Jimmah Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 I've been trying to play this mission to get my head around JTAC assignments. After taking out one or two assigned targets, however, the JTAC goes all wonky on me. Typically I get given a 9-line, & told to advise when ready for remarks. When I do so the JTAC says nothing. I've waited up to two minutes and still heard nothing. The JTAC comms menu doesn't update either, & I have to ask for remarks again several times before JTAC replies. Eventually the remarks are repeated the number of times I asked for them. This occurs with the 9-line readback and IP inbound messages as well. When I'm finally inbound no mark appears & the JTAC becomes completely useless at that point. What gives? Running v 1.1.0.9
LostOblivion Posted August 1, 2011 Posted August 1, 2011 JTAC is a bit messed up currently, which is sad seeing as how much depends on JTAC in a CAS role. Imo, much more time should be spent not only fixing the FAC bugs, but also making it a lot more true to life. To mention some things: Final attack heading? Always? Why not just simply state a North to South direction some times when it's ~000 to ~180 anyway. What happened to talk on? I undetstand this is a vital part of any communication between a CAS aircraft and the JTAC and is probably pretty hard to implement in a game, but still, maybe the JTAC could look around for factory pipes, lakes, train stations, special building, etc, and do a one-way talk on using this? WP smoke 5 km away from a ground JTAC is also unrealistic. Do Predators even fire WP? Also, having the JTAC state the word MANPADS in the same sentence as USE GUNS is pretty unrealistic, but is easily fixed. There should be some priotization list based on what is the best ordnance to use given any situation. For instance, Target: SAM, use a missile! This can all be set using the mission editor, but still should be a part of the logic. I know ED is doing their best, though, to make us all happy! ;) Nice plane on that gun... OS764 P930@4 MBUD3R M6GB G5870 SSDX25 CAntec1200 HTMHW
ExNusquam Posted August 1, 2011 Posted August 1, 2011 WP smoke 5 km away from a ground JTAC is also unrealistic. Do Predators even fire WP? IRL, it's not the FAC that's doing the marking, it's a separate artillery battery. The FAC would give them a "grid to mark". See: http://www.sebastianjunger.com/photo/specialist-gutierrez/next?context=user 476th vFG/510th vFS
Jimmah Posted August 1, 2011 Author Posted August 1, 2011 Ok, so that's the general consensus? I'm experiencing standard fubared JTAC?
Jimmah Posted August 10, 2011 Author Posted August 10, 2011 Hmm. Sorta feel this forum should be called "DCS: A-10C Users experiencing tech issues can bang heads against a brick wall here". Not seeing any "support". I assume they're aware of the issue & are fixing it.
rockyalexander Posted August 12, 2011 Posted August 12, 2011 (edited) Mission file, please? Edit: Nevermind...Shooting Gallery...:doh: Edited August 12, 2011 by rockyalexander
Evil.Bonsai Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 One thing I've found is that FAC doesn't think much of our 'tank killer'. I set up a Kiowa IR pointing a set of IFVs. No problem, works great. Change those IFVs to T55s and "No tasking available" though I've got 4 IR Mavs and 4 Mk82AIR.
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