Aerial Refueling Training Mission

[-C.O.U.G.A.R-]

You need to review your flight hand book Aerial refueling and the Aerial Refueling CK. List

 

 

 

Good Luck Pilots

[mtuckner]

No attachment! Looking forward to it though. :D

[-C.O.U.G.A.R-]

Where to find the Aerial Refueling Training mission

 

 

http://files.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/?arrFilter_pf%5Baircraft%5D=&arrFilter_pf%5Bfiletype%5D=&arrFilter_pf%5Bgameversion%5D=59&arrFilter_pf%5Bfilelang%5D=14&set_filter=Filter&set_filter=Y

[Bahger]

There are four files in the .rar folder, 2 jpgs and 2 files called "Options" and "Mission". For whatever reason, there is no file extension on these 2 files (like .miz). Can someone confirm what these files are and if they both go in the "missions" folder in DCS A-10? It's worth checking because the sim will crash if it doesn't recognize files. Thanks, I'm looking forward to having a good AF training .miz.

Edited December 20, 2010 by Bahger

[Burner]

I do not see a .rar file when I downloaded it from user files. It is just the .miz file we need.

[Bahger]

That's very odd, I get a .rar file as described above. Would you mind uploading the .miz?

[dane48]

That's very odd, I get a .rar file as described above. Would you mind uploading the .miz?

 

 

All I have seen is the .rar file also. Having had this happen before, I thought I would rename it and then add the .miz It doesn't work., Crashes just like Bahger said.

[Bahger]

Strange, huh?

[-C.O.U.G.A.R-]

http://files.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/13217/

[dane48]

That will work. Thanks, C.o.u.g.a.r

[skoner]

oh I'm sorry but it does not work,for me

 

i'm still have same problem bahger mentioned

 

would you mind sending refuling mission file to my email for me

 

my email address is skoner@naver.com and i'll appreciate it if you'll send a

 

file . Thanks

[Sarge55]

I get the same problem as well, a file called "Mission" and one called "Options" plus two jpg's. The two files do not have file extensions.

 

Is there another source for the .miz file?

[Grimes]

A miz file acts as a .rar or a zip archive and is just a collection of all relative files to the mission itself. The mission file is the actual mission, options are custom settings, and jpgs are just jpgs the mission uses. The game opens this archive up naturally and there is NO need to unpack it.

 

Save the file rather than just opening it. Copy it to the missions folder and viola, it will work. Or modify the extensions within windows to ignore the .miz file type so winrar or whatever app you are using doesn't automatically think its a compressed archive.

 

But for the sake of simplicity.....

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1719724/Aerial_Refueling_Training.rar

Yo dawg, I put a miz in a rar so you can archive an archive.

[Sarge55]

Thanks Grimes, appreciate the help.

[Bahger]

Thank you for archiving the archive. I understand what you're saying about .miz files but the problem for some of us is that once Windows defines an incoming file as a .rar, it has the wrong extension and when you try to run it in A-10 the sim crashes, which is a pain. I know I could set Windows (or WinRAR) not to classify .miz files as .rar files but it baffles me why most downloaded .miz files are not misinterpreted in this way but some, like this one, are. I've tried saving them straight to the A-10 missions folder -- one time I think I even changed the extension to .miz -- but once they are classified by WinRAR as proprietary .rar files, they crash the sim. Thanks again for supplying the "raw" .miz.

Edited December 21, 2010 by Bahger

[skoner]

Thanks for your help grimes

[Grimes]

If it helps by default I have the .miz extension attached to "Windows Shell Common dll". And all unknown file types are to show their extension. Thus all missions show up as a "name.miz" with blank icons.

[mtuckner]

Cool, very simple... lol. One thing, the frequency says 141.25 but I couldn't raise him up. I went into the editor and set frequency to 131 and he came up after that. It didn't look like there was a frequency assignment.

[-C.O.U.G.A.R-]

141.250 VHF AM didn't work?

[Burner]

141.250 VHF AM didn't work?

 

 

Basically, NO.

[Sarge55]

I had no problem with 141.25 AM. Great mission Cougar, I'm still having a hell of a time but I eventually get some...

[dane48]

Thanks for putting this together. I had other attempts at aerial refueling in other settings/missions and I finally made a connection. It took me 18 attempts but I finally got gas!

[Fakaro]

I actually found it pretty easy to hook up. Got gas on my 2nd approach to the tanker. Had a bit of a rough time getting in sync with the tanker initially, but it worked out ok. It would certainly be easier if I had rudder pedals. Trying to adjust position to the tanker without fine yaw control is tough.

[xepoti]

How can I load the mission? I don`t see a .miz file in the package.

 

EDIT: nevermind, found the solution. the file is recognized as a winzip file for me

Edited December 31, 2010 by xepoti

[Avatar72]

Anyone care to comment on what I'm doing wrong? After several attempts I got attached but lost it in less than 10 second and I could never reattach

 

Its my first time but it was frustrating as hell.

I think my joystick overcompensates by the slightest movement. I'm all over the place with the slightest push one way or the other. I'm using a TM WH

And I was never able to keep a constant speed. The tanker seems to be travelling at 186-187

 

Thank you for the mission. It certainly tests ones patience.

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