colubridae Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 I cannot get the comms to work. Don't know what i'm doing wrong. I've started from parking hot at batumi. VHF on eufd show 121.00o. I use manual button on MFD to change this frequency to 131.000 via keyboard unit. still doesn't work the comms message appears but no response from batumi ATC also the first message goes straight to batumi ATC. If i select f11 parent menu, then select F5 ATC batumi does not appear in drop down list. Also of note I have to bind the comms key to something other than the default. The default 'ralt \' doesn't initiate comms and I've found that DCS does not recognise my keystroke '\'. It calls it OEM102 (i think OEM stands for OtherEquipmentManufacturer i have a UK keyboard) i've attached a trk file i hope it shows the problem. comms fail.trk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseSeal Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 I can't watch the track right now - but are you using the 'communications menu' keybinding or one of the two dedicated radio pushbuttons? The communications menu, AFAIK, is only available when on the ground and talking to ground crew. - i7-7700k - 32GB DDR4 2400Mhz - GTX 1080 8GB - Installed on SSD - TM Warthog DCS Modules - A-10C; M-2000C; AV8B; F/A-18C; Ka-50; FC-3; UH-1H; F-5E; Mi-8; F-14; Persian Gulf; NTTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rongor Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 25 minutes ago, colubridae said: parent menu, then select F5 ATC batumi does not appear in drop down list If Batumi doesn't appear in your ATC selection, please make sure you configured Batumi on your side in the mission editor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution colubridae Posted April 14, 2022 Author Solution Share Posted April 14, 2022 (edited) thanks rongor that was the problem. Batumi in the edit file shows blue. but there are several red units dotted around the airfield. and the F10 map showed Batumi as red. (i hadn't configured it as red in the mission editor, i don't know how) as soon as i tried a mission without red units around the airfield then Batumi showed up on the F10 map as blue. comms then worked as expected. (even using 'ralt and OEM102' key combo) and thanks looseseal for suggestion. Edited April 14, 2022 by colubridae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zyll Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 If the airbase has no bluefor near it, and it has redfor ground units, they will capture the base. If you want to prevent that, place blue ground units at the base to keep it defended. They could be invisible and immortal if you don't want the red ground units to engage them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colubridae Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 worked perfectly thanks zyll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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