[SOLVED] JTAC disappear from menu - AV-8B only

[vctpil]

Hi,

I would like to know if someone have this issue already : 

I thought it was a problem from DCS, but it seems that affect only yhe AV-8B. No problem with the F/A-18C or the AH-64D.

This is really sad because the Harrier is probably the best aircraft to use the JTAC and the CAS page.

Thanks to see is the problem really  concern the AV-8B.

Vincent

Edited July 16, 2022 by vctpil

[Ramsay]

TL;DR:

On 7/14/2022 at 4:02 PM, vctpil said:

... it seems that affect only the AV-8B.

Initial inspection of your track shows you are testing using an unarmed AV-8B, this is likely why the JTAC menu is not appearing.

Note that in the past the DCS JTAC has had issues recognising/dealing with the AV-8B's Gun Pod, so the JTAC "script" would get stuck/fail.

With Gun pod removed, the default JTAC and AV-8B integrated pretty well but it's a couple of years since I've tested, so I'll check out a selection of loadouts.

Detail:

Testing in Open Beta 2.7.15.26783, the gun pod/TPOD combination worked fine with the JTAC "auto mark" WP smoke and the laser mark (although it was sometimes very slow to reply in the radio menu).

@vctpil I attach your example mission edited to include both working (apkws, tpod, etc) and gun pod loadouts plus your unarmed AV-8B which can't see/access the F9 JTAC menu.

As luck would have it, deephack has made a new tutorial covering using the AV-8B with the default JTAC, which should answer any questions about procedure.

AV-8B JTAC Test Updated, Syria, Test JTAC.miz

Edited July 16, 2022 by Ramsay
Tested several other modules using gun pods, saw the gun pods work normal with JTAC WP smoke markers.

[vctpil]

Hi Ramsay,

That was that! if the aircraft does not have a loadout, the JTAC does not appears.

Ramsay, thank you very much. It's a little bit tricky, because other aircrafts without loadout have the JTAC line available (they also have the internal gun available).