Setting up cockpit for mission

[Hippo]

I have been trying to create a mission that places a player in an F18 just about to commence the descent for a case III approach. The aircraft is supposedly in the hold and about to reach the IAF at 25 nm, angels 10 and commence its descent. I am looking for the mission to start with the aircraft configured so that:

 

 

• TACAN set 27X, with CRS 159 for final bearing set, displayed in AMPCD and RMDI, HSI page.
  
• ILS CH 11 set and selected on HSI and displayed on HUD
  
• Some checklist items e.g. hook down.
  
• Some other minor MDI / AMPCD configuration.
  

 

The attached mission does what is required, but man, it took several hours of extremely tedious trial and error for me to get there.

 

I have used triggers of the type:

 

X: COCKPIT PERFORM CLICKABLE ACTION (DEVICE, COMMAND, VALUE, "")

 

to accomplish this.

 

Some of this works as I would expect, but some of the UFC buttons seem to require delays for them to register, meaning it takes nearly 10 seconds for the aircraft to be configured.

 

I was hoping that someone who (unlike me) knows what they're doing in the mission editor could kindly take a look at the attached mission and tell me if there's an easier, more elegant way to do this.

 

Thanks.

Case III Test.miz

Edited January 8, 2020 by Hippo

[Rudel_chw]

... tell me if there's an easier, more elegant way to do this.

 

May I suggest an alternative approach: Start with the aircraft in Active Pause, and then guide the pilot step by step trough the aircraft praparation using messages and controls highlighting .. the way a tutorial would do. You can active pause with a trigger X:Set Command 816.

[Hippo]

Active Pause

 

:) You and your active pause ;) again! ;)

 

Although I used a very specific example, what I am trying to achieve is to have the aircraft appear in a state that the pilot has supposedly already configured previously, not to take the pilot through it.

 

Your very useful suggestion is appreciated though, and I'll be sure to try it out in other missions.

Edited January 8, 2020 by Hippo