I just saw this thread and I decided to give it a go! It’s great to see these threads that impart knowledge on us that we can’t get from the manual, (at least not that I have found). Thanks so much for sharing this! I put together a basic TE with 2 Growlers from a carrier attacking a nest of 2 SA-10s. I made sure that the steer points were all turned to jam and then took off. I have to say that it worked like a charm and I easily deployed Harms that took the SA-10s out. I never had that much success against SA-10s before and it was quite a rush!! I then returned to the carrier and attempted a landing. As you might expect, this was pretty iffy. I had never succeeded in landing a Super Hornet on a carrier but this time I actually got it on the deck and stopped, albeit at about 210 knots!! Then I immediately burned up! Have any of you guys had any success with the Super Hornet in carrier ops? I was under the impression that the flight model of the Super Hornet wouldn’t let us land with a live pilot. Now I wonder if I am just missing something out there. Any suggestions?

Biz

Thanks, guys! I haven’t tried the TGP for A-A and I definitely need to give it a try! I don’t know if it actually takes 3 minutes for the AWACS to respond but it always SEEMS that long when you really need them! The RWR didn’t identify the MIG-29’s until they were behind me so that wasn’t much help. Maybe they had their radar turned off. I will try the TGP and the different frequency when I get back in town and let you know how it goes. Thanks so much for all your help!

Bizerker

Thanks Dee-Jay! I’ll give it a try!

Bizerker

Hi guys! I want to restart this thread because I disagree with the answer. I have also had this problem when bogeys are approaching my package and where I have been getting the AWACS calling out nonstop targets to other planes in my package but when I lock up a bogey and call out declare with Q-2, the AWACS just continues to call out the targets to the other planes and seems to ignore me. But then about 1-3 minutes after I make the request, suddenly the AWACS responds and says something like Cowboy 11 contact confirmed hostile, ID’ed as MIG 29. By this time the bogey is behind me shooting a heater in my tail! It is obvious that the AWACS are hearing me no matter how far I am away from them, they are just too busy to give me a response until it is too late. This has never happened to me in earlier versions and I don’t think that being out of range is a reasonable explanation under the circumstances. Anybody else notice this kind of behavior? It is getting quite annoying and I have had to start just shooting at whoever appears to be an enemy because I no longer get any help from AWACS. I would appreciate any help!!

Bizerker

Great call, guys!! I had never used the data cartridge before but I did some quick reading after I saw your posts today and loading the cartridge solved both problems. I should have known that Falcon would not get any less complicated. Now I have an even bigger problem and wonder if you can give me some advice. I noticed that many of the keystrokes have changed from the versions I played and many, including TMS, DMS, and others have no key mapped to them. What ways do you have to get around this? Do you just manually put in a new keystroke for these functions and then manually enter them into your joystick software or is there a way to map the functions without doing it manually? I noticed that in the joystick folder there is a file for Saitek and my joystick is an X45. How would you set up this file? Sorry for my ignorance, I have never changed a keystroke in Falcon and have always just manually put the keystrokes into my SST software. I really appreciate your help!!

I just downloaded and installed BMS 4.32 + v1-6 after being away from Falcon for about 5 years. The sim is certainly gorgeous but I have run into some problems which I never had before and I can’t find any similar problems in the Forums. I’m hoping that these are just common problems that someone can help me with. I am trying to use the QWERTY keys to communicate with the AI in the game and although the panels come up with commands, I can’t hear the chatter that should accompany the commands and response. All the other sounds in the sim seem normal. I have never had this problem in any other version of Falcon I have used. Also, when I am trying to engage another planes or ground targets and hit the override button for A-A or A-G, along with the dogfight and MRM commands, the MFD’s immediately turn off and won’t come back on until I back out of the override function. I am hoping someone will be able to help me with these problems and thanks for your help in advance!!!