Shimmergloom667 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Center mounted TGPs are not that uncommon They are indeed not, but from what I know the Navy never used them on centerline being deployed on a carrier, since it accumulates to much dirt and grime from the cat launch, which is why mostly the USMC used that during land-based sorties. i7 - 9700K | 32 GB DDR4 3200 | RTX 2080 | VKB Gunfighter Mk II /w MCG Pro | Virpil T-50CM2 Throttle | TrackIR 5 | VKB Mk. IV AJS-37 | A/V-8B | A-10C | F-14A/B | F-16C | F-18C | F-86F | FC3 | JF-17 | Ka-50 | L-39 | Mi-8 | MiG-15bis | MiG-19 | MiG-21bis | M2000-C | P-51D | Spitfire LF Mk. IX | UH-1H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
launchedsquid Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 The US Navy also never used Litening pods, they used ATFLIR. When a Marine Squadron is on the carrier they operate as a Navy Squadron, so they use ATFLIR and have it mounted on the cheek station as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarma Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Lightening pods arent certified for cat launches for what I know. i9 9900k, 64 Go RAM, RTX 4090, Warthog HOTAS Throttle & Stick, Saitek Combat Rudder, MFD Cougar, Trackir 5 Pro, Multipurpose UFC and Oculus Rift S (when I want some VR), http://www.twitch.tv/zarma4074 / https://www.youtube.com/user/Zarma4074 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wurger13 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 This is the path DCS World OpenBeta\CoreMods\aircraft\FA-18C\FA-18C.lua open it in notepad++ or something. copy line 164 it will say { CLSID = "{A111396E-D3E8-4b9c-8AC9-2432489304D5}" }, --Litening paste it under line 137, make sure the parenthesis is under the line, it will look like this { CLSID = "{A111396E-D3E8-4b9c-8AC9-2432489304D5}" }, --Litening } save the file. I recommend you save a copy of the original first, incase you want to roll back to original, this will invalidate your integrity check so if you fly in servers that run that you may not be able to join with the file modded. next time you update the file will return to its original state. have fun. Hi All, I've tried this mod to the lua file exactly as above twice and each time I go back into DCS, I can't select the F18 block 20 (player aircraft). It's not even in the menu! Any thoughts? did something change perhaps? Thanks in advance. i9-13900K@5.8Ghz, RTX 4070 TI 12GB, Aorus Elite AX MB, 64GB DDR5 6000, 2x2TB M.2 980pro SSDs, Win11 64 P, TM Warthog, T-IR 2D @ 4K, Quest Pro VR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherSider Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 Hi All, I've tried this mod to the lua file exactly as above twice and each time I go back into DCS, I can't select the F18 block 20 (player aircraft). It's not even in the menu! Any thoughts? did something change perhaps? Thanks in advance. I had the same problem. You seem to have to keep in in the sa,e format. local fuselageLeft = { { CLSID = "{A111396E-D3E8-4b9c-8AC9-2432489304D5}" }, --Litening { CLSID = "{8D399DDA-FF81-4F14-904D-099B34FE7918}" }, -- AIM-7M { CLSID = "{AIM-7F}" }, { CLSID = "{AIM-7H}" }, { CLSID = "{C8E06185-7CD6-4C90-959F-044679E90751}" }, -- AIM-120 { CLSID = "{40EF17B7-F508-45de-8566-6FFECC0C1AB8}" }, -- AIM-120C } local fuselageRight = { { CLSID = "{A111396E-D3E8-4b9c-8AC9-2432489304D5}" }, --Litening { CLSID = "{8D399DDA-FF81-4F14-904D-099B34FE7918}" }, -- AIM-7M { CLSID = "{AIM-7F}" }, { CLSID = "{AIM-7H}" }, { CLSID = "{C8E06185-7CD6-4C90-959F-044679E90751}" }, -- AIM-120 { CLSID = "{40EF17B7-F508-45de-8566-6FFECC0C1AB8}" }, -- AIM-120C } Make sure that it looks exactly like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
launchedsquid Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Can you show me how you've pasted it in, I think I may not have written the instructions clear enough. For the purpose of just copy and paste, replace this; local fuselageLeft = { { CLSID = "{8D399DDA-FF81-4F14-904D-099B34FE7918}" }, -- AIM-7M { CLSID = "{AIM-7F}" }, { CLSID = "{AIM-7H}" }, { CLSID = "{C8E06185-7CD6-4C90-959F-044679E90751}" }, -- AIM-120 { CLSID = "{40EF17B7-F508-45de-8566-6FFECC0C1AB8}" }, -- AIM-120C } with this; local fuselageLeft = { { CLSID = "{8D399DDA-FF81-4F14-904D-099B34FE7918}" }, -- AIM-7M { CLSID = "{AIM-7F}" }, { CLSID = "{AIM-7H}" }, { CLSID = "{C8E06185-7CD6-4C90-959F-044679E90751}" }, -- AIM-120 { CLSID = "{40EF17B7-F508-45de-8566-6FFECC0C1AB8}" }, -- AIM-120C { CLSID = "{A111396E-D3E8-4b9c-8AC9-2432489304D5}" }, --Litening } You don't need to change anything else. While my understanding is that the litening was only fitted to the center and left fuselage in real life, you could put that line on any of the stations and I'm pretty sure DCS will let it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wurger13 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Thank you othersider and launchedsquid... After many tries of cuting, pasting and failing I figured out the issue ... I was using notepad :doh:. I didn't think the text editor would matter but clearly notepad is doing something to the file. Once I used notepad++, everything was good! :megalol: Thanks again! i9-13900K@5.8Ghz, RTX 4070 TI 12GB, Aorus Elite AX MB, 64GB DDR5 6000, 2x2TB M.2 980pro SSDs, Win11 64 P, TM Warthog, T-IR 2D @ 4K, Quest Pro VR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherSider Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 Thank you othersider and launchedsquid... After many tries of cuting, pasting and failing I figured out the issue ... I was using notepad :doh:. I didn't think the text editor would matter but clearly notepad is doing something to the file. Once I used notepad++, everything was Thanks again! Yeah that'll do it. DCS lua don't like anything other than that ++. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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