reported Flashlight question

[Orsi]

The flashlight is very handy, but it needs battery power to turn it on, but to turn battery switch on we need some light. Does this need to be like that? What’s the reason to this?

[Yurgon]

44 minutes ago, Orsi said:

The flashlight is very handy, but it needs battery power to turn it on [...]

 

It does?

 

For me it can be switched on without battery power (A-10C and A-10C II, latest OpenBeta). After all, it's a handheld (or glove-attached) device with no connection whatsoever to the aircraft.

 

Are you certain the flashlight can only be switched on with the battery on?

[Orsi]

2 hours ago, Yurgon said:

 

It does?

 

For me it can be switched on without battery power (A-10C and A-10C II, latest OpenBeta). After all, it's a handheld (or glove-attached) device with no connection whatsoever to the aircraft.

 

Are you certain the flashlight can only be switched on with the battery on?

I’ll test again an reply to you, thanks in advance 

[Ziptie]

2 hours ago, Yurgon said:

 

It does?

 

For me it can be switched on without battery power (A-10C and A-10C II, latest OpenBeta). After all, it's a handheld (or glove-attached) device with no connection whatsoever to the aircraft.

 

Are you certain the flashlight can only be switched on with the battery on?

 

Was for me (requiring the battery power switch to be on)

 

Also something similar with the Hornet - but there was some stipulation with the Hornet, that once you'd applied the battery switch power and then toggled the battery switch power, the flashlight wouldn't turn back on again.

 

 

Cheers,

 

Ziptie

[melchionda]

This seems odd.  I thought the Flashlight was just a handheld flashlight.  Is this a bug?

[Captain Orso]

The "Flashlight" in the Hornet is a hand-held-lamp, mounted on the rear, right cockpit wall. I don't recall that you needed to turn the battery on for it to work, but maybe.

 

I the A-10C the flashlight was only just added due to popular request. Even though it is in the category "Right Console" there is nothing else in the category and I'm guessing it was simply copied from a different module and left as it is.

 

I just tried it, and starting in an A-10C II Tank Killer cold and dark at 2am local time, no moon, no nothing, pitch black out there, it works as the very first game button I press. Dim controls don't seem to work, but better than nothing.

 

No idea what your issue is Ziptie. Maybe check your controls again. Also try <LAlt><L> on the keyboard. That should always work, unless you've changed it.

[Foka]

3 hours ago, Captain Orso said:

The "Flashlight" in the Hornet is a hand-held-lamp, mounted on the rear, right cockpit wall. I don't recall that you needed to turn the battery on for it to work, but maybe.

 

I the A-10C the flashlight was only just added due to popular request. Even though it is in the category "Right Console" there is nothing else in the category and I'm guessing it was simply copied from a different module and left as it is.

 

By the way flashlight followc your curcor, I'd say it's more something like that:

[chaos]

It's called a "wander lamp" or "utility light". It's mounted in the cockpit and you can take it out of the holder and use it as a "flashlight". It's permanently attached by a power-cord and does not require for the battery switch to be on. That is, it is on the "hot battery bus" so you can use it without any electrical switching.

Edited January 2, 2021 by chaos

[rob10]

Thanks for the description/explanation!  It always seemed weird that it was wired but more a flashlight than a wired light.

[Ziptie]

On 1/1/2021 at 4:53 AM, Captain Orso said:

The "Flashlight" in the Hornet is a hand-held-lamp, mounted on the rear, right cockpit wall. I don't recall that you needed to turn the battery on for it to work, but maybe.

 

I the A-10C the flashlight was only just added due to popular request. Even though it is in the category "Right Console" there is nothing else in the category and I'm guessing it was simply copied from a different module and left as it is.

 

I just tried it, and starting in an A-10C II Tank Killer cold and dark at 2am local time, no moon, no nothing, pitch black out there, it works as the very first game button I press. Dim controls don't seem to work, but better than nothing.

 

No idea what your issue is Ziptie. Maybe check your controls again. Also try <LAlt><L> on the keyboard. That should always work, unless you've changed it.

 

 

Odd, tried it today and it worked as intended.

 

 

Cheers,

 

Ziptie

[Docsnuggles]

On 1/3/2021 at 3:44 AM, Ziptie said:

 

 

Odd, tried it today and it worked as intended.

 

 

Cheers,

 

Ziptie

I just tried it in the A-10C (not the II) and its bugged.

[Stuka]

Tested: the lights works as intended at first start in the mission.

However, there is a bug: once the battery has been on, the flashlight always needs battery.

So

mission start - turn flashlight on:ok

enable battery: flashlight ok

disable battery: flashlight goes off and can not be switched on again

battery back on: flashlight ok

 

Reported