Single player interest?

[MrReynolds]

Okay.

I fly the A-10 single player. Absolutely NO interest in the long start up list and a 20 minute flight to the FLOT. I'm also not really interested in Tanking.

 

I generally edit missions to start <20 miles out of the target and use waypoints and the JTAC to spot targets. (oh if only JTAC would automatically target SAMs before a column of trucks :-s {without having to set it in the planner} )

 

I fly using all complex settings and enjoy the difficulty of target searching etc using coordinates.

 

Now.....

 

If I were to buy Combined arms,

 

a) Will I be able to manipulate the ground forces from my A-10 in map mode?

 

and more importantly

 

b) COULD I be a sneaky JTAC in a jeep, search for a SAM battery and use the coordinates gained for my attack profile in the A-10?

Even better, could I aim the laser sight, and then jump into the hog and use THAT as my designator?

 

I "think" I've read that JTAC isn't implemented in single player yet, but if I could hop between JTAC and pilot I think that'll be okay for me....

 

Thanks for any replies.... :P

[Ripcord]

a) yes -- very cool.

 

 

b) no -- you cannot switch back and forth.

[Purg]

You can punch L/L co-ordinates into the CDU that you get from your ground forces spotting enemy positions on the F10 map and create a mission waypoint that you can slave your TGP to. That's what I've been doing recently.

 

I tend to find that after I go through the process of getting a target from JTAC, I can do the job myself - unless there's a specific tasking required from JTAC.

[MrReynolds]

mmmmmmm, I think I'll give it a miss. I get co-ordinates from JTAC in DCS A-10. Would have been nice to combine the two.

 

Looking forward to maybe a better (dynamic) campaign and A-G radar being implemented. If ever.:music_whistling:

[tintifaxl]

mmmmmmm, I think I'll give it a miss. I get co-ordinates from JTAC in DCS A-10. Would have been nice to combine the two.

 

Looking forward to maybe a better (dynamic) campaign and A-G radar being implemented. If ever.:music_whistling:

 

A-10Cs don't have A/G radar, or do they?

[cichlidfan]

A-10Cs don't have A/G radar, or do they?

 

No.

[MrReynolds]

A-10Cs don't have A/G radar, or do they?

 

Indeed they don't, but the FA-18 certainly does. Got my eye on that bugger!

 

edit, lol. I was "hinting" that those two features have been missing for far too long..........................................