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Oh, by message, I just meant a simple text message saying that the missile has located something on its radar. And to be realistic, it wouldn't be overly detailed. Something like 'large ship detected, 52 degrees, 30 nm' or 'small ship detected, 61 degrees, 18 nm'. Just to take the place of a radar blip that you would see in say the Viggen. But you have some interesting ideas there as well.

Thanks, Vibora. Just want to give back a little for a module I've gotten many hours of enjoyment out of.:)

Thought about this a bit and I might be able to do a poor-man's version of this. That is, before launching the missile, have it do a scan and target lock of whatever is in front of your plane via the F10 menu. That essentially would perform the same task as a point-and-shoot. EDIT: And maybe a message can show up telling the pilot what kind of ship is locked and the pilot has the option of rejecting it. I know we're really getting into fantasy land here but it would be fun to give it a try. If I did this, I would probably give the mission designer the option to restrict this or not depending on how realistic they wanted their mission to be.

ED has been known to evolve on issues so maybe down the road when there are fewer technical limitations or more resources, it can become a reality.

I'll take a look at that after I complete this part of it. But it might be beyond what you can do with scripting. Or, more specifically, more than "I" can do with scritping. :lol:

Hi, guys. Started working on a script to allow you to target ships dynamically during the mission (instead of having to use the mission editor). I have the first part working where ship targets can be assigned dynamically. As well, I have it where you can launch on multiple ships simultaneously whether they're in the same group or different groups. With the mission editor, that isn't really possible because all missiles will go for the primary target until it is dead. And then they'll go for the secondary target. And so on. Now, I'm working on the actual target assignment logic. This is how I envision the steps: ---------- 1. Player opens the F10 map and places a mark point with text that matches the exact name of the ship group (mark point doesn't have to be physically near the ships). 2. Player exits the map and then opens their F10 menu. Main . . . F10 Other ... 3. Player opens the sub-menu "List Target Ship Groups". Main. Other F1 List Target Ship Groups ... 4. Player selects the group they want to fire the first Sea Eagle at. Main. Other. List Target Ship Groups F1 Cargo Group 5. Player selects the unit they want to fire the first Sea Eagle at. Main. Other. List Target Ship Groups. Cargo Group F1 Unit #1 (Dry Cargo Ship) F2 Unit #2 (Bulk Cargo Ship) F3 Unit #3 (Dry Cargo Ship) F4 Unit #4 (Tanker Elnya) 6. Sea Eagle gets assigned to the selected unit. 7. Repeat steps for second Sea Eagle (same unit can be targeted with the second missile if desired). ---------- The reason the mark points will contain the group name and not the unit name is because the F10 map doesn't show individual unit names so the player wouldn't know what to put in for the mark point text. And later on, I might add some logic so that the Sea Eagle might hit the wrong ship. In the example above, there are 2 dry cargo ships. So, even if you target the first one, the Sea Eagle might accidentally go for the second one.

Do we know how many non-statics can be parked on the deck of the new Kuznetzov?

ya, I'm curious what this means as well. Thanks for the great newsletter, ED.

I might take a stab at writing my own script to do something like this. I have a general idea of how to do it but haven't worked out the specifics. Either by using mark points or by simply selecting ships from a menu list.

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That would be cool but I'd be happy with just some slight improvements to the FC3 aircraft. For example, any cockpit elements that have functions should be animated. For example, I was flying the A-10A the other day and noticed that even when I engage the autopilot, the physical autopilot switch stays in the off position. Just kills immersion a little bit.

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Can't really give you any specifics but there are definitely terrain and distance limitations. If you're trying to get a signal from over 100 nm, it might be iffy. You'd have to experiment. Edit: scratch that. I just tried Nevada and I was able to tune in to a TACAN over 300 nm out. So most likely terrain is the biggest issue.

I believe the correct functionality is that you can select all 4 stations but only drop 2 at a time. This isn't currently working at the moment. The devs have acknowledged it. But when it is working, you should be able to drop all 4 in 2 quick button presses.

There should be text and audio. Have you tried a DCS repair?

What language are you taking the training in?

cool. thx much.

Thinking about getting this campaign. Don't want to read any spoilers but are there any major bugs I should know about? (no offence intended)

Well, I enjoyed it for a whole 6 hours. lol. Now it go bye-bye.

I think because the primary users like Chile and Honduras don't have TACAN stations. Jordan, though, would have more use for TACAN equipment I would think.

thanks muchly

np. Hopefully, a developer will chime in.