Sublimearrepentido Posted May 8, 2020 Author Posted May 8, 2020 Gents! Whilst I got shot down I flew to hit sam site 503 near the coast. Did NOT lalrer waypoints. Let the carrier turn 180 took about 5 min 25 seconds. Started up THEN. Waypoints are perfect If you want a script to set your take off time.5 min late to help wif escorts Miguel21 figured ALL this out I went down in flames without getting to the drop zone. But my INS led me correctly right to it - I had to fight 4 mig 23s and didnt win though.
overalien Posted May 11, 2020 Posted May 11, 2020 Gents! Whilst I got shot down I flew to hit sam site 503 near the coast. Did NOT lalrer waypoints. Let the carrier turn 180 took about 5 min 25 seconds. Started up THEN. Waypoints are perfect If you want a script to set your take off time.5 min late to help wif escorts Miguel21 figured ALL this out I went down in flames without getting to the drop zone. But my INS led me correctly right to it - I had to fight 4 mig 23s and didnt win though. ... so can we infer that this is a DCS and/or HeatBlur Tomcat Bug - alignment on Carrier does not work if the carrier is turning during INS alignment / start up? or is this a "feature" and works as designed? __________________ overalien Hog Driver starting to really like the Tomcat System specs: Intel i7-8700k - OC to 5.0 GHz | 32 GB RAM 3600 MHz | Nvidia 1080ti SLi | Mixed Storage - Win 10 and DCS on Samsung SSD 970 Pro Flightgear: 7 Displays (3 x 1440p, 1 X 1080p, 3 X Lilliput Touch) | 3 x Cougar MFDs | Warthog HOTAS | Thrustmaster TPR Pedals | iBEAM Shaker + Simshaker for Aviators w. Sound Module | Helios | VAICOM Pro + AIRIO | TrackIR 5
near_blind Posted May 11, 2020 Posted May 11, 2020 ... so can we infer that this is a DCS and/or HeatBlur Tomcat Bug - alignment on Carrier does not work if the carrier is turning during INS alignment / start up? or is this a "feature" and works as designed? It depends on what kind of start up you're doing. If you're doing a full alignment then the aircraft is receiving positional data from the carrier via a datalink, and as long as the aircraft does not move relative to the carrier, the carrier's orientation should be a non factor. If you're seeing drastic INS inaccuracy in this situation, that would be a bug. If you're doing an Stored Heading Alignment it's different. Stored Heading works by trusting the aircraft is still pointed in the same direction it was the last time the aircraft was shut down, and thereby skipping an entire step of the alignment process. If you rotate the aircraft from the stored heading while aligning, it will invalidate the alignment and cause massive error. That's not a bug, it's a real life limitation. If I recall, the Mbot campaigns have stored heading alignments by default, but it's been a while so you'd want to check.
overalien Posted May 11, 2020 Posted May 11, 2020 It depends on what kind of start up you're doing. If you're doing a full alignment then the aircraft is receiving positional data from the carrier via a datalink, and as long as the aircraft does not move relative to the carrier, the carrier's orientation should be a non factor. If you're seeing drastic INS inaccuracy in this situation, that would be a bug. If you're doing an Stored Heading Alignment it's different. Stored Heading works by trusting the aircraft is still pointed in the same direction it was the last time the aircraft was shut down, and thereby skipping an entire step of the alignment process. If you rotate the aircraft from the stored heading while aligning, it will invalidate the alignment and cause massive error. That's not a bug, it's a real life limitation. If I recall, the Mbot campaigns have stored heading alignments by default, but it's been a while so you'd want to check. Great insight. Thanks for that. One of us should check that by editing the Base mission files to disable stored alignment. If that works I think it's better than waiting around for cartier to stop turning ... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ overalien Hog Driver starting to really like the Tomcat System specs: Intel i7-8700k - OC to 5.0 GHz | 32 GB RAM 3600 MHz | Nvidia 1080ti SLi | Mixed Storage - Win 10 and DCS on Samsung SSD 970 Pro Flightgear: 7 Displays (3 x 1440p, 1 X 1080p, 3 X Lilliput Touch) | 3 x Cougar MFDs | Warthog HOTAS | Thrustmaster TPR Pedals | iBEAM Shaker + Simshaker for Aviators w. Sound Module | Helios | VAICOM Pro + AIRIO | TrackIR 5
Sublimearrepentido Posted May 12, 2020 Author Posted May 12, 2020 ... so can we infer that this is a DCS and/or HeatBlur Tomcat Bug - alignment on Carrier does not work if the carrier is turning during INS alignment / start up? or is this a "feature" and works as designed? Its a feature. First of all it deals with DCE but its correct - the INS and everything works great, ONCE the carrier is going on the course in the wind. Maybe IRL a pilot would know to input that before but it definitely works right- it also depends on how much carrier needs to turn. Its sorta neat.
Sublimearrepentido Posted May 12, 2020 Author Posted May 12, 2020 Stored alignment is on. You can check that as is. Turning it off isnt the better option- you go from 5 min to 15 min startup. Just accelerate time for 2 or 3 min in game - once you hit 2 or 3 min (I can startup unassisted FAST but jester still takes at least 2 or 3 min before he fs with the INS..) So just get the key for time normal and accelerate. It only seems to do it on strike missions. You can either check your backip compass on the right side of the box under hud, (way in front) or f2 and just watch your heading.)
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