dcs issue SA Page Issues in Mission 10 – Intended or a Bug?

[bojote]

Loving Raven One: Dominant Fury so far—fantastic campaign! But I ran into something weird in Mission 10 and wanted to ask if it’s intended behavior or a possible bug.

After launching from the carrier, I head straight to WP1 at 12,000 ft as briefed. Since I’m one of the last jets off the deck, I expected my SA page to show all package aircraft immediately—but here’s what happened instead:

1. Before WP1: My SA page only showed Rickshaw 03 (E-6B AWACS), even though the entire package should have been airborne. I saw no other flights (not even my lead, Sluggo).
2. After reaching WP1: Sluggo and Squeegee suddenly appeared on the SA page.
3. Sluggo (Raven 61) showed up as a plain green circle instead of "A" (flight lead).
4. Spartan (F-14s) and Cutlass (F/A-18s) never appeared on the SA page at all during the entire mission.

I was expecting:

• Rickshaw 03 (E-6B AWACS) as a circle with a dot in the center (which worked fine)
• Sluggo as "A" (since he’s my lead) (instead, he was just a plain green circle)
• Squeegee (Rickshaw SEAD) as a plain green circle (but only appeared at WP1)
• Spartan & Cutlass as plain green circles (but they never showed up at all!)

So my question is—is this all intended?

• Are Sluggo & Squeegee scripted to trigger their datalinks at WP1 and thats why they don't show up?
• Is Sluggo missing his "A" designation a bug or just a DCS quirk? or the result of me turning ON datalink before Sluggo?
• Are Spartan & Cutlass flights supposed to be hidden on the SA page? that doesn't sound right. The whole package should be visible.

If this is all by design, I’ll roll with it—but if not, maybe something broke. Just wanted to check before assuming it’s a bug!

Thanks for the hard work on this campaign—absolutely loving it!

[baltic_dragon]

It is not intended. It is an issue with SA in core DCS. It is set up identically in mission editor, but works differently from mission to mission and I cannot troubleshoot it in any way unfortunately. As I am using each flight member as a separate flight (because it works much better than stock wingman plus I cannot put  player as #2, #3 or #4 in a normal flight) this also affects some things unfortunately...

[bojote]

12 hours ago, baltic_dragon said:

It is not intended. It is an issue with SA in core DCS. It is set up identically in mission editor, but works differently from mission to mission and I cannot troubleshoot it in any way unfortunately. As I am using each flight member as a separate flight (because it works much better than stock wingman plus I cannot put  player as #2, #3 or #4 in a normal flight) this also affects some things unfortunately...

No worries. Its one of those things that add complexity and challenge. As if it was an in-flight failure  scheduled to finish Mission 15 today and will later check your new rampagers campaign. Thanks for your great work!

[rob10]

1 hour ago, bojote said:

No worries. Its one of those things that add complexity and challenge. As if it was an in-flight failure  scheduled to finish Mission 15 today and will later check your new rampagers campaign. Thanks for your great work!

Just in case you weren't aware, you can put your TDC cursor over other F-18 or F-16 (and likely at least some others but not sure which ones) and press the MEMBR button on the bottom left to add them to your group.  1st one will show up as A, 2nd as B etc.

[bojote]

2 hours ago, rob10 said:

Just in case you weren't aware, you can put your TDC cursor over other F-18 or F-16 (and likely at least some others but not sure which ones) and press the MEMBR button on the bottom left to add them to your group.  1st one will show up as A, 2nd as B etc.

thanks!! yes, fully aware I can designate both members and donors, I was simply puzzled they were not assigned and other package elements were not showing on the SA page. As Baltic mentioned its probably a DCS Core issue. Not a big deal, as I said, I consider this an "in-flight system failure" for entertainement purposes. 

[baltic_dragon]

On 3/24/2025 at 10:25 PM, bojote said:

No worries. Its one of those things that add complexity and challenge. As if it was an in-flight failure  scheduled to finish Mission 15 today and will later check your new rampagers campaign. Thanks for your great work!

If you liked the campaign, please feel free to post a short review (actually: if you didn't, please do so as well, I'll learn what to change / improve for the future)