I can picture it:
An angry child screaming as an eagle claw reaches in through the monitor and grabs his keyboard.
Perfection.
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So I havenāt had a chance to test fly yet (I havenāt flown the Deux Mille since my last reinstall, so I have to rebind my hotas which means I have to work out what the real switches on the HOTAS in the real jet do, and I really should put it all on a kneeboard so next time it isnāt a huge issueā¦), but surely even if this isnāt fixed you can just pull the paddle and get full authority?
If thatās the case, itās what the dogfight crowd (sorry, āBFM enthusiastsā 
) were doing anyway!
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Speaking of that, Iām really enjoying the Phantomās audible AoA indicator in a dogfight. Quite effective IMHO.
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Yeah, way better than the Mirage F1ās warning!
It also has improved my landingsā¦ I wonder if Iāll start to rely on it too much? 
Damn it! Mirage 2000 C with bugs. 
I wouldnāt say I like live service games - sad story.
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I was wondering what to do next in DCS, test fly the Kiowa? Learn A2G in the F-4E? Have a proper look at the OH-6A?
I guess what Iāll actually be doing is testing whether this Mirage bug was silently fixed or notā¦ and whether it even matters (paddle!)
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I donāt think anything can get me away from the Phantom right now. Iāll check out the Kiowa over the weekend but Iām not really a rotorhead and the Phantom is just 
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OMG GUYS CAN CONFIRM SILENT FIX FOR MIRAGE 2000 CHARGES SWITCH!!!11
QUICKLY PULL YOUR PC OUT OF THE FIRE!! NO NEED TO DESTROY ALL FLIGHT SIM GEAR AND DEMAND REFUNDS FROM ED!!
/sarcasm
But really, I just ramp started a M-2000 and the charges switch worked normally. Even Stormbirds was reporting this as still being an issue, which is disappointing considering how little time it took to check (and I had to rebind my controls as well!!)
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Never let facts get in the way of an opportunity to drive more engagement and ad revenue to your blog.
Anyway, back on topic, is anybody else having issues getting the autopilot to engage and stay engaged in the Phantom since the update?
I ended up hand-flying it a couple hundred miles (while also fighting the trim and trying to get weapons prepped) in a mission last night, and my shoulder is SORE this morning.
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No, auto pilot works just fine on my end.
thought that was what the HQ was for. 
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A classic! āWell ladies and gents itās great to be back in Des Moines. But I gotta tell ya. I flew all the way here from LA this morning and BOY! are my arms TIRED!ā (rimshot)
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OK, I LOLād on that one.
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Autopilot (AFCS & ALT) mode working for me too. I found it a bit of a pain in VR to look down and click the switches while maintaining level flight, so mapped the Stab Aug and AFCS/ALT switches to two-way toggles on my Virplil control panel. That way I can focus on the VSI while switching them on by feel.
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Iām thinking itās an issue with the switch I had set for altitude hold on my Warthog throttle- Iāll tinker more with it tonight.
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I wanted to make a mission for the Phantom featuring a coordinated multi-flight anti-ship strike with Walleyes. I was already knee deep into writing supporting scripts, but it turns out that AI still refuses to attack warships with bombs. A bug which I already reported in 2018. It is just unbelievable how rotten to the core DCS AI is. Every single time I want to make a mission I am running into blocking stuff like this in one form or another.
DCS is great if you if you are learning systems, play small set-piece engagements you on your own against some enemies, or for multiplayer. But as soon as it is about you being part of a something bigger, a team effort in a living world around you, it just falls apart completely 
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That would definitely put a damper on WW2 PTO scenarios. Wait, I believe that I have a Falklands type mission with the A-4E successfully bombing destroyers in the Marianas pre South Atlantic map. Let me fire it up again to see if it still works.
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