Wow it took me 15 Minutes to Start the Plane is there an easy mode ?

[nastynacho]

Wow it took me 15 Minutes to Start the Plane is there an easy mode ?

 

:helpsmilie:

[MasterZelgadis]

There is an easy mode, it's called LockOn Platinum ;)

[SouthyUK]

I believe at some point they will be adding in the Auto Start Everything shortcut.

 

But half the fun is learning how to start her up!

It gets quicker with practice.

[SNAFU]

I believe at some point they will be adding in the Auto Start Everything shortcut.

 

 

I honestly hope they won`t. I already get anoyed, when playeers start the Black Beauty per Auto-Start online. I mean, the simulation is just about all this, so what is the point of pressing one key to skip the simulation? For me it is almost the best part of it, awaking the beast into life. :pilotfly:

Edited October 8, 2010 by SNAFU

[SouthyUK]

I agree.

 

I love the feeling of going through the same process as I would if I was sat in the plane.

[nemises]

choice is always good..

 

for some people pressing buttons is the worst part of the sim, for other (myself included) , it is the best part of the sim :)

 

The best solution is what they've done for the KA50, and that's an auto-start script option

[Ells228]

Check out my Competition Time post, there is a checklist you can use in there for quick startup.

I'm just under 5 minutes for startup and 2 minutes for shutdown

[StrongHarm]

RTFM!

[Deadman]

Dude are you like the Manual Nazi:megalol: chill if the kids can't read just don't answer.:pilotfly:

[Pizzicato]

I honestly hope they won`t. I already get anoyed, when playeers start the Black Beauty per Auto-Start online.

 

Wrong answer.

 

This genre needs every new player it can get. I'm all for absolute realism (in as far as that's possible), but anything that keeps the sim accessible to wider audiences is a wonderful addition. Without such an approach, you can kiss this genre goodbye.

[JIMJAM]

Exactly.

The always higher and higher system specs,phone book sized manuals and needing a PHD to operate the aircraft is what killed flight sims.

Instead of making more realistic and complex sims "enjoyable" many just tried to see how tedious,nerve racking and frustrating they could make them.

[HitchHikingFlatlander]

I honestly hope they won`t. I already get anoyed, when playeers start the Black Beauty per Auto-Start online. I mean, the simulation is just about all this, so what is the point of pressing one key to skip the simulation? For me it is almost the best part of it, awaking the beast into life. :pilotfly:

 

I see your point but as others have mentioned we need every option to get more simmers into our hobby. I for one love the full start option but in reality I don't use it (at least in BS), I have far too many things going on in life and anything that gets me in the air faster gives me more time to fly and blow stuff up. I have a newborn baby and time is tight!

[shackman]

I see your point but as others have mentioned we need every option to get more simmers into our hobby. I for one love the full start option but in reality I don't use it (at least in BS), I have far too many things going on in life and anything that gets me in the air faster gives me more time to fly and blow stuff up. I have a newborn baby and time is tight!

I hear ya, time is tight for me cause of all the college course I'm taking take up most of the time I could be training in the beta. So if we can just hold like in FC2 R Shift and Home that'd be very helpful instead of going through 15minjust to get up and running,and then later in the mission you get shot down and restart at cold and dark and have to do another complete restart.

[Zakk]

Wow it took me 15 Minutes to Start the Plane is there an easy mode ?

 

:helpsmilie:

 

You need to learn how to "mash buttons & throw switches" faster; it takes me less than a minute to start spooling up the left engine.

 

Try this; Battery; inverter; 4 pumps; APU; wait 10 sec; mash down on LAlt+Home and there u have it!

Edited October 9, 2010 by Zakk

[shackman]

You need to learn how to "mash buttons & throw switches" faster; it takes me less than a minute to start spooling up the left engine.

 

Try this; Battery; inverter; 4 pumps; APU; wait 5 sec; mash down on LAlt+Home and there u have it!

I think it also depends on if the player has trackir or not. Track IR makes moving around the cockpit faster, but using a mouse and stick is slower.

[tusler]

We are lucky

 

They could have made it real true to life and when you get everything setup and #1 eng is running, you go to start #2 and you hear aloud BANG as the eng catches fire, you pull the T handle and quickly shut down everything as the crew chief says it sucked the flashlight that he forgot, down the intake. Now you have to wait for 4 hours while they change the eng.

I enjoy watching the EGT gauge when starting the APU or any engine.

In 16 years of being an engine mech and running engines to certify them prior to the pilot showing up I have seen that EGT guage do some really wild and crazy things.

Once I started and APU and the turbine shaft sheared which made the rpm go wild. The rpm gauge and the egt gauge both went all the way around the circle 3 times before I could shut it down.:megalol:

Yea for me them gauges bring back alot of memories.:book:

[Logan9773]

Only 15? Pretty good.

[Logan9773]

Wrong answer.

 

This genre needs every new player it can get. I'm all for absolute realism (in as far as that's possible), but anything that keeps the sim accessible to wider audiences is a wonderful addition. Without such an approach, you can kiss this genre goodbye.

 

Flight sims in general are already dead. I'm happily surprised that a company like DCS can still exist. But in order to continue to exist, you guys need to merge this ultra realistic flight sim with an FPS. Very few people want to play flight sims anymore. But if you take a look at Arma 2, they have a lot of players. DCS should really think about trying to merge with a company like Bohemia Interactive (Arma 2). That is the future for realistic sims. And believe me, sending large groups of ground humping FPS players to the next life all at once with an A-10 is great fun! :music_whistling:

[SAM77]

There is an easy mode, it's called LockOn Platinum ;)

:thumbup:

[636_Castle]

Starting the A-10C is pretty simple when it boils down to what really needs to be done. Initial scan to make sure everything is set to normal/safe. Set up your radio presets if you want. Booster pumps/fuel flow sw's on. Battery on, and inverter on to get some AC power. Establish further AC power with the APU or GPU. Ext lights. Entire engine start is done automatically by moving the throttle to idle. APU/GPU off, avionics/radios on. Oh and the SAS, EAC, and radar altitude on. Boom, done! lol

 

^ obviously simplified.

 

After 4 or 5 times you start memorizing it, like song lyrics.

 

P.S. It's especially useful to get a flow pattern. (ie. start on the left rear console, and do a quick scan through each subpanel all the way to the right rear console, then back and forth again.

Edited October 9, 2010 by 636_Castle

[71st_Mastiff]

Wow it took me 15 Minutes to Start the Plane is there an easy mode ?

 

:helpsmilie:

 

 

if you googled the you tube DCS A10c start up procedure and then pause and write down the steps you would be starting it under 40 steps and be up and taxing in under 4 min.

[Lio]

If you just talking about getting the plane in the air i think its actualy easier then in the KA50. You only have to flip like 7 switches or something and then you can start the engines and taxi away.

 

I think its alot harder to actualy launch weapons, my DSMS says weapons are off :( but ive learned to use the TGP now and its just awesome love the zoom on it. Alos no clue why i cant arm the auto pilot. the switch seems like its a bug properly. But i was able to drop bombs and stuff in a instant action mission so i guess i didnt configure something properly :music_whistling:

[galagamo]

i think its actualy easier then in the KA50.

 

Think no more.

The A-10 is easy to start, no need to even bother with the auto start sequence.

[SNAFU]

I see your point but as others have mentioned we need every option to get more simmers into our hobby. I for one love the full start option but in reality I don't use it (at least in BS), I have far too many things going on in life and anything that gets me in the air faster gives me more time to fly and blow stuff up. I have a newborn baby and time is tight!

 

Well, DCS is a simulation. Give it a game-mode and sell it for Xbox or whatever, but I guess the graphics are not up to the latest standard to compete with Hawx or games like that. But that would be the only way to get more players to the game. But the simulation nerds, as we are, are for civil flight only or for DCS only, or both, but pretty limited.

 

When I have no time to spare I just start up, go around the farp/af and land again, because for me its the best part of the sim. The shooting up is rather secondary and nice to have. If you have no time for a real start up, start airborne or on the runway, but implementing a short cut for this in real mode (not game mode) seems rather inconsequent to me. :smilewink:

[159th_Viper]

 

I think its alot harder to actualy launch weapons, my DSMS says weapons are off :(

 

Master-Arm switch Up.

 

 

 

Also no clue why i cant arm the auto pilot. the switch seems like its a bug properly.

 

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