VSN Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler

[Tomcatter87]

On 8/8/2023 at 1:42 AM, Geschirre said:

Flies around, shoots HARMs and looks great!  Someone posted a couple months ago (I can't find it, youtube/forum/hoggit... etc) with some triggers for SAM sites to make it look like it is jamming a radar.

I also love the prowler. There's a promising EW script, but I had some problems with it, I couldnt find the reason. The way I do it:

1. Set up a SAM Site and name the LAUNCHERS in a way I can easily find them.

2. Create a square trigger zone on one side of the SAM site

3. Let the Prowler circle between two waypoints that lie just a bit outside of that zone. Usually I set the prowler to invisible.

4. In the trigger menu, set two continuous triggers: As long as the prowler is inside the zone, AI of all launcher units is turned off. As soon as the prowler leaves the zone, they are turned back on again.

That way, there's still a possibility SAMS will get launched at the player / other AI aircraft. Also the RWR of the player will go off, because only the launchers are deactivated. As soon as the prowler turns at the end of its racetrack circle, it is not jamming and the SAM site might shoot at you.

[GeoS72]

Thank you all for the observations and recommendations. I will simulate the EW effects of the Prowler as suggested.

[2circle]

Just FYI, the Prowler's ALQ-99 pods jam in all directions.  It has steerable antennas inside it.  In other words, it is just as effective in jamming while flying towards as away from a SAM site.

[fagulha]

Inside ALQ-99

Edited September 3, 2023 by fagulha
Typo

[2circle]

Cool pics!

[impreza]

hace 22 horas, fagulha dijo:

Inside ALQ-99

 

why have a propeller on that pod?

[HawaiianRyan]

1 hour ago, impreza said:

why have a propeller on that pod?

Auxiliary thrust to help counteract the drag of the pod.

[2circle]

When it spins once airborne it powers the electronics in the pod.  It doesn't provide any thrust (more drag actually!).

[AvgeekJoe]

26 minutes ago, 2circle said:

When it spins once airborne it powers the electronics in the pod.  It doesn't provide any thrust (more drag actually!).

Correct answer

[vicom]

It's possible to get an update to DCS 2.0.9 for the EA-6B Prowler. Skin is more functional.

Edited October 22, 2023 by vicom

[Dallenbach]

vor 48 Minuten schrieb Urbi:

Error due to plug-in from 2021. The new features from NVIDIA and MT may not be compatible with the old textures.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/uqjupk5x2emtu28eugb4t/EA-6B-Prowler.rar?rlkey=0wufnuqed60qv5gld02v5pvko&dl=0

copy the liveries and texture folders and overwrite the old textures.

Thank you for your endless support much appreciated.

[vicom]

Thank you Urbi

Edited October 22, 2023 by vicom

[caramel]

Hello,
When I download the EA6-B folder, it only contains the textures. Although the liveries appear on the DROPBOX link, they are not in the downloaded folder, which only contains the textures (387 MB).
Does anyone have a solution, please?

[Swordsman422]

On 11/6/2023 at 1:28 PM, caramel said:

Hello,
When I download the EA6-B folder, it only contains the textures. Although the liveries appear on the DROPBOX link, they are not in the downloaded folder, which only contains the textures (387 MB).
Does anyone have a solution, please?

Download the main file from the front page and then, if you are having issues with the textures, the correction files from Urbi's post.

[JSF_Aggie]

Does the Prowler have nav lights, formation lights, etc?  If I'm not seeing them at night in a self-made mission, am I doing something wrong on my end?

[caramel]

On 11/18/2023 at 2:19 AM, Swordsman422 said:

Download the main file from the front page and then, if you are having issues with the textures, the correction files from Urbi's post.

Thanks, but despite several attempts, I still have a problem with the textures.

If someone has solved this problem, I'd like the solution.

[GoonEb1rd]

Can someone provide the correct path to install this mod sans using any mod manager? 

I am trying to find out where to understand the correct directories to put mods in, but there seems to be no consistency between various mods. 

Some start mid-path, some just list a folder name, and some say, 'put in x directory,' but it doesn't work. 

Does anyone have a list, a compilation, a link, or something to a scope of directory paths that mods should be installed on? 

I've seen comments of just using OVGME or a similar mod manager. Still, even after reading/following the directions, mods are not showing/displaying correct textures, etc., as if things will magically work, which is not the case. 

Thank you. 

[Hawkeye60]

It is time to add a new link with all the fixes and additions to date.

Including the  @Urbi  textures.

All the skins I can find.

Link will be placed in the first post of this thread.

[2circle]

I 

I am not very computer savvy, but after spending a considerable amount of time to replace the existing Prowler skins and textures after updating to DCS 2.9 (multi thread, VR), since the existing ones were not compatible (aircraft was appearing as very dark - no livery or textures),  I was able to get the aircraft to appear normally.  Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the ALQ-99 pods.  Does anyone have any idea what I might have done wrong?  My flow was:

Download the zip file that is posted in this thread

Decompress the zip files (liveries and texture folders)

Copy and paste the contents of these new folders over the existing files in the existing folder (see below)

Any help would be appreciated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[2circle]

After reloading the texture files, I now have a different problem...

I

This is in VR.  If you look closely, you can actually see the words "missing texture" on the outside of the Prowler/the jammer pods/canopy.  Is this a texture or livery issue (or both).  I have this airplane in a ton of my missions, and it REALLY detracts from the immersion factor to see this thing flying around.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I'm happy to share the mission should anyone be interested!

[Hawkeye60]

It the standard skin works, it is a livery issue.

The missing texture is not declared correctly.

If the standard  does not, the texture may be missing, or corrupted.

[2circle]

2 hours ago, Hawkeye60 said:

It the standard skin works, it is a livery issue.

The missing texture is not declared correctly.

If the standard  does not, the texture may be missing, or corrupted.

Thanks Hawkeye60 - when you say if the "standard" skin works it's a livery issue - what is the "standard" skin you're referring to?  It seems like this is important for troubleshooting purposes.

I also don't understand what it means when you say the texture is not "declared" correctly.  

I downloaded the files that were posted in dropbox a few weeks ago (that I thought were developed to make the mod compatible with DCS 2.9.).  This made me believe that others were having the same issue as me, but perhaps not??  Do you think something was corrupted during the installation process? 

Any other troubleshooting steps you can recommend? 

I was thinking to maybe start from scratch and download the aircraft files from the original post on this thread, but when I follow the hyper link, it takes me to a German website that has links for uploading files, but I did not see anything to download anything?  Could you please confirm I'm in the right place?

Again, thanks for all the work.  It really is (or at least, was) an awesome mod.  My flight deck wouldn't be the same without it! 

 

Edited December 20, 2023 by 2circle

[Experimental_J73]

I was trying to download the EA6 Mod (from first Page...). But on filrhorst.de it is telling me somehing "the folder function is deactivated" and it seems impossible to download the mod. I have noticed this already on several DCS mods on this hoster. 

Is the mod still somehow available (for DCS 2.9)? 

[2circle]

3 hours ago, Urbi said:

Hello 2circle the "Mod Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler" contains two folders (Liveries and Textures), which are also in the zip to be downloaded. are included. These two folders could only be copied and replaced by dragging and pasting into the directory mentioned above. It seems you also unpacked the EA_6B.zip in the textures folder. this should remain zipped.

Yes!  That was it!  Thank you so much for taking the time to explain that to me - if there's any way I can ever return the favor, please let me know.  I spent a couple hours troubleshooting this, so the fact that you were able to diagnose my problem and suggest the solution that took me less than 5 minutes to implement....THANK YOU!  

[Joe1978]

After a while without using it, yesterday I came across the A6 black. I have tried several skins but they don't show up

Please, Could you help me with this?