Mirage F1CE Fuel Pumps already on when starting a mission

[cailean_556]

I do not have any mods installed. I have not noticed any updates to DCS overnight. I don't recall this being a thing literally yesterday when I flew a mission in the Mirage F1CE.

The Main Cock and Fuel Pumps are already unguarded (main cock) and on when I start a mission. All I have to do to start the aircraft is turn on the battery, and depress the starter (once unguarded). This is not normal procedure, not according to the pre-start checklists or the start up videos - which I also went back and rewatched as I'm now second-guessing myself...

As far as I remember, I've ALWAYS had to unguard and turn on these pumps myself (by pushing them to the RIGHT) as part of the start-up procedure. Or have I managed to tweak something unintentionally? (I have been looking at the model viewer to locate cockpit arguments - but the model viewer shows the main cock down and guarded, left and right fuel pumps are to the right and on...).

A reload of the mission and a restart of DCS, and placing a new Mirage F1CE on an empty map has not fixed the issue - so now I'm second-guessing reality... Has this always been the case?

The Mirage F1 manual shows the left console with fuel pump switches down (left) and guarded... What is going on here?

What have I done? Am I losing my mind? And how do I fix it (the switches, not the losing my mind part)? 

[Sarge55]

Have you assigned a switch/button to the guard?

If so, there is a setting in options to have the cockpit set up to match your hotas and button settings. Check to see if that was selected.

Although, if you haven’t fiddled with your options recently that may not be the issue since it’s only started recently.

Hope you figure it out. 

[cailean_556]

  On 11/29/2024 at 12:09 AM, Sarge55 said:

Have you assigned a switch/button to the guard?

If so, there is a setting in options to have the cockpit set up to match your hotas and button settings. Check to see if that was selected.

Although, if you haven’t fiddled with your options recently that may not be the issue since it’s only started recently.

Hope you figure it out. 

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No, no switch assigned. I like to do all those manually. The only switches on that panel that have a HOTAS button assigned are the gear, flaps and throttle to idle - everything else is a manual click.

This has literally started this morning. I flew a 1hr 20 minute mission yesterday and during start-up, I had to open/turn on the fuel pumps. It's only this morning that I've jumped in and noticed the pumps are on when they shouldn't be. Very odd. At a loss to explain it.

[Sarge55]

A mystery indeed.  Perhaps try creating a new basic mission with a cold start and see what happens. 

[cailean_556]

  On 11/29/2024 at 1:45 AM, Sarge55 said:

A mystery indeed.  Perhaps try creating a new basic mission with a cold start and see what happens. 

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It's okay, I think I'm having a stroke... (Not really, but I can't explain how my brain is not functioning right now...)

Main cock DOWN and guarded is ON. LP pump switches to the LEFT is ON. I just seem to have forgotten that exact, very specific, detail overnight... It didn't even register watching Redkite's start up videos. I've just had a bit of a break the last couple hours and was trying it again. I've only been flying this plane, pretty much exclusively, for the last year... I need a good, long, refreshing holiday... 

Wow... 

[Sarge55]

lol… sounds good. Vacations are always worth it. Enjoy.