New user, can't get TMS UP function in HOTAS training mission

[Morbius]

I just got this game working finally (after installing patches 1.1.1.0 and 1.1.1.1, and then finding out I needed to use the BCDEDIT command on my 32-bit Vista setup). So I'm finally going through the Training Missions. The second one, titled HOTAS, is giving me a problem...

 

I get through alot of the mission and am able to follow the instructors commands about changing displays, cycling pages, slewing indicators, etc. But then we get to a spot where he wants the HUD as SOI, and the system puts a yellow box on the HUD. He tells me to use the slew controls (on my keyboard, ; . , /) to get the little target indicator box ( I forget what he really called it, it's the tiny moveable green box you slew around on the HUD) moved into the yellow box he put onscreen, all of which I can do.

 

But then he says to use the TMS UP command to lock that indicator on target. He says the keyboard command for this should be LCTRL + UP. Now, I assume this means I should press the Control button on the left side of the keyboard, and also press the UP arrow key on the keyboard, at the same time...at least, I assume that's what "UP" stands for. But I have done this many times now, and nothing ever happens....the little indicator I slewed into his yellow box doesn't change, the yellow box remains on the screen, and the instructor never says anything else. The plane just keeps flying, I keep pressing key commands, and nothing changes. So I'm apparently unable to perform this TMS UP command correctly, as I assume once I do I will see a change on the HUD, or the yellow box will go away, or the instructor will continue on.

 

Am I pressing the right keyboard combo here? What should I see happen to the indicator in the HUD, or elsewhere on the screen, to know this worked? Shouldn't the instructor continue on after I do this? Is it important that one of the MFCDs be in a certain mode, or on a certain page, for this TMS UP command to work?

[MemphisBelle]

Hello and welcome to the Forums,

 

you need to hold down the button for slew control long. You can either press it short or long, both do different things.

 

If you´re using any kind of HOTAs Stick you can assign the respective key combo to the Joystick Butons and again hold the slew control short or long.

 

I also recomend to get these Tutorials: http://files.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/86362/

There is a HOTAS Chart which explains pretty much all HOTAS functions (no keycombos since it is actually a Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog chart), but it´ll shopw you what to hold for which command.

Edited December 30, 2011 by MemphisBelle

[Lane]

its the correct keys, but you need press it "long" ( this mean 2-3 second at min. for make your target SPI ( designate the target ) )

 

When it is done, you will get a line who appears uppon the box as in this example ( photos from the manual )

 

 

I add a Hotas chart, where it is explain the different function and specially the short and long difference for each function and situation. ( really sorry, i cant remember who have made it, but it is surely in the wiki )

A-10C_HOTAS_CHART.pdf

Edited December 30, 2011 by Lane