How to find frequency of my wingmen?

[Youda]

Hello.

I'm trying to learn how to properly use the radio, but i don't know how to communicate with my wingmen. In the communications menu the item "F1. Flight" is greyed out. The airfields have their frequencies written in the map view and it's also always written in the mission briefing. However communication channel for the flight is sometimes written in the briefing and sometimes not, for example in mission for F-16C "Combat Mission - Coiled Viper" it's not and i don't know how to enable communicating to my flight members.

[silverdevil]

it really depends on the easy comms vs not easy comms. that can be set in editor. if you are flying in a mission some else created hopefully there is info in the mission briefing. also if not easy comms you need to use the comms via whatever key or hotas it is assigned to. each AC has a different way to use the radio. also the radios have lots of different frequencies and you must be on that particular frequency to talk to ground, tankers, other flights, etc. i would suggest to look at tutorials or videos of whatever your AC is you are trying. for F-16 try this by GR.

[Youda]

Ok, i'm blind, it's right there, when you click on the aircraft.

 

 

 

But i still can't talk to them. No matter what i enter to the radio the communication option is greyed out.

Not sure whether this is wrong radio setting or issue with the mission or bug in the F-16.

Edited June 21, 2020 by Youda

[Youda]

Ok, it looks like the mission has "Easy communication" ticked. But if i don't operate the radio, everything except the AWACS is greyed-out.

It must be an issue with the missions then

[Sedlo]

You might find that, despite it being grayed out, it still may actually work. I've found that with some missions set to easy comms.

[Youda]

Well the "Easy communication" option is definitelly bugged, it does exactly the opposite - when ticked everything is grey until i set correct frequency, when unticked, everythings available even with radio completelly off. I'll be filling a bug report.

[randomTOTEN]

try the greyed out options, they should still work.

[Youda]

Well they don't work. I can hear their announcements like "taking off", "defending", "ejecting", but they don't listen to any my commands.

[Exorcet]

Are you using the communication menu (\ by default) or the actual radio buttons? \ Never worked for me with full fidelity jets.

[Youda]

Are you using the communication menu (\ by default) or the actual radio buttons? \ Never worked for me with full fidelity jets.

They all do the same. Pressing the "Transmit UHF" or "Trasmit VHF" just pops up the main communication menu, same as the \ button.

[randomTOTEN]

It's important to look at the title of the communication menu. It shows where the means of message transmission. Is this all in the Coiled Viper mission? I'll try it.

[Exorcet]

They all do the same. Pressing the "Transmit UHF" or "Trasmit VHF" just pops up the main communication menu, same as the \ button.

Yes the same menu should pop up, but whether or not it works depends on what you pressed. For me, even with easy radio \ does nothing. I have to use one of the radio buttons. Keep in mind I haven't used easy comms in a while, but this was the case when I last tried.