SharpeXB Posted May 3, 2013 Posted May 3, 2013 Your own map icon should be visible when you are on the ground. In real life you would know where you are when you're trying to taxi around the airbase. Otherwise it just means getting lost trying to find the runway. i9-14900KS | ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO | 64GB DDR5 5600MHz | iCUE H150i Liquid CPU Cooler | ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4090 OC | Windows 11 Home | 2TB Samsung 980 PRO NVMe | Corsair RM1000x | LG 48GQ900-B 4K OLED Monitor | CH Fighterstick | Ch Pro Throttle | CH Pro Pedals | TrackIR 5
dave4002000 Posted May 4, 2013 Posted May 4, 2013 Airfield diagrams are available here: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=60370 That's how it's done in real life :smilewink: USAF Bomber Avionics Specialist, Ret. (2A5) Water-cooled i7-8700k @ 5.0GHz Nvidia GTX1080 32 GB DDR4-3200 M.2 NVMe Drive Warthog HOTAS Oculus Rift CV1
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shagrat Posted May 4, 2013 Posted May 4, 2013 Your own map icon should be visible when you are on the ground. In real life you would know where you are when you're trying to taxi around the airbase. Otherwise it just means getting lost trying to find the runway. If you are too lazy to get the chart and read the signs simply press F2, zoom out and move your viewpoint to an overhead position... oh, wait! Unless the server hasn't disabled external views, that is. :doh: 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)
Guest Izoul123 Posted May 5, 2013 Posted May 5, 2013 (edited) I just dial in the takeoff runway to HSI and that usually is all I need 90% of the time to navigate myself to the right area. I also pull up chart on IPAD Warthog app which helps for some airports, or of course...print out the charts/bases. Really nice for F10 disabled servers on bigger airbases, especially in-bunker starts. Oh, and before anyone says that using an IPAD for charts is cheating...think again... American Airlines is switching over...I imagine other companies and maybe our own military may follow suit of digital 'tablet' maps as well..... Then again in real life you have ground control frequency which could assist...not yet modeled in DCS...our DCS ATC is pretty primitive as is....maybe in due time... http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewstibbe/2013/05/03/american-airlines-pilots-lose-40lb-with-apple-ipad-electronic-flight-bag/ Edited May 5, 2013 by Izoul123
Evil.Bonsai Posted May 5, 2013 Posted May 5, 2013 in some instances online, you cannot view outside your plane and if you happen to be at an airbase you are not familiar with, it can be a bit disorienting. This is what I do. I usually ask for permission to start up but if I don't know where i'm at, that is a little hard. So I will start up the plane as normal (w/o contacting ATC). Once everything is ready, I check the CDU for divert base. It always shows you the closest airbase and frequency to contact them. Once I know where I'm at, I'll use F10 to view the map of that airbase. So now I know WHERE I'm at, I've set my HSI to runway direction (from ATC), then start taxiing. I may not know exactly where I was parked but after looking around a bit and following the taxi ways, along with HSI, I'll have a very good idea of where I'm at on the airbase and where to go for the runway.
Hamblue Posted May 5, 2013 Posted May 5, 2013 Some servers don't allow for F10 zoom either. If you take your time you can usually figure out where to go. Asus Sabertooth P67 Motherboard 2600k CPU, 16 gig DDR3, 1600. Samsung 830, 256 gig hard drive, GTX780 Video Card, Warthog Hotas, Razer Mamba mouse. Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals. Trackir 5, Verizon FIOS 25Meg Up/Down
Yellonet Posted May 5, 2013 Posted May 5, 2013 Your own map icon should be visible when you are on the ground. In real life you would know where you are when you're trying to taxi around the airbase. Otherwise it just means getting lost trying to find the runway.Agreed, for me it would suffice to just have a colored dot or similar that does not move but just shows you where you start, as you say, you would know this in real life. i7-2600k@4GHz, 8GB, R9 280X 3GB, SSD, HOTAS WH, Pro Flight Combat Pedals, TIR5
mec287 Posted May 5, 2013 Posted May 5, 2013 I just dial in the takeoff runway to HSI and that usually is all I need 90% of the time to navigate myself to the right area. I also pull up chart on IPAD Warthog app which helps for some airports, or of course...print out the charts/bases. Really nice for F10 disabled servers on bigger airbases, especially in-bunker starts. Oh, and before anyone says that using an IPAD for charts is cheating...think again... American Airlines is switching over...I imagine other companies and maybe our own military may follow suit of digital 'tablet' maps as well..... Then again in real life you have ground control frequency which could assist...not yet modeled in DCS...our DCS ATC is pretty primitive as is....maybe in due time... http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewstibbe/2013/05/03/american-airlines-pilots-lose-40lb-with-apple-ipad-electronic-flight-bag/ F10 is my Ipad
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