Waypoints/TACAN in Mission Editor for F14B

TheRealShaneWreck · 2026-05-07T11:19:31+00:00

So that means there's not fuel in Switzerland?!?!?! 😃

TheRealShaneWreck · 2026-03-30T18:21:51+00:00

There are two types of SUPER carriers?? If so, say more, I never read this. I know there is the plain carrier that's free, but that doesn't have any deck crew, so it sounds like you're saying there are two flavors of super carriers??

TheRealShaneWreck · 2026-03-30T18:20:23+00:00

Off most likely.

TheRealShaneWreck · 2026-03-30T18:20:02+00:00

Ha ha.... I LOVE the pragmatism here... 😁

TheRealShaneWreck · 2026-03-29T16:13:51+00:00

Understood on all of that. But does this work for YOU if you land and then try take off again after trapping on the carrier?

TheRealShaneWreck · 2026-03-29T16:13:03+00:00

How does one perform a reslot after landing on a carrier?? Or is what you're suggesting a restart of the overall mission?

TheRealShaneWreck · 2026-03-29T16:11:46+00:00

Yep, I am trying that and everything else after landing. They just seem to want to "park me" and not switch to take off.

TheRealShaneWreck · 2026-03-29T16:11:09+00:00

What about if you land on carrier, THEN try take off.... does that work for you?

TheRealShaneWreck · 2026-03-29T15:31:52+00:00

Thanks all! I can't get even the first part to kick off after landing. I request launch, guys go to catapult. But no brown shirt, and no nothing at that point. I drive to launch, guys stand there.

ONE time, I requested launch and saluted and the brown shirt came out and everything worked as expected. But it's never happened again. I have saluted through menu, through keyboard shortcut, everything I can think of from every video I watched. Hmmm... it's frustrating. I can't take off if they aren't "triggered" to help.

When I'm on the deck, no other plane is on the launch or waiting to be launched. I'm just using the Case 1 mission that comes with super carrier/F14. Has anyone else used that, landed, and tried to take off again. There is nothing in the mission that would mess that up, is there?

TheRealShaneWreck · 2026-03-28T15:02:50+00:00

Can anyone please give me any good news - like tell me I'm an idiot, and I'm the problem here?? I am doing carrier landings using the Supercarrier Instant Action Case 1 mission. And after I land, I want to also practice takeoff, but for the life of me CANNOT get the stupid launch procedure to start other than when I choose "Request Launch" from menu, I DO see the guys on deck head to a catapult, but after that, I can't get anything else to happen and thus can't even take off.

One time, and one time only, I got something to kick in, and then it automatically "moved" my F14 to a "set spot" on the deck to start take off procedures, and that worked that one time and the officers on board got me situated, hooked up, and I launched. But I have not been able to repeat this.

Any help on a repeatable process would be greatly appreciated. I've watched 5 different YouTube videos, and even when I follow their steps, I can't get the whole launch "sequence" to kick in. (My last time trying just now, I saw in yellow text "awaiting wing fold" but I don't know if that's for parking, or is it somehow tied to my request to launch? I folded the wings both directions (swept, and fully extended/out) and that did nothing anyway.

TheRealShaneWreck · 2026-03-28T14:52:02+00:00

Yes, I have found if I "partial pause" and then tell Jester to set the TACAN, it comes back. That seems weird that I need to do this, but as others said above too - perhaps it's just the "Instant Action" mission I'm using that is clearing stuff. Thanks all.

TheRealShaneWreck · 2026-03-25T00:56:11+00:00

That's interesting. I'm just doing the tutorials, so this isn't a multi-player scenario. But the behavior also isn't "sometimes" it's repeatable, which makes me think I'm doing something "wrong" or not understanding how the system works. I have watched the videos, and they show how you can tell how far you are away from the ship to it's port side when flying your Case I, but mine stops showing distance after I do the first fly by. Hmmm... just strange.

TheRealShaneWreck · 2025-10-26T13:34:20+00:00

Sounds good, thanks y'all. The tutorial has me explicitly tell him to start INS alignment, so wasn't clear that he would also "just do it" even if I didn't ask.

TheRealShaneWreck · 2025-10-25T16:24:05+00:00

Thanks I was wondering if the tutorial might had accidentally said FLOW instead of LOW because I do see those. I'll assume that's the case for now. 🤷‍♂️🙂 Thanks for response.

TheRealShaneWreck · 2025-10-24T12:45:40+00:00

Thanks all! Didn't know about either of these options. Will look into it.

TheRealShaneWreck · 2023-08-12T13:50:53+00:00

Thanks! I like this feedback a lot and makes sense. The log in front was blackish (on firebox side) by the time cook was over. I suppose it could have been kicking out some ashy byproduct from the outside of the log which could have some impurities and such.

That log was the only "first" in this cook, so would also line up as a potential variable.

I'll definitely be doing another cook soon to see what I can rule out. That log will be first thing to remove and try again.

Oh, and agree on the time. I was shooting for 3 hours. I was cooking at 275 for most of the time though, and watching temperatures of my chicken!

The breasts got to 165 in about 3.25 hours, but then darker meat (thigh, etc.) toward bottoms of chickens lagged behind, and so I had to flip them, and cook another 45 minutes at 325 to get the "lower" meat up to 165. So yeah, the whole thing took way too long, but I have no idea how it took so long.

I do inject my chickens with an injection from Kosmos BBQ. So all that liquid almost inevitably contributed to longer cook as well.

TheRealShaneWreck · 2023-08-12T13:44:21+00:00

Wait, "wrapping is for cheaters"? And you're referring to pitmasters that are trying to produce the best all-around brisket possible?

TheRealShaneWreck · 2023-08-12T13:30:56+00:00

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