I just installed P3D v3, and fired up the F-14. It's AMAZING!!!! It all looks so much better, and I have better performance too. Those specular lights, high quality shadows, HDR, amazing water...

 

I just have one problem: I figured out how to start the carrier scenarios, but the Kitty Hawk's deck is empty. How come? What am I doing wrong?

Also, how come the Kitty hawk steams so much faster in P3D? In FSx the speed is around 26 knots, in P3D it's 36. I had serious lineup problems at the beginning

 

PS: I have TacPack for FSX. Do you know if I can install it for P3D, or is that a separate product?

 

Thanks!

You have to pay for a P3D version of tacpack unfortunately.

And unfortunately TacPack for v3 of P3D is not yet ready.  If I understand correctly, it is at least in beta testing.

 

Interestingly, I don't have an empty deck, but I am afflicted by the IFOLS lights "floating away".  My carrier simming in P3D has been limited by this, but my understanding is that this issue (and many others, plus new features) are fixed in the F-14X v1.20 update that sounds as though it should be out very soon.

using v3 as well.... Unfortunately, I did not have same probs with Kitty Hawk so can't help you there. However, I was was frustrated with the IFOLs lights etc so I went ahead and downloaded AICarrers (.net version) and Javier's CVN68 and 69 - has working meatball and different configs of the deck (empty, recovery, launch, CQ etc)...plus working elevators, crew on deck, moving tugs, catapult steam, etc ...very nice. AI Carriers allows you to set the carrier/battle group different distances out in front of you or at a waypoint. works great if you want to T/O from Oceana, do a couple bounces at Fentress and then go out and trap on the carrier....I set the carrier in motion before I leave Oceana and while I'm at Fentress it gets out 15-20 miles offshore which is kinda fun because you have to find it first. I have vLSO also but I'm still working on approaches so I don't turn it on every time. If you get the fentress scenery, you will see the FCLP outline and the IFLOLS units at each end, but vLSO doesn't work for FCLP calls and grading in P3D v3...yet.  Anyway, try the CVN68 and 69, I think you'll like them a lot...just search for Javier's CVN68 Nimitz for P3D...the newest release has an installer that puts everything in the correct folders for you. 

Both the Nimitz and Ike use TACAN 57X

 

Regarding KH, make sure your scenery levels are all set to max or near max.....When I first downloaded P3D, I was disappointed in the way Oceana looked...no hangars or tower, runways only....but I turned everything to max in the settings and all the hangars etc appeared...

Thanks for your reply!

i will try the scenery complexity slide to populate the deck. 

 

I have issues with the lights too, even the Tomcat's nav lights are floating away but it's fine Iknow the update is just around the corner. 

 

My main concern is the WOD. 36 knots is just too much. I checked a navy report which said it is around 25-30 knots on average. 

 

That's quite a bummer about Tacpack:(

 

oh, one more thing: those messages I got in FSX about incoming bogeys or vector to carrier, well that text line is not displayed in P3D. 

 

Overall it looks so mich better and runs so much smoother though.  Especially when you fly over water only. 

I tried to set scenery complexity and autogen density to  maximum, but there are still only 4 tomcats on the flight deck

Maybe it's because when I installed it on p3d, the saved flights weren't there ,and I had to copy paste them from FSX?

Hmmm... Could be

btw, did you check the V2 folder for the carrier mission files?? See my post on page 2... Since f-14 was released before V3, all the mission files loaded in V2 folder... If they are in there, just move them to V3 and you should be good with p3d missions... 

Try going to the kitty hawk folder and replacing the model with one of the models in the substitutes folder. If that doesn't work I found that sometimes all the substitutes were the same model so I installed V1 of the tomcat made a copy of the kitty hawk models and reinstalled V1.1 and added the older kitty hawk model files and it fixed the problem for me. 

Negative...I think I'll just wait for the update.

aicarriers doesn't work either. I installed aicarriers2 as well as the nimitz & ike, but when I click on "create" it gives an error message saying veh_carrierhd...something wasn't found. :/

dang... sounds like some kind of folder structure issue in P3D....I'm no expert. gotta be frustrating. You could try the P3D forum, I was able to find a few answers over there. I would probably try uninstalling both and starting from scratch but I know that's a hassle.

Ok hang on a sec... I just loaded one of the carrier missions that came with the F-14X and I guess I have been using the Ike and Nimitz so much I didn't realize that the Kitty Hawk only has the two birds on deck as you mentioned above... so that was correct - at least that's what I get.

I also get just two Tomcats, something has to be wrong here. In FSX the deck is full with planes. Hopefully the 1.20 update will solve this.

1 minute ago, Duli said:

I also get just two Tomcats, something has to be wrong here. In FSX the deck is full with planes. Hopefully the 1.20 update will solve this.

 

thanks for the info! As soon as I get home I will try to copy paste the files from FSX and overwrite the p3d ones. If it doesn't work either I will just hope the update will solve it.

 

 

NEWS: I got aicarriers to work, but it turns out that the deck of the Nimitz is empty too. I have no idea what might cause this problem

There are multiple versions of the nimitz one of which is an empty deck

Wait...what i it's not the scenery density, but the 3D models of stationary planes and people are missing. Where should those files be?

the Kitty Hawk has all AI Tomcats, but none of the rest.

They should be in the kitty hawk folder under substitutions or something similar. The Nimitz has different models defined though some people have issues with tacpack not installing it correctly. If you do a search for Javiers Nimitz you should be able to find the full version along with a configuration file for aicarriers. I think the SDB enterprise also has a crowded deck but it is payware.

I still can't understand... empty Kitty hawk with 4 Tomcats parked by the front catapults. It seems all other types are missing. I tried to adjust and max out every setting, but it doesn't help. This is what makes me think the rest of the objects are not in P3D somehow.  I tried to copy paste everything from my FSX install, but I must have missed something. This is getting a little frustrating :/

I installed the F-14 in a separate dummy folder, then manually replaced all the files. Still only 4 Tomcats on the Kitty Hawk. Maybe 1.1 is not fully compatible with P3D v3?

I managed to install aicarriers and there the deck is full. So it's not my settings. Therefore it can only be my install.  So i installed the Tomcat into a dummy folder, then manually replaced all the folders. Still only 4 tomcats on the deck.  Waiting for the update and a miracle :/

The update fixed it! Now the Kitty Hawk's deck is fully populated!:)