Mission 4 experiences

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This whole WP attributes thing is quite complicated! 

I got lost a couple of times with what I had to do because I had to figure it all out while inside a pattern or heading towards a waypoint and my headset was giving issues looking down to the CDU (jumpy, so could not read the CDU buttons), which did not give me enough time to make the correct configurations in the CDU. I put it on active pause at one moment but thought that Biff's script would be screwed up. So I just put us in a wheel when things were going too fast. In the end I lost the script completely and hoped to pick it up once reaching some waypoints on the way back to base. Did not happen, so aborted.

Definately will first read the manual's pages as advised in the briefing before trying this one again..

Edited January 6, 2022 by Ready

[rforce]

fully agree with you, what have i cursed ( from-to, to-to, direct 2D 3D CDI HSI Steering line what !!!! )

but i have looked in the manual (German Version), there is not so much to read.

also in Chucks Guide only waypoints and flightplan

If you find more Information can you say where ?

 

Edited January 5, 2022 by rforce

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3 hours ago, rforce said:

fully agree with you, what have i cursed ( from-to, to-to, direct 2D 3D CDI HSI Steering line what !!!! )

but i have looked in the manual (German Version), there is not so much to read.

also in Chucks Guide only waypoints and flightplan

If you find more Information can you say where ?

Hahaha. Agreed. I read the designated pages in the manual, which I must say does not have the information I would expect. The voice-over explanation most of the times made sense, but it was so much and it all happened so fast it is not clicking yet. @baltic_dragon It would be very nice to have some kind of tutorial with some screenshots for these specific WP items (To-To, From-To, etc) to read after this mission, because the manual is not sufficient. 

Because some things were unclear the second time I tried this mission I used active pause a couple of times, just to tinker with things. Luckily the script kept going and I was able to finish the mission (I think). The instructor pilot again did his own thing. He climbed up to Angels 16 and went a completely other way and dissapeared from the TAD again. Luckily the voiceover kept working.

In the end after the landing I did not really know where to put the hog, tried both sides of the parking area and had to slalom a bit on one side. Nowhere the script got triggered, so I jumped out eventually, assuming it was finished. I recorded my second go at this mission, see below. I was not perfect in any way, but it might be of some help.

What I could also find was the following thread, from guys who had similar unclarity about this subject.

When I understand these WP attributes a bit better I think I will record a specific video just navigating and flying some waypoints and playing with these WP attribute settings. I think these settings could be very helpful if applied correctly.

Good video explanation by @Fish on the difference between To-To and To-From. start at 18:23

 

Edited January 5, 2022 by Ready

[baltic_dragon]

Yup, I agree this can be a pretty confusing part. I’ll see if I can add some explanations to the kneeboard that would help when making initial wave of campaign fixes and changes (like: adding radio presets to all the missions). Can’t promise to have everything ready for the upcoming update, but will do my best. 

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2 hours ago, baltic_dragon said:

Yup, I agree this can be a pretty confusing part. I’ll see if I can add some explanations to the kneeboard that would help when making initial wave of campaign fixes and changes (like: adding radio presets to all the missions). Can’t promise to have everything ready for the upcoming update, but will do my best. 

Radio presets would be nice, but I feel these are more like a unneccesary luxury at this moment. Imho changing the freqs is something that I just need to learn and practice a lot. I actually like it in this stage of my personal development.

It is more the background information on some of the handled topics that I would have liked to be able to read and understand beforehand on this mission (and maybe some more practice missions further ahead still coming in the campaign). During the voice overs also some side notes were given, which are just too much if there is no way to later bring it up again. I have to watch back one of my own recordings to find out what was going on and what was said.

You also reference to some USAF documents in the briefing, why not make and include a syllabus kind of folder with the kneeboards, mission briefings and background theory/reference materials per handled mission practice items? That would be amazing.