Landing practice

[rkl122]

Hello. Noob question - I want to practice landing, starting from a straight on approach. In the following thread,

https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?21518-Making-my-own-TE-tor-training-need-help/page2&highlight=practice+landing

there’s the suggestion to use the campaign save trigger. The only logical line I find in my keyfile is: (CampaignQuickSave -1 0 0x10 0 0x2E 4 1 “SIM: Campaign-QuickSave (Host only)”. So I flew (TE1 Training) to a point I’d want the TE to start from, and pressed Alt-C + q. But I don’t see anything saved in either the TE or Campaign saved panes. What am I missing? Does that "Host Only"mean this only works for an MP session host. If so, how can a solo player do it?

Guess if I can’t do it that way, I’ll have to learn the TE editor. Sigh.

Thx -Ron

[Guest]

What’s wrong with the Landing TE?

[Sarge55]

What -Ice said… the landing TE is exactly what you are looking for.

[Scotters]

I’m using the landing TE as well. Good practice.

[rkl122]

Thanks guys, yes, TE3 is just what I want. I hadn’t even looked at it til now - partly because I thought I read somewhere that it wasn’t a simple straight in approach. But it is. Doh.

Would still like to know how to make a TE from a given position. Why didn’t alt-C + q work?

[Frederf]

I think quicksave only works in campaign? To make a TE you simply make a flight and set either the flight’s waypoint times or the clock such that it is in the phase of the flight plan you want.

[Guest]

IIRC, it was the 4.32 TEs that weren’t exactly as advertised. The straight-in Landing TE in that one had you offset from the runway, so nowhere near “straight-in.” The 4.33 TEs are much, much better

[Red Dog]

Thanks

precision is achieved by flying there then quickly exiting the TE back to Ui and saving the TE.
as opposed to simply flying the clock in the UI until the aircraft icon is correctly placed. the precision of that method is not enough.
beware though it can sometimes lead to weird results (like ending up in a swiss team )

[Guest]

Swiss team?

[LorikEolmin]

@-Ice:

Swiss team?

Belgian humour….

[Raffson]

@LorikEolmin:

Belgian humour….

Hmmmm, not quite cause I don’t get it either :rofl:

[LorikEolmin]

@Raffson:

Hmmmm, not quite cause I don’t get it either :rofl:

What’s left then? Canine humour… or long wavelength humour… I don’t know…

[Raffson]

@LorikEolmin:

What’s left then? Canine humour… or long wavelength humour… I don’t know…

Neither do I… Red God, mind explaining yourself there? :rofl:

[Red Dog]

No joke
Falcon Te’s have team and I assure you there is a swiss team

And no I don’t drink
Here’s the proof : screenshot of the UI after exiting a Te, saving it and then trying to load it:

[Raffson]

@Red:

No joke
Falcon Te’s have team and I assure you there is a swiss team

And no I don’t drink
Here’s the proof : screenshot of the UI after exiting a Te, saving it and then trying to load it:

Aha, that explains it all :mrgreen:
Seems like we were all thinking something else but couldn’t figure out what :rofl:

[Guest]

LOL, that is called Falcon humor!

[TAC-1]

@rkl122:

Hello. Noob question - I want to practice landing, starting from a straight on approach. In the following thread,

https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?21518-Making-my-own-TE-tor-training-need-help/page2&highlight=practice+landing

there’s the suggestion to use the campaign save trigger. The only logical line I find in my keyfile is: (CampaignQuickSave -1 0 0x10 0 0x2E 4 1 “SIM: Campaign-QuickSave (Host only)”. So I flew (TE1 Training) to a point I’d want the TE to start from, and pressed Alt-C + q. But I don’t see anything saved in either the TE or Campaign saved panes. What am I missing? Does that "Host Only"mean this only works for an MP session host. If so, how can a solo player do it?

Guess if I can’t do it that way, I’ll have to learn the TE editor. Sigh.

Thx -Ron

Hi Ron, do you still need help and I am also from NJ, I have my server up. Do you have TeamSpeak??

[supanova]

Red Dog shall from hereon have the callsign “Swiss”.

[rkl122]

@TAC-1:

Hi Ron, do you still need help and I am also from NJ, I have my server up. Do you have TeamSpeak??

Hi TAC-1, thx for the PM. Yes, 4.33U3. No TeamSpeak. Thanks for the MP thought, but afraid it’ll be a long time before I’m ready for that. I’m aware of Krause’s dictum about jumping in, but I can’t even land the plane yet - not in one piece anyway . I’m also shopping for a new computer with gaming specs. (Anyone have an opinion on Powerspec? - it’s the house brand of MicroCenter here in US.) Been intrigued by Falcon ever since Microprose, but never did get far with it. Am amazed by the development path it’s taken - sorta a paradigm for international cooperation. (Thank you developers!)

Thx again. Will get in touch about MP if I get that far. Meantime gotta practice making time for practicing .

-Ron

[neystratiou]

@rkl122:

I’m aware of Krause’s dictum about jumping in, but I can’t even land the plane yet - not in one piece anyway .

-Ron

Hello there.
Well get this pdf file here: http://www.185th.co.uk/files/Training/Assessment/F-16_Landing_Tutorial.pdf , read it and then landing will be like a walk in the park…
Nikos.