BaronVonVaderham Posted March 1 Posted March 1 May I just ask, when will ED fix the ILS issues? I noticed that ILS didn’t seem to always work for the same airport when doing the exact same approach. Googling the problem it looks like it’s an older problem, but it’s not clear what shows it to work in some cases but not others. I’m not talking about not knowing how to use ils or why it may work for some airports/runways/approaches, but not others. I know that. I’m talking exact same airport/runway/approach. Can we please get that fixed, and until then, can someone please tell me what the workaround is?
razo+r Posted March 1 Posted March 1 First time I really hear about that. Do you have a mission or track? I would love to try that. 1
BaronVonVaderham Posted March 17 Author Posted March 17 On 3/1/2025 at 11:23 PM, razo+r said: First time I really hear about that. Do you have a mission or track? I would love to try that. I’ll post a track file later today. it’s actually a known issue. You need to set up wine and weather conditions with winds of a certain speed or higher (not exactly sure what the minimum speed is at which ILS will start working). Apparently ILS also only gets activated once you make an approach request. this isn’t really realistic with real life, where ILS is usually on (when fitted ) unless out of commission. In real life ILS is also only activated for the runway that is active. In DCS apparently it depends on how things are set up. in my case I found that on some multi player servers ILS works, but not on others. (Eg it works on TDCS Caucasus servers, but not on VMA Caucasus servers)
razo+r Posted March 17 Posted March 17 46 minutes ago, BaronVonVaderham said: I’ll post a track file later today. it’s actually a known issue. You need to set up wine and weather conditions with winds of a certain speed or higher (not exactly sure what the minimum speed is at which ILS will start working). Yes, that one is known. The ILS in DCS is only turned on for the active runway, which depends on geographical location and or wind. The minimum speed I think is like 3m/s / ~5kts. 46 minutes ago, BaronVonVaderham said: Apparently ILS also only gets activated once you make an approach request. No, that shouldn't be the case in DCS. 46 minutes ago, BaronVonVaderham said: this isn’t really realistic with real life, where ILS is usually on (when fitted ) unless out of commission. In real life ILS is also only activated for the runway that is active. In DCS apparently it depends on how things are set up. Yes, but as you said, that is a known issue. But I've never heard about the issue you described in your first post, that doing the same approach sometimes does and doesn't work. But it makes sense that it doesn't always work the same in different missions due to possible different setups.
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