Options for Tpod, HUD, Maverick alinement on hot start.

[FlankerKiller]

As the tag says when hot starting can we set up the jet to have the Mavericks pre aligned? Same with starting on the runway. Any of the Viper crowd, was that something maintenance would do on a QRF, or Alert bird? I know on my jet we would have the back up and running sometimes, but we didn't really set alert. 

[Shrike88]

Oh for all that is holy please allow this,  Special item check box under options.   Or at least controllable for the server in the ME on an individual aircraft basis on the weapons tab. 

Please 100%

[Furiz]

On 7/10/2023 at 12:39 AM, FlankerKiller said:

As the tag says when hot starting can we set up the jet to have the Mavericks pre aligned? Same with starting on the runway. Any of the Viper crowd, was that something maintenance would do on a QRF, or Alert bird? I know on my jet we would have the back up and running sometimes, but we didn't really set alert. 

Do QRF jets even have AG weapons loaded? I thought they only have air to air loadout.

[FlankerKiller]

Not a fighter guy so no clue. But these haven’t been used as fighters much IRL. They were used a lot as CAS birds. I’m not talking about alert. But I can’t imagine they weren’t prepared and ready to go if someone got into trouble. I’m also not sure how often Mavericks were used. Or if it was mostly just JDAMs? If there are any viper guys on here, feel free to chime in. But I can’t imagine scenarios where the jet would be sitting with Mavericks on the wing pre-aligned of such a thing as possible. For instance, if we were worried about a certain country with a lot of armor, charging into another country, and we were looking to get involved. It would make sense to have those chairs ready at a moments notice so that they can launch and head to the front. But from a gameplay perspective, if the alignment actually worked, it would just be annoying. But I can’t get it to work. Not on the ground. And even in the air it’s not always good enough to actually use the maverick with the targeting pod it’s still requires me to go into the Maverick to everything. So since it can already be pre-aligned, if you start in flight, I really wish there was an option to have them pre-aligned if you start on the ground. Since he is the only jet that you have to align your Mavericks, I can’t see how it would hurt anything make it a special option and that way if people want to do it, go ham if they don’t wanna do it then they don’t have to. Like I said, I don’t know if this is something the weapons would do when they put the missiles on the wings. Or if it’s something the pilots expected to do after he takes off. I’m not a viper guy.

[SickSidewinder9]

I believe if you spawn into a hot, loaded aircraft, the mavs and HMD are already alligned.