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Hey Folks, Been meaning to write this post for a long time now and I guess I am finally doing it so here it goes. As an USAF Avionics guy I have had the pleasure of working with some great and not so great equipment. Working with this equipment and then seeing alot of it in lockon with it in action has really frustrated me especially as of late regarding the F-15's radar capabilites. First off, I know its a game and the developers tried to represent its capablilites but they certainly didnt hit close to the mark in my opinion. Dont know the exact reasons but regardless at this point I am just thankful that the F-15 radar is kick butt in RL rather than what LOMAC makes it instead of visa versa. My suggestion to LOMAC is if they wish to make the Eagles radar less accurate than in RL then just say so, that way it makes sense to those who actually work on it and really know its true capabilities. If they want to gain any true sense of realism then they need to take heed of a few things...obviously the following is off official pubs since I cannot dispose of any sensitive info. 1. Even if you are tracking HOJ you still can determine if its a friend of foe. Heck, regardless of HOJ period, you lock up a friendly and your HUD should show an X over the target box....thats what IFF is for, and the newer APG-63 does it on its own regardless of the IFF transponder these days. From public resources http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-15.htm and http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-15-design.htm "The F-15's versatile pulse-Doppler radar system can look up at high-flying targets and down at low-flying targets without being confused by ground clutter. It can detect and track aircraft and small high-speed targets at distances beyond visual range down to close range, and at altitudes down to tree-top level. The radar feeds target information into the central computer for effective weapons delivery. For close-in dog fights, the radar automatically acquires enemy aircraft, and this information is projected on the head-up display." 2. The 20 mile disappearing act! Thats right, funny how 90% of the time when Im tracking a guy around 15-20 miles my contact usually go off my scope for no apparent reason, I then scan like crazy and ironically find them most of the time visually in sight right around my nose. Especially when you pretty much go boresight on the guy cause he is so close in and yet your radar still didnt pick him up before that. Seconds in a dogfight count so much that these problems continue to get me and others killed due to us looking out the window for a visual. More quotes and remember, this is the older version, the newer radars AN/APG-63(v1/v2) are even a heck of alot better "The AN/APG-63 radar is a highly flexible, all-weather multimode radar. The APG-63 radar combines long range acquisition and attack capabilities with automatic features to provide the instant information and computations needed during air-to-air and air-to-surface combat. The APG-63 has been operational since 1973. In 1979, it was the first airborne radar to incorporate a software programmable signal processor. The PSP allows the system to quickly respond to new tactics or accommodate improved modes and weapons through software reprogramming rather than by extensive hardware retrofit. The APG-63 is no longer in production but remains in service. Almost 1,000 APG-63s had been delivered when production ended in 1986. About 700 are still operational in F-15As, Bs, and early model Cs and Ds operated by the U.S. Air Force and the air forces of Israel, Japan, and Saudi Arabia." My two cents. Will I still fly LOMAC, absolutely! Its still the best online flight sim out there in my opinion but it cant hurt for a few improvements! Regardless, hats off to ED...thanks for stickin with LOMAC!

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Уважаемые разработчики и гуру! Я в Lockon’е недавно, чуть больше месяца. Но при полетах на истребителях СУ и МИГ постоянно сталкиваюсь с проблемой опознования захваченных целей. У меня есть файл моего on-line полета (v.1.11), который демонстрирует возникающие у меня вопросы, но из-за размера (более 5 Мгб) я не могу его тут приаттачить. В указанном полете первая сбитая цель оказалась «своей». Она была захвачена снизу, на фоне неба, при визуальной видимости по инверсионному следу в режиме 3 «вертикаль», ведущий тепловой канал (КОЛС). После этого, для опознавания был включен радиоканал. До пуска ракеты при наличии команды ПР сопровождал цель в течении 30 сек. Поддержки РЛС и опознавания цели, как своей, не было. Читал в конференциях, что БРЛС имеет проблемы при работе по воздушной цели вдогон и при ракурсах близких к 90 град. Но с другой стороны, судя по всему дальность была не шибко большая, цель на фоне неба, да и ГСН Р-77 не имела проблем и захватом и сопровождением. А главное - почему не работала система госопознавания «Свой-чужой». Неужели такая жесткая привязка к БРЛС? Следующий вопрос. Далее я пытался захватить цель в режиме обзора КОЛС. Сделать это кнюппелем по маневрирующей цели в условиях дефицита времени практически невозможно. Будучи в свое время одним из разработчиков ОЭПС, помню, что специально для этого в СУВ самолетов Су-27 и МИГ-29 существовал режим захвата первой обнаруженной в поле цели. Думаю, что с точки зрения реализма и здравого смысла, было бы целесообразно реализовать это в данном замечательном симуляторе. Возможно ли это сделать в следующих патчах? И еще. Часто к концу on-line миссии у меня наблюдаются непонятные зависания. Это зависание также записалось на треке. Как правило, такие фризы у меня заканчиваются крушением. При этом FPS может быть достаточно большой 30-50. Конфигурация моего компа: мама – Asus P4C800 Deluxe, CPU – P4-2,8 GHz (Norwood), RAM – 1 Gb, видео – Gainward Geforce-6800GT, ничего не разгонял, 2HDD: системный 10 GB и с данными -120 Gb (7200) оба больше чем на половину свободные. Сеть- выделенка 10 МБ, пинг не более 50. Настройки средние, сделаны с учетом рекомендаций форума, в частности, использую файл graphics.cfg. Можно избавиться от таких зависаний или они не только у меня, а причина в сервере? Спасибо! Трек могу выслать на указанный Вами email.

Well as the guy stated... he cant really tell you anything. He didn't tell you anything? He just gave two good descriptive deficiences... descriptive isn't everything one needs for the word we love, realism, but it is enough to fake it! ... faking the proverbial "it" has been done in Falcon 4, Janes ...etc etc _____________________________________________________ Ok if i could get a little off topic... Listen... I have heard from very reliable sources that the Mirage 2000 has shields (almost just like Star Trek) and really only fail when the warp core gets a little low... I want to see it SOON!! lol

I think he was perfectly clear with Friend or Foe ECM just like the russian birds have (with oviously different simbology) And the disapearing act at 20 miles. Seem pretty straight forward to me, or maybe its just my bad english making me see things that arent there. ;) You must have donne that with Noobs. :p its impossible to do that or any multiengagement shot with people who know what they are doing especialy with ECM on. Either we hope they dont turn ECM on or we do HOJ shot, praying it isnt a team mate. HOJ burn through range seem to be too short, Now we have to wait under 10 miles?! thats waht I've seen. The Russian birds always have confirmation of IFF and shoot much before we even know who they are.

I got 5-1 k/d's against fighters last night ... pure AMRAAMage. With radar guidance. I'll point out that -some- of what you're asking for is ridiculously vague, so don't get me wrong, I'm on your side and I want more stuff for the 15 too. That's like telling me to implement a program that does quantum physics simulation. Honestly, I couldn't tell you where to start - and not because I don't know quantum Physics, but BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T TOLD ME ANYTHING. What it is that you want this radar to do? What parameters would you like it to simulate that it doesn't, to make tracking better etc? Or is that classified? In that case, why make the request since there's no way to obtain data for it? PS: Some form of explanation as to why things are modelled as they are to follow sometime later.

:icon_evil Both mig 29 and f16 are second class fighters not counting f16 air to ground capability, while mig 29 is nothing more than a short legged point interceptor and auxlilirary and volume escort for the Su27! Su27 should be higher priority first then mig29,besides the mig29 already has a decent afm.

:icon_jook :icon_jook :icon_jook :icon_jook :icon_jook :icon_jook :mad: A Tu160 addon whould be awesome ,largest and heaviest combat aircraft with huge power and firepower!!!A flyable mig31, mig 25, su24 whould be much more interesting than f16,and ah 64 appache these are rather lame!

Тайком смахивая скупую мужскую слезу и растроганно всхлипывая: - Спасибо, мы еще вам этого добра понаделаем!

не-е Dronas, берёза глючит просмотри тред, я ещё ссылки давал на англ форум, там та же беда. пост № 49 А помогает временно shift+R два раза чтоб режим тот-же остался.

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: Where is strikermax's new 3d model of Su27 and what happened to it, is it finnished, does it have a chance to enter lomac as a patch, or whas it abandoned!!!

From lockon.ru site. "The "Lock On: Black Shark" add-on will include all the content of "Lock On: Flaming Cliffs" and is consider a further evolution of this product series." Notice the word "all" In English this has a very limited number of meanings.

don't hold your breath on this. I been picking at this issue about a year now and still no luck. So far, this is ED's plan: After the release of Black Shark, comes a new sim called Tank Killers which will probably have AFM for A-10, Su-25/T, Ka-50, and maybe the apache. After that will come ED's F-16CJ/Mig-29SMT sim. And then the flanker sim. THis will not happen for at least 2-4 years.