Mission 3 stuck - hit space bar to continue on 32.7FM

[Mulder76]

Love the campaign so far, but this mission hung up on me.  After the explosions and I'm directed to Al Minhad and to contact them on 30.4? FM for CAS, it says to press spacebar to continue, but refuses to accept my button presses.  About 30 seconds later, the story continued and Steep reports to Whiplash that that frequency is dead, and they give him a new frequency to try, 32.7 FM I think it was, and the subtitles instruct you to press spacebar to continue once the radio is set.  I tried with the 3rd radio and the new Arc-210 radio but the game refuses to accept my spacebar input and nothing more ever happens.  I tried to triple check to make sure I had things set correctly in case the game can tell if I don't.  Manual mode, FM, the correct freq, etc.  Eventually the text box times out and disappears, but still no more events or dialogue happen after that. 

[ChillNG]

On 8/8/2023 at 3:02 AM, Mulder76 said:

Love the campaign so far, but this mission hung up on me.  After the explosions and I'm directed to Al Minhad and to contact them on 30.4? FM for CAS, it says to press spacebar to continue, but refuses to accept my button presses.  About 30 seconds later, the story continued and Steep reports to Whiplash that that frequency is dead, and they give him a new frequency to try, 32.7 FM I think it was, and the subtitles instruct you to press spacebar to continue once the radio is set.  I tried with the 3rd radio and the new Arc-210 radio but the game refuses to accept my spacebar input and nothing more ever happens.  I tried to triple check to make sure I had things set correctly in case the game can tell if I don't.  Manual mode, FM, the correct freq, etc.  Eventually the text box times out and disappears, but still no more events or dialogue happen after that. 

The only variable in the triggers here is the radio setting so from experience this is what will be wrong, you will get pushed through several freqs but will get comms for each.  All these comms will be on the VHF radio, do not use the ARC-210 for VHF comms as the campaign was built before this was implemented.  If the issues persists please can you post a screenshot of you radio panel when you get the issue and I'm sure we'll be able to fix it.  Also note that accidentally pressing backspace cancels the space-bar command, although I'm not aware of anyone ever doing this.

 

[kikimora]

I did mission 03 today and had no problems.

[ghostskills82]

On 8/8/2023 at 4:02 AM, Mulder76 said:

Love the campaign so far, but this mission hung up on me.  After the explosions and I'm directed to Al Minhad and to contact them on 30.4? FM for CAS, it says to press spacebar to continue, but refuses to accept my button presses.  About 30 seconds later, the story continued and Steep reports to Whiplash that that frequency is dead, and they give him a new frequency to try, 32.7 FM I think it was, and the subtitles instruct you to press spacebar to continue once the radio is set.  I tried with the 3rd radio and the new Arc-210 radio but the game refuses to accept my spacebar input and nothing more ever happens.  I tried to triple check to make sure I had things set correctly in case the game can tell if I don't.  Manual mode, FM, the correct freq, etc.  Eventually the text box times out and disappears, but still no more events or dialogue happen after that. 

Got the same issue. I got told to contact 30.4 FM by pressing SPACEBAR but nothing happens. The mission also doesn´t continue from there. I´ve set Radio 3 from Preset Ch.1 (Whiplash) to Manual FM 30.4. I even restarted the mission but got stuck at the same event. I can do a screenshot later if needed (have to try a third time, did not save the trk).

[ghostskills82]

https://www.twitch.tv/ghostskills82/clip/ObservantGiftedDadChocolateRain-pHEUoC7WSWlSv75Q

 

here is a video to the comms bug. also whiplash is basically not hearable (very heavy backround-squelsh). I´ve seen campaign videos where whiplash comes in crystal clear and there´s no beep tone on 30.4 FM. had similar issues reported to baltic dragon for his iron flag campaign. he solved it, so maybe you guys can get info there. A-10C2 btw.

Edited August 31, 2024 by ghostskills82

[ChillNG]

17 hours ago, ghostskills82 said:

https://www.twitch.tv/ghostskills82/clip/ObservantGiftedDadChocolateRain-pHEUoC7WSWlSv75Q

 

here is a video to the comms bug. also whiplash is basically not hearable (very heavy backround-squelsh). I´ve seen campaign videos where whiplash comes in crystal clear and there´s no beep tone on 30.4 FM. had similar issues reported to baltic dragon for his iron flag campaign. he solved it, so maybe you guys can get info there. A-10C2 btw.

 

Just tested didn't have any issues with the radio working on 30.4, no beep for me and comms played as intended on pressing space-bar.

I'd have guessed at an issue with your radio settings but to be fair they look ok on your video.  If you can link/send a track I'll play it back and see if I get the same issue or ID what the problem is.  I've tried to get the tone to play on a new mission when the radio is set the 30.4/manual but all worked fine there as well.

Whiplash static is an ED thing, they added extra static into comms based on distance, easy fix, I'll update the mission.

[ghostskills82]

Thank you for your time and effort. I have no idea what could be causing the BEEP. I will reinstall the A10 as well as the campaign tomorrow and test it again. I’ll give you feedback afterward. Thanks again.

EDIT:

I reinstalled both the campaign and the A-10. The error still persisted.

Then I ran a DCS Repair in full mode, which also deleted all installed mods.

Now something has changed: the AN/ARC 186 VHF FM Radio is now preset to 30.000 MHz and no longer BEEPS.

The BEEP now only starts at 87.000 MHz and remains for all frequencies above that. Previously, the same radio was ALWAYS preset to 130.000 MHz (like the old A10C´s primary AN/ARC 186), and the BEEP started below 88.000 MHz for all frequencies below that.

Strange. It has essentially flipped. I think the mission trigger (space bar for 30.4) should work now; I’ll try it tomorrow. The only A-10 mod I had installed was the REDUCED TEXTURES. Thanks again for the help, and sorry that it seems like it ended up being an issue with my game files.

I also added two trk files: beeponFM had the issue, beeoponFM2 was after my repair/uninstall.

beeponFM.trk beeponFM2.trk

Edited September 1, 2024 by ghostskills82