shomke Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) Hi folks, How is working the fast alignment option for the mirage? I ticked on the option, but only played few times on Liberation since. And, well, the alignment still takes around 8 minutes. Is that only working when playing online, or do I need to something special to do in the cockpit? Thanks Edited September 22, 2021 by shomke F-16C, M2000C, Persian Gulf Ryzen 5 3600, RX 5700 XT, 32GB ram, Odyssey HMD+, Home-made TrackHat, X56 Hotas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kercheiz Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) If you look closely to the INS mode button, you will see an "ALCM" position just beside the "ALN" one ALCM is a mode which is in theory always available. But to work, it requires that the plane was shutdown fully aligned and not moved by an inch since. Enabling the "ALCM" checkbox does not switch your alignment to ALCM automatically. It just ensures your plane starts in a condition where it has been aligned before shutdown. So you need to align using the ALCM mode. If the checkbox is not enabled, it will just result in a messed up alignment as conditions are not met. Also, ALCM conditions can be disabled per mission in the mission editor. Beware of this if you do ALCM on a MP server. Edited September 22, 2021 by Kercheiz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shomke Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) Bah that was too obvious for my tired brain... Thanks Kercheiz Edited September 23, 2021 by shomke 1 F-16C, M2000C, Persian Gulf Ryzen 5 3600, RX 5700 XT, 32GB ram, Odyssey HMD+, Home-made TrackHat, X56 Hotas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kercheiz Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Just one more thing, you can check if the aircraft is pre aligned by checking the kneeboard for “ALCM available” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DmitriKozlowsky Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 On 9/22/2021 at 2:22 AM, Kercheiz said: If you look closely to the INS mode button, you will see an "ALCM" position just beside the "ALN" one ALCM is a mode which is in theory always available. But to work, it requires that the plane was shutdown fully aligned and not moved by an inch since. Enabling the "ALCM" checkbox does not switch your alignment to ALCM automatically. It just ensures your plane starts in a condition where it has been aligned before shutdown. So you need to align using the ALCM mode. If the checkbox is not enabled, it will just result in a messed up alignment as conditions are not met. Also, ALCM conditions can be disabled per mission in the mission editor. Beware of this if you do ALCM on a MP server. "If you look closely to the INS mode button, you will see an "ALCM" position just beside the "ALN" one " ???????? Where is this mode? There is nothing like it next to ALN. I don't get why I am not seeing this things. Its like an instructor telling me, "Turn to page 3". Except there is no page 3. Where are you guys coming from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DmitriKozlowsky Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I see. The pit has to be in French. English pit is STH mode. But I am still not getting it to work. Putting INS to STH then pressing align button, has weird results. THere is no countdown in STS display of INS. So after 3 minutes switching to NAV, and flying mission. Selecting AG ordinance, and CMD FWD , with radar ON, to get CCIP pipper, or AG TGT select, fails to work. Only if system aligns using slow ALN method does AG radar and ordinance works fine. Its so effing confusing as what works how. Just maddening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kercheiz Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Does the kneeboard say « ALCM Available » in the loadout page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sun4eg Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 (edited) I had similar problems back then. I believe you need to plug ground power in order to ALCM to kick in. Pretty sure it was the cure in my case. Edited October 30, 2021 by sun4eg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DmitriKozlowsky Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Ground power is required for start up. So ALCM should always be available, as long as it is enabled in Options/Special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kercheiz Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 No, GPU only required if you have engine off. ALCM can be disabled in the mission editor, so you should be used to check availability in kneeboard any time you use ALCM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DmitriKozlowsky Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 (edited) On 10/30/2021 at 1:14 AM, Kercheiz said: Does the kneeboard say « ALCM Available » in the loadout page? Yes. I think I am not understanding ALCM fast align process. I set to INS to ALCM (STH in English pit), then press align button. Then switch to STS to see align countdown, that I do not get. Now after waiting 3 minutes I switch INS to NAV, and fly mission. The problem is with AG CCIP and CCRP pipper. They no longer come up, when AG weapon is selected and CMD FWD is used to cycle through AG submodes for that weapon. I only get pipper when I use slow ALN method (8 minute), or I start in air. RTFM is all over the place with all these updates. Edited November 1, 2021 by DmitriKozlowsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kercheiz Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Which button do you press when you say "press align button"? It should be the VAL button on the PCN Also, do you see the number "100" displayed on the PCN when you press VAL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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