FSXBA Hornet (ver. 17.30)

Essex said:
It may be possible to pause and resume.
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The 500 MB are my personal daily "soft" limit, not a hard one set by my provider. I could, in fact, use up all my 15 gigs in a single day, but then I'd be stuck with 1 MBit capped speed (instead of 42 mbit) for the remainder of the month. Absolutely acceptable in 2003, but not 2017 with all the 4k images and HD videos (which I have to avoid like the plague at the moment) across the web.
 
Installed and working fine in FSX, and with Spanish Air Force textures, which is the only one missing operator in the package.
Its is great to be able to arm and select weapons in the screen.
Magnificent job!!!!!



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Wings of Gold said:
Can anyone please tell me where I can locate the manual for this bird.

Bill
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Youn can find it in the folder "Extras". There are no instructions tu use weapons, but it is easy: Cap 7 to select the payload. Use the upper left button in any of the screens of the cockpit to select the weapons screen. The button to arm you bird is on your left, together with ground and air buttons. Click one of them and your will see the weapons (air or ground) in the upper side of the weapons screen. Click the button and fire.
 
You do need TACPAC to actually fire/drop weapons.
They have the drag settings for the different weapons loads, but not the weights. Yet. Jimi and team are working on it though. I know they have the basic information needed, because I sent it to them.
An update to the v17 is due shortly.
Pat☺
 
Pat.

Would you know what happened to texture.AAAtest under [fltsim.51]?? It doesn't appear to be included with the install.
 
No, I don't. I didn't even see that. Good catch. Give me a day or so to see what's what, and I'll get back to you asap, ok?
Pat☺

Edit: Posted this situ over on the FSDT F/A-18 forums, and expect a response pretty soon.
Pat☺
 
This looks interesting but how do you access the FSDT Forum? Do you have to buy something first? When I try yo pgo to the forum, the message
says "An error occurred. Sorry guest, you are banned", and the register button doesn't work. I've never been to the FSDT web page before,
much less their forum.

Thanks - Rob
 
RobM said:
This looks interesting but how do you access the FSDT Forum? Do you have to buy something first? When I try yo pgo to the forum, the message
says "An error occurred. Sorry guest, you are banned", and the register button doesn't work. I've never been to the FSDT web page before,
much less their forum.

Thanks - Rob
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No, you don't have to buy anything. You do need to register, though. You have to give them a valid e-mail, and it has personal problems with some for some reason. If one doesn't work, try a different one. Like it doesn't like my e-mail, that I've had forever, Midspring.com. It did take my wife's however. My user name, her e-mail. Don't ask me, I don't understand it either.
The forum's main index page is here: http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php , and the specific to the F/A-18 is here: http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/board,4.0.htm .
You should be able to register on either page, but register before you try to get into the forum or make a post or you'll get locked out, I think for 24 hours, but I may be wrong. It might just be an hour, or something.

I hope this helps a little...
Pat☺
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Thanks loads for the replies and suggestions! You're probably right Pat, it's my old as the hills email account. And thanks
for that alternate link Greenie. It's no big deal, I was just curious.

Sorry for the interruption everyone, now back to your regularly scheduled programming. :untroubled:

Thanks again - Rob
 
Glad to help, Rob. I used my lovely wife's GMail account. Well, one of them. She loves this kind of thing :biggrin-new:
I hope it works for you.
Enjoy!
Pat☺
 
PhantomTweak said:
No, I don't. I didn't even see that. Good catch. Give me a day or so to see what's what, and I'll get back to you asap, ok?
Pat☺

Edit: Posted this situ over on the FSDT F/A-18 forums, and expect a response pretty soon.
Pat☺
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Hi Pat,

I'm missing some textures too. The chief annoyance is this one; ENG_POI_RB_GLASSN.dds

The lack of it is making big black squares around engine smoke. (Only in DX10, FSX)

Like this:

 
Does it only happen, the engine smoke thingy, in DX10? I don't have the DX10 fixer so I can't test it. I don't see it myself, but I'll post that pic over on the forums to see what they have to say.
Pat☺
 
Cat shot problem

I like this latest version a LOT. Flies well and gets aboard very well - however (at least for me) there is one fatal flaw. When I get on the cat, select shift U and I, see the holdback alert and SLOWLY add power - the aircraft moves forward (No holdback). JBD goes down etc. I have gone out immediately and replicated the exact same scenario with a different bird (in this case the Alpha/Virtavia A-3 Whale). No holdback problem what-so-ever. Rock solid in place until I initiate the shot. Wentout again with the Hornet and had the same issue. Any comment would be appreciated. Gauge interaction problem??

Bill
 
PhantomTweak said:
Does it only happen, the engine smoke thingy, in DX10? I don't have the DX10 fixer so I can't test it. I don't see it myself, but I'll post that pic over on the forums to see what they have to say.
Pat☺
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Thanks Pat. I appreciate that. Would be great to get sorted. :encouragement:

Wings of Gold said:
I like this latest version a LOT. Flies well and gets aboard very well - however (at least for me) there is one fatal flaw. When I get on the cat, select shift U and I, see the holdback alert and SLOWLY add power - the aircraft moves forward (No holdback). JBD goes down etc. I have gone out immediately and replicated the exact same scenario with a different bird (in this case the Alpha/Virtavia A-3 Whale). No holdback problem what-so-ever. Rock solid in place until I initiate the shot. Wentout again with the Hornet and had the same issue. Any comment would be appreciated. Gauge interaction problem??

Bill
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Bill, I've never had that problem. When ready to go (already done Shift+U), I hit Shift+ I, apply full power swiftly, hit Shift+Space and I'm away.
I think I read in the instructions that applying power too slowly would cause a release rom the Cat.

I'm sure Pat will clear things up.
 
I'm sure Pat will clear things up.
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I'll try my best :D

When I get on the cat, select shift U and I, see the holdback alert and SLOWLY add power
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Once you hit Shft+U, do you wait a second or two, then hit SHFT+I to hook up? Are you sure the launch bar indicator light is lit? Do you have your flaps at 1? Do you move the stick a great deal while hooked up? do you have any crosswind over the deck? Do you have ANY wind over the deck? That can cause the plane to bounce, or move around enough to disconnect from the shuttle. Do you set your parking brake, or press the brakes after you're connected? Are you sure the green banner is indicating ready to launch, and that your nose wheel is in the little hook-up box? Do you set the pitch trim as needed (IE press the button on top or the rudder trim dial)? Do you see the plane bounce, lean over, or make any other motion while on the cat? Do you advance the throttles smoothly but smartly up to 100%? Not full AB. The Hornet doesn't use AB's for launch unless you have a very heavy payload aboard, and then you light them during the cat stroke, not on the cat. Are you using the default carrier, or Javier's? Do you have heavy sea-states some-how? Pitching Deck software, for example...
Lastly, do you have your realism settings full right, and the catapult setting in the FSX.CFG?

I hope something in there helps...
Pat☺
 
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