MisterVince Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Hi, I can't get any middle smoke pod to release smoke when in flight and when I haven't loaded anything else. However, when I load 2 other smoke pods under the wings, the middle pod actually releases smoke with along the 2 others. Is it a bug or me not doing things correctly ? Thank you in advance for any help. Regards Kind regards, Vince PC: i5-7300HQ@2,5GHz | nVidia GTX 1050 Ti | 8Gb RAM | 256GB SSD for Windows+DCS | Windows10 Modules: Mirage2000C | AV-8B N/A | MiG-21Bis | F-5E | L-39 | Gazelle | FC3 Combined Arms | Supercarrier NTTR | Persian Gulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG14_Smil Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Hi, Arm power is on center console, top/left switch. It needs to be ON. Joystick trigger safetly is turned off. Trigger toggles smoke. You must have a minimum airspeed of 400 metric in order for it to work. (I am unsure of exact airspeed required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVince Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 That is exactly what I do. I tried the following: Cold start -> loading a middle smoke pod Take off and after reaching 250 knots I press the trigger (with weapon system powered) Nothing happens Landing -> loading 2 more smoker pods under the wings Take off and after reaching 250 I press the trigger All 3 smoke pods release smoke normally Landing -> unloading the 2 side smoke pods Take off and after reching 250 I press the trigger Nothing happens Kind regards, Vince PC: i5-7300HQ@2,5GHz | nVidia GTX 1050 Ti | 8Gb RAM | 256GB SSD for Windows+DCS | Windows10 Modules: Mirage2000C | AV-8B N/A | MiG-21Bis | F-5E | L-39 | Gazelle | FC3 Combined Arms | Supercarrier NTTR | Persian Gulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG14_Smil Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Hello, I just flew in the 1.5 AO server and tested this. Usual steps as listed and center smoke turned on just fine. What version and mission are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVince Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 I use the latest DCS 1.5.6 version (not open beta). The problem occurs using the mission linked below. In fact I tried to fly a L-39 already in flight and equiped with a middle smoke pod only, the smoke was released without trouble. So it seems the problem occurs only from a cold start and when I load the middle smoke pod through the ground crew.L-39.miz Kind regards, Vince PC: i5-7300HQ@2,5GHz | nVidia GTX 1050 Ti | 8Gb RAM | 256GB SSD for Windows+DCS | Windows10 Modules: Mirage2000C | AV-8B N/A | MiG-21Bis | F-5E | L-39 | Gazelle | FC3 Combined Arms | Supercarrier NTTR | Persian Gulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG14_Smil Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Hi MisterVince, Yes, I saw same behavior in that mission. Looking into the editor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVince Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 Thanks a lot for your help Smil ! I really don't see what may cause this issue. It seems I will have to go along with this. Kind regards, Vince PC: i5-7300HQ@2,5GHz | nVidia GTX 1050 Ti | 8Gb RAM | 256GB SSD for Windows+DCS | Windows10 Modules: Mirage2000C | AV-8B N/A | MiG-21Bis | F-5E | L-39 | Gazelle | FC3 Combined Arms | Supercarrier NTTR | Persian Gulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerO_crash Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 This has been a bug before, and seems like it`s back. It`s a 50/50 if I get it to work. Would be nice to have it fixed once and for all. It was primarily yesterday that I did L39C and couldn`t get it to work. Anways, meantime fix is to fly with smoke pods, those will activate the smoke from fuselage too. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVince Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 Alright. I hope it get fixed soon enough ! Kind regards, Vince PC: i5-7300HQ@2,5GHz | nVidia GTX 1050 Ti | 8Gb RAM | 256GB SSD for Windows+DCS | Windows10 Modules: Mirage2000C | AV-8B N/A | MiG-21Bis | F-5E | L-39 | Gazelle | FC3 Combined Arms | Supercarrier NTTR | Persian Gulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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