Azazel

My work is not a mod (I don't know how to code at all). Yes I can detect when a unit is getting painted by a radar because there is a search radar handoff with the SAM radar on my RWR: S goes out and BB/15/2S6/17 comes up. Not sure if that is what you mean though?

Ah, I was very wrong then and that's a relieve to know actually. Classified stuff killing my hobby always rubs me wrong. :)

Haha, good news there. Pretty much all of them (and this is the small version of my SAM deck: I have a huge one that is more complex and covers all of the Russian side of the map (several hundred triggers)). Happy to talk you through it on TS. When the next DCS fighter comes out I'll be doing one for it too as it'll make much more sense/fun with a multirole flyable jet.

Yep, ED set the bar high with their work. At least they know what to aim for.

The mission I made as it relates to the title of this thread.

Hmm, I've never heard them... and I'll leave it at that. I doubt others will though. :music_whistling:

Is ED on board with that though? Are they "sanctioned/approved" by ED?

I'd like to make a poll on that very issue I guess (don't think I can though: privileges maybe?). Here's how I see it fleshing out: Who should make DCS: F-16C??? Option 1: Only ED can make the sacred Viper! Option 2: BMS (or insert other 3rd party) should make the Viper! Option 3: I will never stop flying F4 so I really don't care!

I don't even know how to code (in any language). BMS is great, my squadron is still flying it while we wait for the next DCS fighter. I asked the question because I really don't understand the code work effort that separates an AFM from an SFM. I'm inclined to believe its "secret stuff" that the Air Force gave ED about the A-10 that allowed them to create an AFM for that airframe. Which is why I feel like there are enough F-16 out there for the information to be in the public domain by now. Thats my theory. I could be wrong about several parts of it. The AFM might come down to lots of painful calculus and physics for all I know. I do agree though, if a 3rd party was to do DCS: F-16C instead of ED then it should be the fellas at BMS.

I don't necessarily dislike the idea of a SFM, especially if a 3rd party's project graduates over time from a SFM to an AFM :smartass:

There's been a lot of talk about AFM and SFM on the forums. I'm a big fan of the AFM in A-10c and I and about 90% of the community agree that we'd like to see more of the same fidelity. With the amount of countries flying the F-16C (and it's service life), it seems that an AFM would be possible. Am I wrong? And if so please tell me exactly what goes into make the flight model "advanced."

Behold! D C S Choo Choo. I've never understood the appeal of train simulators but hey, different stokes for different folks. Thanks for the clarification on DCS Wags: this sim has a bright future 8)

You'll be alright, just keep you're situational awareness up: pay attention to where you are on the TAD :D

Mission updated above (forgot to remove an old test trigger). Should be good to go now.

Just a heads up for the mission I posted above. It's a SEAD mission so its not for the faint of heart ;) The enemy FLOT is pretty much illustrated by the flight plan: don't go east of the waypoints. If you fly too high you'll piss off the SA-10 and 11s but they are all east of the waypoints. The goal of this mission was to emulate the way a real integrated SAM Deck would work (obviously in the real world they don't just stay on all the time: thats like being an Infantryman at night with a white light on :)) The search radars are well east of the FLOT and they "handoff" to SAM systems once you are within their engagement zones. Different SAM systems will turn on based on how high your aircraft is (again why waste an expensive SA-10 missile when an SA-15 will do). The goal of the mission is just to knock out the Dog Ear search radars and their SA-13s/ZSU-23s. The mission is a great with a wingman (working together with the SPI share and IR Point). Hope you all enjoy it. :thumbup:

just to add to that. goto CNTL (osb 1) then you will see "Latch OFF" on the right side of the MFD (OSB # 8 ). Turn that to on. A single click will turn on and off the laser.

Thats your issue then. You don't want to hold onto the both OSB button. The laser is tied to the NWS button on the flight stick. The button while you have WOW (weight on wheels) turns the NWS of the aircraft on and off. But... while in flight the NWS button fires the TGP's laser. You can go into controls and then A-10c sim then hotas and find "HOTAS Nose Wheel Steering" and program the function to a button on your stick or just use the keyboard: press and hold the "insert" key.

Is your laser firing on the TGP: "L" blinking. If not then the laser isn't firing. I did a quick mission and had no problem getting it to work. Make sure you have the TGP in area or point track b/c it won't fire otherwise. Also press and hold the NWS button: not a single click.

Okay make sure you are flying at night, with NVGs on, set the TGP to both then laze something out infront of you. Should work.

I just uploaded a mission that has my trigger based system of this. http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=89866 It is extremely trigger intensive to make but it does work.

With the TGP up on the MFD, set OSB button #7 to "both"

6 SLOT MULTI-PLAYER MISSION 5 PARAGRAPH OPERATIONS ORDER FOLLOWS: THE DOG EAR COLLECTOR --------------SECRET///NOFORN///SECRET------------------ MISSION: FIND AND DESTROY ENEMY DOG EAR SURFACE TO AIR DEFENSE SITES. SITUATION: ENEMY SIT TEMP: THE ENEMY IS USING A TIERED SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE DECK THAT IS CONTROLLED BY MULTIPLE SEARCH RADAR SITES (SEE SLIDE 3). AT THE FRONT OF THEIR LINES MULTIPLE DOG EAR SAM SITES EXIST. INTELLIGENCE INDICATES THAT THESE SITES MOST LIKELY CONSIST OF A DOG EAR SEARCH RADAR SYSTEM THAT IS PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO MULTIPLE SA-13 AND ZSU-23 AA SYSTEMS (SEE SLIDE 4). THE DOG EAR SEARCH RADAR SYSTEMS ARE PROVIDING CRITICAL GUIDANCE TO THE SA-13 SAMs, HOWEVER ONCE THE DOG EAR SEARCH RADAR IS DESTROYED THE SA-13s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miz

Oh how we all yearn for a simple crop duster's life around these parts.

I'm kind of lost but welcome! What aircraft is this group starting with? Have they announced it yet? I saw the bit about the Harrier great news, but are they planning on starting with a Harrier?

How Beczl is not working full time for ED yet is beyond me. Great job!