Huey is Broken, completely. Not sure what happened

I have tried to instant action and training in the UH-1, which worked fine before (in the last couple months), but at some point it got porkulated. The main rotor is missing visually, and the instant that the sim starts in the cockpit, the gauges all "get weird" and the flight controls are non-responsive. There'a a big "clunk" upon first entering the cockpit. Should I delete/reinstall the aircraft? I haven't seen other mention(s) of this, but maybe I missed it.

This experience has made me newly aware of how generally stable DCS-W is, considering how complex the sim is... But I want my Huey back :).

thx,

Dave

Delete the meta shaders2, and fxo folders in your saved games folder. Anytime there is an update or you change graphics settings you should do this.

Do you actually delete the file, or empty the contents?

Want to be clear. Thanks!!

Clear out all files in those folders

Shew, glad I asked!! Thanks

It would’ve just rebuilt the folders. But yea, delete the contents. Let us know.

Oh hey. Don’t freak out. It’s going to take longer to load a mission for each map/AIRCRAFT the first time loading after deleting as it has to write the new shader files. After that all will be back to normal.

Did the above tips help?

If not this made me wonder:

...The main rotor is missing visually... There'a a big "clunk" upon first entering the cockpit.

Instant missions and tutorials generally start with engine on.

Do you check the main rotor before entering the cockpit (I think it should be possible to hit F2 while paused before start)?

When starting in air, do you just fall of the sky?

Immediately after the "clunk", hit pause and go to F2 view and look around the helicopter (a bit zoomed out). Do you see the main rotor going about by itself away from the helicopter, or laying on the ground close by? If so, you encountered mast bumping. Then something with your hardware controls are not right. Stick deflected much in any direction when starting?

Missing / non-functioning aircraft parts and non-responsive controls indicate some more serious issue than old shader files.

I don't own the Huey, but I'd start with Holton's suggestions above.

Agree with Holton181. It could simply be the necessity to move your physical throttle a bit before mission start so it gets synced with the in-game collective. Otherwise the collective might make a big, sudden jump from its initial position to whatever you set it to, which might be enough to rip off the rotor.

The main rotor is missing visually, and the instant that the sim starts in the cockpit, the gauges all "get weird" and the flight controls are non-responsive. There'a a big "clunk" upon first entering the cockpit. Should I delete/reinstall the aircraft?

Make sure your joystick is centered, if it rests to the side, "mast bumping" will cause the main shaft to shear and the main rotor will fly off into the air.

It shouldn't be a problem for a regular "spring centered" joystick but it was one of the first things I encountered after switching to FFB.

Maybe use the DCS repair function.

Check out track file in F2 view. But yah, Hilton and Ramsay prob right.

I had a switch in the wrong position on the wh throttle that caused similar problems

I deleted those folders; same thing still happens. My controls (TMW throttle and Virpil MongoosT-50CM2) are calibrated and work fine in every other aircraft I've tried, including the Mi-8 and Gazelle.

HOWEVER I just tried one of the instant actions that has the a/c running and on the ground at start, and sure enough the swash plate is tilted way back so that the main rotor mast-bumps and flies off. So @Holton181 was absolutely correct.

I just checked the cyclic's Axis Tune settings, and -- sure enough, that was it. I have a Thrustmaster steering wheel connected to the same laptop, and it was auto-assigned axes (I wish they wouldn't do that).

What's weird to me is that the Mi-8 and Gazelle worked fine with that setup. Maybe those models don't auto-assign controls the way the Huey does? (I thought that is a global action though.) At any rate, I'm up and running -- thanks folks for all of the input (har har).

cheers,

Dave

Yeah, that aoto assignment can be a real PITA. Happy you got it sorted.

I was having problems myself then someone suggested that I deleted the dcs saved games folder so I mad a copy and deleted it and the program rebuilt it and things are great.