Status of ACLS in current build?

[AvroLanc]

So I notice there's a few historical bug reports of ACLS. To be honest, it's been an ON-again, OFF-again feature ever since release, but can anyone confirm the current working status for ACLS in the Tomcat?

I've been trying all afternoon to get ACLS working with the supercarrier, the best I've got is the 'VOICE' and 'LANDING CK' light, but certainly no A/P couple. How bugged is it at the moment?

I get no other ACLS status lights, and no A/P REF light at any time.....

Do I need SC or Forrestal? It certainly used to work with SC. Does ED's Link 4 system being activated totally bork Heatblur's implementation? Should I deactivate it? Even the CASE 3 Instant Action mission doesn't work. 

Will HB ever migrate over to ED's Link 4 system. It seems odd that there can effectively be two different LINK 4 frequencies/system active in a mission. 

Thanks.

Edited August 16, 2022 by AvroLanc

[AvroLanc]

So I deleted the ED Link 4 and ACLS from the Carriers properties in the Mission Editor. It appears Tomcat ACLS is working OK after this.

Is there a known conflict between ED's LINK 4 stuff and Heatblurs ACLS?

[LanceCriminal86]

Heatblur's ACLS is not using ED's LINK stuff as it came before, you should just be using the existing ICLS channel and TACAN for the ship. The LINK system for the Tomcat is apparently different and separate from what the Hornet has, as apparently are the implementations themselves.

[sLYFa]

Both Hornet and Tomcat use the same DL system (link4A) for ACLS. The different implementation in the ME comes from the fact that ACLS was not present in DCS core functions up until recently. Btw ICLS and ACLS are two different things, although they provide essentially the same information in the F-14. 

Edited August 17, 2022 by sLYFa

[AvroLanc]

Thanks Guys, I’m aware of the background of Link 4 in DCS, and why Heatblur have a unique in-house solution. 

I’m still curious if anyone is having issues with the two different implementations conflicting with each other. When I had EDs system activated in the ME , the F-14 wasn’t doing an ACLS properly. When I took away those ‘link 4’ and ‘ACLS’ special waypoint properties from the SC, the F-14 worked ok. 
Does this mean you can’t have both F-14s and F-18s in the same mission and expect ACLS to work for both? Anyone else noticed this?

(There are some weird bugs with EDs system….any other carrier capable AI flight group that takes off or lands on the carrier will render the ACLS inop for the player……maybe this is playing its hand here too).