Mission 1 ACLS

[kisschicken]

I don't know if it's because of the new hook physics or what, but I've failed this mission twice because the ACLS sends me in the water. Has anyone successfully used the ACLS on this mission? 

[Jayhawk1971]

The addition of the burble by HB seems to have messed up ACLS and autothrottle use for the time being. I don't know if this is how it was supposed to be, or if there will be a "fix" somewhere down the road.  

 

This is not a campaign-related issue, though, so Reflected has no control over this.  This is a HB/ED issue. 

[kisschicken]

Finally got it. I'm kind of glad ACLS doesn't work because it convinced me to learn to land manually. 

Edited June 29, 2021 by kisschicken

[Reflected]

Yeah, the burble messed it up apparently. But hey, go manual, it's so much more fun

[schurem]

Is this front loaded difficulty or do all the flights expect us to do things like night landings? Couldn't you at least have made it a pinky?

[Jayhawk1971]

You can quit any mission right after the "mission accomplished" notification, which will appear right when you have accomplished the mission objectives. You can end the mission right then and there, or go and land on the carrier (mostly Case I, some Case III), or whatever else you'd like to do.

 

There also in an option in the F10 menu to skip any mission should you find it too hard (which they really aren't. First one is little overwhelming if you go into the campaign "cold". But really it's just CASE III departure and recovery. Pretty standard stuff. The info dump you'll get as a tutorial was a little distracting, though, IMO. Also, unless you crank your gamma up, you will miss the fact that CAT 1 is blocked by parked planes. I found out the hard - and fiery - way ).  

Edited July 5, 2021 by Jayhawk1971

[winghunter]

I dont get any reply from the carrier (SC) despite repeated attempts at various distances up to 6nm. Latest OB

I also don't get the ACL bars despite being connected by Jester. This works fine in other SC missions.

I think the last time I played 1 year ago it worked fine.

[Reflected]

I’ve heard of people who had comms problems with the Tomcat, but it was due to either switchology or mods. It works for me and most people. 
 

make sure you use the mic radio button of the ARC-182

[winghunter]

5 hours ago, Reflected said:

I’ve heard of people who had comms problems with the Tomcat, but it was due to either switchology or mods. It works for me and most people. 
 

make sure you use the mic radio button of the ARC-182

My bad, nevermind. Wasnt used to this any more: the coms menu not switching buttons automatically. And the ACL i couldn't see was due to being in Takeoff mode. So it was a very rough landing at night without glide slopes and comms

Edited December 18, 2023 by winghunter