F-14A with Supercarrier: incorrect crew signals / Setting Bingo

[escaner]

Hello

Using the Supercarrier cat launch crew with the F-14A I don't get the signal to extend the wings and I get the one to retract the launch bar after the plane is attached to the shuttle (which is incorrect in the F-14 because un-kneeling detaches the bar from the shuttle). With the F-14B everything is fine.

Anyone having this same problem with the F-14A?

 

As a second question: is there a quick way to set the bingo value in the F-14? It takes ages for me, both with the mouse wheel or dragging with the left mouse button.

Thanks!

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

12 minutes ago, escaner said:

Anyone having this same problem with the F-14A?

Yes, everyone else: because the super carrier module thinks the F-14A is a Hornet. It's been like that for years, and is up to ED to fix.

[Callsign JoNay]

9 hours ago, escaner said:

As a second question: is there a quick way to set the bingo value in the F-14? It takes ages for me, both with the mouse wheel or dragging with the left mouse button.

I believe if you hold shift while clicking+dragging it goes faster. 

[DeathRaptor5]

The super carrier ground crew bug is a known bug. there is a manual fix that you can do the grown crew lua. Past this file in the your DCS install folder. Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\CoreMods\tech\USS_Nimitz\scripts. Here a screen shot of the edit. GroundCrew.lua

Edited August 3, 2023 by DeathRaptor5
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[WarthogOsl]

2 hours ago, DeathRaptor5 said:

The super carrier ground crew bug is a known bug. the is a manual fix that you can do the grown crew lua. Past this file in the your DCS install folder. Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\CoreMods\tech\USS_Nimitz\scripts. Here a screen shot of the edit. GroundCrew.lua

 

It works!  One extra thing I had to change on mine, though, was it just said F-14A on the line above.  You gotta change it to F-14A-135-GR for it to take effect (that must be why it's taking extra long to fix, lol).

[draconus]

@Flappie can you contact the devs team? Looks like 1 minute fix in SC file but it's been years like that.

 

[escaner]

@DeathRaptor5 Thanks a lot, it worked!

 

@Callsign JoNay The shift + left button drag for the Bingo setting does not seem to be any faster for me.

[Flappie]

7 hours ago, draconus said:

@Flappie can you contact the devs team? Looks like 1 minute fix in SC file but it's been years like that.

A fix is in the works, waiting to be merged.

[Callsign JoNay]

6 hours ago, escaner said:

The shift + left button drag for the Bingo setting does not seem to be any faster for me.

Maybe it's shift and mouse scroll wheel. I seem to remember it making a bit of an improvement last time I tested it. It's still very slow, unfortunately. I don't know why HB insists on making us suffer with it. It should be an easy enough QOL improvement. They make QOL concessions in other aspects of the model, but for some reason they take a hard line on the Bingo knob, because apparently it was slow in real life too.  

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

2 hours ago, Callsign JoNay said:

because apparently it was slow in real life too

How dare they model the DCS F-14 like the real thing!

[JupiterJoe]

3 hours ago, Callsign JoNay said:

They make QOL concessions in other aspects of the model.

Could you please name a few of those?

Do you mean things like switches being too loud?  It makes up for a lack of haptic feedback, so makes logical sense to have that feature.  I have no problem with that.

 

An editorial decision has to be made at some point.  You can't please all the people, all the time.

Edited August 3, 2023 by JupiterJoe

[Callsign JoNay]

5 hours ago, JupiterJoe said:

Could you please name a few of those?

Do you mean things like switches being too loud?  It makes up for a lack of haptic feedback, so makes logical sense to have that feature.  I have no problem with that.

 

An editorial decision has to be made at some point.  You can't please all the people, all the time.

 

Off the top of my head there is an option to display the selected A2G weapon in the TID repeater.

[JupiterJoe]

3 hours ago, Callsign JoNay said:

Off the top of my head there is an option to display the selected A2G weapon in the TID repeater.

Yes, I believe it shows A2A weapon selected too.  I think that's just something left over from an early build.  The Lantirn displays weapon selected in regard to guided bombs.  Not a huge deal though.  I'd much rather time was spent getting the refuelling probe light working in a useable fashion, or implementing engine fire extinguishers properly.   

Edited August 4, 2023 by JupiterJoe

[Callsign JoNay]

24 minutes ago, JupiterJoe said:

Yes, I believe it shows A2A weapon selected too.  I think that's just something left over from an early build.  The Lantirn displays weapon selected in regard to guided bombs.  Not a huge deal though.  I'd much rather time was spent getting the refuelling probe light working in a useable fashion, or implementing engine fire extinguishers properly.   

 

It's realistic to show the A2A weapon, not the A2G. If you hover over the special option for the feature I'm talking about a pop up comes up explaining that it's a QOL consession they made for the user because the text in the RIO weapon wheel is small and hard to read.

Edited August 4, 2023 by Callsign JoNay

[SkateZilla]

On 8/3/2023 at 4:33 AM, draconus said:

@Flappie can you contact the devs team? Looks like 1 minute fix in SC file but it's been years like that.

 

The dev team is aware of it.