[Slippa]

I think this is in better hands being tinkered with by the community. Good to see different people getting involved, doing what they can to improve it and there’s no empty promises and all that goes with official modules. It gets a bit of work here and there, people enjoy it and some that are able to improve it where they can.

What would be good is if ED could do more to help the Modders. So much time and effort goes into these things by people that aren’t being paid and time and time again they get so far and come up against a wall. Not everyone can go 3rd party and commit to all that entails and the models, modules and DCS suffer for it. At least those of us that are mere users or ‘pilots’ get to see people that have the know-how tinker away and produce some great things.

Cheers to every one of you tinkerers that keep plugging away. Much appreciated, by some of us .

Saying all that, I haven’t taken this up for a while, have to put that right and check it out later.. Red Arrows skin and smoke pods o course .

[MAXsenna]

3 hours ago, flyingcyrus said:

would it be possible to update the first page of the topic and add the new download link

Different users. OP hasn't logged in here for a year+. 

[flyingcyrus]

18 hours ago, MAXsenna said:

Different users. OP hasn't logged in here for a year+. 

Understood. Maybe a new topic then

[hreich]

Does anybody know how to fix problems with bat1, bat2 and launch bar extend/retract not working when assigned to hotas?  If i click switchews in cockpit it works,but when i map them to hotas it doesn't?null Also how to map hud brightness dial to rotary on hotas?

[MAXsenna]

Completely off topic. By chance I came across a new TV series yesterday called "Top Guns: The Next Generation". They seem to use the T-45, and it's on National Geographic, (or your favourite you know what), not on Disney+ in my region yet, if ever.

Anyone seen it already? Gonna grab it today.

Cheers!

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[deeleyer]

16 hours ago, hreich said:

Does anybody know how to fix problems with bat1, bat2 and launch bar extend/retract not working when assigned to hotas?  If i click switchews in cockpit it works,but when i map them to hotas it doesn't?null Also how to map hud brightness dial to rotary on hotas?

I've uploaded some files on VNAO discord that fix some problems with the launch bar binds, hook lever animation, carrier tacan and allows to use the secondary radio.

Edited 18 hours ago by deeleyer