F-22A Raptor mod enhancement mod

[pepin1234]

Why the F-22 never appear in my Su-27 MFD via datalink AWACS?

[Gogi12]

22 minutes ago, pepin1234 said:

Why the F-22 never appear in my Su-27 MFD via datalink AWACS?

Because it is invisible?

[mrjay]

2 hours ago, pepin1234 said:

Why the F-22 never appear in my Su-27 MFD via datalink AWACS?

You might need this if it displays as <U> aka Unknown

Edited November 19, 2023 by mrjay

[pepin1234]

On 11/10/2023 at 3:47 PM, Nightstorm said:

Thank you for the information.  The RCS entry is in the F22.lua.  Feel free to change it.

F-22 is detected by A-50 AWACS at 60km from him but even so F-22 is not show in MFD via Datalink

[mrjay]

20 hours ago, pepin1234 said:

F-22 is detected by A-50 AWACS at 60km from him but even so F-22 is not show in MFD via Datalink

Maybe resolution of the mfd? I think 10 in the left bottom corner of the mfd means 10KM range. Try to increase it.

[pepin1234]

On 11/20/2023 at 7:31 AM, mrjay said:

Maybe resolution of the mfd? I think 10 in the left bottom corner of the mfd means 10KM range. Try to increase it.

Doesn’t work like you think. Actually 10 in MFD zoom mean 60km

[hammergaming1978]

Any further updates or patches for this mod, And does it work with the latest open beta from DCS.

[Nightstorm]

F22 should be working with current OB.  I'm updating now to the version 2.9.1.48335.

There were changes to the missile code and the battery life for AMRAAM's may be hard coded.  Still testing.  What does that mean?  Maximum range of a missile shot may now be restricted by a hard coded value that tells the missile to "play dead" after xx seconds go by.

[Joey_Destroyah]

Translation

"F22 should be used with the current OB. I'm now updating to version 2.9.1.48335. The missile code has changed, and the battery life of the AMRAAM may be hardcoded. Still being tested. What does that mean? The maximum range of a missile shot can now be limited by a hardcoded value that tells the missile to "play dead" after xx seconds."

"Hello, in the latest DCS, F-22A enhanced mod, the radar page seems to get weird, sitting in the cabin, looking down, you can see the radar page, as the pilot's angle of view rises, the radar page disappears from the bottom up, as if the light is refracted, this problem was not found in the previous version, I have tried it on two different computers and found this problem, can you check it?"

[hammergaming1978]

Do you have a download link for any patch updates to the F22A Enhancement mod. I installed the one that is 2.5.6 and for some reason now my DCS will not boot up it starts to load then immediately  closes.

[hammergaming1978]

Never mind i found out the issue, I took out three mods then it worked. All is working great now.

[daskjdhjah]

2023/11/11 AM7点47分，Nightstorm说：

谢谢你的信息。RCS 条目位于 F22.lua 中。随意更改它。

你好，在最新的DCS，F-22A增强MOD中，雷达页面似乎变得奇怪了，坐在机舱里，往下看，可以看到雷达页面，随着飞行员视角的上升，雷达页面会自下而上消失，仿佛光线折射，在之前的版本中没有发现这个问题， 我在两台不同的计算机上尝试过，发现了这个问题，你能检查一下吗？

[Nightstorm]

I've confirmed the "issue" with the RADAR screen appearing on the PMFD.  That location is where the F-15 RADAR was embedded in the cockpit model.  Don't ask me how that works, I didn't make the model.  Suffice it to say, something changed in 2.9 to cause this issue.  If you zoom in or pan up it seems to vanish again.  And of course if you're on the RADAR display it doesn't matter.

I have an idea that MIGHT fix it.  I'll experiment and see.  Meanwhile, it doesn't really impact anything that much and the Raptor is still flyable.  I'll see if there's anything I can do about it.  I would imagine the base F22 mod suffers from the same thing.  If anyone can confirm that, it'd be good to know.  Thanks.

[Nightstorm]

So, the good news is that the F22 still works fine in 2.9.2 except for this odd F15 Radar peeking through the PMFD on every page except the RADAR where it's displayed intentionally.  The bad news is that there doesn't appear to be anything I can do about it.

The F15 avionics elements are tied to the cockpit model and positioned on the top three displays.  If you notice now when you're loading into the cockpit you'll see them until you click play.  Then they go dark except of the Radar one at certain angles.  It's almost as if it was moved or something.  I've tried adjusting the code for the display, tried using a mask or something like that for the background, no joy.

As I said above, this isn't something introduced by my changes to the mod.  This should also be happening in the original, though I haven't actually tested that theory.

I could remove the other pages and ONLY have the RADAR for the PMFD, but that's like putting a piece of electrical tape over the check engine light.

If anyone has any ideas, I'm open to suggestions.  Thanks.

[RaptorFighter]

On 12/23/2023 at 8:49 PM, Nightstorm said:

So, the good news is that the F22 still works fine in 2.9.2 except for this odd F15 Radar peeking through the PMFD on every page except the RADAR where it's displayed intentionally.  The bad news is that there doesn't appear to be anything I can do about it.

The F15 avionics elements are tied to the cockpit model and positioned on the top three displays.  If you notice now when you're loading into the cockpit you'll see them until you click play.  Then they go dark except of the Radar one at certain angles.  It's almost as if it was moved or something.  I've tried adjusting the code for the display, tried using a mask or something like that for the background, no joy.

As I said above, this isn't something introduced by my changes to the mod.  This should also be happening in the original, though I haven't actually tested that theory.

I could remove the other pages and ONLY have the RADAR for the PMFD, but that's like putting a piece of electrical tape over the check engine light.

If anyone has any ideas, I'm open to suggestions.  Thanks.

Hello NightStorm. My game version is 2.9.2.49629. But so far I have not found any problems with the F-22. All screens work fine. The radar does not show through... Everything is normal.

[Rotia]

Hi and Happy Christams to all

I installed the mod a few days ago and I'm enjoying it so far, works great, no problems at all

I have a couple of questions though

Is there in the mod a night vision goggles? I can''t see a thing during the night missions, I rely on the aircraft's systems and that's fine but I feel like my situational awereness is really low without night vission

The second. Is there any update on the mod that i should install?

Thanks

[Nightstorm]

15 hours ago, Rotia said:

Hi and Happy Christams to all

I installed the mod a few days ago and I'm enjoying it so far, works great, no problems at all

I have a couple of questions though

Is there in the mod a night vision goggles? I can''t see a thing during the night missions, I rely on the aircraft's systems and that's fine but I feel like my situational awereness is really low without night vission

The second. Is there any update on the mod that i should install?

Thanks

Night visions goggles are not supported by the F-15C avionics, which this is based on.  So, unfortunately no.  The mod is current.

On 12/24/2023 at 12:45 PM, RaptorFighter said:

Hello NightStorm. My game version is 2.9.2.49629. But so far I have not found any problems with the F-22. All screens work fine. The radar does not show through... Everything is normal.

That makes me wonder if it's a GPU/Graphics issue.  I've got a 4090 and I'm using DLAA.  I've tried a couple of other settings but it didn't seem to matter.

[davigt]

2 hours ago, Nightstorm said:

Night visions goggles are not supported by the F-15C avionics, which this is based on.  So, unfortunately no.  The mod is current.

That makes me wonder if it's a GPU/Graphics issue.  I've got a 4090 and I'm using DLAA.  I've tried a couple of other settings but it didn't seem to matter.

Hey Nightstorm, very good work there on this enhancement of my favorite mod.

I played the F22A and just discovered your enhancement mod (Single Player) today, and I followed this tutorial on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGPzicU4i50 ) to install it, and I did everything right... But after installing the enhancement mod my DCS is not opening anymore...

 

To make sure the problem was with the enhancement mod, not the default F22A mod, I did the reverse, I deleted Sounds folder on saved games, and all the enhancement mod files, also the F22A folder and installed the default F22A again, and my DCS opened just fine...

 

Do you know what am I doing wrong? There is anything Im missing? Im running 2.9.2 Open Beta updated.

Thanks

Edited December 26, 2023 by davigt
typos

[davigt]

On 12/4/2023 at 10:59 PM, hammergaming1978 said:

Do you have a download link for any patch updates to the F22A Enhancement mod. I installed the one that is 2.5.6 and for some reason now my DCS will not boot up it starts to load then immediately  closes.

Im having the same issue with 2.5.6 enhancement... I use other mods like JAS39 and Su30... What did you do exactly to fix this? My DCS is not booting, when it starts to load if immediately closes. 

[RaptorFighter]

3 hours ago, Nightstorm said:

Night visions goggles are not supported by the F-15C avionics, which this is based on.  So, unfortunately no.  The mod is current.

That makes me wonder if it's a GPU/Graphics issue.  I've got a 4090 and I'm using DLAA.  I've tried a couple of other settings but it didn't seem to matter.

It is very possible that the “dog is buried” here (the root of the problem). I have 3080 for now.

[Nightstorm]

4 hours ago, davigt said:

Im having the same issue with 2.5.6 enhancement... I use other mods like JAS39 and Su30... What did you do exactly to fix this? My DCS is not booting, when it starts to load if immediately closes. 

Make sure you don't have the A2A_Missiles.lua file in two locations.  From the first post:

 

Single player external stores changes.  This requires changes to one main install folder but allows missiles on wing pylons.  USE THIS IF YOU ALSO HAVE THE CFT MOD OR THE CATM WEAPONS MOD INSTALLED.  There is a common file A2A_Missiles.lua that you can't have two copies of.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zia323bvadtkznl/F-22A External Weapons.7z?dl=0

One is installed in the saved folder .\Saved Games\DCS\Mods\aircraft\F-22A and the other into the main folder under .\DCS World OpenBeta\CoreMods\aircraft\AircraftWeaponPack.  Delete the one from your saved folder and comment it out of the entry.lua you find there.  An example is in the linked mod.

 

The F-22 isn't suffering from the same problem that the JAS39C and Su-30 mods did.  There are fixes for both of those available now.  Search these forums if you haven't already found them.

Edited December 26, 2023 by Nightstorm

[Race_Track]

Hi everyone, I'm new to DCS love this sim and this mode. I have the original F-22 mode that works flawless and now this enhanced version works flawless BUT with just 1 issue, i can not get cannon tracer fire it is not visible with nightsorms version. When I fire the cannon hatch opens, sound, it even hits and damages anything i shoot (buildings, ground vehicles,etc) but with no tracers rounds its completely invisible till it hits targets?

I tried removing and reinstalling both versions multiple times and tracer works with original Grinnelli Design but have no tracer fire once install this enhanced version. Any ideas?

[davigt]

4 hours ago, Nightstorm said:

Make sure you don't have the A2A_Missiles.lua file in two locations.  From the first post:

 

Single player external stores changes.  This requires changes to one main install folder but allows missiles on wing pylons.  USE THIS IF YOU ALSO HAVE THE CFT MOD OR THE CATM WEAPONS MOD INSTALLED.  There is a common file A2A_Missiles.lua that you can't have two copies of.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zia323bvadtkznl/F-22A External Weapons.7z?dl=0

One is installed in the saved folder .\Saved Games\DCS\Mods\aircraft\F-22A and the other into the main folder under .\DCS World OpenBeta\CoreMods\aircraft\AircraftWeaponPack.  Delete the one from your saved folder and comment it out of the entry.lua you find there.  An example is in the linked mod.

 

The F-22 isn't suffering from the same problem that the JAS39C and Su-30 mods did.  There are fixes for both of those available now.  Search these forums if you haven't already found them.

 

Hey Nightstorm, I dont have words to thank you enogh..

This solved my issue, my DCS is opening now. Thank you.

[davigt]

Hey Nightstorm,

after openning my DCS and sloting into a F22A, I cant seem to select the new weapons... If I pick an existing loadouts the weapons like 120D, 9X, etc are invisible. I can manage to pick normal 9X on the wing tip pyllon but nome of the rest.. Do you know what I missed?

I guess the problem is not with F22A mod anymore, because I cant see them on my F15C also... Maybe I dont have the 120D and this other 9X2 9X3 variants mod installed. With the default F22A mod it came with this missiles but not after installed the enhancement and deleting the A2A_missiles.lua and commenting the 2 lines in the entry.

I dont have CTF and CATM mods installed.

Edited December 26, 2023 by davigt

[davigt]

NVM Nightstorm, I solved it installing this external weapons you sent in this link:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zia323bvadtkznl/F-22A External Weapons.7z?dl=0

 

The thing is, it breaks IC, so better use a Mod manager if you want to play online after.