Instant easy mission...not actually that easy?

[Leporello]

Ok, I'm pretty noob at this, just been flying this awesom simulation for 3 weeks but I'm stuck with first istant action easy mission.

 

My question: is my wingmen supposed to help in any way? No matter how many orders have been issued to them there is no attack done on any target by them. Never. I assume this is a mission where only the active player can kill something, but in this case I really cannot figure out what the difficult mission will look like :cry:

[GAJ52]

Hi Leporello

 

The AI wingmen are very useful in this mission, I have used this a lot for training.

 

What I tend to do is just after it starts I tell my wingman to 'hold position' that way he doesn't get in the way. I then take out the two trucks with guns (wpt 2), then at wpt 3 (patrol) I drop a GBU-12 midway between the two vehicles - that normally takes out the whole patrol, anything left standing I take out with guns.

 

Wpt 4 (bridge) I fly at about 12,000 ft and hit the bridge with another GBU-12, no need to waste weapons on the two AAA units.

 

Wpt 5 'Tanks' I task my wingman to clear the two Air Defence Units and all the tanks. Make sure you have wpt 5 as SPI, then if you are using Easy Communications bring up the comms menu and press F1 wingman, then F3 Engage With, then F4 Air defences, then F1 Missile, then F1 I use Default and your wingman will take out both Air Defences with Mavericks.

 

Use the same sequence again ensuring your SPI is still at wpt 5 ( it may change if your CDU is set to auto cycle) but this time after F3 Engage With, select F2 (I think) Armour and tell him to use Guided Bombs - he will use the GBU-12 first (normally misses with one) then the GBU-38 JDAM's. You only need to tell him once and he will kill all the tanks.

 

You then are given Wpt 6 The Column - make sure wpt 6 is set to SPI and use the same sequence as in wpt 5 for him to take out the two Air Defence Units in the column. I then tell him to RTB while I take out the rest of the column.

 

When Instructing your wingman make sure the target area is set to SPI and use 'Engage With' and not just 'Engage'

 

Hope this helps :)

[Leporello]

Thanx so muchGAJ52, i'm doing pretty the same as yo until wpt 5 Tanks. I had no luck neither with engage nor with engage with, but could be I missed the wpt set to SPI. Will check this evening again.

 

Now this sounds a lot easier :)

[Cibit]

Is your radio turned on? UHF 251 IIRC or preset 1. Make sure the flight acknowledge any orders. Or select easy radio in miscellaneous options till your more confident:thumbup:

[Leporello]

Still No luck.

 

With easy com set on, the wingman appears in black so I think I cannot communicate with him. UHF Radio is set to 251.

No acknowledge from him. Instead JTAC appears in white and does answer to enquire.

[GAJ52]

Leporello

 

With this mission don't touch any radio frequencies they are already set. If you have Easy Communications ticked in the Gameplay Options menu it will work.

 

When the sim loads and just after you press the un-pause button, imediately press the radio menu button, then press F1 'Wingman', then F1 again 'Navigation', then F1 'Anchor Here'. He should say 'Copy' and maintain a holding orbit, if he does this everything else should work.

 

Make sure you are in 'Simulation mode' as oppossed to 'Game mode', I've never used Game mode so don't know if any radio commands are disabled. I have just re-tried this mission and it works exactly as I have said above.

 

Edit : I assume we are talking about the 'Instant Action' Easy-East Georgia-Spring mission

 

If it doesn't you must have a Options item incorrectly set (which one I don't know) or a faulty mission file.

Edited April 2, 2011 by GAJ52

[Leporello]

Thanx again for your suggestions.

 

Problem solved. I did not use the correct radio button (LALT + + instead of -) hence the ability to contact JTAC instead of wingman.

So rewarding eventually to see wingman employ mavs :thumbup:

[Cibit]

Glad you got it sorted. It is rewarding when your AI attacks too:pilotfly: