F/A-18 Improvements/Modifications
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Will be tested and integrated if ok
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@Dardo_01 said in F/A-18 Improvements/Modifications:
Auto Throttle Control (ATC) doesn’t work . I have edited the file EF-18M SPAF.dat which is located in …\Data\Sim\Acdata . You can find the new file here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1T-rLbhdPSTDmrOqEwZwZ2lLaj04KBopY?usp=share_link
ATC (autothrottle) needs nasa model switch enabled in xxxx_afm.dat (I’ve had success with F18E)-
from mem, think value for F18 family is 2 (so nasa model 2)Cheers
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@white_fang said in F/A-18 Improvements/Modifications:
@Dardo_01 said in F/A-18 Improvements/Modifications:
Auto Throttle Control (ATC) doesn’t work . I have edited the file EF-18M SPAF.dat which is located in …\Data\Sim\Acdata . You can find the new file here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1T-rLbhdPSTDmrOqEwZwZ2lLaj04KBopY?usp=share_link
ATC (autothrottle) needs nasa model switch enabled in xxxx_afm.dat (I’ve had success with F18E)-
from mem, think value for F18 family is 2 (so nasa model 2)Cheers
To be more precise the ATC function is dependent on:
1.) AC.dat hasATC 1
2.) AC.dat TEF needs to be enabled
3.) AC.dat TypeAC must be 9 or 10 (8probably works as well)
4.) AFM.dat hasNASA 2 must be enabled.All of that needs enabled to activate ATC for an aircraft.
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@Scorpion82
Yep. Thnx.
Btw, TypeAC = 9 for EF-18M (-18C/D). (10 is E/F/G(rowler) )
TypeAC = 8 F-18A/B ? … not sure -
@Fox_518 thanks for reply brother
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Hi, good news for F/A-18D pilots. If you want your female co-pilot eyes and visor texture back, copy the proper material from 2714.dds to 0.dds to the same place…voila
(F/A-18D)
https://postimg.cc/7G3KMDjp
https://postimg.cc/hQKp26Bh
https://postimg.cc/MvyqKX98
https://postimg.cc/nM9ng37r
https://postimg.cc/ppNPHKYZshared here for the convenience
https://www.mediafire.com/file/2tfa0tw9jzjtr06/0.dds/fileTheory with messed up texture numbers confirmed, it reads from different source than it should.
In addition, issue with no xmit modes feedback solved in F/A-18, so i want to thank you guys who developed helios software and thank you guys who made F-16 and F-18 profiles which was the source for my custom profile and finally found my old smartphone very handy to place it below my main monitor, just on the screenshot it looks it’s on the right side
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Hello Fox_518! First of all thank you for your dedicated work and contribution to the community, and our beloved Hornet.
Unfortunately the latest link to the mod doesn’t work - would you mind kindly updating it, please?
Thank you again.
@Fox_518 said in F/A-18 Improvements/Modifications:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/3tnltkb32oqd11v/Data.zip/file
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@HornetFGR Really sorry man, project discontinued some time ago, i sent you PM.
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@white_fang said in F/A-18 Improvements/Modifications:
@Dardo_01 said in F/A-18 Improvements/Modifications:
Auto Throttle Control (ATC) doesn’t work . I have edited the file EF-18M SPAF.dat which is located in …\Data\Sim\Acdata . You can find the new file here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1T-rLbhdPSTDmrOqEwZwZ2lLaj04KBopY?usp=share_link
ATC (autothrottle) needs nasa model switch enabled in xxxx_afm.dat (I’ve had success with F18E)-
from mem, think value for F18 family is 2 (so nasa model 2)Cheers
Hi, Fang. You are certainly right about HASNASA 2. Plus there is the fact that typeac in the dat file is a big part of it. Believe me, we have put a LOT of effort into getting the auto throttle and manual flaps while keeping the performance (particularly G performance). Unfortunately , when you try HASNASA 2 with other TYPEAC’s bad things happen. So, it seems you have to go to TYPEAC 9 or 10 (with HN2) . And, it seems that 9 and 10 have hard code G restrictions put in . We had previously requested those restrictions be removed, if in fact they are there. Meanwhile, we made the decision to opt for autoT and manual flaps for the carrier landing environment at ,the cost of approx. 1.5-2G at the “other end” of the envelope.
The good news is it flies , and fights, very well, as at least 100 hours in Dogfight can attest You just fly it, well, like a Hornet, and not a Viper
You are invited to check out our current files. https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1bygx0jp35co0/F-18C
There are other jets to try, as well-
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/zb5x9n9n69y4k/BMS+4.37+Data+Files -
The G-limit is driven by HN2, not TypeAC 9 or 10, at least not with the current code. Select a different HN type (0 or 1) and you’ll get a higher than 7.5 or so G, ofcourse given it’s appropriately set in the limiters section.
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@Scorpion82 said in F/A-18 Improvements/Modifications:
The G-limit is driven by HN2, not TypeAC 9 or 10, at least not with the current code. Select a different HN type (0 or 1) and you’ll get a higher than 7.5 or so G, ofcourse given it’s appropriately set in the limiters section.
Hi, Scorpion. Thanks. We had surmised that. What I meant by “bad things happening” was when we have combined HN2 with other typeac’s, we get things like the jet snapping to an unrecoverable inverted flat spin and other fun stuff. With Type 9 or 10 and HN2, the issue only becomes the G restriction.
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@Tomcattwo - the Hornet Series does not have a DED…so you should just eliminate the DED from any Hornet Series avionics.