investigating Mission 7 F-16 (Buzzard21) does not show up on TAD

[ghostskills82]

Hello Baltic Dragon,

I was just informed via Hoggit that there seems to be an issue with the datalink connection to the F-16 in Mission 7.

I replayed the mission and encountered the same problem.

This mission was working perfectly about 4-5 months ago.

Buzzard does not appear on the TAD, so it is not possible to take over their SPI. This is probably a small fix since the F-16 has received datalink updates in the last few months.

The young man who brought this problem to our attention also created a YouTube video about it, which might help you:

Could you please check on this? Thank you very much!

By the way, great campaign - I've flown through it several times and still enjoy revisiting various missions from time to time!

Another thing: I encountered a terrible squelsh on the ARC-210 when talking to Biff on 33.5 FM which wasn´t there 4 months ago (cant shut it down).

Additionaly here´s the linke to reddit, if you like to reply:

 

Edited August 2, 2024 by ghostskills82

[baltic_dragon]

Thanks, we'll check it.

[Highwayman-Ed]

This has been identified and linked to a recent change to the F-16's Datalink in the recent DCS patches that caused the problem. Although we have identified the issue and the fix for it, the mission is still largely unplayable for the time being due to the Audio issues. We're awaiting information from ED on the timing of being able to disable the new radio implementation to resolve this.

[ghostskills82]

On 8/25/2024 at 6:49 AM, Highwayman-Ed said:

This has been identified and linked to a recent change to the F-16's Datalink in the recent DCS patches that caused the problem. Although we have identified the issue and the fix for it, the mission is still largely unplayable for the time being due to the Audio issues. We're awaiting information from ED on the timing of being able to disable the new radio implementation to resolve this.

Thank you very much for taking care of identifying and fixing the error. Let's hope that ED responds to it promptly. Thanks a lot in advance!

[atrcaptainjohn]

Any word on the fix for this one?  I can't see Buzzard, nor can I see Biff on the TAD.  I set Group ID and Own ID to 02, as on the kneeboard, but still can't see either one.