Missions Selector - Aircraft Tabs Missing

[Leg2ion]

Anyone had this issue before? I fire up DCSW 1.20, with A10c, BS2 and SU25 modules installed, and if I select Missions from the right hand side all I see is the Mission Description box and the pane on the right hand side showing the selected drive and any available missions.

 

I am fairly certain there used to be a set of tabs so you could select the aircraft you wished to fly?

 

Additionally the background picture has all but disappeared, and there seems to be some code running down the page in quite a faint font.

 

Any ideas on a fix - without re-installing. Sure it will be something to do with a lua file - but which one???:helpsmilie:

[marcos]

I think you do it by selecting the drive from the window at the right. There is a separate one for each set of aircraft missions - A-10C/Su-25T/Ka-50. The tabs are only there for training missions AFAIK.

[Leg2ion]

Ahhhh crap! Again that comes down to me looking for similarity!!! Could of sworn there was tabs though! Must have had a senior moment!!!

 

Just seems odd though that you have to 'trawl' for missions within the main program.

 

How are you getting on now Marcos - from one of your last posts I guess you are now starting to enjoy rotary wing...?

[marcos]

Ahhhh crap! Again that comes down to me looking for similarity!!! Could of sworn there was tabs though! Must have had a senior moment!!!

 

Just seems odd though that you have to 'trawl' for missions within the main program.

 

How are you getting on now Marcos - from one of your last posts I guess you are now starting to enjoy rotary wing...?

Mostly okay, except the Kh-25ML has turned into the new Vikhr M against tanks. It has a tendency to overshoot unless you lock the very bottom of the tank.

 

Good fun otherwise though. Helicopters are like the opposite of planes, hard to fly, easy to land. And the noise of the cannon has started to make me sing the Ghost Busters theme because it sounds like the drum bit in the middle. Took me a while to figure out why I was humming it.:lol:

[Leg2ion]

Mostly okay, except the Kh-25ML has turned into the new Vikhr M against tanks. It has a tendency to overshoot unless you lock the very bottom of the tank.

 

Good fun otherwise though. Helicopters are like the opposite of planes, hard to fly, easy to land. And the noise of the cannon has started to make me sing the Ghost Busters theme because it sounds like the drum bit in the middle. Took me a while to figure out why I was humming it.:lol:

 

Hi Marcos, glad to hear you are getting into it.... I am still plugging through BigfootMSRs training missions, often repeating them so things start to become second nature, whilst flying the odd combat mission, but then scuttling back to do more training!!! Still trying to get the hang of the FFARs, and to fully undertsand how altitude hold works. :joystick: Understand the concept, but not how it is applied.

 

Have you tried reducing the size of your lasing window, as that may help with the overshooting issue?

 

Can you also do me a favour, and look at your mission screen in World, and let me know if you have 6 yellow crosses in top right and bottom left of the screen, and you have faint text on the main screen that runs behind the mission pane. I am sure at one point I had a proper graphic...?

[marcos]

Hi Marcos, glad to hear you are getting into it.... I am still plugging through BigfootMSRs training missions, often repeating them so things start to become second nature, whilst flying the odd combat mission, but then scuttling back to do more training!!! Still trying to get the hang of the FFARs, and to fully undertsand how altitude hold works. :joystick: Understand the concept, but not how it is applied.

 

Have you tried reducing the size of your lasing window, as that may help with the overshooting issue?

 

Can you also do me a favour, and look at your mission screen in World, and let me know if you have 6 yellow crosses in top right and bottom left of the screen, and you have faint text on the main screen that runs behind the mission pane. I am sure at one point I had a proper graphic...?

 

What doesn't help is that the altitude hold buuton is poorly lit but basically you should only activate altitude hold in autopilot when the altitude is more or less stable. If you have a high rate of climb/descent it won't work.

 

Yeah, the issue isn't really with window size, it's the nature of the missile. Vikhr Ms like to fall low, Kh-25MLs like to overshoot. The best solution is to target objects near the top with Vikhrs and low down with Kh-25s.

 

Mission screen?

[Leg2ion]

What doesn't help is that the altitude hold buuton is poorly lit but basically you should only activate altitude hold in autopilot when the altitude is more or less stable. If you have a high rate of climb/descent it won't work.

 

Yeah, the issue isn't really with window size, it's the nature of the missile. Vikhr Ms like to fall low, Kh-25MLs like to overshoot. The best solution is to target objects near the top with Vikhrs and low down with Kh-25s.

 

Mission screen?

 

Mission Screen - select the mission option on the right hand side in DCS world.

 

Understand the basics of altitude hold but...

 

If I have RadAlt selected on the RH panel, then hit Altitude hold when in straight and level flight, I get an advisory on the overhead panel, and if I make cyclic pitch input, I can change the altitude whilst holding an input, but if I stop and go 'hands free' then gradually the altitude hold brings me back to my 'held' height.

 

If I have Baro selected, then hit altitude hold, no advisory appears, and I can easily climb/descend with cyclic inputs, and the autopilot doesn't return me to my height when I release the cyclic.

Edited September 11, 2012 by Leg2ion

[marcos]

Can you also do me a favour, and look at your mission screen in World, and let me know if you have 6 yellow crosses in top right and bottom left of the screen, and you have faint text on the main screen that runs behind the mission pane. I am sure at one point I had a proper graphic...?

Yeah I do. Crosses and what looks like faint lines of C code at the top and bottom of screen???

[marcos]

Mission Screen - select the mission option on the right hand side in DCS world.

 

Understand the basics of altitude hold but...

 

If I have RadAlt selected on the RH panel, then hit Altitude hold when in straight and level flight, I get an advisory on the overhead panel, and if I make cyclic pitch input, I can change the altitude whilst holding an input, but if I stop and go 'hands free' then gradually the altitude hold brings me back to my 'held' height.

 

If I have Baro selected, then hit altitude hold, no advisory appears, and I can easily climb/descend with cyclic inputs, and the autopilot doesn't return me to my height when I release the cyclic.

Never actually tried this but the advisory is probably something to do with RadAlt working off radar altitude not barometric pressure, so maybe the Alt Hold holds barometric altitude not radar altitude (actual height off ground).

[Leg2ion]

Never actually tried this but the advisory is probably something to do with RadAlt working off radar altitude not barometric pressure, so maybe the Alt Hold holds barometric altitude not radar altitude (actual height off ground).

 

Many thanks for the reply. Yep - mission screen seems odd, but if yours appears the same then I am happy that either mine ain't broke, or both of ours are and its just one of those things! :D

 

The Alt hold seems odd, as when on baro settings it doesn't actually appear to hold IF you make an input. It does if you don't, but I have found if I set the aircraft up for S&L flight then I can achieve alt hold without the Alt Hold push button being pushed.:joystick:

 

I have scoured the manual:book:but cannot really find any additional guidance on the subject. I guess ultimately it doesn't matter, as I can fly at a particular altitude either using RadAlt or manually, thinking RadAlt being the better option when down in the weeds in the FEBA anyway....:gun_rifle: