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Airfield Data

Post by WildCard » 2007-04-29 15:23:56

Hi, I am new to these forums and would like to say thank you for all the great work you all do. Now I am trying to accumulate info for the airbases in panama and would like to know if there is a way to make airbases active (place a flyable squadron at said airbase)? Also in the stations.dat file can anyone fill in the following

Example:

# Cpt Manuel Nino Airbase
3484 109 X 32766 25 1 111.7

3484 = ?

109 X = TACAN Chnl.

32766 = ?

25 = Range of airbase operations

1 = ?

111.7 = ILS frequency

As far as I can tell this represents a field that the TACAN is on field. The next example will be a TACAN that is off field.

Example:

# La Plantacion Highway Strip
290 4 Y 32766 0 1 0

290 = ?

4 Y = TACAN Chnl.

32766 = ?

0 = ?

1 = ?

0 = ?

Thanks in advance. WildCard

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Post by Snake Man » 2007-04-29 15:48:01

The stations.dat was explained once in Campaign files - descriptions and functions topic. You can place squadrons with TCL scripts, I suggest you download the PMC Korea Campaigns as example.

If you simply want to place one squadron, the TCL method is quite complicated, its rather for creating larger whole campaigns.
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Post by WildCard » 2007-05-01 09:45:21

Thanks Snake Man. I read the thread and am still not getting everything. Is stations.dat the only file that controls TACAN information? I tried to give this highway strip a range.
# Finca 67 Airstrip
3485 2 Y 32766 25 1 0
As you can see I changed the range from 0 to 25 in the hope that I could then have a TACAN that would show up on the DME. Then I could get a radial and distance from the field. This did not work. The DME continues to have a red line through it and because of this I can't seem to find the TACAN location. The Field also appears to be UnControlled as ATC never answers no matter what the distance from the airfield. I am assuming there is another file if not several that also deal with the TACAN as there must be a way to set the distance and radial of an off field TACAN. Anyone got any ideas??? Thanks

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Post by Malc » 2007-05-01 17:15:15

Wildcard,

Try changing the * 2 Y * 25 * * to something like 125 X. You're correct in saying you need the range, in this instance 25.

IIRC, F4 only works with X for ground while Y is reserved for AA refueling. The 2 Y is more a filler in this case.

32766 is also a filler. Normally, this number relates to a soundbite database which it uses to announce the AB name.

Its been a while, but this should see you okay.

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