Caveman655 Posted October 12, 2022 Posted October 12, 2022 Is there any chance of making the stored heading option enabled by default in the mission editor? I have lost track of how many times I forgot to enable it and most of the people I know who do mission editing have the same problem. 1
IronMike Posted October 12, 2022 Posted October 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, Caveman655 said: Is there any chance of making the stored heading option enabled by default in the mission editor? I have lost track of how many times I forgot to enable it and most of the people I know who do mission editing have the same problem. Unfortunately not, as it is not default. Stored heading usually is used following a previous mission irl, when a turnaround is expected etc. I know we use it for QoL purposes in DCS however, but default it is not and should still not be. 2 Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/
Caveman655 Posted October 12, 2022 Author Posted October 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, IronMike said: Unfortunately not, as it is not default. Stored heading usually is used following a previous mission irl, when a turnaround is expected etc. I know we use it for QoL purposes in DCS however, but default it is not and should still not be. Fair enough, thank you for the quick response. 1
WelshZeCorgi Posted October 12, 2022 Posted October 12, 2022 1 hour ago, IronMike said: Unfortunately not, as it is not default. Stored heading usually is used following a previous mission irl, when a turnaround is expected etc. I know we use it for QoL purposes in DCS however, but default it is not and should still not be. How do you store heading for use in the next startup? 1
IronMike Posted October 12, 2022 Posted October 12, 2022 45 minutes ago, WelshZeCorgi said: How do you store heading for use in the next startup? You can't since the aircraft does not stay "in the world" as such. There is a tickbox in the mission editor, which simulates that though when you spawn. null 1 Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/
WelshZeCorgi Posted October 12, 2022 Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) No I mean like, how can you store the heading when you shut down so that you can start up again (in the same jet, without quitting the game or respawning in a new jet) with stored aligned heading available? Edited October 12, 2022 by WelshZeCorgi 1
IronMike Posted October 12, 2022 Posted October 12, 2022 31 minutes ago, WelshZeCorgi said: No I mean like, how can you store the heading when you shut down so that you can start up again (in the same jet, without quitting the game or respawning in a new jet) with stored aligned heading available? https://www.heatblur.se/F-14Manual/general.html#navigation-power-supply To store the reference alignment: 6. NAV MODE switch to INS. 7. WCS - OFF. NAV MODE - OFF. 1 Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/
Skarp Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 6 hours ago, IronMike said: https://www.heatblur.se/F-14Manual/general.html#navigation-power-supply To store the reference alignment: 6. NAV MODE switch to INS. 7. WCS - OFF. NAV MODE - OFF. I have tried this and it didn’t work.
IronMike Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Skarp said: I have tried this and it didn’t work. Did you do this, too? As I understand it you need to perform a full ground or cva alignment to full fign align, and then store it. null Additionally: null Edited October 13, 2022 by IronMike 1 Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/
Skarp Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, IronMike said: Did you do this, too? As I understand it you need to perform a full ground or cva alignment to full fign align, and then store it. null Additionally: null so this is the steps I took. 1. spawn cold - reference alignment (fine alignment) 2. after landing (vis fix updated) - parking break set - WCS switch to off - then Nav Mode off 3. Ran the start procedure and no reference alignment option was available. Edited October 13, 2022 by Skarp
IronMike Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Skarp said: so this is the steps I took. 1. spawn cold - reference alignment (fine alignment) 2. after landing (vis fix updated) - parking break set - WCS switch to off - then Nav Mode off 3. Ran the start procedure and no reference alignment option was available. I think you need to do a full alignment after landing to store a reference alignment. You need to park and not move the parking break handle anymore, too. I haven't tried this since release I think, so I will ping @Naquaii who will know better than me. (actually I am not sure now if I ever tried this tbh.) Edited October 13, 2022 by IronMike 1 Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/
Skarp Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 I think the reason I tried using it was because I damaged my flaps. So I decided to try it and shut down to do the repair. After repairing it didn’t work of course. bit of a bummer. 1
IronMike Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Skarp said: I think the reason I tried using it was because I damaged my flaps. So I decided to try it and shut down to do the repair. After repairing it didn’t work of course. bit of a bummer. Hmmm, it is possible that repair might break that, since the jet moves, even if only up and down. TBF it is a fairly edge-case scenario to use it in DCS anyway, few would do a full align before shutting down, only to then spool up again etc etc, especially when a new spawned jet is set to use AHS and so on. I'll see what @Naquaii thinks, and maybe we can investigate it further at some point, generally ofc it should work as advertised. Also not sure how much wheelchocks would affect it, etc. Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/
RustBelt Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 On 10/12/2022 at 12:02 PM, Caveman655 said: Is there any chance of making the stored heading option enabled by default in the mission editor? I have lost track of how many times I forgot to enable it and most of the people I know who do mission editing have the same problem. Checklists are every pilots best friend. Make one for finalizing building a mission. Live the checklist. 1
Naquaii Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 Stored heading alignment is not designed to store your alignment after a flight, it's used to allow the crew to prepare for a flight when in a heightened alert state. It allows the crew to start the aircraft, align it and then shutdown again. The advantage being that when they actually start up to go for real they can use the stored heading alignment. Any movement of the aircraft after alignment voids the stored alignment. 1 1
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