A-10C II Basic Flight Training Qualification Released and Updated Voice Overs for all BFT Campaigns

[Sabre-TLA]

In today's patch update ED has released our A-10C II Basic Flight Training Qualification campaign.  This is a free upgrade and included in the A-10C Basic Flight Training Campaign package.  Additionally we updated all the voice overs for the BFT campaigns.

 

 

The practice missions are also now in their own campaign so the package currently includes 4 campaigns:

A-10C BFT Practice Campaign

A-10C BFT Qualification Campaign

A-10C II BFT Practice Campaign

A-10C II BFT Qualification Campaign

 

We also updated numerous triggers and made a few other adjustments to improve gameplay. 

Please let us know if you encounter any issues.  

Thanks and stay safe!

[Snakedoc]

Great stuff!!

[sc_neo]

Any plans that you port those training campaigns over to NTTR in the forseeable future? If i recall correctly you stated something to that effect couple of years back.

[mwd2]

Fantastic - thanks.

[Sabre-TLA]

Yes still in the plans, just sidetracked by a bunch of other campaigns but we hope to get to it soon.

[gerd]

Hi Sabre,

 

thanks for the update to A-10C II ! It is nice to have this weathered cockpit. Just played through first 2 missions to get up to speed with the hog again.

 

Taxi mission - I played it 3 times due to some missed switches on the startup (rusty, rusty) and the first 2 times the fuel truck moving away from my spawn position collided with the hog taxiing out. On the third attempt then managed to avoid the collision - perhaps a peculiarity of the game engine.

 

Takeoff/engine-out mission - I was focused on my startup when I heard "2 ejecting", the hog in front of me on 1'clock was in flames and indeed ejected on the tarmac - spectacular show, but not sure if it was intended.

 

General comments - the extended 15 minutes for shutdown now seem like no challenge at all compared to the original 2 minutes, but on the other hand real life procedures are not rushed either.

 

Is there any benefit in playing through the Practice campaign? What are the differences from the actual Qualification?

 

[Sabre-TLA]

Yes the AI is still a work in progress.  It worked fine when we tested it but some recent AI path finding problems have been reported.  We will retest again and see if we can work around those crazy AI behaviors.

 

The practice missions start with you either on the runway or in the air (so you get to skip the start-up sequence).  There are a few extra voice overs and other tips and hints to help you prepare for the qual missions but the triggers are the same between both so if you get good at the practice missions the actual quals should be no sweat.

 

Update: We retested and didn't get the fuel truck crashes you indicated though we did notice the wingman aircraft parked in the wrong spot for mission 2 so we will be putting a fix in for that.

Please continue to report any other issues that come up.  Thanks.

Edited February 7, 2021 by Sabre-TLA

[Funky]

Will your other qualification campaigns be getting upgraded to the A-10C II?

[Sabre-TLA]

6 hours ago, Funky said:

Will your other qualification campaigns be getting upgraded to the A-10C II?

Yes we are testing them now.  I can't give an eta but they will be included in a future patch update.

[Dograw75]

The problem with #2 ejecting on the A10C2 take off/efato mission seems to be with another A10 spawning in a point that it clips #2's A10.... Im sure yall have noticed this and are on it, just noting my experience.  Thanks for all the great content, I have a lot of fun on these campaigns!

[Sabre-TLA]

Yep, it was reported and we have a fix that we will be submitting to ED soon. 

 

Thanks for the feedback and please continue to report any issues so we can improve the missions for everyone.

Stay safe!

[Dograw75]

So just an FYI for everyone about the mission 2 bug on the Basic mission...  Although the instructor ejects and his aircraft blows up, it does not affect you completing the mission.  You can still fly and complete the mission and communicate with the instructor.

[Sabre-TLA]

We have provided a fix to ED so hopefully this issue will be corrected in the next patch update.   You will notice a similar situation in BFT07 and BFT10.

[gerd]

Hi Sabre,

 

I was now flying the basic flight maneuvers mission (turns, descends, autopilot) and had encountered the following:

- after takeoff climbing to the first turn point I suddenly got "you failed to disengage the anti-skid" followed by the usual scoring messages.

- continuing the mission I got to the point the instructor told me to land, so I did, nice touchdown at the perfect spot and suddenly damaged the aircraft and shouts that I failed the mission. Looking around it seems the instructor killed me with his landing gear down overflying.

 

I have noticed before that sometimes "stuff" can carry on from mission to mission in DCS, so I made sure I quit the game, start it anew and immediately fly this campaign mission.

[Sabre-TLA]

The anti-skid issue we learned about recently and put a fix in - so it should be available in the next patch release.

 

As for the instructor crashing into you on landing, the AI is a work in progress so once you get cleared to RTB I would take your time and let him land first. 

 

ED have committed to improving the AI and hopefully they can address this and the "rubber banding" issue (where he tends to bounce between altitudes) when landing close to you. 

 

Best advice is to give him plenty of space when on approach and hopefully they can make the AI more intelligent in future updates.

[Sabre-TLA]

We have a number of campaigns in the queue right now so once we get through that pile we can take a look at the docs and see what we can do to update them to new specs.

[Razor18]

Sorry to chime in in an old topic, but anyone knows if the A-10C II training missions are dealing with the new HMCS features and the corresponding changes in the HOTAS functions? Thanks.

[Sabre-TLA]

They can be used in the Basic, Advanced and Tactical campaigns but there is no specific training or triggers setup for them.

Edited December 11, 2023 by Sabre-TLA

[Razor18]

Thanks !