AvroLanc Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Really enjoying the campaign, so far on M3. One thing I've noticed for all missions so far.....the timestamps given in the briefings don't match up to the real time, either local or UTC, once in game? E.g. M3 has a 0800 start time in the briefing, but once in game it's 0600 UTC / 1000L? Am I missing something? It just seems odd. Otherwise excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacEwan Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I've noticed this also. I'm only on Mission 5 but there have been a few missions where the time doesnt match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baltic_dragon Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Which campaign are you talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseSeal Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 I'm pretty sure they're talking about Raven One, as I noticed something in the early missions also. I think I just assumed the carrier was on its own time or something, but it did seem odd. - i7-7700k - 32GB DDR4 2400Mhz - GTX 1080 8GB - Installed on SSD - TM Warthog DCS Modules - A-10C; M-2000C; AV8B; F/A-18C; Ka-50; FC-3; UH-1H; F-5E; Mi-8; F-14; Persian Gulf; NTTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmarso Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 (edited) Noticed this as well and assumed the briefings were given in Local time vs. Zulu. Obviously, all the aircraft systems work in Z time. Ideally, all business should be conducted in Zulu. Iran's 'local' time is pretty screwy. Their standard time is UTC+3+30, which means they don't even sync up on the hour with Zulu (GMT/ UTC) time. They also have that curse of the debil known as daylight savings time, so for the summer months their local time is UTC + 4+30. I have no idea what time U.S. naval ships use for 'local time' in the region. My guess would be whatever Bahrain and 5th Fleet HQ is using, but I never deployed there so I can't say. Edited August 31, 2020 by jmarso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvroLanc Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 Which campaign are you talking about? Sorry posted in wrong forum, but yes I’m talking about Raven One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baltic_dragon Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 I used local, because that is what the ME uses. I remember the nightmare of changing all the times for Red Flag campaign into Zulu :) also, the times between briefing start - step in on kneeboard - mission start will differ; it is assumed that the step is around 30 minutes before you start the mission (doing outside check of the aircraft etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Donkey Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 First mission has 1000 local for me. But kneepad and briefing is 0800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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