vLSO Beta release

[robertorizzo]

Hi navypilot,
thanks for your kind and fast answer.
I'm at work now and since I'm not a navy pilot I must wait till this evening (european time) to try it. I'll read back you. Settings are taken from SandPro's Corner site, I thought they were proved to be the best. I really even do not know what they stay for (the settings, not the site).

[robertorizzo]

Still nothing.
Tried with Razbam A-7 , DinoT-45 and VRS F-18.
No lines on the logbook despite my carrier landings and green windows. No sounds, no screen messages. When doublecliking on the files in sound folder i hear the sound.
I may say I installed Accu Feel. Could be Accu feel the cause?
Then switched accu feel to off for the selected F-18 but nothing.
Launched as admin, antivirus off.
Modified exe to launch vLSO when launching FSX, worked the launch but still vLSO not working.
vLSO has its own folder in FSX even tried to cut and paste it elsewhere, nope.

Vista 64, FSX accel....

[SUBS17]

I experienced the same problem with 0.5 so rolled back to 0.4.

[SUBS17]

I've found that 0.62 is not picking up my approach, also it is cool to see the carrier Quals options on the menu pity the vLSO is not working though unlike 0.4 which did pick up my approaches. win7 64 bit.

[ExNusquam]

What carrier are you flying approaches to, and what aircraft are you using? I've found that vLSO is rather picky when it comes to carriers/aircraft, so chances are it just doesn't recognize the carrier you're flying the approach to. Try flying the 'nilla hornet to the acceleration carrier.

[Mickey_Techy]

Could be Accu feel the cause?

It can't be Roberto. I use accufeel as do a few other virtual aviators that I know. So, I can say with certainty that accufeel doesn't interfere with vLSO.

vLSO has its own folder in FSX even tried to cut and paste it elsewhere, nope.

I'm not a specialist on this, but I do remember a tip from Sandpro...."Don't keep the vLSO main folder on your desktop". On my own, I also recommend, "NOT" to keep it in the "Program Files or Program Files (x86)" folder either. Anything in this folder will require elevated permissions to work correctly. I'm not saying this will solve your problem, but just sayin..

Mickey

[robertorizzo]

1) it seems i'm not alone, this gives me some courage.
2) till now I always used Javier's CVN-68/69 single #2 configuration as  simple AI as aicarrier
3) vLSO folder in F:\Microsoft Games
4) yeah accufeel is just the only thing i modified after installing vLSO, but you feel it works outside fsx.
5) Could anyone be so kind to share with me a previous version of vLSO?

I agree that something tells me the carrier isn't recognized by vLSO even if i do not know what.

Some days ago i was flying around the Persian Gulf with my E-2, i was searching for IKE i placed as AI, Sylvain's TACAN gauge on frequency 112.00, i got, with my great surprise, a green text line on the screen saying something about the ship, maybe the last weather conditions close to it. But then i landed on the carrier without any sign of life from vLSO.

Going to try with default acceleration carrier.

By the way, what and when, during my approach should I notice vLSO is working?

I may say the only time vLSO worked i landed directly straight on the carrier, then i always made my circling at 800'

[Paddles]

Roberto,
That green text line on the screen is the CVN tower's Case approach report. This proves that vLSO has found your carrier. Then, vLSO starts watching your approach, provided you have lowered your landing gear, i.e. your aircraft is in landing configuration.

PS. No ILS/TACAN required for vLSO.

[SUBS17]

What carrier are you flying approaches to, and what aircraft are you using? I've found that vLSO is rather picky when it comes to carriers/aircraft, so chances are it just doesn't recognize the carrier you're flying the approach to. Try flying the 'nilla hornet to the acceleration carrier.

Javiers carriers is what I'm using.

[SUBS17]

Roberto,
That green text line on the screen is the CVN tower's Case approach report. This proves that vLSO has found your carrier. Then, vLSO starts watching your approach, provided you have lowered your landing gear, i.e. your aircraft is in landing configuration.

PS. No ILS/TACAN required for vLSO.

After checking out 6.2 and noticing the options in FSX(thats without vLSO detecting my approaches though- why is that since 0.5 onwards its not detecting my approaches) for Carrier Quals I reccomend you team up with Orion and make a Carrier Quals mission which combines the vLSO with a mission then you can have a reward after completion of carrier quals. You could even combine vLSO report with a reward for most 3 wires in a row etc. Superhornet qual, Hornet, T45 etc. You could even take things further with a mission eg adding ATC to the carrier etc.

[Mickey_Techy]

Okay Gents,

I got my first 'OK' 3 wire (Night Time, Case III) trap today and with a 'Beauty' grade from vLSO. I feel very nice, and wanted to share it with all my virtual aviator friends. I fully realize that this post is not relevant to this thread, but I just wanted to share this moment with all of you. Admins feel free to delete this post in a day or two.


LSO's grade


The Glide Slope, and


the Line Up.

Thank you all and thank you FSXNP.

Mickey

[syn]

Congrats Mickey, nice pass!

[GOONIE]

Nice Mickey! One goal of the vLSO is to have a greenie board so folks can upload their passes, should add to the fun and competition.

-CAPT

[Mickey_Techy]

Nice Mickey! One goal of the vLSO is to have a greenie board so folks can upload their passes, should add to the fun and competition.

-CAPT

Thx Capt,

I await the day, when Serge makes that feature available.

[robertorizzo]

A friend of mine sent me version 03b.
NOW IT WORKS.
Definitely versions .5, .6, .61 and .62 do not work on my rig.
Thanks