fixed Automatic Startup Doesn't Work

[mla306]

I'm getting hung up on auto start on egi alignment...it never moves past it.  I didn't have any problems until I downloaded the new patch.

[mla306]

It finally went...but took quite a long time??  Seems a lot slower than b4.  But it did finally start up.

[Land]

We are on DCS 2.8(.0.32235) and the following auto start bug is still happening for me when swtiching to external view via F2 key (internal view works):

Zitat

"APU light must be on within 20 seconds, auto start sequence stopped"

Tested with cold start in Nevada. Waited for the speaker to finish his short introduction, then switched to external view and then started the auto start procedure. Never touched any controls or other keys before or during the auto start procedure. Was using TrackIR but I'm positive this also happens without.

I have a trackfile. I do see options to add links, images and GIFs etc., but don't see an option to attach local files when posting this (I'm new to this forum, just registered).

 

[NeedzWD40]

3 hours ago, Land said:

I have a trackfile. I do see options to add links, images and GIFs etc., but don't see an option to attach local files when posting this (I'm new to this forum, just registered).

Drag and drop the track file to the text box and it should upload automatically, as long as it's not larger than 5MB.

[Land]

vor 11 Stunden schrieb NeedzWD40:

Drag and drop the track file to the text box and it should upload automatically, as long as it's not larger than 5MB.

Hmm, I get an "This file format is not supported." message when I drag and drop the .trk file into the text box (the box were I write this text into).

Same when I try to copy & paste the file, or with other file types (.zip, .pdf, ...).

The .trk file is only 2.8 MB small.

[NeedzWD40]

16 hours ago, Land said:

"This file format is not supported."

That comes up every time, you should be able to ignore it.

[Land]

vor 3 Stunden schrieb NeedzWD40:

That comes up every time, you should be able to ignore it.

Somehow now it's different, I have an extra area below the text box which tells me to drop files there.

Thanks for the help anyway.

DCS2.8_AH-64D_AutoStartupFails.trk

[BIGNEWY]

Auto start in F2 has been fixed

Please note, 

if you switch seat to the gunner during auto start it will not complete. 

In this circumstance you should use C to take control and then use auto start.

thanks

[Wiesel02]

On 7/12/2023 at 4:43 PM, BIGNEWY said:

Auto start in F2 has been fixed

Please note, 

if you switch seat to the gunner during auto start it will not complete. 

In this circumstance you should use C to take control and then use auto start.

thanks

Sorry, but no Sir.

At least, not in my case. I tried Auto Start in Stable Version 2.8.4.39731 and OpenBeta 2.8.6.41363 and in both associated MT versions. Same issue as was described here before: When in external view the Auto Start doesn't make it past the "APU 20 seconds" issue. Test map was Nevada. No switch of seats. Nothing at all was switched, just the key to external view (F2 view) followed by Auto Start procedure key. Nothing else.

When in cockpit view, however, the auto startup works fine.

Let me know please if I can provide some data that might help and I will try to post it.

Thank you!

[BIGNEWY]

apologies, this is fixed for the July patch when it happens. 

[Wiesel02]

Ah, ok... thanks a lot!

[wowbagger]

On 7/17/2023 at 10:40 PM, BIGNEWY said:

apologies, this is fixed for the July patch when it happens. 

Just checking that this missed the Monday's patch, correct?

 

[BIGNEWY]

9 minutes ago, wowbagger said:

Just checking that this missed the Monday's patch, correct?

 

Auto start in F2 should work now. 

However switching seat will create a problem 

If you are seeing different please attach a track replay 

thanks

[wowbagger]

31 minutes ago, BIGNEWY said:

Auto start in F2 should work now. 

However switching seat will create a problem 

If you are seeing different please attach a track replay 

thanks

You're right, when I tried to reproduce it a second time, it worked as advertised. Sorry for false alarm.
I didn't notice mention of it in the patch notes so I thought it had been missed.

Cheers

[BIGNEWY]

No problem and thanks for the feedback, 

will close this as fixed

thanks