BMS Other Fighters Mafia (BMSOFM) Journal
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@oakdesign awesome! Thanks!
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I’ve tried both using WinRAR and TacView to convert my *.zip.acmi to *.txt.acmi and still get “No Passes detected” from LSOBot including them being trimmed to pretty much final. I’m using the Case 1 Recovery training mission in Korea.
Should we move this to the LSOBot thread? While it will be necroing there, I’m afraid we might have some helpful tips that might be good to have there and not congest the OFM Journal with other stuff…
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@Snake122 said in BMS Other Fighters Mafia (BMSOFM) Journal:
.Should we move this to the LSOBot thread? While it will be necroing there, I’m afraid we might have some helpful tips that might be good to have there and not congest the OFM Journal with other stuff…
Sounds good
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Good Day, All.
Following up yesterday’s discussion of the LSOBot…
https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/6209/release-lsobot-a-carrier-landing-grading-tool/52?_=1715540129049
My testing so far has been in Nevada. -
Good Day, All. I happened to watch a YT vid. on the DCS Phantom, and it was an inspiration to revisit the F-4 Phantom in the database.
It flies and lands pretty well, even on the carrier. ATM, we’re dealing with a couple of minor things like launch bar and modeling flaps. It is functional air-to-air, and air -to- ground testing is happening today
We’re also going to take a look at the stock cockpit, as you can ramp start it (though I keep getting hot starts).
The basic plan, atm, is to set up both land and naval variants, and use the stock pit if at all possible. Also, this is one of those jets we’re thinking of keeping “Old School”. Sparrow missiles, etc.
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Good Day, All.
In another thread we were discussing F-18 aircraft wt. considerations when landing . I thought it would be fun to share it here…
I use these weight formulas. The numbers are all rounded up for ease of calculation
F-18C-empty wt -26K + wt. munitions( I use 350lb/AIM-120,120/AIM-9) + fuel <= 34K max. Trap wt.
F-18E-empty wt- 32K+ Munitions+ fuel <=51K max. Trap wt.
I should point out that ,for the more casual player , is that you don’t have to do all this. Basically, In the Legacy with 4 AIM-120/2AIM-9 and <=7k fuel you’re good. For the Echo, those big wings and LERX’s really help the carry back wt. Even with full loadout, at <= 9k fuel you’re good.
Of course, we are discussing maximum Trap wt. I’ve found that if your a/g ordinance is gone and <= 5K (Legacy) and 7K (Rhino) fuel is a good optimum landing wt.
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Good Day, All.
Here’s an update on the Phantom. The launch bar and flap issues are resolved. The naval variants now have the auto throttle and manual flaps like the Hornet. We have also tweaked the flight model a bit.
Today we’re continuing cockpit testing. We’ve found a couple of old callbacks (in fact, that was the flap issue) .As far as the cockpit goes, our current plan is to keep the stock pit for the land variants, but maybe do the Hornet pit in at least one of the naval ones. We’re still debating that, and would appreciate your thoughts on that. For one thing, the stocker lacks a launch bar switch, but that could be fixed by reassigning a current hotspot.
The stock pit lacks an UFC. We’re going to get the DEDdata working on the HUD, so you can at least see what your doing on your keyboard. -
@drtbkj if you guys are working on a update, could you please take a look at the C5 galaxy. I have seen it parked in Nordic without wheels and flaps shown. Mentioned it in Nordic thread but maybe it slipped through. Cheers Obi1
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@Obi1 said in BMS Other Fighters Mafia (BMSOFM) Journal:
@drtbkj if you guys are working on a update, could you please take a look at the C5 galaxy. I have seen it parked in Nordic without wheels and flaps shown. Mentioned it in Nordic thread but maybe it slipped through. Cheers Obi1
Obi, we’re always working on an update Our running joke on that is that we have “job security”. We’ll look into your Galaxy issue. Have you done the UniUp2.4
https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/j3m3vy7qk597w4n/OFM_2.4_UU.zip/file
and then the 2.41 Hotfix ?
https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/ybne7pze4dg7onp/OFM_Universal_Updater_hotfix_2.4.1.7z/file -
@drtbkj I just thought you guys perhaps where waiting with updates because of the upcoming update u4. Glad also u3 uni still get some loving. And yes i always try to have the correct latest versions before reporting issues. Thanks for the work you all put in. Cheers Obi
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@Obi1 said in BMS Other Fighters Mafia (BMSOFM) Journal:
@drtbkj I just thought you guys perhaps where waiting with updates because of the upcoming update u4. Glad also u3 uni still get some loving. And yes i always try to have the correct latest versions before reporting issues. Thanks for the work you all put in. Cheers Obi
Largely, the general plan is exactly that, wait for U4. However, we can still address things like your issue. While we don’t want to expend vast energy with U4 on the near horizon, we are continuing to support U3
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Here’s something that has been mentioned before, but bears repeating . If you are new to the BMS Hornet, be it stock or OFM, you will see a HUD and Displays that aren’t 100% functional.
If you are seeing this, then what you have are the WIP new Hornet avionics.
If you want to go back to the old HUD/Displays, paste
set g_bEnableWIPF18Avionics 0
set g_bEnableWIPF4Avionics 0
set g_bEnableWIPTornadoAvionics 0 in .cfg reverts to the old methodto x/Falcon BMS 4.37/User/falcon bms.cfg
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@Obi1 said in BMS Other Fighters Mafia (BMSOFM) Journal:
@drtbkj if you guys are working on a update, could you please take a look at the C5 galaxy. I have seen it parked in Nordic without wheels and flaps shown. Mentioned it in Nordic thread but maybe it slipped through. Cheers Obi1
Hi, Obi, here’s an update. I can repro your Levitating Galaxy . We’ll note that for future updates. Meanwhile, you can change that squadron to the C-17 (US) in Mission Commander. It has working, and visible, gear
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Good Day, All. I just installed U4 and did what we call a First Pass Test in OFMKTO. That is a test of the basic functionality/stability of the module(Instant Action, DF, TE, and Campaign. I am happy to report that everything, included already made TE’s and campaigns, are stable.
Also, the new U4 explosion effects are present
One thing though, BMS.cfg has reverted to stock settings. So, the next test will be to see ifset g_bEnableWIPF18Avionics 0
set g_bEnableWIPF4Avionics 0
set g_bEnableWIPTornadoAvionics 0 in .cfgStill works
UPDATE: They still workWe’ll also do further testing with things like the new IDM functions, etc.
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@drtbkj said in BMS Other Fighters Mafia (BMSOFM) Journal:
set g_bEnableWIPF18Avionics 0
set g_bEnableWIPF4Avionics 0
set g_bEnableWIPTornadoAvionics 0 in .cfgStill works
UPDATE: They still workwhich are setting that you shouldn’t change in the Falcon BMS.cfg but in the Falcon BMS User.cfg as that is the place that isn’t reset on updates
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Good Day, All.
Here is an update for U4 in the OFM Theaters. An OFM Update, probably a Universal Updater ,will be forth coming. We’re still in early testing, but in the meantime…- The Tornpod option still works
- Although learning to set up Link16 pre-flight is a personal WIP, we have the new Link16 functionality working in OFM. The key is a new file called the txtpb file. @tiag has written about the one in the campaign folder(s) . In my personal testing, the campaign file txt.pb(s) was copied and renamed as instructed. I can report that the preexisting TE’s and campaign were still stable.
However, there are also key ones in the acdata section. We are still sorting the relationship, but it almost looks like it replaces the dat/afm files(although those files are still there). Anyway, to get the new Link16 functionality into an OFM Theater, go to x/4.37.4/Data/Sim/acdata and find the .txtpb file for your chosen jet.
The BMS Devs did a fantastic job, making files for a lot of the jets. Take that txtpb file and copy it to the same location in your OFM Theater-of-choice. - If you choose to include the “internal HTS” in your jet, open the txtpb file you just copied (Notepad ++ will open it) and add
hts {
hts_type: POD_INTERNAL.
You may also be able to change that to POD_EXTERNAL, but it was late when we got to that, and didn’t test. The “internal” set up was tested and does work. - The new explosion effects work, and look great.
Btw, a large Attaboy goes to whoever wrote the the new Link16 stuff in the Docs. The Dash-34 section on MIDS starts on page 244
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Well, I may have been premature by saying MIDS is working in OFM stuff. In initial testing I did get the Link16 icon on the DTE page, but can’t repro that. Also, we need to work on the Link16 tab in the UI
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@drtbkj
bump me on ds to help you guys out.
best if we could do a share screen session while you edit. -
@tiag said in BMS Other Fighters Mafia (BMSOFM) Journal:
@drtbkj
bump me on ds to help you guys out.
best if we could do a share screen session while you edit.Will do, and thanks. I was just testing in stock KTO in the F-18C and it is working there.
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@drtbkj Hello Sir, how do we do this update? Do I copy and paste the files or how does it work?