Ignition

ED is aware of that since years as we all know. They tried to fix it but they are still useless. Yes I meant the sensor fuzed, I always confuse those two. ED should do the research before posting anything, yes its work in progress but you can't say something and then 2 years later remove it because "the plane we are modeling didn't use it" with the excuse of beta/wip. I'm seriously considering going back to the F18 or JF17. The removal of the AGM-154C changed a lot for me.

Yes, its useless. The only good weapon now will be the CBU-103.

Wait, there will be no AGM-154C? If thats the case I will be back to the F18 or JF17. Now the only good thing about the F16 is the CBU-103/105.

AAR needs a lot of improvements, I hope ED will focus on this after the ATC overhaul.

"CZ" on the TGP display.

From todays news: "The Helmet Mounted Cueing System (HMCS) with the HARM Targeting System (HTS), Link 16, Air-to-Ground Mode, and IFF will also be integrated..."

I find it better to drop 4 chaff or 4 flares than 1 by press. You can edit each program in DCS World\Mods\aircraft\F-16C\Cockpit\Scripts\EWS\CMDS\deviceCMDS_ALE47.lua

As I understood, ground radars are used during bad weather mostly to look for buildings and things that highlight on the radar, not for finding vehicles. Also, in DCS GMT is broken since the only vehicles you see are the ones made by the mision designer, it will not have any impact on civilian vehicles.

Which version is using in DCS 2.7?

I guided a GBU-12 droped from a F-16 while I was on a tank (jtac), I saw the bomb hit the ground like 400ft away from the objective BUT the target was destroyed. My friend was watching the target from the TGP and he said the bomb went right on the top of the target. His tacview showed the bomb hit the target but mine didn't. So it was a problem of network synchronization. ED should fix this, its really bad for buddy lasing.

What are the capabilities of a MIDS comunication? for example range or LOS. Is it normaly used in combat or its more like a backup system? I know its encrypted. I guess its a digital signal instead of analog.

I don't believe this is true since the F18 is older and they are very dedicated to this module since a year now. The problem is they are focusing in one thing at a time while releasing multiple products in a short time frame.

You can't force it in multiplayer, you can cheat super easy now. Do you say when the mission its saved it forces this option for everyone?

I know, but there're 2 active developers on the F16, and they were working since february with the jdam/jsow. You don't need 30 people to work with the same thing to make it faster. With more reason, HUD symbology is shared between A-10C F18 and F16. The symbols are different but the functionality is the same. The symbols shouldn't take months to do.

I don't understand why it takes more than 4 months to add weapons that are already on the game, implemented years ago in other aircraft. I know its not easy and its not copy paste BUT some code should be compatible for faster development, it was the whole point of doing the F16 after the F18 since their capabilities are "similar".

27. Option to disable ctrl+F11 on F10 map.

I usually go with 3, never had any issues with fuel. You have more fuel per consumption than the F18 and F14. Also I use the wing tanks first, so I'm lighter when doing bvr.

17. Option for different filters for types of unit to be displayed on F10 map. When trying to find something on very cluttered map its impossible. 18. Option to force realistic sensors, for example no air to air missiles on F10 magic. 19. Shorter name tags, its impossible to read so looooooooooooooooooooooooooooong names with a very cluttered map. It should be a short type of unit tag.

Yeah, its nice, but that info came in february, 3 months ago. I thought the work in the F-18 would speed up the develop of the F-16 but it looks like everything needs to be done all over again.

Any chance on a bigger image? maybe 1080?

The HARMS on the F18 loft like they know exactly where the radar is in TOO, which is weird but it may be right, I don't know. As I understand the HTS its a little bit more complex though, since it can share information through datalink.

The H and specially the K are really good for buildings since you can ground stabilize from a greater distance.

Yes, the HAS page has a faster cursor speed and its difficult sometimes to designate something.

Did you tried it in caucasus? sometimes its really easy to mistake a background texture from the ground with a tank! specially in BH, in WH not so much but still. Its not about "challenge". And yes all modules should be similar because its geting out of hand with all the disparities across all modules, from radar ranges, FLIR, same system or weapon simulation...

Sometimes its impossible to distinguish a tank from a background texture and its almost useless. The only plane who has the worst TGP is the F-14 with its old LANTIRN. I know targeting pods aren't perfect but its so difficult sometimes, tanks blending with square textures in the back or glowing trees, plus the small mfd of the F16 makes a pain everytime I need to use it to search for vehicles. I know ED is doing the new FLIR but meanwhile I think this system could be impoved. How long is going to take the new FLIR? I guess it will be another "ground radar development" era, like 5 years and having just a better image quality while we wait would be nice.