F-18 No ICP in 4.33 U1
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Since upgrading to the outstanding new update, I have not been able to power up the ICP panel in the F-18. I first noticed this on a OCA mission with Laser Guided Bombs, when I was unable to turn on the ICP and DED to set the Laser into the Combat mode. I have started in the taxi mode hoping that it would automatically be powered up, however, it was not. I have probably forgotten something. I hope that you may be able to tell what it is.
thanks
Raven
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Raven, the -18 DED brightness knob doesn’t work in pit. Use the key command that(if memory serves) is in the x or z key area.
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Raven, the -18 DED brightness knob doesn’t work in pit. Use the key command that(if memory serves) is in the x or z key area.
Good point …. the F/A-18C (and D?) models got updates/improvements in 4.33. No work has been done on the -18E/F, based on what’s been posted on the forum.
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Oh, and btw, the key command (again, from memory) is Primary DED cycle, or some such
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I have two very interesting things. First, the root of my problem was the fact that in Weapons Delivery Planner, the DED was unchecked, meaning that the DED was off. In the cockpit there is no way that I know to turn it on. Simply selecting the BRIGHT setting it worked as advertised in the F-18C. It works in the F-18E also however, the DED has strange set of items to be considered. There are only three items displayed on the tree NAV, DEST, and one other that I do not recall. All that I am trying to do is to change the Laser to Combat so that I can employ GBU-10s for example. I have decided to relocate the E models to use GPS weapons as long as they are available. And, to use the C model to employ the Laser weapons.
Raven, thank you all
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Laser is there. You just can’t see it. As noted above, the E/F haven’t been updated to fix things like this.
Do LIST –> 0 --> 5 to get the ‘laser page’. Looks like this:
Then Arrow Down until it highlights the ‘*’:
Then ‘0’ to select:
An extracted DED helps 100% on this.
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or put the ded on the hud.