investigating Mission 7…can’t get briefing in time

[Mikeck]

Edit.

same issue as reported here:

BUT…I followed orders exact. Took off right after F-16s. Kept 250-300 knots all the way to WP2 all 3 times.

 

first run: I got to WP2 2 minutes early where I then flew in circles for 10 minutes. Nothing. I noticed a lot of traffic at the base still but figured I’d try agai

 

Second run: same. This time I checked at the base and saw “banshee flight was stacked up on the taxi behind “Chevy 8-1” which was disabled with a missing nose cone: hit something obviously. Likely same thing that caused nothing to happen first time

 

final run: MOST FRUSTRATING. I head to WP2 while keeping an eye on base traffic. This time, all flights get off without damage. BUT, by the time Banshee gets airborne, I’m already at WP2 3 minutes early. (Even if I flew slower…banshee can’t get off the ground and to their WP quickly enough). I CANT contact Sunray until I give briefing. But I don’t have the option to brief until all flights call in “saddled.
 

Eventually, Chevy 8 or Banshee called in “saddled” and I was able to brief. After, I was able to call Sunray- who promptly told me that I was late and had failed the mission. Indeed, it was 23:26…3 minutes past the window. 
 

I can’t contact Sunray until I brief, and I can’t brief until the right flights get to where THEY need to be….and I’m taking off when I’m supposed to. how does everyone complete this mission of base traffic is such that the flights DONT get to their “saddled” areas until it’s too late???

 

what am I doing wrong???

Edited September 13, 2021 by Mikeck

[Mikeck]

Well, tried again today. Left on time, all flights got off, I flew at 250 waiting for all Chevy and the F-15s to catch up until i HAD to speed up or miss the time. Sped to 350 and ALL flights caught up about 15 miles short of WP2 and with 2 minutes to go befor “Rolex”. But I knew there was an issue when i never got the dialogue about “why aren’t we using F-15s”.

 

nope….complete silence all the way. No one checked in as saddled. Chevy 7, 8 and the F-15e flight were all following me around like little ducklings as i circled WP2 watching the minutes tick by. Window was 23:20 to 23:23. By 23:40 (!!!!) I said screw it and went to Wp3 (orbit) still nothing. No dialogue, no “press space bar to do this”. Nothing

 

lasr transmission I heard was God telling me to tune to departure frequency and advise that you are out”. I did so, got the all clear and tuned to “main” on green while leaving red on “vulture” (flight comm). 
 

inreally want to enjoy this but I’m clearly doing something wrong. In the alternative, is there any way I can manually activate the triggers so I can play?

[reemit0772]

I just did this one. Kept it at 250-260 until all package saddled at about 45nm to go. Then changed to pkg/main and hammered it to wp2 at 450 with about 30s to spare. They all keep up. I used the Desired Time acceleration cues which is explained in the manual but not chucks guide.

[baltic_dragon]

Thanks guys, I'll check it and get back to you!