Thread authors: Joe, Doc and Nicolaas

Thread Contents
A. Problem Solving
B. Install / reinstall instructions
C. Updates / Add-ons
D. Training / Missions / Tutorials
E. Virtual Squadrons
F. Related links
G. Joystick files
H. Supplemental Documentation
I. Track IR
J. Multiplayer Ports



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A. PROBLEM SOLVING
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1. View panning up
Remove the line JOY1_HATUP=CAM_ROTATE_UP from the f18keys.ini file. The change must be made for each mapping that is used in-game.

2. CTD upon exiting mission
This may be the result of a "bloated pilot file". Occasionally a pilot file can increase grossly in size, from 40-70KB to over 1MB. If this pilot flies in a mission, not just as a human but as any member of any flight, then the mission may CTD after the debrief. Although you can avoid using this pilot, it can be difficult to police or remember, so the recommended solution is to delete the pilot file.

3. Fixes and workarounds for graphical problems
FAQ for graphics issues

4. Crash to desktop when pressing the PB (pre-briefed) button on the HARM MDI page.

• Click on your Start button.
• Select "Run..."
• Type "regedit" and press enter.
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Jane's Combat Simulations\F18\Config
• Select the entry "AvionicSaveData" and press the Delete key.
• Press the "Yes" button.
• Close the registry editor.
• Start the sim and reprogram your AGARM program settings if you wish.

5. Nonfunctioning keyboard commands for TDC pushbuttons 7, 8, 11, and 12
These buttons do not work when the UFC is in CNI mode. Switch the UFC to MDI mode.

6. Backing up and Re-flying Campaign Missions

• Fly a campaign mission.
• Exit the sim and navigate to /FA-18/Resource.
• Sort the files according to "Modified".
• Select all of the files that were modified at the time you exited the campaign mission and copy them.
• Paste the files into a backup folder.
• If you wish to restore your campaign to this point, copy the files from the backup folder and overwrite the files in /FA-18/Resource.

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B. INSTALL / REINSTALL INSTRUCTIONS:
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Team Superhornet Add-on Installation Guide

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C. UPDATES AND ADD-ONS
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Team Superhornet
Rudel's Flight Sim Skin Booth
Check Six (french)
Complete wishlist

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D. MISSIONS / CAMPAIGNS / TRAINING / TUTORIALS
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TACOPS
Campaigns and Mission Sets at the TSH website
Single Missions at the TSH website
Radar tutorial

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E. VIRTUAL SQUADRONS
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VFA-41 Black Aces
United States Virtual Navy
VMFA-531 Gray Ghosts
ECV 56

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F. RELATED LINKS
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Setting up multiplayer
SimHQ Feature: Jane's F-18 Revisited

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G. JOYSTICKS
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Cougar World
Cougar profiles
James Hallows' website
DonUlfonso's webpage

JULIAN DATA'S JOYSTICK SETTINGS (tweaked for Cougar HOTAS):
Pitch (deadband 1):
12 23 36 48 60 72 84 96 100

Roll (deadband 2):
12 23 36 48 60 72 84 96 100

Yaw (deadband 30)
3 9 15 21 33 45 57 69 90

Cougar X and Y axes - Lower DZ 25%, Center DZ: 4%, Upper DZ: 25%, Curve 5


2. CH HOTAS
CH Hangar

HORNIT'S JOYSTICK SETTINGS (tweaked for CH Flightstick):
Pitch (deadband 10):
12 22 34 44 59 69 79 89 100

Roll (deadband 8):
13 22 34 51 65 79 89 94 100

Yaw (deadband 20):
40 47 56 61 71 74 76 79 82



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H. SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENTATION
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Jane's F-18 PDF Manual
Gameplay Guide - Jammers and Decoys
Gameplay Guide - Buddy Lasing and FAC Lasing
Gameplay Guide - Jammers and Decoys
Gameplay Guide - Employing the ADM-141 TALD
Gameplay Guide - Employing the AGM-88 HARM


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I. Track IR Enhanced support
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Naturalpoint TrackIR homepage
Naturalpoint Jane's F/A-18 page
Naturalpoint has a forum that requires registration. You are better off posting Track IR questions here or on the TSH forums
TSH v4 Manual Page discussion TrackIR


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J. Multiplayer Ports
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The following ports needs to be opened for Jane's F-18 Multiplayer:

• 47624 TCP
• 2300-2400 TCP/UDP
• 21000 UDP (for Hyperlobby)

I vote for sticky Joe.

Hey great list guys As a side note, my faq site is not just for the cursor blinking problem, but for overall problems with the game BTW, the link for the time accel problem doesn't work?

Hi, Nico.

Since your initial post was a copy and paste of the post at Frugal's, some of the links are not full links, in that some of the links have been abbreviated with "..." inserted in them--Frugal's Website does that. You'll need to go into Edit for that post at Frugal's and get the full links from there and then copy and paste them into your initial post in this thread.

I will also edit this post (later), and format it so that it looks good on the JF-18 site.

Unless people strongly oppose, I will remove "credits". I beleive a FAQ should be as eay to use as possible, and credits clutter it up.

Stuck, updated, and cleaned up.

Nice edit joe.
It looks better and you have fixed all the links.

FAQ updated with Hornits' joystick settings, Julian Data's joystick settings, and recommended TSH downloads.

FAQ updated with a link to the Art Manager download.

FAQ updated with HARM PB CTD fix.