Simviation Forum - I R Stupid? Have you seen my meatball?

Sep 25^th, 2011 at 7:59pm

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Hey all,

Desperately trying to get aircraft arrestor cables to work.....what I have done so far.

1) followed instructions per program. - nope....
2) d/l and installed AI carriers 2- works no arr cables
3) start arrestor cables program after FSX...It detects fsx and plane etc.
3) d/l and install Taskforce HiDef Pack http://www.taskforcefsx.com/aicarriers.html

um works ...no arrestor cable
have FSPUIC latest version...works...as in I can turn it on, use it to lower tail hook, get the meatball up but not lit? and can land on deck...sounds right, plane pulls up pretty short....and appears to be working? but cannot see the cables?

No catapult... is that separate? according to readme...should work....

why oh why is there not a simple executable for me the short bus rider to click and ouila there are magical cables on any carrier I place using AI Carriers?

Would love some help here....

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Reply #1 - Sep 26^th, 2011 at 10:38am

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You will not see the cables, no program actually shows the cables. If they are painted on the deck of the carrier you will see them painted on, but you will not see any cables hanging a foot above the deck, or whatever height they would be in real life.

To get the cat to work you have to park your plane at the cat and set the brakes (Cntl plus .) The plane has to be in the correct spot. Most cats have a red box, you need to be in the red box and pretty much right on top of the where the lanch mechinism is that would attach to the lanch bar on the plane.

When you press Cntl+. you should get a green message bar across the top of you screen that says the cat is ready or whatever it says.

If Arrestor cables says that it detects FSX and FSUIPC then it should work.

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Reply #2 - Sep 26^th, 2011 at 4:31pm

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Thanks for your reply....I was under the impression that I would see the cables. I have not yet figured out the catapult...will look into this a bit more. I did not see any red boxes...I will attempt several screenshots later tonite.

I never upgraded to acceleration but might this week..wondering if one can see the cables in that version>?

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Reply #3 - Sep 27^th, 2011 at 10:38am

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I maybe wrong, but I thought that I read someplace you had to have Acceleration installed before you could do carrier landings and take offs.

This may have been before AICarriers and ArrestorCables came along though.

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Reply #4 - Sep 27^th, 2011 at 11:19am

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just a quick guess, you may need Acceleration pack.

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So far my number of landings either passenger or pilot equal my number of takeoffs, but that is due to change

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