fixed internally Select ACQ TADS to operate? Help!

[ThorBrasil]

When I send George to look for a target. This message appears. Previously it did not appear. What is the solution for him to look for? Where do I put the ACQ TADS mode? Thanks!

Edited October 2, 2022 by ThorBrasil

[corbu1]

vor einer Stunde schrieb ThorBrasil:

When I send George to look for a target. This message appears. Previously it did not appear. What is the solution for him to look for? Where do I put the ACQ TADS mode? Thanks!

 

I think you have hellfire seekerhead set ACQ source….. see bottom right on your IAHDSS.

got WPN page and press button R6 then choose TADS

[Floyd1212]

There appears to have been a change made in the last patch such that George cannot tell where you are looking unless you have TADS as the active Acquisition Source.  This is how the CPG temporarily slaves the TADS to the PLT's helmet sight, and then de-slaves to start looking in that area for targets.

You can set the AQC Source with R6 on either the main TSD page, or WPN page.

This is already done for you in a hot start aircraft, but needs to be done manually in a cold start.

[Raptor9]

This is a temporary implementation as George AI is improved. For him to be able to search based off where you are looking, you will need to be set to TADS for the time being.

In reality, the Pilot's ACQ selection has no bearing on the CPG being able to slave the TADS to the Pilot's Helmet (PHS). So this will be corrected in the future; but again, just temporary.

[ThorBrasil]

Thank you all so much for taking the time to answer me.  Thanks!!!

[placsea]

I'm hoping that how it will be implemented in the future would be something like being able to select a target point as ACQ source and when directing George to slave it would make him look where the target point is. So when George is able to store target points himself I can scout an area then cycle through stored targets in succession. 

In it's current implementation I'm using waypoints for essentially all ground reference information which is cumbersome. 

[AvroLanc]

On 10/2/2022 at 11:45 PM, Raptor9 said:

This is a temporary implementation as George AI is improved. For him to be able to search based off where you are looking, you will need to be set to TADS for the time being.

In reality, the Pilot's ACQ selection has no bearing on the CPG being able to slave the TADS to the Pilot's Helmet (PHS). So this will be corrected in the future; but again, just temporary.

Any idea how long this will take to change back? This is a major retrograde step in usability.

The ability to have a target CM active as your own ACQ source and to get George to search around that area was fundamental to using George CPG. The current implementation is poor and unrealistic, even if only temporary. And with DCS timescales, could be here for a while……. 

[Raptor9]

On 10/4/2022 at 4:09 AM, AvroLanc said:

Any idea how long this will take to change back? 

It's already fixed internally.

I'll stress that this is the nature of Early Access. Development of additional features and improvements will continue, and sometimes things like this are necessary to move the project forward.

[AvroLanc]

3 hours ago, Raptor9 said:

It's already fixed internally.

I'll stress that this is the nature of Early Access. Development of additional features and improvements will continue, and sometimes things like this are necessary to move the project forward.

Thankyou Raptor for your reply. Nice to hear that. 

Maybe I was being testy, but the 'two steps forwards, one step back' approach is sometimes hard to understand from a mere users perspective. But not just an Apache specific issue..... Anyway thanks.

[Raptor9]

16 minutes ago, AvroLanc said:

Maybe I was being testy, but the 'two steps forwards, one step back' approach is sometimes hard to understand from a mere users perspective.

It's okay @AvroLanc, I understand your feelings. Believe me when I say that the DCS AH-64D dev team and I are on your side. It's just, on occasion you need to break a few eggs to make an omelet. The dev team tries to minimize the number of eggs that need cracked and try to get the omelet ready as quickly as they can before the breakfast party shows up, but sometimes the party members are hungry.