Airgroup 51
General Forums (Public) => DCS World General Discussion (Public) => Topic started by: AG-51_Razor on May 11, 2018, 10:11:41 AM
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https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3479941&postcount=9
I can't see where to get the TACAN freq for the Tarawa. I haven't flown in it yet, just poking around in the ME. Also, the KC-135 with basket is there but I saw on the forums that some said the probe of their MC-2000 went right through the basket. Haven't verified that yet. Supposedly most of the Maverick problems have been addressed. I sure hope they toned down the canopy crazing!
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Razor, looks like you do the TACAN under advanced waypoint options, and it looks like it's preset to 1X at waypoint 0.
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I had a feeling they might release the F-18 this week. Guess not.
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Thanks Fireball! I have to work tomorrow so I am taking another sick day today just to make sure I am fully back in battery by tomorrow.....and to spend some time with this new update! :icon_biggrin: :thumbsup: More to follow.
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I got the TACAN figured out, thanks to Fireball :thumbsup: I tried to tank off the KC-135 in the Hornet with absolutely no luck at all. It is just as hard and frustrating as it was the first time after getting the Harrier and KC-130. I'm hopeful that RedKite or RedWing, or whatever that guy's name is will figure it out and post a video for us underlings. Hopefully it is not the same problem that the Mirage is having. The good news is, I found the Mirage so sluggish trying to plug into the basket, that I went into the controls and took out the entire curve for both pitch and roll. They were set to +20!! Anyway, now I find the Mirage to be very manageable behind the basket and not nearly as twitchy as it was before. The bad news is, the probe just slides right through the basket :sad5:
I looked at the ability to set a TACAN freq for the Kuznetsov and didn't see anything. This will be very cool for working on instrument approach procedures! :thumbsup:
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I tried to tank off the KC-135 in the Hornet with absolutely no luck at all. It is just as hard and frustrating as it was the first time after getting the Harrier and KC-130. I'm hopeful that RedKite or RedWing, or whatever that guy's name is will figure it out and post a video for us underlings. Hopefully it is not the same problem that the Mirage is having.
Apparently it is the same problem the Mirage is having. Zeus says they messed up the update:
https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=208231
Guess we'll have to wait til the NEXT update. Life gets frustrating sometimes out on the bleeding edge. :angry3:
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Yeah, I saw that. I guess I am kind of relieved. On the other hand, I am quite disappointed that the TACAN on the Tarawa only gives me a bearing to the ship and not distance as well. I am pretty damn sure that TACAN stations give both bearing and distance.
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You have to setup the ship TACAN just like you set it up for the tankers. In the Harrier cockpit those three buttons to the left have to be set to A/A and T/R to get the bearing, distance, and time. If you have them set to A/A and RCV, you'll only get bearing.
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Are you getting a bearing and distance?? I tried using the A/A button in conjunction with the T/R just like with the tanker and still only got bearing. :BangHead:
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I just went back into the ME and on the Normandy map, the Harrier Training mission with 2 LHA'a side by side, one with 1X and the other 2X set. I launched from the land base and got a bearing AND distance to 1X!! So, I hauling ass out to it and then realize that it's taking me across the Channel to an airfield in England! I didn't even think that they had TACAN's back then. Or maybe it was the KC-130 I had flying around up on the northern edge of the map to avoid screen freeze when the mission starts. I don't know but I do know it wasn't taking me to the Tarawa! :BangHead:
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Yeah, I can get the bearing and distance, but the test mission I was using is on the Causcasus map. I just set up a test on the Normandy map and could only get bearing. So it may be map related.
But...there does seem to be something squirrelly even on the Caucasus map. On the first test mission to get the TACAN to work, I had to set A/A and T/R both on, but on the second mission it only worked with T/R on and A/A NOT on. But in either case on the Caucasus I was to get distance and bearing. It might have something to do with the order the buttons are pushed...or something. :icon_scratch:
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Today's change log https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3504350&postcount=11
DCS 2.5.2.17978 Update 1 for Open Beta
DCS F/A-18C Hornet is available in the Early Access.
Added CVN-74 J.C.Stennis aircraft carrier.
DCS World
Added scripting functions for airbase parking data (true/false parameter).
Group list immediately shows changes which user made in unit panel
Airlifted troopers will not ignore point and radius zone of embarking.
DCS Flaming Cliffs
Su-27. Slat indicator will works.
Su-27. Fuel level gauge fixed.
DCS UH-1
Added new Instant action missions for Persian Gulf.
Player aircraft will be able to born on the ramp of carrier.
DCS MiG-21Bis by Magnitude 3 LLC
MiG-21Bis now works in the Persian Gulf.
Corrected Russian text on the T-10 indicators and radar lights.
Corrected radio channel numbers and Russian text on list.
Corrected material attribute on mirror.
Added raindrop effect.
Corrected materials on LOD4 causing objects to be invisible.
Corrected UVs on tac-numbers.
Added DPRK 2016 livery. (Based on #42)
Added Slovakia livery by Jack.
Campaigns
L-39 Kursant - updated missions 2, 8, 9.
A-10C Shturmovik - Updated mission 7.
Known issues that will be fixed ASAP
AJS-37 Viggen. Broken landing light.
F/A-18C. Missing fuel tanks textures for High Visibility skins.
F/A-18C. Fly over waypoint Time on Target causes DCS crash
CVN-74 J.C.Stennis: Left side elevator hasn
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I must say that I am more than a little disappointed in the lack of indication that RAZBAM has addressed several of their issues. Hopefully they were addressed but just not mentioned here. Also a little frustrated that I had to leave for work before the update was out. Fortunately I am close enough to home that I can pop back there for lunch and try to download it then.
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Don't hurry. They're having several hiccups.
I'll check it in the AM before I leave for work
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Been watching it all unfold all morning. First thing, DON'T force the update with the command line. Will roll you back. Lots of butthurt going on in the ED forums (when they are working anyway). From what I've read so far they still getting it all ready to go live. We just have to wait a bit.
https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3504976&postcount=1259
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Update is live now!
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Been watching it all unfold all morning. First thing, DON'T force the update with the command line. Will roll you back.
https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3504976&postcount=1259
This is a particularly huge bummer! My gamer only has DCS on my 2TB spinner after deleting it from my SSD and I have tried to update several times this morning using the CMD line. All I ever got was a message that my version was up to date so I am hoping that nothing happened to it! I sure hope they get this figured out so I can use the command line because that is the only way I have to update it. :BangHead:
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Update today; https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3529290&postcount=14
DCS World
JTAC radios comms error due to SA-18 fixed.
AI F/A-18C. Incorrect surfaces position with cold start of AI aircraft corrected.
AI F/A-18C. Default control surfaces after landing corrected.
AI F/A-18C. Aircraft will spawn without hot running engine when selected cold start option on the deck parking.
ME. Ground/water units numeration corrected.
ME F/A-18C payload panel. Added option for removing pylons in the payloads menu.
The modulation of shipborne radios set to AM by default.
DCS F/A-18C Hornet
Sound distortion when passing through Mach 1 corrected.
Radar altitude hold mode autopilot will not be goes to high negative Gs.
The spawned aircraft will not be stucking in the carrier deck.
EMERJ JETT button will require push and hold for the emergency jettison sequence routine. There is no instantaneous jettison.
Fixed the behavior of the aircraft when flaps extended from the AUTO to HALF/FULL positions.
Chaff/Flare EW Page. It is possible to go from a value 100 to 0 by one click UP button.
Bug with pressing UFC button 4 that caused to remove some of the aircrafts elements - fixed.
Fixed countermeasures reload.
MP. Carrier Auto Launch Sequence. A client should have to be within 3 meters of the start of the CAT, with angles in not more 10 degrees to CAT line error and extended launch bar for the shortcut key U to work and connect the launch bar.
MP. The clients will be stand tightly on the deck during the ship
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It appears that they are beginning to get their stuff together with the flight deck operations! In the ED 2.5 Wish List forum regarding the Upgraded Stennis, I was told that now (and I am assuming that he meant now that this new update is out) you can spawn 9 players on the deck. We'll see tomorrow night. :thumbsup:
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Size of update?
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Sorry Animal, I forgot to look.
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Size of update?
I believe it was something over 4 gigabytes.
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Mine was just over 4 GB total.
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Some IFF stuff on the way https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3530763&postcount=61
Wags
"Probably for the next update will be an initial implementation of IFF for the Hornet. Attached are a couple of looks.
A diamond-shaped TD box indicated a negative IFF response (hostile), whereas a standard, square TD box indicates a valid IFF handshake (friendly). Initially, this will be done automatically as part of an STT/LTWS/DTWS (L&S and D2) designation.
At a later point we will investigate a more in-depth IFF system using the encrypted-code system. However, this is a VERY complex system that will take a lot of time, and we currently have much higher priorities. Furthermore, a code-based IFF system will also involve a significant re-write of portions of the AI code.
Also, in the next update we changed the manual (M) radio modulation selection logic to be more realistic based on recent information. The modulation selection will now be in a single Option Select Window and toggle between AM and FM (rather than separate OSW windows). The inability of an entered frequency not be saved (reverts back to default) has also been resolved.
Thanks!"
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https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3537556&postcount=15
DCS 2.5.2.18736 Update 5 to Open Beta
Added support of a new M-2000C Red Flag Campaign by Baltic Dragon
DCS World
MP. Server will show a warning to clients who do not have a map used in the mission.
NVG brightness adjustment is over sensitive - corrected.
AI armed speed boats. Corrected performing turns in the formation.
Mi-8MTV2. Rear gunner will be removed when cargo doors are disabled.
Western aircraft RWR's will not be pick up the FA-18C Lot 20 as Unknown.
Chinese J-11 will shows up as 29 on RWR.
Corrected a supersonic sound Mach cone of the missiles.
The radars of SA-3 will be displayed on RWR: P-19 Flat Face radar - FF,
SNR S-125 Neva Low Blow radar - LB.
Long radio subtitles are superimposed with triggered messages - fixed.
Radio subtitles will not appear if you are not on the same frequency.
DCS F/A-18C Hornet
UFC display. For frequencies in AM only or FM only, option window four will be blank.
Throttle afterburner detent is off by default now.
All 2-way spring-loaded switches can be turned by both mouse buttons.
Corrected FLAP control binding for TM Warthog joystick.
Pylons can be removing after rearming in the mission.
Wheel chocks are fitted by default for takeoff from ramp (cold and dark) on the carrier deck.
MP clients spawn with folded wings.
The select jettison of single MK 83/84 will works.
Added very basic IFF.
DCS A-10C
Internal cockpit flood lights restored.
DCS Flaming Cliffs
Mig-29. An instrument and flashlights lighting corrected.
DCS Combined Arms
Briefing panel can be called in the game.
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Mine was only about 440 megs. Downloaded in less time than it took to drink a cup of coffee! Bummer that noting was mentioned about the Tarawa and helicopters, or the red beacon lighting up the cockpit in the Harrier, or spawning issues with the Hornet on the Stennis in MP. But hey, we can get rid of the pylons on the Hornet now, so we've got that going for us!! :Popcorn:
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Geezzzzzee... Get gifted a lollipop and complain it's not sweet enough...LOL :tongue3:
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It's Wednesday again! https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3597281&postcount=22
The next modules was migrated to new keyless DRM copy protection system.
Nevada
Normandy
WWII Asset Pack
Spitfire
Su-33
AJS-37 Viggen
Mirage-2000
DCS World
Added South Africa (ME, logbook)
Don't work pre-planned failures on some planes - fixed.
Fighters taking off from CV drift to the right - fixed.
VR. The problem with second mission launch on ATI video cards fixed.
Fixed Error appears when you try to add a input key commands after switching between different modules.
DCS won't start after cleaning list of coalitions - fixed.
P-51D added to China.
F-14A added to Iran.
Added units to Oman and UAE.
Added to Iran missed earlier SA-10 CP 54K6.
DCS F/A-18C Hornet
Eliminated slides on deck.
DCS AJS 37 Viggen by Heatblur Simulations
Exterior mirrors now reflect the environment
Fixed various clipping and shine-through issues in exterior (esp. Cockpit)
Sculpted new normal map for exhaust nozzle and area
Sculpted new normal map for exterior exhaust shell
Added RoughMet textures for the exhaust shell
Added static turbine texture for better deep engine detail
Metal elements on wings now have appropriate material definitions
SPA-mode: Fix of adding more than 9 MALs should reset count + manually entered MALs shouldn
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I will be out on the road for the next several days. I am really curious to know if they fixed the deck sliding issue. With a ship speed of 25 knots and a wind speed of 6-8 knots, will you be able to taxi around on the flight deck normally? Apparently all the other stuff that Wags talked about in his last video are in the update.
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So, nobody has had an opportunity to check this out yet???
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I've still noticed a rubber banding shuffle if the boat if faster than 15kts. Even when parked and chocked the plane will shuffle, shuffle, side step two or three feet then hop back to its original position. There were three of us parked on the deck the other night at 19kts and we were shuffling about for three to four seconds then rebound, five to ten seconds later we would do it again. I guess we need to take a page from the Millennial Snowflake SJW handbook and define "my safe space" that you are not allowed to intrude upon or you will experience the wrath of my Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat slander campaign.
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:Rofl Perfect! Couldn't have asked for a better answer. Thanks Wrongway! :thumbsup:
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https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3609594&postcount=23
2.5.3.21016 Open Beta
DCS World
BRU-42 weight is corrected
Ground units are no more moved out of the bridge being attacked
Mouse camera control now works after mission change
Smoke from generators no more displayed after aircraft damaged
F10 map will center on players aircraft at first entering
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This came from FB for Razbam...assuming it's the Harrier:
Hi folks,
This warning only applies to the new 2.5.3 release in OpenBeta:
It seems a bug slipped by me and if you try to do a full alignment with the INS fully unaligned the system won't engage.
The bug is in the magvar input. It won't accept any value at all and thus INS alignment cannot start.
To solve it, go to Special Options and select the SAVED HEADING ONLY option. This options still requires that you perform an INS alignment, but it will save all required information into the INS and thus the bug will be bypassed.
Then you can perform either a full alignment or a SHDG alignment as you see fit. Check the pocket guide for more information on INS alignment.
I'll advise when the bug is squashed.
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Not in the patch notes but some new stuff:
(https://i.redd.it/hc2r5rnc53j11.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/nlbVQZ4.png)
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Was messing around with the ME last night and found that the date/time group has been moved to the weather page. The dust storm you showed a picture of is down at the bottom of the weather page with controls like fog, which is just above it.
I also noticed that the wingtip vortices we used to see while on the flight deck are gone, replaced by the light vapor you see coming off the center fuselage in that second picture. More impressive though, is that I could not see any evidence whatsoever of a tendency to slide in the deck with 24kts of ship speed into 6kts of wind. :thumbsup: the bigger ILS cues on the HUD are nice too.
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Hope this update gets done in time. It's been going a couple of hours now and only 1/3 complete.
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https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3636114#post3636114
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New free mini campaign of F/A-18C.
Persian Gulf map update 2. Added a few landmarks: Aldar Headquarters building, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque etc. Fix coastline. Corrected terrain mesh.
DCS World
Tanker and AWACS callsigns missing option to set flight number - fixed.
Custom labels in mission container doesn't applies in simulation (single and multiplayer) - fixed.
Options - Input texts disappears in some multimonitor configurations - fixed.
Scale UI does not scale properly to UIMainView if not the Same Resolution as DCS Resolution - fixed.
ME. When set to Imperial units the dust-storm setting still uses metric - fixed.
Fog and Dust settings will reset on creation of new mission.
Stennis. AI will abort landing if other AI spawn on catapults 3 and 4.
Stennis. Corrected AI spawn positions.
Mk-20 Rockeye. Increased cumulative factor of Mk118 submunitions.
R-77 AA missile. Was added the adaptive proportional navigation factors.
P-19 surveillance radar added to countries that have SA-2.
Added new units: SAM SA-2, SAM Rapier, ASM HY-2 Silkworm, Oil platform, Gas platform.
DCS F/A-18C
Added Hornet mini-campaign and single missions from the campaign.
Flashing X on radar page, little refactoring.
Sometimes radar can't lock the target and beam oscillate near target position - fixed.
Added Mk-82Y (high drag with ballute) added to the Hornet inventory.
Note: while the radar is much improved, there are some b-sweep oddities are still addressing.
DCS Flaming Cliffs
MiG-29 and Su-27 keyboard rudder control improved. Pressing the opposite key will now stop the rudder at the current position.
Combined Arms
Manpad Igla. The constantly shake of Igla sight is removed.
Yak-52
Training missions added CN localization
DCS: MiG-21Bis by Magnitude 3 LLC
Fixed PRMG localizer needles' animations.
Corrected canopy glass normal map texture - Huge sun glare removed.
DCS: AJS37 Viggen by Heatblur Simulations
Added possibility to load Bx, RUTA points etc from saved-games folder ini-file. A sample cartridge is in mods-folder.
Added Bx6-9 targeting data for Rb15 to autogenerated attack-missions.
Auto generated attack missions now plans for highest concentration of enemy units instead of closest units.
Increased available attack plans to 5 and added some extra info to differentiate them.
Added possibly to disable cartridges in Mission Editor.
Filter out non-airbases among reference data points in CK37 and kneeboard. This solves the issue where 80+ FARPs in the mission resulted in CTD and when FARPs close to spawn point would be set as take-off point for CK37.
Added T1-fix for two-stage triggers.
Campaigns
The Enemy Within: important update to M19.
M-2000C Red Flag: updates to M02 and M10.
Memory of a Hero. Corrected most missions.
M-2000C Red Flag campaign:
Mission 3: updated erroneous kneeboard (wrong frequency listed fixed),
Mission 4: bug with disappearing MiG-29s fixed.
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It won't fit on my server SSD :BangHead:
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Just ordered this https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147673 for my server! :thumbsup:
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