wilbur81

Great find and nice reporting.

same...

There is no question, for me especially, that DCS is painfully lacking in the Dynamic Campaign/immersion arena. But it will come. I'm just pointing out that it is a taller order (within the extremely diverse DCS ecosystem) than a lot of folks give it credit. BMS had almost nothing to do by comparison... but it did that feature extremely well, no doubt about it.

The radar is still pretty heavily screwed, even after the most recent update. 3rdErraticTWS.trk

This thread doesn't need to be any longer than one single post...my original post. I'm not inviting discussion, I'm planting a flag.

That's fine. You'll find it in your YT algorithm eventually.

After Enigma's (insightful at times) "leaked" video last week: I'd just like to say, DCS still has no rival. It will NEVER be bug free (it is WAY too complex and comprehensive), never. Most of the negative comments about DCS underneath his video are absurd to me. The constant comparison to BMS is mind-boggling. If DCS was an F-22, BMS is a Cessna 152 by comparison. The Dynamic Campaign is really very cool, but you're talking about a platform that had one archaic map and one aircraft. Try pulling that off with 50+ high fidelity aircraft, dozens of different maps, with exceptionally high graphic standards, controllable ground vehicles, and wildly compl....oh, wait. ED is ACTUALLY trying to do just that! My only real criticism has been that they've spread themselves WAY TOO THIN! But I do not fault them for being ambitious. Have they blundered some 3rd party business? Yes, it is impossible to be a business for decades and not burn a bridge now and again. Can they reconcile those differences? Of course. At the end of the day, DCS is the only air combat simulator right now that is cutting/bleeding edge in my book. Period. Dot. Keep up the good work, team.

Anyone checked after today's patch to see if this was addressed?

Here's a second (shorter) example track illustrating the problem(s)... 2ndErraticTWS.trk

The Hornet radar is still doing some really strange, frustrating things. In TWS, priority switching is erratic and unpredictable, with track files disappearing, reappearing, priority assigning, and reassigning. In addition, occasionally (not sure if it's in my attached track), AUTO will not center around a TWS track, even if it's the only one in the FOV. Also, RDR Elevation control seems to randomly come and go in AUTO (Before, AUTO kept this locked and you had to go to MAN/BIAS in order to manipulate the Elevation). Things haven't been the same with our virtual APG73 since the MSI update two patches ago... ErraticTWS.trk

Quick clarification: After the latest patch fixes to the radar (THANK YOU!), are these still undersized? With the new inner circle HAFU mark that doesn't go away, the HAFU's still look cluttered and small to me...but maybe it's just me?

This is simply not true. They release modules to make money...period. Meanwhile, they're doing awesome work 'under the hood' with a small staff. BMS (though amazing in its own right) is a bit of a red-herring here. DCS is almost infinitely more complex. ED has one major problem as far as I'm concerned: They're spread too thin. The amount of deep content they offer is quite staggering. No one is ultimately paying them to develop Dyn Camp., Weather, ATC, etc.

Right now, the Hornet's radar is in a bad way for any significant air to air employment. In addition to this OP, you can no longer step through TWS priority tracks either. All-reported, but probably serious enough that it should've warranted a no-release for this MSI improvement...or a quick hot fix. They'll get to it.

Hey, Team. Any update on our bugged Bug's radar status? BVR with the AMRAAM is basically SARH at this point. Thanks!

100% correct.