harv Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 Apologies if this has been covered somewhere before; I can't find it... I am aware their is an 'auto-start-up' button. When pressed it only seems to take me so far into the start up procedure. Does anybody know what I would have to do to finish the job - IE: up to what state of the manual start-up procedure does the auto start-up button take you? Right now I'm editing missions so I can start in the air, but when it comes to the campaign I presume I'll need to know this. Sorry if I sound like a lazy flyer, but I can't bring myself to do the whole procedure manually every time.
Migo Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 I don't got the game installed right now and last played it some time ago. How long do you wait after pressing the autostart-key ? Because it really takes some time to get that baby flying. Aligning the INS takes some minutes. I could imagine that this looks to you like nothing happens in this time.
Engage Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 I didnt even no there was a auto start up lol What is the key-Keys?:music_whistling: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz Overclock 4.20GHz MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2133MHz Corsair Hydro H70 High-Performance CPU WaterCooler XFX:ATI Radeon 6970 2048MB GDDR5 Graphics Card ATI Trackir 5.....Hotas Warthog Regards Engage:thumbup:
MTFDarkEagle Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 Leftwin + home IIRC.. I however don't use it. Harv: alternatively: you could learn the startup yourself. It can be a bit complicated at first, but once you are used to it, it will become a regularity and you will enjoy it. Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
harv Posted July 6, 2011 Author Posted July 6, 2011 Thanks for the replies, but still no answer, I guess what I need to know is, does the auto start-up get you to the point where you are ready to taxi? It doesn't seem to for me anyway....
MemphisBelle Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 (edited) Answer is: Learn the start up and forgot that damnit Cheat start up. Just follow my sig :music_whistling: EDIT: The reason why you´ve to forget that thing is, because only when you learn what happens while the start up, and why it happens, so you can understand certain things pretty much more. I highly recommend you to go through the Forum, espacially the Start up threads. Just search for Ramp start or Start up and you´d should find a lot. It doesn´t make any sense to play the game just to play it. By doing this you´ll get off the fun of it quite fast. Take the time and learn that stuff. If you have questions according to special things, ask us. Edited July 6, 2011 by MemphisBelle BlackSharkDen | BSD Discord | DCS Tutorial Collection
Shootist Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 I've waited a while with auto startup to see if it completes all stages but I don't think it does. IE; nosewheel steering and pitot are steps I seem to have to complete and of course, EGI, EAC and Radar Alt switches will have to be punched and thrown manually. Asus P8P67Pro, Intel i7, 8gb DDR3, OCZ Vertex3, 120gb SSD, GForce GTX 560, Cooler Master GX850, Win 7, Logi X 3D Pro.
shagrat Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 (edited) Thanks for the replies, but still no answer, I guess what I need to know is, does the auto start-up get you to the point where you are ready to taxi? It doesn't seem to for me anyway.... Hmm, I agree with most of the guys: Learn the Start-up procedure. Why? Because you learn a LOT about the systems dependencies and switches. This knowledge is EXTREMELY useful when you get shot at and experience system failures. If you know which switches need to be functioning, or flipped to get the autopilot or PAC running for example (SAS, IFFCC, EAC, etc.) You understand where the power from the avionics come from (e.g. why a left engine hit black out certain systems). And last but not least, it is very rewarding to get the Hog rollin' after manually starting up :thumbup: To your question: one of the last things to do when starting up is engaging nose wheel steering. Look for the signal to light up. If Autostart is modelled correctly it should do this... if not wait until the NAV align ready is flashing and your TADS shows the flightplan. I used the auto start just 1-2 times, because it is sooo boring to wait for the AI doing all the stuff. BEWARE: do not flip any switches yourself, 'cause you may interfere with the Autostart! :D @ Memphisbelle - editing while I'm typing is unfair :megalol: Edited July 6, 2011 by shagrat Sniped by Memphisbelle Shagrat - Flying Sims since 1984 - Win 10 | i5 10600K@4.1GHz | 64GB | GeForce RTX 3090 - Asus VG34VQL1B | TrackIR5 | Simshaker & Jetseat | VPForce Rhino Base & VIRPIL T50 CM2 Stick on 200mm curved extension | VIRPIL T50 CM2 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Plus/Apache64 Grip | MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals | WW Top Gun MIP | a hand made AHCP | 2x Elgato StreamDeck (Buttons galore)
harv Posted July 6, 2011 Author Posted July 6, 2011 Thanks a bunch guys...I'll try it out later! Cheers
hog_driver111th Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 Harv, once you get the startup figured out, you could get up in the air within 5 minutes of joining. I know that seems like a long time when you just want to go, but I can get all my systems running and ready to taxi in under 5 minutes. The 4 minutes for the EGI to align takes the longest, but while that's working, I'm doing everything else. Think of it as being on a 5 minute alert without having Paulrkiii standing there with the GPU already connected, lol. A-10C - FC3 - CA - L-39 - UH1 - P-51 - Hawk - BS2 - F-86 - Gazelle - F-5E - AV8B - F/A-18C i5-4590 - GTX 1060 - Oculus CV1 - TM:Warthog [sIGPIC]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic9979_1.gif[/sIGPIC]
Alexrey Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 Learning the startup procedure honestly isn't that difficult because it follows a very logical order. After two "tutorial starts" I could start the plane up from scratch every time without any trouble because of my above-mentioned point. Just a side note: if you don't like waiting for the INS to align itself you can always change the alignment mode from "GROUND" to "INFLT" which will use the A-10C's GPS system to help align the INS a lot faster than it's standard alignment process and will allow you to move even during the alignment process.
majapahit Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 you should learn the Manual Startup .. so you can do Auto-Startup .. and make coffee and then come back to your box and see if the Auto-Startup did OK .. and can even interrupt Auto-Startup to hurry up things .. and 'fix' things when you confuse Auto-Startup .. if DCS changed something .. you know what button to push I use Auto all the time .. and I like my coffee | VR goggles | Autopilot panel | Headtracker | TM HOTAS | G920 HOTAS | MS FFB 2 | Throttle Quadrants | 8600K | GTX 1080 | 64GB RAM| Win 10 x64 | Voicerecognition | 50" UHD TV monitor | 40" 1080p TV monitor | 2x 24" 1080p side monitors | 24" 1080p touchscreen |
cichlidfan Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 Thanks for the replies, but still no answer, I guess what I need to know is, does the auto start-up get you to the point where you are ready to taxi? It doesn't seem to for me anyway.... I don't use the auto start but I have been curious myself after watching it once. The reason is that I have no idea what it did or did not do without looking at every panel in the plane. Someone at ED should know the answer since it is not documented anywhere.:book: The short answer, IMHO, is that if you don't want to manual start the thing change your mission to runway start and be done with it.;) ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
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