not realistic Primary/Standby radio freq "software upgrade"

[Tom P]

nullJust a wish list item. Possible to "simulate" a software upgrade so we can enter both the primary & standby radio freqs in one place with the com menu. Just a nice function to have for fast back and forth freq hopping.

[Tom P]

Tagged with "not realistic"
 06:11 he literally says in later software versions but ok whatever

 

Edited April 4, 2024 by Tom P

[Floyd1212]

Don't you just enter one freq, then enter the other one, and it pushes the first one you entered to the secondary position?  Then cycle between them as needed?

[Raptor9]

12 hours ago, Tom P said:

Tagged with "not realistic"
 06:11 he literally says in later software versions but ok whatever

@Tom P, it is true that later software versions of the AH-64D permitted the manual entry of a frequency into the standby slot of a given radio. However, the DCS AH-64D is simulating an avionics version that did not have such a function, therefore you are requesting an unrealistic feature for the version of AH-64D being simulated.

Further, such upgrades completely changed the logic and layout of the COM page; it wasn't just a few new options here and there. There is a lot of context missing in that video regarding "later software versions". The software version of AH-64 that Casmo flew was quite different than that which is simulated in DCS.

As @Floyd1212 mentioned, manually entering two frequencies into the same radio is actually quite easy and quick.