Jugdriver

You did not get seen because of a bug with the MK2 radar, it is not that kind of issue. JD AKA_MattE

Was that aimed at me? JD AKA_MattE

Don't think we are going to pull it off this round.. but we will see. JD AKA_MattE

Being a null seeker, once uncaged the missile will go to perfect track and the tone level will drop dramatically. I am a bit confused about this last bit. So Captain Deano is saying once you uncage the missile and the seeker tracks the target perfectly, then the amount of tone drops dramatically? You would think it would be the opposite where the better the track the more insistent the tone. Must have been a technological shortcoming of the seeker? JD AKA_MattE

I still think switching sides of the map, where Blue works out of the Red airfields and Red flys out of the Blue ones would be a good twist. JD AKA_MattE

Not really, we have the Mirage. JD AKA_MattE

I think you took Frostie's post that you quoted too seriously , you should take everything he says with a shot of Vodka (as opposed to a pinch of salt..) JD AKA_MattE

In a situation where there is a F-15 and a Mig 29 at an F-5s 12 o’clock and at 10 miles and in close proximity and the F-5 has them both on radar it cannot determine which one is friendly and which one is foe thru its radar and vector its attack towards the foe, in the same situation the 21 can see on its radar which one is the foe and attack it, the 21 has better SA in this situation. When an aircraft does not have its radar on, like a lot of 29 and 27 pilots like to do, the F-5 cannot see them on the RWR and its radar will only tell him there is a contact out front but it cannot distinguish friend from foe, the Mig 21 however can with it's IFF, the Mig has better SA in this situation. Sure the F-5 pilot can assume that any aircraft that does not have its radar on is an enemy but that’s not too smart with A-10’s and friendly helicopters around. That brings up the attack aircraft, the F-5 can see a SU-25 and an A-10 on radar but it can’t distinguish which one would be friend or foe without getting close, the Mig 21 can see both on its radar but it will also know the A-10 is an enemy aircraft before the pilot can see it clearly, the Mig 21 has better SA in this situation. Same goes for helicopters, the F-5 can see them on radar but does not know if it is a friend or foe without getting close, again the Mig 21 has better SA in this situation. So I will qualify my statement a bit, the F-5 in most situations on the Blue Flag server round 8 will not have better SA than the Mig 21. The RWR in the F-5 is not some type of SA silver bullet, it only shows the pilot part of the picture, the other big piece of virtual air combat, who to shoot at, has to be done with the MkI eyeball in the F-5 which means you have to get close, or get shot at yourslef to know for sure who is a friend and who is the enemy. I will forgo the back at you, stupid slap on the forehead Emoticon as it does not advance the conversation and only adds to forum hostility. JD AKA_MattE

Has it been fixed for the start of round 8? JD AKA_MattE

Once the F-5's RWR has been updated it might be on par with the 21 for SA, but without IFF (which F-5E3 will not have) it will never have better SA than the Mig 21. That being said I have no problem with the F-5's at front line bases. JD AKA_MattE

There are places to set up Idle detent on/off in for the left and right throttle in TARGET. JD AKA_MattE

I have this issue. I assume it is due to the range of the target, but to be honest I wonder since if the Radar can see the target it should be able to lock it.. (or maybe not) JD AKA_MattE

Yes I am sure, I can release the Uncage button and then fire the missile every time. I have had no problems firing the AIM-9's (as long as the uncage button is not depressed), but hitting things is a whole other matter.. I have not been able to get rockets to fire, but that is for a different thread and I think it has been reported already. JD AKA_MattE

I am still having this issue unfortunately even thought I assigned the missile release to a DX button inside DCS. I also tried it just from the keyboard and it did not work either. I think it is something the Belsimtek team needs to look into. JD AKA_MattE

+1 JD AKA_MattE

You guys are killing me, I am sitting at work... Can't wait! JD AKA_MattE

Are you guys loading the Eclair Pod? If so that might be the problem. I have not flown without the Eclair pod (need the extra countermeasures!) so I have not tested the parachute without the Pod. http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2755450&postcount=3 JD AKA_MattE

I have seen my RAM usage go over 9 GB, if you dont have a ton of RAM having and SSD will help, but I would concentrate on RAM (first) and a card that has lots of VRAM (second) if you are going to upgrade. JD AKA_MattE

I am having the same issue, I will try OldE's trick, but I could not get the CCM to cycle thru with magic selected. I would give you more detail but I was online and trying to shoot someone down and not really testing. I am also having radar drop issues when switching from PID to PIC with a 530 armed. This is similar to a while back when it took three or four attempts to to get a clean lock on someone. That was fixed but it seems to be an issue again, anyone else experiencing this with 1.54? Again it is online and heat of battle so I am was not trying to analyze the issue, just trying to get the 530 off the rail so I dont have a lot of detail. I am traveling next week so I cant test more (sorry), but I will look at it and try and document more when I get back. JD AKA_MattE

Blue Flag's Round 8 is up for testing in the server. YES! I was starting to have some serious withdraws! JD AKA_MattE

Five mile? ;) Just kidding. Impressive with the Mig, I am lucky to get them in a 50 meter radius, guess I need to practice more. JD AKA_MattE

I would think both sides having the Mustang would work out. There are some good Russian camo skins for the Mustang that would make it very distinguishable from a bare metal Mustang. I am really looking forward to Korea, I think it will be a blast. On a side note, Sniper are you really in UT? JD AKA_MattE

Make this an option either toggle or on position 1 off position 2. There are a lot of things that would benefit from a multi-position switch, but a straight on/off works well on a toggle, giving folks the option would work best. JD AKA_MattE

This worked for me. I deleted the options.lua and relaunched DCS (wile changing a parameter in the options each time) several times without success and then pulled the deleted file from the recycle bin and added the lines and put the file back in and was up and running. I actually have had this issue for a while with the stable build but there was a work around, now I know the fix. JD AKA_MattE

Loud and Clear. What was the solution? JD AKA_MattE