reported M4 Takeoff Problem

[SchneeFee]

Hello.
This is the second time i play this great campaign. The following problem did not occure the first time i flew m4. This was long before the Deckcrew Batch, a few Weeks ago. 
When the signal "You can taxi now" appears, i dont get permission to taxi. Nothing happens. When i takeoff anyway my wingman will not join, no matter how long i wait.
Does anybody else experience this after the last batch?

Edited January 15 by SchneeFee

[baltic_dragon]

Are you following the correct procedure, ie. first salute before engine start, then salute second time when you get the prompt? I don't have control over how the taxi directors work, but in my tests it was fine. Let me know if the problem persists though, we will look into it. 

[SchneeFee]

yes i think so. I tried several times with different approaches. 1st salute always before engine start. When i wait for the prompt with the 2nd salute taxi is blocked. I ll try again and upload a trackfile.

[SchneeFee]

tried again right now and again progress freezes after i get prompted to taxi and give salute.

RODM M4.trk

[IceyJones]

same for me....stuck at "awaiting taxi permission"

flights 2xx and 4xx are totally stuck after the tomcats started from the deck

[baltic_dragon]

Hey, I am updating this mission and there seem to be a lot of issues with the taxi directors now. I'll have a look. Running the whole campaign again and updating all the missions to remove SPACE BAR presses etc. so it should be ready and working well for the next (not the imminent) patch. It also looks that something changed with the taxi directors which will require some additional work.

[SchneeFee]

On 1/21/2025 at 9:33 AM, baltic_dragon said:

Hey, I am updating this mission and there seem to be a lot of issues with the taxi directors now. I'll have a look. Running the whole campaign again and updating all the missions to remove SPACE BAR presses etc. so it should be ready and working well for the next (not the imminent) patch. It also looks that something changed with the taxi directors which will require some additional work.

thanks, will try

[baltic_dragon]

In the next patch all outstanding issues with the campaign should be resolved, running mission after mission and updating them...

[theIRIEone]

On 1/24/2025 at 1:52 PM, baltic_dragon said:

In the next patch all outstanding issues with the campaign should be resolved, running mission after mission and updating them...

Hi BD,

indeed the latest update changed a few things, but now when we get taxi clearance, the yellow shirt never arrives and we're stuck in wheel chocks.. I assume it is nothing you can do anything about because that's an issue plaguing DCS ever since SC Ground Crew update...

Pls see my recent post / answer here for details:

 

[baltic_dragon]

On 2/9/2025 at 12:39 AM, theIRIEone said:

Hi BD,

indeed the latest update changed a few things, but now when we get taxi clearance, the yellow shirt never arrives and we're stuck in wheel chocks.. I assume it is nothing you can do anything about because that's an issue plaguing DCS ever since SC Ground Crew update...

Pls see my recent post / answer here for details:

 

The taxi directors are largely out of my hands and they did work in my latest tests... Have you followed the correct procedure:
 

Battery and APU on

Salute for engine start up (deck crew raises arm)

Finish my start up

Wait for the on screen pop up that says I can start taxiing (As per the mission brief - Designer Notes at the end)

Follow Taxi director orders.

Launch while all other aircraft are moving to their spots for launch (None got stuck)

[speed-of-heat]

So... I sort of had this bug a few different ways having gone through the prescribed started up procedure:

- the first time, was when i was using VIACOM and Voice attack, and forgot that the Salute trigger does not work when using VIACOM (dumb me) 

- the second time, i used a mapped button for a salute, but I waited, to move until i had fully finished my ground checks, a little while after the Graphic shows the Yellow shirt saying ready to taxi... and Olive gets hung up in the same way 

- similarly, if you don't taxi until Olive is taxing her and the S3 and you all seem to end up in a deadlock ...

- the only reliable way to ensure that it all works, that i can see is that as soon as you get the yellow shirt image, start your taxi request, then it all seems to go fine 

this sort of clashes with a note in the briefing document which implies you should wait for Olive to take off before you Taxi... 

side note 1 (in all cases the Yellow shirt image is with you right up until just after the cat launch) which is a bit ... "irritating" visually, as the image blocks sight to taxi directors 

side note 2 we seem to wait a long time for the launch of Switchblade, with power down except battery ( because we don't permission from the ground crew because they are dealing with the Buccaneers) so no power to comms ... but we still get the Switch Blade comms but not the AirBoss comms to Switchblade.. 

Edited 10 hours ago by speed-of-heat