monkshood Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 OK, I'm new at this, but I have been patient enough to go through the manual. and some of the training sessions. Trying this in the instant mission. I can't seem to release any weapons from the pylons. I do the right stuff; I select the outer (or inner) station, I turn on the laser and ground targeting, I arm the weapons, I lock up a target at about 4 to 5 k and get a good lock. But, when I want to release the weapon nothing happens. I can select and fire the cannon at will, but I can't drop anything of the pylons either with the original control settings or with a bespoke trigger and spacebar choice. I can hit and kill a target with the cannon, move on to the next target, select inner or outer station (with weapons available) and try to fire but nowt happens. I'm not too close and I'm not too far, but do as I may I can't get them away (oh - that rhyms) My wingman is having a merry old time bashing the baddies, just wish I could join him. Any suggestions greatfully received. Ta. monkshood
EtherealN Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 In the case of Vikhr missiles, you need to join the targeting cue with the target cue through maneuvering the helicopter to get a firing solution. Also, you need to press and hold the weapons release button. It's not like a pistol trigger where the fun happens the moment you press it, there is a small delay. Also, just in case, you do not use the same trigger button as you use for the cannon. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester
104th_Crunch Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 Saying that you have no patience for the manual is a bad thing lol. You are flying the wrong sim. If it's Vikhr's you referring to first you must hold down the pickle button to fire. Second you must line up the the Vikhr's circle that appears in the HUD with the Locked target circle in the HUD to fire. You will get a :C: in the HUD when these conditions are met. edit: EtheralN beat me to the punch.
nemises Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 Be advised, there are seperate keystrokes / buttons for firing the cannon, and for releasing weapons. The other thing to check for is the "C" symbol in the HUD and Shkval TV indicating the selected weapons has all of the required parameters met .. once you see the "C" you should be able to press (and hold!) the weapons release key (as opposed to the cannon trigger), and stuff should come off the rails. As a quick and nasty test (to make sure you are using the release weapons key) , change the weapons panel to "Manual" mode.... this will allow you to launch weapons at any time, regardless of whether the appropriate parameters are met (allthough the laser will still need to be ranging / firing for Vhikrs to come off). *edit* Eth and Crunch both bet me to the punch too :P *edit*
EtherealN Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 Saying that you have no patience for the manual is a bad thing lol. He didn't say that. He said he had gone through the manual. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester
monkshood Posted April 27, 2009 Author Posted April 27, 2009 I'm outta ideas Well chaps, I'm out of ideas here with this weapons thing. Tried everything I can think of but to no avail. Yep, I can blast hell out of the baddies with the cannon, but I can't do a thing with anything on the pylons. Ive gone through the manual again and again and worked through it step by step. Even if I take control of the weapons training mission after the trainer has got a couple of shots off I can't do anything. I'm flummoxed. I know, of course, the keys to fire missiles is different to the trigger to fire the cannon, but if I leave the default keys or change them it makes no difference, still can't get a missile off. All the buttons on the joystick work, 'cos I've assigned and tried them on different things. I'm gonna go back and study the manual yet again, but I'm not hopeful. Any suggestions well received. thanks. monkshood
monkshood Posted April 27, 2009 Author Posted April 27, 2009 Some Screen grabs If anyone is interested here are three screen grabs of me setup and ready to loose off a weapon from the outer station on the pylons to a stationary vehicle target 5.6k away. I'm in the hover, (auto hover) I have assigned the weapons release to Joystick Trigger (Btn01) and Space Bar (same as the gun). Note that I also tried this with the default button arrangement (Btn02 and RAlt+Space) but the effect is the same. In this example I have pressed the space bar for several seconds with the target in the reticule as shown but no weapon was released. If this was the gun ©, I could have shot every round. If anyone can throw any light on this I would be most grateful. Thanks. monkshood
nemises Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 That looks spot on, everything you should be seeing you are seeing, adn the setup looks fine...how frustrating! Have you tried setting "Manual" mode just to test the weapons release button ? (Do so on the weapons panel 2 switches below the master arm), in this way weapons will launch whether you have met parameters or not.
monkshood Posted April 27, 2009 Author Posted April 27, 2009 Sure, I have tried Manual, but that makes no difference!!
Yoti980 Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 I'm sure it's on... Cause theres power to the system but just to make sure the weapon power switch is on right. located right of the ejection system power... Like I said it obviously looks to be on but never hurts to double check CARRIER AIR WING EIGHT [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] BLACKLION 204 F-14D BuNo 163159 Fighter Squadron Two One Three LCDR James "Rat" Trapp http://www.cvw-8.org
EvilBivol-1 Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 Can you fire using the keyboard? - EB [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Nothing is easy. Everything takes much longer. The Parable of Jane's A-10 Forum Rules
monkshood Posted April 28, 2009 Author Posted April 28, 2009 OK - I might have sorted this out. I just flew the instant mission again. This time, in options, I set the gun exclusively to Btn01 (trigger) and the missiles exclusively to Space (space bar) and this seems to have sorted out my non-releasing weapons issue. Conclusion - you can't assign the same control to fire both the cannon and the missiles - e.g. Btn01. (even though their operation is seperated in the cockpit by pressing 'C') So, at last, off we go baddie bashing. Ta all. monkshood
mikey Posted April 29, 2009 Posted April 29, 2009 Try this which I found in the FAQ. I've got 99 problems but my Ekran ain't one
nemises Posted April 29, 2009 Posted April 29, 2009 OK - I might have sorted this out. I just flew the instant mission again. This time, in options, I set the gun exclusively to Btn01 (trigger) and the missiles exclusively to Space (space bar) and this seems to have sorted out my non-releasing weapons issue. Conclusion - you can't assign the same control to fire both the cannon and the missiles - e.g. Btn01. (even though their operation is seperated in the cockpit by pressing 'C') So, at last, off we go baddie bashing. Ta all. monkshood Ah....saw you posted you were doing that, but didn't put 2 and 2 together ... glad it's sorted mate, now you can kill from a much greater distance ;)
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