Panny

I can confirm the same; I tested it yesterday. In the tacview attached, my first Phoenix was at TGT SIZE LARGE, second NORM, third SMALL. When you check the slant range they all arbitrarily defend at 10nm. It would be great for TGT SIZE to actually have an effect on AI especially with the new BVR update; size normal is just too long and significantly reduces our Pk since the AI can respond for a while. Tacview-20220525-124016-DCS-WTT_Marianas_Day_V1.2.1.zip.acmi

I'd like to add it seems the external tank override switch seems to be inop

It sounds obvious, but always just worth double checking - you didn't have any air to air weapon selected on the stick? This can inhibit release of A/G ordnance

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The 3080 is a powerful card, but the problem is its lack of VRAM. With fpsVR I've seen DCS use 21GB of VRAM with the 8KX.

I have G2 and 8KX, and fly the latter near exclusively. For me 3090 Ti works fine with it, and can actually use full FOV with it. G2 clarity is obviously better in center, but having the FOV of binoculars is really hard

Yes

The gun counter is found above the PDCP. Everytime you do a cold start this is at 0, and the pilot has to set it at 670. It doesn't have a direct correlation to the actual gun rounds in the aircraft. This is the same with chaff and flare counter. They're more like 'courtesy counters' in that they'll keep track of the pulses/trigger depressions, but they don't actually know how much of it is really left.

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I'm not going to lie, but reading this and some of the clips you're providing, though I can't easily see the TID, seems more to be the case that you don't have a solid understand of the radar, or what Jester can do, at least in respect to STT. I'm not attempting to be a dick, but I think you would be well served to revisit the manual

I've seen Jester put in altitude of a map marker on YY, but not seen it come into ownship altitude

Yup, user error on my end, causing Jester to jump and inadvertently causing him to input altitude into OWN A/C

Hmm, it's possible when inputting waypoints he inadvertedly puts in the altitude of a waypoint into own A/C causing such a problem? I use NAVGRID and F10 map markers a fair amount of time so I'll have to see if somewhere in that process the problem is arising. The next time I see the issue I'll report back

It's not to do with waypoints but radar returns?

@IronMikeI've been getting a strange issue recently where for whatever recent radar contacts and trackfiles have been showing incorrect altitudes on multiplayer servers. Jester will still call their correct altitudes, as will datalink tracks show the correct altitude. It's been happening with more frequency the last few months and has made it very hard to figure shots out. I've seen some tracks down to -15,000 feet. I try to replicate it, but it's seemingly random

Cheers for all the work kings

Hi there, I noticed that the default HB_F14_FRONT_GEAR.dds, which contains the texture for the launch bar, has the 101 modex on it. This means that all F-14 paints by default will show 101 modex on the launch bar. Is it possible to have the modex wiped off? Should you wish, I've made my own version with it removed if you would like to use that. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IusvykWdKv-wSI-PWCf5TZU3PDZVwlbK?usp=sharing This is what the fixed launch bar looks like: Cheers, Peter

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I've also seen some strange TACAN behaviour

Would this scenario only work if you had the radar slaved to the TCS? Or would it work if TCS had AUTO ACQ on something and you did not have a radar lock

Not going to lie, I have no issues with Jester locking; this feels more symptomatic of you not being fully familiar with TID symbology, managing Jester, and AWG-9 capabilities. For starters, differentiating radar contacts and datalinks contacts is a good start. Cheers!

PSTT, PDSST, or TWS AUTO will all do that

When going into TWS, the WCS has a tendency to merge contacts into one large trackfile if they're all within a certain resolution. As you get closer the other contacts may appear.