alistairm Posted July 5 Posted July 5 Hey everyone I'm starting to learn macricks and have hit a wall i think its somthing im doing. So I do start up and the boresight the mavricks but have noticed when I fly after my steerpoint are all well out of whack there fine on the right nav all line up but on the FCR and helmet there well out i can't see to correct it. Like I said it must be me but in not sure what im doing. Thank you everyone
Solution Tholozor Posted July 5 Solution Posted July 5 A track reply would help us see what exactly you're seeing, but I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest you Cursor Zero? 1 REAPER 51 | Tholozor VFA-136 (c.2007): https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3305981/ Arleigh Burke Destroyer Pack (2020): https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3313752/
speed-of-heat Posted July 6 Posted July 6 Also have you zeroed your helmet SYSTEM SPECS: Hardware AMD 9800X3D, 64Gb RAM, 4090 FE, Virpil T50CM3 Throttle, WinWIng Orion 2 & F-16EX + MFG Crosswinds V2, Varjo Aero SOFTWARE: Microsoft Windows 11, VoiceAttack & VAICOM PRO YOUTUBE CHANNEL: @speed-of-heat
Gilligan Posted July 8 Posted July 8 On 7/5/2025 at 4:41 PM, alistairm said: Hey everyone I'm starting to learn macricks and have hit a wall i think its somthing im doing. So I do start up and the boresight the mavricks but have noticed when I fly after my steerpoint are all well out of whack there fine on the right nav all line up but on the FCR and helmet there well out i can't see to correct it. Like I said it must be me but in not sure what im doing. Thank you everyone would have to know more of your process. Did you align your helmet? Are you in PRE mode, VIS mode, or BORE mode when trying to use them? Make sure you "cursor zero" your SPI back to the steerpoint. The difference between the boresight difference and your engagement distance may be introducing some parallax to the mav seeker.
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted July 8 ED Team Posted July 8 On 7/5/2025 at 10:41 PM, alistairm said: Hey everyone I'm starting to learn macricks and have hit a wall i think its somthing im doing. So I do start up and the boresight the mavricks but have noticed when I fly after my steerpoint are all well out of whack there fine on the right nav all line up but on the FCR and helmet there well out i can't see to correct it. Like I said it must be me but in not sure what im doing. Thank you everyone Hi, please include a track replay example and we will take a look, see if we can give you any pointers. thank you Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, PIMAX Crystal
alistairm Posted July 10 Author Posted July 10 hi everyone thank you all so much for your comments as I said it was 100% me I wasn't pressing cursor zero after. thank you all for your help! 1
Nialfb Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago (edited) When I cold start, I always align my HMD. I have set up a vehicle about three miles from the end of the runway so I can boresight my Mavericks prior to takeoff. I use the latest procedure for boresighting. When I reach the target area the maverick is pointing in the vicinity of the target according to the TGP, but it is never actually on the target. I align the maverick manually and press the alignment button again. I fire, hit the target , CABOOMBIE and all that. Select the next target and the Maverick is off again according to the TGP. When using the D type I have the TGP set to AUTO and the Maverick set to PRE. When using the H type I have the TGP set to MAN and the Maverick set to PRE. I understand that the Maverick has to be in range for the AUTO handoff to work on the D type andAUTO handoff does not work on the H type. I'm convinced that the alignment process does not workcorrectly when cold starting. I am using the old targeting pod and D type mavericks. Regards Edited 3 hours ago by Nialfb Game setup - I9-13900K, 3000 MHz 24 Core 32 Logical Processors, NVIDIA RTX 4090, 42” ASUS 4K OLED monitor, TM HOTAS Warthog, TM TPR Rudder pedals, Bigscreen Beyond VR.
RyanR Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 56 minutes ago, Nialfb said: When I cold start, I always align my HMD. I have set up a vehicle about three miles from the end of the runway so I can boresight my Mavericks prior to takeoff. I use the latest procedure for boresighting. When I reach the target area the maverick is pointing in the vicinity of the target according to the TGP, but it is never actually on the target. I align the maverick manually and press the alignment button again. I fire, hit the target , CABOOMBIE and all that. Select the next target and the Maverick is off again according to the TGP. When using the D type I have the TGP set to AUTO and the Maverick set to PRE. When using the H type I have the TGP set to MAN and the Maverick set to PRE. I understand that the Maverick has to be in range for the AUTO handoff to work on the D type andAUTO handoff does not work on the H type. I'm convinced that the alignment process does not workcorrectly when cold starting. I am using the old targeting pod and D type mavericks. Regards Ground boresight is at least part of your problem. For months, I did exactly as you are: place a ground target and boresight before takeoff. When I started bore-sighting from altitude at 10 miles off, I was blown away by how the Maverick seeker looked almost exactly on target. Night and day. Another problem with auto-handoff is making sure the Maverick seeker is "zoomed" to the narrow FOV, with good contrast. That'll make it much easier for the Maverick to grab the centroid of the target. -Ryan
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