DCS:- Warthog (A-10C) - Page 19

Herr-Berbunch · 11-10-11, 10:30 AM

The last item in the Features list, just for Raptor1

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Nights are much more dark now.

Raptor1 · 11-10-11, 10:38 AM

Perfect, more reason not to use them.

Dowly · 11-10-11, 10:45 AM

I like night sorties.

Tho, the NVG in Ka-50 is highly superior to the one in A-10C IMHO.

(prolly just don't know how to adjust it

)

Herr-Berbunch · 11-10-11, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

(prolly just don't know how to adjust it

)

I don't know either! Can't find any wiki/tutorial on it. Any ideas anyone?

Arclight · 11-10-11, 11:58 AM

It's not adjustable, like the real thing.

Dowly · 11-10-11, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Arclight

It's not adjustable, like the real thing.

The Ka-50 one is, isn't it?

Hence, it's superior.

Seriously, tho. Can't see a bloody thing with the A-10C NVGs when looking towards the HUD. Just fancy blops of light.

Arclight · 11-10-11, 12:34 PM

Turn down HUD brightness, horizontal rocker switch, bottom-left of UFC (marke 'INTEN' iirc). Also a switch for night mode bit below master arm etc switches.

Arclight · 11-10-11, 02:08 PM

Ended up redoing controls again, and A-10 won't start. Weird thing is it does start right after patching, using the 'start Warthog now' option. Prolly some NTFS permission trouble, but I can't figure it out (fresh copy of Windows with new hardware).

Herr-Berbunch · 11-11-11, 09:02 AM

Right, seeded 45 Gigs (24+ patches), best stop now before the boss realises our network traffic is through the roof.

It might be okay in your Ka-50s flying 2 kts at 10 feet, but the AA stuff now is a bit more annoying for the Hog drivers! Pretty much always something lighting up the RWR display, and an annoying beeping in my ears (I know, could've turned it down). Half my chaff gone before I'd even got to Sukhumi.

And in low level investigations I couldn't see a thing! Apart from the bridge, every week, always a bridge.

Not complaining though, but one day really, really should RTFM.

Dowly · 11-11-11, 09:11 AM

^ Take altitude and use your optics to your advantage.

The TGP, while fully zoomed (you can press 'V' for even more zoom) and with FLIR
can easily spot targets from 20+ miles (they're miles, right?).

Herr-Berbunch · 11-11-11, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

^ Take altitude and use your optics to your advantage.

The TGP, while fully zoomed (you can press 'V' for even more zoom) and with FLIR
can easily spot targets from 20+ miles (they're miles, right?).

Never take the TGP, it's not in my preferred load-out of CBU-87s and 42 rockets! I think they're for 'ground-saturation' rather then 'targeting'.

Arclight · 11-11-11, 10:32 AM

Yes well, that doesn't really work with an Osa on station. Which has been there from day-1 btw, nothing new about it. In fact, nothing I added will even show up on RWR, by all accounts they are rather minor threats.

What you are experiencing is the lack of other pilots clearing your path. We, down in the Ka-50, kinda needed someone to deal with the air defences. All it takes is 1 or 2 Mavericks per target area. And yet we still had to do it all on our own.

2 Ka-50s did last night what 4-5 hogs can't or barely manage normally.

No offense, but there's just something wrong with that.

Herr-Berbunch · 11-11-11, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arclight

2 Ka-50s did last night what 4-5 hogs can't or barely manage normally.

No offense, but there's just something wrong with that.

There was only the two of you, and you'd cleared Sukhumi before I'd even arrived there!

(Well done, by the way)

The RWR has never kicked off until I've got to 'that place' before, now I even get a warning when I'm in the HAS starting up!

Arclight · 11-11-11, 10:47 AM

From the F-16s? Don't think you have to worry about that. Other than those, there's a EWR and SAM at first target, and that Osa at the second. Also another EWR at the SAM battery. Nothing else uses radar in the scenario... oh, the Shilkas, but only when you're in range and they are tracking you.

I know you joined late, just peculiar that over the course of the evening the A-10 proved bloody useless.

Herr-Berbunch · 11-11-11, 10:59 AM

Don't think it was the F-16s, although I wasn't looking at 12,000'.

It was fixed direction.

Ah well, I'll find out again next week

And try to be less useless/on time.

11-10-11, 10:38 AM	#272
Raptor1 Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stavka Posts: 8,211 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Perfect, more reason not to use them. __________________ Current Eastern Front status: Probable Victory

11-10-11, 11:58 AM	#275
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	It's not adjustable, like the real thing. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

11-10-11, 12:34 PM	#277
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Turn down HUD brightness, horizontal rocker switch, bottom-left of UFC (marke 'INTEN' iirc). Also a switch for night mode bit below master arm etc switches. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

11-10-11, 02:08 PM	#278
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Ended up redoing controls again, and A-10 won't start. Weird thing is it does start right after patching, using the 'start Warthog now' option. Prolly some NTFS permission trouble, but I can't figure it out (fresh copy of Windows with new hardware). __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

11-11-11, 09:02 AM	#279
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Right, seeded 45 Gigs (24+ patches), best stop now before the boss realises our network traffic is through the roof. It might be okay in your Ka-50s flying 2 kts at 10 feet, but the AA stuff now is a bit more annoying for the Hog drivers! Pretty much always something lighting up the RWR display, and an annoying beeping in my ears (I know, could've turned it down). Half my chaff gone before I'd even got to Sukhumi. And in low level investigations I couldn't see a thing! Apart from the bridge, every week, always a bridge. Not complaining though, but one day really, really should RTFM. __________________

11-10-11, 10:45 AM	#273
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I like night sorties. Tho, the NVG in Ka-50 is highly superior to the one in A-10C IMHO. (prolly just don't know how to adjust it )

11-11-11, 09:11 AM	#280
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	^ Take altitude and use your optics to your advantage. The TGP, while fully zoomed (you can press 'V' for even more zoom) and with FLIR can easily spot targets from 20+ miles (they're miles, right?).

11-11-11, 10:32 AM	#282
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Yes well, that doesn't really work with an Osa on station. Which has been there from day-1 btw, nothing new about it. In fact, nothing I added will even show up on RWR, by all accounts they are rather minor threats. What you are experiencing is the lack of other pilots clearing your path. We, down in the Ka-50, kinda needed someone to deal with the air defences. All it takes is 1 or 2 Mavericks per target area. And yet we still had to do it all on our own. 2 Ka-50s did last night what 4-5 hogs can't or barely manage normally. No offense, but there's just something wrong with that. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

11-11-11, 10:47 AM	#284
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	From the F-16s? Don't think you have to worry about that. Other than those, there's a EWR and SAM at first target, and that Osa at the second. Also another EWR at the SAM battery. Nothing else uses radar in the scenario... oh, the Shilkas, but only when you're in range and they are tracking you. I know you joined late, just peculiar that over the course of the evening the A-10 proved bloody useless. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

11-11-11, 10:59 AM	#285
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Don't think it was the F-16s, although I wasn't looking at 12,000'. It was fixed direction. Ah well, I'll find out again next week And try to be less useless/on time. __________________