Additional Training Missions for the F-15E

[too-cool]

On 11/3/2023 at 11:01 AM, Rudel_chw said:

 

Not at the moment, but I'd love to do more when I get some more free time.

Can you make the first one about the F15E ILS system and how to do a ILS landing without the help/use of Tacan?  TC

[Rudel_chw]

55 minutes ago, too-cool said:

Can you make the first one about the F15E ILS system and how to do a ILS landing without the help/use of Tacan?  TC

 

Hi. Actually, if I get the time I would like to do more missions about the armament, but I will think about it, as peace missions are easier to create.

[sobe]

Today, when I tried the startup training mission, I could not get through the moving of the throttles to off.  No matter what I did, the throttles remained highlighted and the space bar would not advance the mission to the next step.

[too-cool]

(Had the same issue with throttle being stuck, had to move position light switch full right and tail lights to dem/bright. )  TC

Edited November 20, 2023 by too-cool
correction

[Rudel_chw]

1 hour ago, sobe said:

Today, when I tried the startup training mission, I could not get through the moving of the throttles to off.  No matter what I did, the throttles remained highlighted and the space bar would not advance the mission to the next step.

 

1 hour ago, too-cool said:

(Had the same issue with throttle being stuck, had to move position light switch full right and tail lights to dem/bright. )  TC

 

Hi, thanks for the reports, will look at the mission tonight and check why it broke … will give a heads-up as soon as I have it fixed.

[Rudel_chw]

14 hours ago, Rudel_chw said:

Hi, thanks for the reports, will look at the mission tonight and check why it broke … will give a heads-up as soon as I have it fixed.

 

Hi,

I fixed the issue, here is an updated version of the Cold Start mission, I will now upload the missions at ED's Users Files:

 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ai6cuX3YQI26itJWH-BG4H3w-IeSOA?e=rtFNtk

 

Best regards,

 

Eduardo

[sobe]

In the lantirn training mission, are the flashes lighting or do I have a problem with my eyes or my graphic card?

[Rudel_chw]

10 minutes ago, sobe said:

In the lantirn training mission, are the flashes lighting or do I have a problem with my eyes or my graphic card?

Please, can you describe the problem in more detail? 

[sobe]

I see flashes that are like lighting flashes I hope .  It seems that this is a known dcs 2.9 and Lantrin/tgp issue and is being worked on 

Edited November 27, 2023 by sobe

[Bishtits]

I'm running into an issue on the nav FLIR training mission and I have a question on the air-to-ground mission.

Nav FLIR-I taxi out and stop short of the runway, then I request take off, get approval but everything seems to stop there. The training text stops on the message that says to request clearance and do your PreFlight checks. I went in the mission editor and the trigger point is there, I'm stopping within the trigger point, but nothing seems to activate that trigger.

I've done it quite a few times and I keep getting stuck there. If you push past and take off, you do get the messages that you're too high, too fast, turn left after checkpoint one, but nothing else as far as the nav FLIR training goes. And the entire time the message stays on the screen about requesting clearance and doing your checks.

 

I have run into one other thing, I don't know if this issue is causing the takeoff issue. When you request startup I get clearance and then I go back in the radio to request taxi but the only option available is request startup. I'm using my switch forward, they give you clearance to start up but that's it. If you just go ahead and taxi, just before you get through the gate ATC will come on the radio and automatically give you permission to taxi but it's not in the radio option. 

 

AIR TO GROUND.

I think this one's just chocked up to my ignorance of the game. On the air-to-ground miss you it shows actual targets on the southwest corner of the lake on the briefing. But when you fly in the only thing to shoot at are three groups of friendly soldiers. It looks like you do get points for shooting them but then when you quit it also says you committed fratricide. I don't know if the update broke these missions, or if I'm just missing a step. 

[Rudel_chw]

51 minutes ago, Bishtits said:

I'm running into an issue on the nav FLIR training mission and I have a question on the air-to-ground mission.

Nav FLIR-I taxi out and stop short of the runway, then I request take off, get approval but everything seems to stop there. The training text stops on the message that says to request clearance and do your PreFlight checks. I went in the mission editor and the trigger point is there, I'm stopping within the trigger point, but nothing seems to activate that trigger.

I've done it quite a few times and I keep getting stuck there. If you push past and take off, you do get the messages that you're too high, too fast, turn left after checkpoint one, but nothing else as far as the nav FLIR training goes. And the entire time the message stays on the screen about requesting clearance and doing your checks.

 

hi, thanks for the report, I will check it tonight.

 

51 minutes ago, Bishtits said:

 have run into one other thing, I don't know if this issue is causing the takeoff issue. When you request startup I get clearance and then I go back in the radio to request taxi but the only option available is request startup.

 

yes, unfortunately there is this recent dcs bug which affects my mission: 

 

 

51 minutes ago, Bishtits said:

AIR TO GROUND.

I think this one's just chocked up to my ignorance of the game. On the air-to-ground miss you it shows actual targets on the southwest corner of the lake on the briefing. But when you fly in the only thing to shoot at are three groups of friendly soldiers. It looks like you do get points for shooting them but then when you quit it also says you committed fratricide. I don't know if the update broke these missions, or if I'm just missing a step. 

the gunnery mission employs a user mod: the 476th vfg range objects, seems you dont have the Mod enabled.

[Home Fries]

@Rudel_chw

Thank you for doing these missions.  They're a great addition to the training regimen!

[Rudel_chw]

12 minutes ago, Home Fries said:

@Rudel_chw

Thank you for doing these missions.  They're a great addition to the training regimen!

 

Thanks for the kind words, wish I could edit more but they take quite a bit of time and nowadays I'm busy re-learning the Viggen  (in anticipation of getting the Kola Map)

[Rudel_chw]

On 12/2/2023 at 2:08 PM, Bishtits said:

Nav FLIR-I taxi out and stop short of the runway, then I request take off, get approval but everything seems to stop there. The training text stops on the message that says to request clearance and do your PreFlight checks. I went in the mission editor and the trigger point is there, I'm stopping within the trigger point, but nothing seems to activate that trigger.

 

Hi, just checked that mission (M08) and found a bug that should allow you to proceed with the mission. However, that mission was designed when ED's ATC followed this sequence: Request Start-Up .> Request Taxi -> Request Take-off. Unfortunately, DCS has a bug since the last two patches that precludes the request taxi. I dont want to re-design the mission to avoid this bug, but it can just be ignored and you can taxi without asking for the 2nd clearance ... here is a short video to demonstrate:

 

 

I used spacebar a lot to cut-short the voiceovers, but it works equally well if you hear the whole audio. I have not flown the 15E in a couple of months, so please ignore those sections where I had to load my Hotas config   

 

I've just updated the file at User's Files, but if you want you can download just the mission I fixed rather than the whole pack, using this link:

 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ai6cuX3YQI26irogDXwiQ4U10EHPRg?e=3Y12I3

 

Best regards,

 

Eduardo

[Hammer1-1]

are any more missions planned for the future?

[Rudel_chw]

5 minutes ago, Hammer1-1 said:

are any more missions planned for the future?

 

Not at the moment, sorry, I'd love to do more but I'm currently editing missions for other aircrafts and my free time is always in short supply 

 

[VDV]

great work, but i dont own Nevada map, could u make those mission for Caucaus or Syria or PG? thanks

[Rudel_chw]

48 minutes ago, VDV said:

... could u make those mission for Caucaus or Syria or PG?

 

Sorry but no, unfortunately changing the map of an existing mission is not trivial and even if I had the time, I would rather invest it on new missions than on conversions. 

However, you can always fly the standard F-15E training missions, as they are set at Caucasus.

[Rudel_chw]

Hello,

 

The user @too-cool reported a bug with the Crypto switch on my M01 Cockpit familiarization mission. It is caused by a change on the F-15E Module that makes this switch non-clickable anymore. Here is an update of the mission, where you can press the Spacebar to advance, instead of flicking the switch:

 

F-15E - Training - M01 - Nevada – Cockpit Familiarization (by Rudel_chw).miz

 

I will now update the Mission set at User Files, but the above link allows you to download just the updated mission, for a smaller download.

 

Best regards to all,

 

Eduardo

[too-cool]

On 2/17/2024 at 2:40 PM, Rudel_chw said:

No, I haven't had enough free time to look at that issue, sorry 

I just found the I can not action the Crypto switch in your Cockpit Fam. lesson but I can not move this switch in any F-15E mission period, wondering if I missed an update, bad install or what because in your examples of the cockpit Fam. tutorial you can clearly see the switch move. The switch also moves in th WSO position but not from Pilot position. Any idea of where to look for/repair of this module or trouble shooting? Thanks TC

[Rudel_chw]

16 minutes ago, too-cool said:

wondering if I missed an update, bad install or what

 

I believe this is just a change that the developers have done to the module, it is not a bad install or missing update on your part, since I have the same issue on my DCS too. I opted to implement a workaround on my mission, while keeping the code to detect a flick of the switch in case Razbam reverses this change in the future.

[too-cool]

Works great, Thanks  TC

[David CB]

Thanks a lot,this is remarkable addition to the vanilla training missions of the Mudhen. Are you thinking in edit more for the weapons and/or other systems?

[Rudel_chw]

4 minutes ago, David CB said:

Thanks a lot,this is remarkable addition to the vanilla training missions of the Mudhen. Are you thinking in edit more for the weapons and/or other systems?

Thanks for the kind words, but at the moment I have no more training missions planned for the F-15E, sorry.