Rabbisaur

Viggen, Yak52 and Gazelle

各位飞友好，有没有想一起PVP的飞友？我最近常在BuddySpike Caucasus的服务器上玩儿PVP，只有fox1，还挺有意思的。DCS出了这么久终于有了基本能打起来的PVP动态战役服务器，很是兴奋。 服务器高加索地图，分成红篮阵营，为了平衡，红方有Su27/33, Mig29, M2000, F18, mig21, Viggen, Ka50 Mi-8等，蓝方有F15, F14, AV8, A10, UH1, F5, Gazelle等，同时在线人数多，任务丰富。基本游戏里所有能在一起打的机模全用上了。我一般在蓝方，非常熟练F14。这一轮儿在红方，学习一下红方飞机的性能和操作。有兴趣的人可以来一起。

I have faith in HB, they can fix this easily. And I have faith in you too, you are not going to exploit it more than necessary to confirm the bug.

Hi, all, I've enjoyed flying HB F-14 quite a lot. I love the plane since very young, when I first seen the movie top gun. I pre-purchased the HB F-14 the first moment when it was available and waited patiently for its release. After its release, I fly it everyday. I believe I've really pushed my F-14 to its limit in A2A combat. It seems can help me win every battle that I fought on my favorite MP server BuddySpike blue flag Cauc fox 1 only map. The reason I talk so much about my love of F14 is that I'm going to report a bug that will disappoint some of you, a lot. I discovered the bug very recently, and it gives the F-14 a very sharp, but unfair, edge in the hide and seek game in the mountains of Caucasus. I love my F-14, I want it to be the best. But in the end, I'm aware that it should not be in the wrong way. OK, enough shit talking, here comes the bug description: ********************************************************************************************************************** Again, I hate to report this bug because I want my F14 to own the battlefield. But deep in my heart, I also feel reporting is the right thing to do. And we, F14 pilots, will win by our skills. Best, Rabbisaur

I’m having this problem after being shot down in MP as well.

I just want to say the models on their website is precise the same models they made before they made any other DCS models. That was the very first model they attempted... years ago.

Yeah, I knew that long time ago. But aside from it, they also have 3 older projects down the line and 3 additional projects in early access or beta states. I highly doubt if I can see the finished F15E from them in 10 years.

I play a lot on a fox-1 only dynamic pvp server called “buddyspike” cauc map one in F14s. I think I’m pushing the cat to its limit day by day. I have no fear of most of the fighter on the other team, namely, Su27/33, F/A18, mig-29. But there’s always a deep fear in my heart: M2000. Small, fast, equipped with very lethal 530D missiles. They are usually piloted by very experienced players who use terrian as cover a lot. I’m having a very hard time fighting M2000 in a Tomcat with only 7M and 9Ms. However, ironically, the easiest plane to take down the M2000 on blue team is the AV8B. An inferior airframe compared to F14. The reason? A much more modern set of avionics. The RWR projected on HUD alone can already allow me to defeat those 530Ds with ease. And finding the elusive M2000 with RWR + visual very easily,(partially due to av8 has a much clearer cockpit glass compared to f14 right now) it allows me to aim and shot both AIM9M and guns with quite high efficiency. Please don’t underestimate the benefit of modern avionics and GPS system. Also a much more powerful radar system on F14D compared to A/B.

Really? Any real evidence? They once remarked about making a lot of things... Also, Razbam has already so many things on their desk. I highly doubt any of them can reach the state of release any soon...

Hahahahah, sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you mentioned the suspicious behavior of 7M that is being discussed here has been analyzed in depth and fixed to match with real life data earlier. I don't have any real life evidence of AIM7M/MH performance either. I'm saying that in the game it indeed has a very short effective range as I observed in my countless number of engagement against Su27/33, Mig29, M2000 and F18s. It is indeed suspicious, and this kind of behavior can justify the creation of this thread, I fully understand. Especially when you compare the performance of 7M/MH against 530D on M2000. Most of my MP kills on F14 is achieved by 9M. When fired at the same range about 5NM, 9M definitely has a higher PK than 7M. And when fired any longer than 5NM, the 7M does no good at hitting any opponent. And if a M2000 fired upon you within 10NM with 530D, there is a very good chance that you are dead already.

I can also talk about 7M here. "(fake) 7M can shoot up to 360Km and hit a maneuvering fighter size target with over 90% PK." You are aware that talking without evidence is a crime, right. And none of the real evidence in that thread has anything about 7M...

Of course good job HB. Please make an option so we can turn the advance effects on the canopy glass off. It kills my FPS especially in VR. If you tune the shader in DCS and turn off the advance glass effect of the canopy alone, it will give you 20 more FPS in VR... Just with this modification, you cannot pass the integrity check in MP... Can we make an optional clear glass to allow more people to enjoy higher FPS in MP?

Since no one is making a F-15E... F-14D can be the closest thing you will get to F-15E. And oh yeah, it is far more advanced than F14A/B.

That why I said an option to choose between... I'm personally very used to the F14, I know all the buttons switches so I don't have to look. But I care about an option for a clear canopy so I can have (cough...) higher FPS during competitive MP sessions.

What are you trying to say with it? I find your comment quite out of place here. The very in depth analysis provided by IASTAG did not cover 7M.

Yes, play a lot Fox-1 only PVP on BuddySpike Cauc server. I usually fire the sparrow only when the range is <7NM otherwise it simple won't hit anything. I recently had a nice game I fired a 7M at 6NM upon a M2000, about 1.5 sec later I followed by firing a 9M. And both missiles were tracking very well. Just that about 0.5 seconds before they both hit the target, 9M killed the 7M en-route... I also had a kill, I fired 7M at 3NM upon a head on M2000 in ACM mode(STT lock). I got a splash at the moment of we passing each other at 3-9 line <1NM apart. I was flying faster or at the same speed with my 7M for the 3NM gap...

Shut up and take my money!

I guess he didn't flip 20 back... Flipping 16 and 17 doesn't drop the tanks. I've never dropped the tanks in the RIO seat, so my guess might be wrong...

Who else wants to have the option on F-14 to choose between a shiny new plane, (new cockpit, clear glass) and what we have now (a battle hardened museum highlight of the year)? Also I find that many other models that have a clear glass compare to what we have on F-14 has a huge advantage in MP when spotting enemy aircraft. Since most advanced players don't use radar in WVR situation. Can we also at least have the option to turn the nice effects on the canopy off? I don't want to gain unfair advantage over opponent in MP. I just want to have a higher FPS. I'm innocent as always.

Hi, if you ask Jester to jettison tanks during a flight. Then you land, refuel and rearm and take off again. Jester will drop the tanks immediately after gears are up.

So far, most of my CTDs occurred when I was flying cery low. About 30-100 feet on radar altimeter.

Does anyone have the same problem? I did a sortie with jester talking on Buddyspike immediately after yesterday’s update. I took off from Sukhumi with 4x7M+4x9M+2xTanks. Headed northwest to Gudauta along the coast. I saw radar contact 15NM in front and asked jester to lock on it. He complied but immediately droped STT. I used PAL, got a lock and fired 1 AIM7 and 1 9M, shot down the target without knowing what it was (Jester didn’t say it was a friendly) . Then I saw a mig 21 flanking at 10 oc, I locked him using vsl low, fired 7M, splash. I immediately droped to about 10m above sea level and headed east to safety. After flying like that for about 10 second. CTD without any sign.

Thank you for the information, it would be perfect that functions in jester manual can be directly bindable. Sometimes the view controlled menu make took me a long time to use. Especially opened the menu when head is looking away from the center..

Yes, you can go to dcs/mods/f14/input/f14pilot/default.lua make a back up copy of the file. Then go to f14rio/default.lua, find the two lines that correspond to chaff/flare single release. Copy and paste to the plilot default. Start DCS, bind two keys for the F14 pilot. Enjoy the extremely long arms of your pilot reaching the controls in the RIO seat. Exactly same as LANTIRN mod. Better not to use during MP as opfor players will consider you as a cheater. I hope HB official can add a key bind telling Jester to do the releasing. Because in reality you could.

Sorry if it has been answered somewhere before. I see the normal camera has a pretty small slew range, and the Lantirn pod has a A/A mode. I’m wondering whether it is possible to slave it to radar so we can have a wider track angle of the target when we are in cranking/ notching?