DCS: First In - Weasels Over Syria Mission 1 Walkthrough

[@CT-m3u]

Yes Yes Yes. Thank you for putting your HOTAS inputs up for us to see. That helps tremendously to everyone watching especially to newbies. Great Idea.

[@grafzahl5442]

I like that you explain your HOTAS inputs. Much appreciated!

[@connostyper]

Learning the F16 now, my first jet coming from helis. Thank you for all the videos and guides. They help a lot.

[@groundpoundersimulations8317]

That was a great watch, really well put together and some of the smoothest flying I've seen. Appreciated the demonstration of a successful kill on the simulated fan song - that's given a few people some bruised egos when they've failed to kill it so hopefully helps them out. Only error I saw (as you pointed out) was flying the pattern incorrectly, you were flying contra flow to everyone else - if they had been closer in it could have caused you an issue. Overall, superb video!

[@BogeyDope]

Thank you! I appreciate it. Yeah, I read the intelligence assessment, player guide, and the briefing, but didn't read the SPINS. After I stopped the recording, I went and read the SPINS and found the pattern. That was my bad.

[@TheKurgen]

Just finished this mission today, thank you for the great video. Was great to watch this a few times prior to and during my attempts at the mission. Keep up the great channel.

[@Redemptorchapter]

I always enjoy content like this. It's always good to see what someone else's thought process is on a mission is to compare with one's own, so you can verify your tactical decision making process.

[@aviator1111]

It is always nice to see full missions from you. Thank you for your work

[@Rogeroverandout61]

Brilliant, you’re the G.O.A.T for your informative videos I think I’m your number one fan 😂 I learn something new every time I watch one. Is this going to be a series as I’m stuck on mission 8. I must say non of my missions go as smoothly as yours though. Great work Bogey D 👍 Happy New Year to you and your family stay safe bud..

[@Taipan303]

Timestamp perfection 👌 I may be able to use this to fly the campaign as an F16 noob thanks! Haven't learnt HARMs yet but might jump in.

[@Vortex31415]

Awesome! I'm just about to start this campaign, so this series will be helpful (even though I've been flying the DCS Viper for a while). Thanks for keeping up the great DCS content!

[@3dmax911]

i finshed this campaign and after that i knew that this man realy knows how to builed a campaign !! and bought his first campaign for the Hornet and it was also great !!! waiting for his coming campaign !! hope its an F15E ones !!

[@brandonchappell1535]

He currently doing a weasels last out (sequel) , he did mention an idea for F15 but said it would be waaay down the line!! Most makers want the module to fill out with features before they do a detailed campaigns for it, and tbh we only just got jdams/jsows, this one is first for the f16 and it been out ages!!

[@3dmax911]

@@brandonchappell1535 true.. The F15 still need a lit of work

[@groundpoundersimulations8317]

Thanks for the support! Yes strike eagle one day, but not yet. Next is Weasels 2, followed by a new Harrier campaign I've been teasing recently.

[@bearmat6605]

Glad to see you doing these for this campaign!

[@ashitaka74]

Oh, the moment you learn how to do things properly and not like some kind of Hell's Angel flying a combat jet... Thank you for showing us how to do things right, man!

[@Vapor_32]

Grabbed it in the sale for $7. Thanks for the walk-throughs! Gonna be nice to have some guidance!

[@palagano]

Love your content, especially the F16 module. Been very helpful as i transitioned this to my primary module.

[@HighAspect]

Great idea for a series.

[@jameswilliams1085]

Great idea doing this!! Thanks for The upload and 'semi' tutorial!!! Have a great weekend Sir.

[@petergengePTRproductions]

thanks for the great video love your all content made me fly the viper a lot more. Also amazing including the datalink work around i have been stuck for days trying to look why it wasn't working. Can't wait to try this camp and to have yours as a benchmark. thanks again looking forward to the next vid

[@Moistnsquishy]

Your videos taught me how to fly. Thank you.

[@Antarialus]

Imho In DCS the Viper is the most neclected 4th gen FF, compare the sum of campaigns for the hornet to the sum of campaigns for the Viper :-( AND the viper is such a beautiful, powerfull and amazing bird ❤❤❤ Overall this campaign is really cool, it was the first time I really had to deal with the coms and the # / F-10 menue. Thanks to Ground Pounder Simulations for dealing with SEAD in this great jet! And thanks to you for this video ;-)

[@ImperiumLibertas]

Part of the reason is because to do any reasonable length mission in the F16 requires A2A refueling which is too much for many players.

[@Meg99993]

You are very experienced dude! Well done. 👍🏼

[@Wabbitsw]

I know this took a lot of time to film and edit. I really appreciate the key bindings you popped up on the screen.

[@Boomer25wa]

As always you rock! thanks for all your help great video.

[@colboyhell]

Epic! I have a problem where the Lead won't appear at the start. So I taxi out to the runway and you sit there endlessly. Anyone else with this problem?😊

[@Thomas-jr1sp]

I have the same problem.

[@mani-no4]

Same for me. Does anyone know the solution to this problem?

[@Thomas-jr1sp]

@@mani-no4 i read somthing that since the last update the airport moved a few meters. that schould be the reasen why the ai isn't moving

[@iammorpheus7345]

Thank you sir for this. I just picked this up campaign up and would love to walk through.

[@reddog418]

You don't have to keep looking down. The miles to steerpoint is in the bottom right of your HUD. 006>004 means "6nm to STPT 4"

[@BogeyDope]

Yes. I am aware. I look at it at 56:59. (035>006)... I'm not always looking at the HSI. Sometimes I'm looking at my desk at notes for the video.

[@negativghostrdr]

As a multi-year noob I am not tracking what you are doing half of the time in this video. I love your '..' .in 60 seconds or less videos, but watching you do this there are many things you do, that I would never have thought to do and I'm not grasping the why. It feels like this pool is even deeper than I thought!

[@BogeyDope]

Let me know if you need clarification on something.

[@VonBlade]

@@BogeyDope I'm just curious about what the two different tone alarms are. I guess from your Situational Awareness vid one is the AWACS appearing on your radar, but I don't know what the other is. 11:46 and 11:52.

[@sze5003]

Thanks for these..subbed. Just started learning the F16. Will you also be doing the Gambler's campaign? One of the reasons I decided to get back into DCS after some time.

[@omarals1562]

So helpful videos, waiting for mission 11

[@marcok.9236]

Great Video 👍 Do you use the TrackIR? If yes, is it possible to get your profile for TrackIR? Will we see the next missions as well? And when? 😉

[@DaTater]

Great video/tutorial as usual mate. Many thanks for posting. 👍🏻🫡

[@BeefSupremeAviation]

Hate to admit this… but the use of the course line in relation to tacan/waypoint finally made sense in this vid. Yes, I haz dum.

[@spooncreation7405]

Super vidéo, merci

[@EPICT6913]

Thx man! Great work, gonna use it

[@Carbon_715]

Nice 🙂 kinda inspires me to finally do the second part of your campaign

[@apfxlkuchen]

Are you using some kind of sound mod? Because the pilots breathing and the M61 Vulcan are sounding a bit different.

[@DoradoFever]

Going to be bored... challenge accepted

[@stevesteven-gw4zy]

Jest what i wanted ! Thanks

[@smithskyes]

Mission one is great!

[@redtailpilot]

Thanks Chief! I have a question. I saw a video of a Viper landing and deploying a drogue chute. Was that only used in test aircraft?

[@BogeyDope]

No, not just on test aircraft. As far as I am aware, only some countries have a drag chute fairing installed.

[@redtailpilot]

@@BogeyDope ok, cool. I'd love to have a drogue chute on one of the DCS modules!

[@dogrokket]

Great walk through! Just wondering: What did you set your range on the gun for strafe?

[@BogeyDope]

I left it at default.

[@Matthew.1994]

btw i notcied that you can hear the pilot breathing and all that. is that a mod or a setting?

[@UbiquitousDIY]

How is your head tracking so smooth? Is that tracikir you're using?

[@dimanizer8]

Thanks for the video! I'm really confused about the bombs going long - had this issue in both ccip and ccrp. Isn't the point of these modes to calculate impact point? They go long for me even below 300 knots. Are you really supposed to just eyeball the drop point (and ccrp is uselss)? Also noticed my altitude is also shown to be lower than what shows in external view (and I'm always told to adjust to FL16 on approach even though hud shows 16k)

[@baptiste3970]

Not sure what is the reason for this altitude mismatch, but the work around I'm using is to look at your actual altitude at the bottom of the screen in F2 view, and then adjust the altimeter setting so that the HUD altitude match that. I didn't have issues with bombs landing that far off the ccip reticle though, but I'm just starting in the F-16 so maybe I just got lucky. But well they are unguided bombs after all, and cluster bombs are even more affected by winds I suppose, that might explain it.

[@dimanizer8]

@@baptiste3970 Thanks for the reply. Yes, I tried the altimeter adjustment, but found that it's inconsistent across the map (air pressure changes?), so gave up on it. The difference in impact location vs what the reticule shows just seems too big (same problem with CCRP). So much so that I find dumb bombs unusable in the few missions that I tried them in (including this one). I guess you might be right, but I'll keep looking into it :)

[@apfxlkuchen]

When I played mission 1 a few days ago, my bombs were also overshooting constantly. My solution to the problem was to change the Burst Altitude ( you can find it under "BA" in the "CNTL" page in the "SMS" in A-G mode). For me it worked best to set the "BA" to 500ft and climb to an altitude of around 750ft AGL when you are about 20 seconds away from the target. I also tried climbing to about 4000-5000ft AGL with a BA of around 1000ft when I was 20 seconds away from the target and it worked just fine. I would also recommend training to drop some cbu-87 bombs in similar scenarios, so you don't mess it up after flying 30 minutes in the FIWOS mission.

[@tobiaslangner267]

The missing f-16 on the situation display isn't a bug. The start-up procedure changed. You should not turn the right most knob on the bottom right panel (the one that also has the alignment knob) until the alignment is done. So the new procedure for this panel is: turn on avionics by flipping the switches, turn alignment to either stored heading or norm, wait until alignment is done and turn the alignment knob to nav, THEN turn on position transmit.

[@BogeyDope]

Yes that is how it is done now. I have a whole startup video on the updated startup procedure. At the time that this video was made that was not the case.

[@tobiaslangner267]

@@BogeyDopeto be fair - I might have gotten that info from your newer video. I don't remember where I got it. Thank you for your videos.

[@PluckyUnderdog]

Great stuff. Anyone would think you had some experience of how the Viper works (oh wait a minute, you do) 😉

[@Fox3-Luck]

Nice one Bogey Dope!

[@Matthew.1994]

i rly need to get this campaign :D just started to elarn the f16 and made up some missions to test aa and ag. need to have a campaign now to test myself :D

[@BogeyDope]

It's not a campaign, but I made a single mission that you can test out your skills with here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZDJo2mIbriaqposi=8m_yzJe9Q9cFNhXF

[@Shocka1111]

At 1 min 29 seconds, what zoom type/button is that on F16? I can slow zoom similar to that without my Quest 3, but when my Quest 3 is on the zoom doesn't work at all.

[@BogeyDope]

The zoom in this video is on a slider on my throttle. You can find it under the axis binds. All the way at the bottom. However, keep in mind, it does not work in VR.

[@BLUEYGILA]

@@BogeyDope i use my toe brake on my rudder peddles it works so good....

[@NLarsen1989]

do you use any curves etc in the flightstick binding in docs?I have the warbrd base with f18 TM grip and find my inputs much more reactive than yours

[@BogeyDope]

Yes. I put about 15 to 16 curve on all my axis. I have a virpil warbird base as well.

[@NLarsen1989]

@@BogeyDope thanks, I’ll give that a go. I only tried 0 curve and then negative curve for f16 as I saw in the forums that it can somewhat help offset the f16s input delay….but the downside of it seems to be I bounce up and down like a yo-yo when I apply and remove pitch

[@BogeyDope]

@@NLarsen1989 yeah negative curve is going to make it very sensitive.

[@felixf4613]

Thanks, could you somehow share your trackir config? your view seems to be so extremely stable. cannot figure out how to get this working.

[@brandonchappell1535]

There 2 sliders up above the graph, i think the bottom one is smoothness, i found maxing that out really helps. I often find with profiles, less is more, go max deflection you want to turn your head, and make it so it only JUST looks behind/above, other wise it starts acting like a bobble-head dash ornament lol

[@Pilot4Fun]

How do you put your callsign under the ICP there?

[@thefinancier12]

Thank you!!

[@AltaiiSinan]

Thank you for doing this! I just bought the campaign I found it hard to understand and to follow

[@JustDuff-yt]

Great job 🫡

[@pietrogalati5188]

I was wondering, is it fair to soft lock your teammates intead of using the tacan?

[@Stormrider-Flight]

He doesn't softlock, he's using PDT (Datalink Track). A Feature the Viper offers :)

[@pietrogalati5188]

@@Stormrider-Flight yes, I'm aware, it was more a generic question on what is the right procedure/good habit and if generally speaking it is commonly used for an intercept/rendezvous.

[@Stormrider-Flight]

@@pietrogalati5188 use the tools you have :)

[@Ramirez4565]

Cool video

[@BunialskiTrip]

Was this Data link issue always present?

[@BogeyDope]

No it was not. However, it has been fixed since making this video. You can see the new quick start up procedure here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/poTVZa2XqNh0gpo

[@BunialskiTrip]

@@BogeyDope thank You. Greetings from Kraków Poland!

[@BogeyDope]

Cześć! @@BunialskiTrip

[@BunialskiTrip]

Cześć, czołem. Pozdrawiam!@@BogeyDope

[@shudfx]

Amazing gameplay, u need to work on your approach and overhead landing and you are good to go. Amazing job, very well done.

[@supercarsnaviation6148]

Datalink fix isn’t working for me

[@BogeyDope]

That was a workaround for a bug from last year. This has since been fixed. Make sure you are following the new Datalink procedure. My new startup tutorial goes over this here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/poTVZa2XqNh0gpo Also at 0:58 into that video, you will see the actual fix from the changelog. It explains exactly what was done and what is required now. Please also ensure you are outside in order to get a GPS signal. If you are under a hard shelter on startup, you will need to first taxi outside after you have aligned your INS and then set MIDS to on. Hope this helps.

[@supercarsnaviation6148]

I flicked on the GPS Switch for 60 seconds and made sure it said GPS System, then I turned on the MIDS and it didn’t do anything. My HSD still didn’t populate with datalink information.

[@BogeyDope]

@supercarsnaviation6148 Not sure. I have not had any problems. Do you have this issue with the F-16 everywhere? Or just in FIWOS?

[@supercarsnaviation6148]

@@BogeyDope just in fiwos, although I’m gonna try again because stupidly enough I think I may have forgotten to press transmit l16 on the HSD. I’ll let you know if I forgot or if it’s actually a problem with FIWOS.

[@MrKotasuperhero]

Is 1-1 bug not showing on had still a bug?

[@BogeyDope]

Not sure what you're referring to.

[@MrKotasuperhero]

@BogeyDope you said very early in the video that 1-1 wasn't showing up properly on the hsd, you gotta restart it with that ufc small rectangular screen (forgot name) it's tied to the ufc

[@MrKotasuperhero]

You talk about it at 4:32

[@BogeyDope]

@@MrKotasuperhero Oh I understand. The bug isn't that 1-1 isn't showing in the HAD (The Harm targeting display). I was demonstrating the bug by showing you that 1-1 wasn't showing in the HSD (Horizontal Situational Display). The bug itself is that the Datalink shows NO ONE in the HSD, not just 1-1. I got confused when you said HAD and 1-1 not showing in the harm screen. No, this bug is no longer present. This was fixed a few months after this video was posted. You now have to follow a different procedure to ensure your Datalink shows all the HSD contacts. The new procedure is found in my latest quick startup video here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/poTVZa2XqNh0gpo, and you can find the fix at 10minutes and 43 seconds in. Keep in mind, as I get a ton of questions about this, that you will NOT get "GPS" time if you are underneath a hardshell cover or something over your jet. You must be out in the open for this to get the GPS signal. So, if you are under a hard shell, you will need to wait till the INS is aligned and then set it to NAV, and taxi outside and then turn on MIDS. I hope this helps.

[@MrKotasuperhero]

@BogeyDope so my first message I ment h s d but my damn auto correct changed it, and sweeeet, I didn't know about the hard cover effecting things so that's cool, ty!.

[@uscstaylor]

Nice Vid BD

[@prichardgs]

Maybe I'm a dumb grunt but the radio for this campaign messes me up.

[@BogeyDope]

How so? What is giving you trouble? Maybe I can help.

[@NLarsen1989]

Popeye kind of sounds like a down and out santa claus

[@banditkfk1463]

Yardstick?

[@BogeyDope]

If you know your flight lead's tacan code, you can put in your tacan to be 63 above theirs. So, if Lead's is 1x, then you would set yours to 64x. Once that is set, your tcn will show your distance from your flight lead just like it would show your distance from an airfield TCN or a waypoint. Really helpful in tactical formations. Also good if you lost your datalink. If you lose your lead, and don't have datalink, you can find them that way.

[@LalaPala-ml2or]

You cant go Cat I when you have external tanks

[@BogeyDope]

In real life yes. In DCS as of the making of this video, you would get a master caution once weapons were dropped and the only way to clear it was cat1. This has since then been fixed.

[@wk7337]

Why do you have a training missile on?

[@groundpoundersimulations8317]

It's the TCTS pod not a missile (but it does look quite like one).

[@BogeyDope]

Like a real time tac view recorder. It monitors air-to-air, air-to-ground, and surface-to-air missions and gives the pilot real time kill notification (RTKN).

[@aviator1111]

@@BogeyDope does it work though? how, with tacview?

[@BogeyDope]

@@aviator1111 No. I was just explaining what it does in real life. In DCS it is just aesthetic as of now.

[@Sky_Pilot56]

I can’t get anybody to respond to me on the f10 atc, and I am on the correct freq

[@BogeyDope]

Make sure you are using the correct radio. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYioYaGHqL51bLs

[@Dcscockpit]

That is not a bug, that is on purpose for realism.

[@redtailpilot]

I know you're not a real pilot (crew chief) but where did you learn that it's acceptable to tap your brakes for directional control on takeoff roll? As a civilian private pilot of 25 years, if I ever did that with a CFI during initial training, advanced training or a flight review, I'd probably get the sh!t slapped out of me!!! 😂. Now IF that happens to be an actual military procedure, then I stand corrected.

[@BogeyDope]

I'm sure it's incorrect for real life. However, in DCS I've found it helps me stay on centerline until I have enough rudder authority to control with the rudder. This isn't meant to be real life procedures.

[@redtailpilot]

Hahaha ok, thanks for clarifying your reasoning because my OCD kicked in when I saw that and I had nightmares of one old grumpy CFI I had, slapping me on my bald head (he never did that IRL) LOL. Yeah, it's a game and it's fun, so whatever works for you is fine. For me, leaving NWS engaged during the initial roll and then disengaging it as I pick up speed and get positive airflow over the control surfaces, works great. Never even thought about tapping the brakes. But again, whatever works 😅

[@SDsc0rch]

that CANNOT be a realistic arrival procedure did the FIWOS guy ever hear about an overhead break??

[@JuliaHellspawn]

First lol

[@Redemptorchapter]

I always enjoy content like this. It's always good to see what someone else's thought process is on a mission is to compare with one's own, so you can verify your tactical decision making process.

[@apfxlkuchen]

Are you using some kind of sound mod? Because the pilots breathing and the M61 Vulcan are sounding a bit different.

[@BogeyDope]

Echo19 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mauuh3-mn7JqZ68si=aspO6QNmIq12ZvLe

[@apfxlkuchen]

@@BogeyDope thank you

[@apfxlkuchen]

Are you using some kind of sound mod? Because the pilots breathing and the M61 Vulcan are sounding a bit different.