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Milviz f-4j/s

Ah! Attention Chief: I found the problem and was able to reproduce it: there's a tickbox in the Tacpack Configuration
Manager called "Inhibit Tacpack Object Creation". That needs to be unticked, or you get the results for the J/S load
manager mentioned above.

Hope that helps.

- Rob
 
Good heavens, no need to apologize! I appreciate your suggestions. Regarding Tacpack, is it normally left on? NC


RobM said:
Sorry Chief for not getting back sooner with more info.

The reason I mentioned making sure you had all updates for the J/S, was because the exact same thing
happened to me with my J/S install last May in FSX, and I was looking at my emails back and forth with Oisin
about it. What was causing this for me in FSX (load outs showing loaded in the menu but not on the actual plane)
was interference from Tacpack. If I turned Tacpack off, then the J/S load outs worked fine. But I can't find the
support topic on the Milviz forums or the final email with the solution to getting Tacpack and my J/S load
out menu to play together. If memory serves, I think I had been missing an update for the J/S.

That was in FSX, not P3Dv4. But if you have Tacpack, try turning Tacpack off, and then try loading the J/S,
and see what happens.

I don't know if this is any help at all, but I thought I would mention.

- Rob
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I usually leave Tacpack on all the time, since many planes require it and won't work without it.

But see my post above about the "Inhibit Object Creation" button in the Tacpack Configuration Manager. I had that off myself,
and when I ticked it on, I found it reproduced the problem of no selected load outs appearing on the J/S.

But I was too quick posting above: when I went back and unticked the button, I found that my J/S load manager now permanently
had this problem of no selected weapons appearing on the plane, even with the button unticked.

So I'll make sure the button is unticked, then re-install using the last J/S update from just before Christmas. Hopefully that will fix.

Maybe I should let Oisin know over at Milviz.

Thanks - Rob
 
Seems to be fixed now. I bought the ADV add-on from Milviz last night and installed this morning. Ordnance shows up now. NC
 
To shed a little light on what is actually happening here, the F-4 products consist of a base package + addon packages. For the F-4E, the addon packages are TACPACK and ADV (ADV was an unplanned latecomer on the scene). Since we had ADV available when we started the J/S TACPACK development, we combined the 2 into a single addon package.

Without the TACPACK addon package, (or TP/ADV for the F-4S/J), the loadout manager will be unable to function correctly while TACPACK is running. Best option is to set TACPACK loads to Prompt in the TPM if you don't have the addon package.

Since we are now able to integrate TACPACK during development of an aircraft (eg like the F-15C or F-105), it will function without any additional packages.
 
I have also tried dropping bombs in my F-J and F-4S versions, but despite checking all the switches nothing drops. Guns and sidewinders work fine in air to air, but nothing for air to ground. Video tutorials I have seen show the F-4E, but not the F-4J or F-4S. :banghead:
 
Problem solved. I found a conflict between the TacPack pickle key combination and the SimWorks Studios vLSO radio key combination.
 
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