@Blu3wolf:

If the TGP is SOI (you dont need to do any kind of locking), slewing the TGP also slews the CCRP solution. You can use the TGP to drop CBUs quite accurately too.

I tend to bring a TGP for most AG missions, because the limitations that apply to it dont exist in BMS, so there is no down side to bringing one.

I should give that a shot, will do that next week.

Those intercept missions you ignored were probably flights inbound to your airbase, and they likely bombed your airfield. As said above, roll back your take-off times closer to the campaign clock and it should work. I would do Taxi, rather than Take-off if not ramp starting, just to have a little time to make last minute checks. I prefer ramp starts. :razz:

Edit: If you are in fact, having the “bombed airbase” issue (I’m assuming this is a fresh KTO campaign and you are letting the AI frag missions), you may want to concentrate on air superiority for the fist day or so. Protecting your air base and striking the FLOT are Day 1 missions for a successful campaign start. Let the AI handle the suicide missions or turn off Set by HQ in your squadron page and frag your own missions and save your airframes by not letting AI fly them. HTH

Your absolutely right… it wasn’t the handling… it was the position.

Thanks m8 for yr input

I found it…it looks like BMS only supports POV on stick. To use the 2nd POV i will have to run the CHmanager and set it to DX mode.

@ShepT:

I see there is a check box to enable this in the advance controller setup but it will not allow me to check it. I am trying to setup a CH HOTAS stick/throttle/pedals using Kolbe DX setup but axis need some adjusting, especially the pedals. Any advice would be great…thanks.

Checking that box requires that axisshaping.dat exists and can be read. (It’s in user/config). There existed maybe an external program to create and edit axisshaping.dat but I’ve never seen it despite looking.

@Earlybite:

Which version of this Win-10?
E.g. with Win-7, e.g. Win-XP-mode do not work with the home premium version…

I have Win10 Pro.

I am curious how pilots have been getting with the 7=11 nav method? Everything can always get better! This is me providing customer service 😄

Cheers all, have a good weekend,
Poppy (Buster on this forum but I can’t change the name sorry for any confusion)

I tasked 3 sead strikes at the start of campaign clearing my flot of SAM coverage. The red air to air is far to thick to try and hit their airbases that would be worth it. I will lose airbases clearly. Once night arrives I will hit the key airbases with B2 and F117 then rollback their ground offensive, decimate their airforce and kill everybody in the way. Change loadouts, task specific CAS, SEAD and OCA strikes as needed and take no prisoners. A plan that will work again.

Btw, SAM missiles are killing me regularly.

@Khronik:

(not sure if still 1:1 with BMS format)

http://tactical.nekromantix.com/wiki/doku.php?id=falcon4:file_formats:cam_trn_tac

Aha! This should be a good starting point. For some reason I didn’t find this when searching. Thanks for the headsup!

Cheers,

Del.

I had similar questions to you…… https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?22341-Tactics-for-dealing-with-a-SAM-nest and this was the thread I started which has great info in it. Like others have said many ways to skin this cat……

I choose not to use HARMS and prefer the old fasioned Weasel way…Tobias did a YouTube video of the very tactic which I use… I am still perfecting this way and it relies on very quiet skies… but it does allow for a great and pre-planned (in-flight) attack.

If you are SEAD escort then this method takes too long to clear a target area so Harms maybe your best option then. But I choose to FRAG my own packages and create interdiction flights where I can take my time and choose my targets… I let AI do structural targets… I just clear the SAM nests in my own time. Search and destroy without any package time limitations.

Ton of good ones out there like livrot said you got the lists now do the research and pick the one that’s right for you. Please talk to a few before deciding it makes sense for you to interview them as they will interview you.

there is a key to hide the cockpit, and if I remember correct, everything but the hud. This might be interesting for you.
I think I have seen it in one of the standart key files, but I don’t know anymore what they’re named.

searched: Shift + Ctrl + e for OTWToggle3DEmptyShell -1 0 0X12 3 0 0 1 “View-Toggle empty cockpit shell”

Take a look at (first one has also yt video for demonstration): https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?15686-View-without-cockpit&highlight=hide+Cockpit and https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?13212-Hide-3d-Cockpit-(only-HUD)-and-TrackIR-functional-Would-this-be-possible&highlight=hide+Cockpit.

One reason could be there aren’t any. Are there supposed to be any? Did they make them? Sometimes bits like that get left out.

Another reason could be they did make them or if you manage to find them, put them in the right folder for the TE screen to locate them so you can load them.

Other than that I don’t know.

Guys,

Thanks for your comments. They will help my ramp start training a lot! I will try that again this weekend.

@Ironman53rd:

its a good grounding but its not the whole story.

I was about to say the same as him but I see I’m too late 😄
The F4.0 manual is really old, I started to fly the F-16 by playing falcon 4.0 allied force. The manual of that sim is good to start with, to give you a good basic knowledge about the F-16 but the real deal is written in the BMS-manuals 🙂

If you are not sure or you are stuck, you can download the falcon 4.0 allied force manual online and have a look inside that manual 🙂
I sometimes do that for the radar-modes because they aren’t fully explained in BMS.

If you are starting, than my advise is: download the F4.0AF manual so you can learn the basics and later the BMS-stuff 🙂

Good luck mate 🙂

Laser on, but it doesnt fire. I had some flights and it seam that the missile hit groundunits very well, but it misses hard targets, i tried a brigde.

also, if you cannot see the column in GM use GMT as they are moving

Yeah - thats why I did both methods. Upgrade first then clean install.

Good luck with the TIR - I hope it works 🙂