solved F-14 pilot won't salute

[badatthis]

the f14 will not salute at all 

[razo+r]

That is not really descriptive. We need more infos.

 

 

[rob10]

5 hours ago, badatthis said:

the f14 will not salute at all 

Completely guessing what your problem is, but you need to turn the external lights either off or on (can't remember which) for the Tomcat if I'm not mistaken (rather than saluting like you would in the Hornet).

[badatthis]

then how do i get it to work on the ships, it says salute to start ?

[Minsky]

4 minutes ago, badatthis said:

then how do i get it to work on the ships, it says salute to start ?

 

[badatthis]

i will try that again, but even that did not work, fingers crossed ty 

[badatthis]

i did bind it did not work, no for some reason it is working on the list, shirt u dose not work, and the only reason i know is in the mirror he dose it not in cop-pit 

[Minsky]

5 hours ago, badatthis said:

i did bind it did not work, no for some reason it is working on the list, shirt u dose not work, and the only reason i know is in the mirror he dose it not in cop-pit 

Just tested this in a simple SP mission, and it works fine.

- Do not use the radio menu "Salute" command.
- The "Exterior Lights Master Switch" hotkey doesn't work as a salute substitute.
- Use the "F-14 Pilot" > "Catapult Salute" hotkey command (defaults to Left Shift + U) when ready to taxi.

If done correctly, the yellow message changes to "Awaiting salute gesture".

Press the salute hotkey again, and after a brief "Awaiting permission" message the brown shirt will hand you off to yellow shirts for taxiing.

[draconus]

On 3/12/2025 at 6:48 PM, Minsky said:

The "Exterior Lights Master Switch" hotkey doesn't work as a salute substitute.

The crew can't see your salute at night. You can decide in the F-14 special options:
Automatic external lights at carrier launch - Allows using common carrier launch bind (salute) at night which turns on external lights which is the RL sign that you're ready to launch (instead of day salute, more realistic is to use the external lights switch).

On 3/12/2025 at 12:56 PM, badatthis said:

in the mirror he dose it not in cop-pit 

This is normal. Cockpit pilot model does not have salute animation implemented (but it works). You can see it in the mirror because the external pilot model does have this animation. You can also see the salute from any external view.

[Minsky]

10 minutes ago, draconus said:

The crew can't see your salute at night. You can decide in the F-14 special options:
Automatic external lights at carrier launch - Allows using common carrier launch bind (salute) at night which turns on external lights which is the RL sign that you're ready to launch (instead of day salute, more realistic is to use the external lights switch).

I mentioned that as a precaution, in case the OP heard somewhere that one can turn on the exterior lights to salute, and tried to apply that to taxiing.

[badatthis]

got it to work now, i swear it is because i turn on mirrors lol 

[MAXsenna]

1 hour ago, badatthis said:

got it to work now, i swear it is because i turn on mirrors lol 

Mirrors?