F86 Ground Power Unit

[steve4449]

Hello, I am just learning to use the mission editor and I'm not sure where to find a ground power unit to start the F86. I'm unsure as to where to look to learn this information. I've searched the available equipment in every category and the DCS encyclopedia. I don't see any documentation for the mission editor. Am I missing something?

[Rudel_chw]

1 hour ago, steve4449 said:

Am I missing something?

 

Unfortunately, DCS is a very complex Sim and many of its nuances are not very well documented, you mostly learn them through experience, or by inspecting missions edited by more experienced users, or simply by asking on this forum.

To start the Sabre, on DCS you call up the ground crew, by pressing \, and ask for Ground Power ... they will attach an invisible GPU and tell you that ground power has been conected.

If you want to add a bit of immersion, you can add a phisical object(s), by placing them yourself, like this:

 

 

On the game it will look like this:

 

 

Unfortunately, the unit included on DCS is not very detailed, nor correct for the time period, but it does look better than just having the lonely aircraft on the ramp.

 

On my own missions, I make use of User Mod objects, which sometimes look much better than the native units, like this:

 

 

With some trigger logic you could make them appear and disappear at the proper points of the Start sequence.