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Installation Guide
Specifications
System Requirements
Minimum Screen Resolution
Hardware Requirements
Deployment architecture
Preparing For Installation
Before Installation
Installing
Installing The Application
Launching the application
Port requirements
Running VBS2Combined Arms in the correct mode
Running VBS2
Verify VBS2Combined Arms in Stand-Alone/Instructor mode
Verify VBS2Combined Arms in Instructor-Trainee mode
User's Guide
What's New In This Release
VBS2Combined Arms Overview
Training using VBS2Combined Arms
Training configurations
Instructor-only configuration
Instructor / Trainee configuration
Self-paced training configuration
Artillery Effects Support Configuration
Entering a Call-For-Fire
Selecting A Doctrine
Aircraft Check-In
Routing to Contact Point/Holding Area
Aircraft
Contact Point/Holding Area
Holding Pattern
NATO Doctrine Call-For-Fire Windows
Gun Line Hierarchy
New Fire Mission
Target Location
Third Transmission
Adjustments Window
Immediate Suppression / Immediate Smoke
Enhanced Naval Gun Fire Support
Elements of the Call For Fire
Spotter (Observer) Identification
Warning Order and Target Number
Target Location
Target Description
Danger Close
Ammunition
Trajectory
Armament
Special Instructions
Spotter (Observer) Adjust
Ship Adjust
Fire for Effect
Cannot Observe
At My Command
Gun-Target Line
Ready and Time of Flight
Line of Fire
Summit
Any Changes
Commonwealth Doctrine Call-For-Fire Windows
Target Tab
Engagement Tab
Adjustment Tab
Fire-For-Effect Tab
Reports and Returns Tab
Button Panel
Schedule Worksheet
Creating a Call-For-Fire mission
Real Time Edit
Dwell and Rejoin
Creating a Close-Air-Support mission
Fires Instructor Control Panel
Fire Mission Data
Mission Table
Serial Table
Geographic View
Custom Distribution
Strike Instructor Control Panel
Mission Table
Strike Mission Data
Asset Details
Restrictions
Remarks
Controls
Teleport (Fast forward capability for Aircrafts)
HUD View
Setting Targets Via HUD View
HUD Night Mode
POD View
Setting Targets Via POD View
POD Night Mode
White / Black Hot Modes
Thermal Modes
Task Sections
Tasks
Status updates for Tasks
Fire Support Coordination Center
Laser Designation
Gun Line Aggregation
Simulation
Simulation Status Window
Adding A Bookmark To The AAR
Checking For Connection To VBS2
Meteorological Status Window
Wind Conditions Window
Station name Window
Network Connection Window
Map Details
Developer Console
Battlespace Management
Adding Battelespace Management Zones
Battlespace Management List
Importing and Exporting Zones
Settings
Action on Violation
No Fire Zone and Restricted Fire Zones
Action on Violation set to 'Disallow'
Action on Violation set to 'Prompt User'
No Fly Zones
Action on Violation set to 'Disallow'
Action on Violation set to 'Prompt User'
Preferences
General
Doctrine
Grid Referencing System
Unit Response AI
Immediate Suppression
Default Call For Fire
Target Description
Effects
Particle Effects
Crater Effects
Other
Report Settings
Ballistics
2D Map Enabled Layers
Asset Target Worksheet
Air De-Confliction Settings
Damage
Map Layers
Extra Options
Environmental Options
Intelligent Targeting
Aircraft Detection
Glint Types
Visibility
Configure VBS2 Transmissions
Turn On/Off VBS2 Transmission
Radio
Radio log
Exporting Radio Log Transmission
Receiving Data Transmissions
Radio Nets
Instructor Radio Entry
Transmit
Locstat
Radio Check
Line OT
Radio Transmission Free Entry Call-For-Fire
Abbreviations
Understanding What Is Typed
Responses To Typed Calls-For-Fire
Difference Based On Which Doctrine Is Setting
Aircraft Control
Method of Control
Aircraft control without creating a mission
Aircraft control with a mission without any task
Aircraft control with a mission created with tasks
Night Mode
Pilot control application mode with weapons
Manual Control
Keyboard Controls
Using a Joystick (Aircraft Control / Pilot Control)
Joystick Commands
Sample Manual Control Mission
Analysis
Projectiles
Fire Platform Analysis
Strike Projectile Analysis
Aircraft Analysis
Terrain
Terminal Effects
Impact Deconfliction
Flight Deconfliction
3D View of Flight Deconfliction
Command Analysis
Error Analysis
Firing Details
Fire Missions
Fire Batteries / Fire Asset Details
Fire Platform/ Gun Details
Records
Observers
Target Worksheet (Observer)
Target Worksheet (Assets)
Display Recorded Target as Marker on the map
Explosion Markers
Reference Points
VBS2 Transmissions Panel
VBS2Combined Arms After Action Review
Recording an AAR
Saving an AAR
Loading an AAR
Playback an AAR
Projectile Path Visualization
Moving VBS2 AAR Timeline to Projectile Detonation
AAR Instructor Control Panel
Impact and Flight Deconfliction
Fire Platform Analysis
Completing an AAR
Support for Human-in-the-loop
Enemy Reaction
To Illumination at Night
To Indirect Fire
Sim Studio
Projectile Error Rate
Damage An Air Platform
How to damage an air platform
After damaging an air platform
Possible scenarios for Pilot control
Window
Sample Missions
Sample Call-For-Fire Mission
Initializing a VBS2Combined Arms Scenario
NATO Call-For-Fire
Commonwealth Call-For-Fire
Sample Close-Air-Support Mission
Basic Functions
VBS2Combined Arms Scenario Design
Defining Radio Nets
Radio Net Configuration File
VBS2Combined Arms Radio Net Editor
Sample Radio Net Editor
Default Radio Net Structure
Placing A Battery Or Other Fire Asset
Placing Individual Guns
Placing the VBS2Firess Gun-line object
Specifying gun-line parameters
Linking guns to the gun-line
Placing an Aircraft object
Linking Air Platforms to the Strike Asset
Placing a VBS2Fires Observer
VBS2Fires Observer placement limitations
Creating a VBS2Fires Observer Object
Specifying VBS2Fires Observer Object parameters
Linking observers to the Observer Object
Placing Other Elements
Further information
Customizing VBS2Combined Arms
Saved data locations
Installation Data Directory
Preferences
Radio Nets
General Ballistics Data
Aerodynamic Drag (drag.dat)
Atmosphere profile (atmosphereProfile.dat)
Met Table (met.dat)
Battery Specific Data
Ballistics
Charge Table
Damage
Fragmentation (FRAG)
Radial (RADIAL)
Submunition (SUB)
Damage Model for Air Platforms
Appendix
Appendix 1: Aerodynamic Drag Sample file.
Appendix 2: Atmosphere Profile Sample File.
Appendix 3: Met Sample File.
Appendix 4: Damage Sample File.
Appendix 5: Charge Table Sample File.
Appendix 6: Ballistics Table Sample File.
Appendix 7: Default values Adjust Fire/Fire For Effect missions
Appendix 8: Target Description Grammar
Appendix 9: Tokens
Appendix 10: Hot Keys
Appendix 11: Entity Mappings
Appendix12: Default Burst Height and Burn Durations for ILLUM
Appendix 13: Crater Sizes
Appendix 14: Damage File
Appendix15: Keyboard Shortcuts VBS2JointFires
Menu Items
Aircraft check-in
Strike Instructor Control Panel Window
Schedule Worksheet
Other
Routing
Fires Projectile Analysis Window
Fires Instructor Control Panel
Troubleshooting
Running and connecting VBS2Combined Arms
I cannot get VBS2Combined Arms to launch
I get an error dialog telling me that VBS2Combined Arms is already running when I start
VBS2Combined Arms will not connect to VBS2
I get a disconnection message
I get unexpected behavior when I try and run two Stand Alone VB2Fires systems or two Instructor VBS2JointFires systems in the same VBS2 scenario.
“SEVERE: Cannot load map UTM origin coordinate. Aborting initialization.”
Connecting VBS2Combined Arms to a VBS2 scenario in progress
When a scenario is loaded with more than 3 observers and gun-lines from a dedicated server, only observers R1, R2, R3 can create missions and 10,20,30 gun-lines are responsive.
Why does VBS2Combined Arms have performance issues when the scenario is executed from preview mode within the Offline Mission Editor?
Graphical user interface
When I click on a menu item, the corresponding window is not visible
Firing guns
My guns do not fire where I expect them to fire
My guns will not fire at all
When I try and fire the guns, I get a ‘Target too close’ or ‘Target too far’ response over the radio.
There is a delay when AI is responding to a call-for-fire
Laser designation
When I laser designate a target and send the information, VBS2Combined Arms does not respond
VBS2 Pause and Resume
When a scenario is paused in the VBS2 2D view on the event that the 'ESC' key is pressed, the scenario will resume
Flight Deconfliction 3D View
3D View loading depends on Computer performance
Effects in VBS2
Craters disappear in VBS2 when more rounds of DPICM is fired
Illum Effects in high wind situations
Sim Studio does not display correctly
Correct Methodologies
What are the correct steps of conducting a coordinated illumination
Conducting a continuous fire scenario
Check Fire in Combined Arms Scheduling
Battlespace Management Zones
System Configuration
Regional Settings
Creating Scenarios with the use of VBS2Layers
Calibrating the Joystick
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