The_Tau
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F-18 has very nice and bright AAR light... Maybe too bright, but at least night AAR is possible...
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yeah i think there is something linked with firing on close flying two-ships. I just had the same during my squadron mission. 1 missile goes to space, another one tracks nicely
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Not really broken. Its just not implemented. Which to be clear, is a shame
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Jester is just interface for radar for pilot, not advanced AI RIO. Jester doesnt do any active searching for targets or sorting, he just presses buttons. Its you as pilot that have to babysit him, tell him where to look and what target to lock. TWS prioritization is done automatically by AWG9, and following track as well in TWS Auto is also done by AWG9. If radar doesnt return a track of target then Jester WILL NOT LOCK HIM, tell Jester first where target is by telling him where to scan (radar elevation at what range), and when you got track back, then you can tell Jester to track him in TWS (by switching to TWS AUTO, then its AWG9 following the track and Jester just sits back) or STT.
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3 hours ago, Cab said:
You've made me curious. What does this refer to?
i know in USAF you fire AA missiles with pickle button, and trigger is pure gun and in USN you use trigger for "shooting" weapons like missiles, rockets, guns and pickle for all "droppable" weapons like bombs, talds, illumination flares etc.
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9 hours ago, RustBelt said:
Spot the Air force Cockpit doctrine pilot.
which plane use detent for bombs?
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3 hours ago, Sindar said:
That's a fact. It's a realistic attitude of players to realistic AIM-54 changes.
Don't make the AIM-54 a miracle weapon. Make sure that it fulfills its purpose, as in reality - strikes at 40-50 miles on several targets. Right now it can't even hit 15. Find a reason.
AIM 54 was never designed to fight vs AIM120. If you want realistic setup you should fight MiG-21/-23s/-29As or at most Su-27 armed with R-27Rs (VERY rarely ERs) armed with 54C, and all Blue fighters in the same time have AIM-7s. Against those threats AIM54 is still very capable weapon, by simple fact its only one which is Fox 3.
3 hours ago, Sindar said:The reason is simple: the AIM-54 long range missile is worse than the AIM-120 medium range missile in long range air combat.
Yep, it is worse, but are those players using at least 120B from 1994 or 120C-5 from 2000? Why would they stick to latter - always?
3 hours ago, Sindar said:There bots launch AIM-120 with 30-35 nm. at an altitude of 35-40 thousand feet.
mmm excellent target for 54 if you are in correct launch parameters, and you can easily outrange them. But also dont forget that AI cheats in DCS. they see missile always at 10nm (for players in 8ish nm, quite big difference) and they know exactly when to dump chaff to get best chance of defeating missile with it.
3 hours ago, Sindar said:If a multiplayer game hasn't reached the level of cybersport, it's just another paid garbage.
And in modern setting PvP and especially in cybersport, everyone is slinging 120C at each other, which frankly i find extremely boring now.
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On 2/24/2024 at 10:56 AM, darkman222 said:
I am wondering how many LOT20 F18 were actually produced.
Apparently just 10 made
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6 hours ago, Kageseigi said:
Speaking of which, is there any way to STT a hooked target yourself from the front seat with that mod? I couldn't seem to find one. Without that ability, it just seems to make it even more frustrating... like someone waving a sugar-cookie flavored candle in your face, but not having any actual sugar cookies to eat! Alas, such a terrible, but effective method of torture! So please tell me there are actual sugar cookies in the mod!
Technically yes, you can hook and press STT button, but Jester already knows this with "Lock specific track" command in Jester wheel. Its really powerful and allows locking datalink targets currently outside radar scan.
It was shown before what i mean
It would be simply better, than for hooking tracks method, as first you need them to be inside radar scan range, and then if they flies perpendicular to you, it would be very hard for AWG9 to get lock this way without using DDD. And its not because of notch.
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8 minutes ago, Endline said:
It'd be much more realistic if Jester was able to at least move the azimuth and elevation on his own when DL contacts show up and the AWG-9 won't pick them up. The player shouldn't have to direct him to look at the DL's direction and elevation. It's breaking immersion, although I get that from a technical point of view, it's probably too much to ask to implement.
Maybe Jester 2 will be improved in this aspect.
well treat Jester as new RIO, which need babysitting. Also i strongly recommend Voice attack and tell jester what to do. It aint perfect but it makes whole experience way more enjoyable.
Also there is a RIO controls mod, IC friendly, which allows your from pilot seat to get access to RIO controls and you can use MLC switch, hook stuff or switch chaff/flares on DLC button, among other things
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42 minutes ago, Nealius said:
Who relays aircraft type and weight to the crew setting the arresting gear before a particular aircraft traps? My understanding is that the aircraft type and state at the ball call is specifically to set the arresting gear to match the aircraft coming in (IIRC it was discussed by Jell-O on his podcast).
I dont belive that arresting gear crew would adjust anything when plane call the ball. They would have like 15s to do it. They are done adjusting way before.
Recoveries are tracked even before aircraft launch. They have flight plan with number and type of aircraft, their tasking and when they are forming in the Marshall stack they land in particular order. Most often planes with lower endurance/fuel quantity will land first. So in our DCS world, with 2 official cv capable planes, Hornets will land first then tomcats. Remember that in RL, there are specific launch and recovery windows and its pilot's responsibility to fit to this timetable.
Strongly recommend guide to CV landing procedures
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In ziplip you dont call ball, You call "see you at 10nm" with state update at marshall and then you switch to tower freq, which ideally should stay silent, but of course tower and plane can transmit in emergency, depending on EMCOM policy
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Under BVR category (combination A, A, 2, 7 for nose cold; A, A, 2, 6 for nose hot)
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AIM54C will turn on its own radar if track is lost
AIM54A it will be trashed 99% of time.
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21 hours ago, hannibal said:
i read it is thru jtac.. we are wondering how to enter for the WCS either thru human rio or jester..
well, write down DDM coords and then you type that in to WCS? But it will not be accurate anyway for JTAC accuracy. You then have to slew TGP and see if coords in TGP QDES match JTAC coords
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On 12/29/2023 at 3:59 PM, KoN said:
I totally get what you're saying here, and agree if you have a good RIO with you, but I manly fly online servers. And was hoping jester would be up to the task, I just want simple lock and keep him locked, not unless gone deep into the mud and bracketing. But some targets are not even trying to loose jesters lock and he will loose it .
do you have special option selected - "Allow Jester to switch to PSTT when entering WVR"? Disable it. When you are twisting and turning when he switches to PSTT then AWG9 will lose lock. Best to tell him to switch to PSTT when you fly straight and level for a second or relock target with PAL. Issue would be same with human RIO.
Also you have to learn AWG9 limitations. Way you fly also impacts the quality of lock, PDSTT have 100 +- kt closure filter. So you closure drops below it, you will lose lock. To mitigate it you have to change your intercept geometry and increase speed to keep closure over that filter. Or switch to PSTT with the instructions mentioned above
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On 12/16/2023 at 10:02 AM, Sindar said:
I hope and wait.
I wouldnt expect much better PK to be honest, as missile performance wouldn't drastically change. Remember that AIM54/AWG9 weapons system was designed in 1960s and put operationally in 1970s, so yeah no wonder that missile from 2000 - AIM120C-5 is better. However for nearly 20 years of F14 until 1991 (when first 120As appeared), Tomcat was only fighter with true FOX3 capability. And F-14B we got is essentially from 1987, so in typical "modern" setting pvp fighting against F-18s/F-16s from 2005 with JHMCS/AIM-9X/LINK16 its no surprise that tomcat is "out teched". But if you had historical 1989-1990 settings with same F14 we got, with all its weaponry (minus BOL chaff expanders) fighting vs AIM-7 only F-15s/F-18s or AIM-9Ms only F-16s or R-27Rs 27s/29s, then everybody would fly F-14, isnt it?
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15 hours ago, davidrbarnette said:
Hey all,
Do any of you F-14 experts know if there is any way to get Jester to enter MGRS / UTM coordinates as a waypoint? It looks like you can do so with Lat / Long, but I don't see any way to enter MGRS. Am I missing anything, or is there any other way? Conversely, is there any way to get the DCS default JTAC to give you a 9-line with Lat / Long rather than MGRS?
Thanks in advance for any help!
you have to convert it to lat long decimal yourself. F14 accepts only lat long decimal
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On 11/24/2023 at 9:52 PM, dekiplav said:
For me, it's just weird that the AIM-120 kinetically outperforms the Phoenix in every aspect, yet it is classified as a medium range missile. If you try launching the Aim-120 from 45000 feet, at a speed of M1.1, and at a target 60 nautical miles away, Aim-120 will have more energy than the Aim-54 in the final stage.
and from which year is AIM120? and AIM120C5 specifically? And from which year is AIM54? And what was the only other Western comparable missile for nearly 20 years before AIM120 arrived?
So no, I dont think its weird at all. Just progress of technology. If Cold War lasted longer then F14 would have had AIM-152. But it is what it is. Just have realistic expectations
AIM54 still have longer range due to longer battery life and actual radar that can use that range (if you compare it to F16 puny radar)
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On 11/23/2023 at 11:22 AM, Rhrich said:
Don’t see an executable, do I copy the files to DCS manually? Will it remove my current configuration?Also, I can’t find a notepad in DCS
How do I bind these commands? I can’t find them.
Its explained in the mod description how to install it, its just text file
By updating it, i meant open mod file, and open current same file in DCS folder, compare the code in WINDOWS notepad program (or notepad++ <- recommended) and copy to mod text file lines from current HB text file that are missing
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On 11/18/2023 at 11:29 AM, Rhrich said:
That seems like a very bad solution? Not yours, but the game.
Not depending on chaff is a huge downer and not acceptable. If the HeatBlur can’t get jester to behave they could surely implement a command to let him dispense either chaff or flares.
Well thats how Grumman intended
There is mod for RIO controls in pilot seat, it doesnt break IC. I use it mostly for HCU hooking, CAP info and MLC but it got CMS switch too
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3319633/
It maybe a little outdated though so you might have to copy paste couple lines to notepad code to get newest bindings
Personally, on start up I set Chaff program and I ask jester to use chaff program and then he deploys much more of it, instead of singles.
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4 hours ago, Kageseigi said:
I'm trying to get the hang of BVR. I've run into two main issues (other than waiting and hoping Jester will find targets when I point my nose at them).
1. Is there any way to view the radar gimbal limits when I'm in STT with an AIM-7 selected?
2. I'm sitting there in the front seat with my Mr. Coffee, trying to watch radar, but Jester seems to constantly keep switching from radar to the TV camera... at the most inopportune moments. I guess he's trying to visually identify the target, but it's extremely annoying to get several multi-second blackouts on my screen in short order... all while I also have the TV camera displaying the target. Is there any way to tell Jester to tone it down with the TV, and let me handle the visual identification? Sure, it may be the RIO's responsibility in reality, but Jester's not quite real.
Thanks
From pilot seat?
1. Yes, the VDI. Keep the vertical line of target optimal range inside the VDI screen and its within horizontal gimbal. For vertical gimbal you have to watch the radar elevation on TID repeater
2. You can snooze jester but they he will stop doing anything. I just got used to him switching to TCS for few seconds.
3. Remember that Jester is just INTERFACE for radar not AI RIO. He will not find targets for you, you still have to babyseat him telling what elevation to scan and which target to lock. I strongly suggest using other software like voiceattack so you can talk to jester, it will be much faster than wheel and more immersive
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Yes, in rearming window you should always use default values on sliders. 60 flares/140chaff.
In radio menu via ground crew you select the ALE39 loadout you want.
Then you have to rearm and refuel.
In DCS ground crew first will refuel your aircraft, THEN load your selected countermeasures (at this moment your kneeboard loadout page should get updated with new CM loadout) and lastly ground crew will load your missiles.
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If you changed your CM loadout to different one from default set in mission editor, you have to jump to RIO seat and update ALE39 loadout on Countermeasures panel as per kneeboard. Jester doesnt know how to do it. Otherwise F14 can release flares when you want chaff and viceversa. (even though Bio Baranek mentions that it was their trick to use chaff and flares at the same time somehow )
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Why Jester can't find targets?
in DCS: F-14A & B
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Jester is not AI RIO, he is an interface for radar. He doesnt look for targets, he just presses buttons. You have to baby sit him and tell him exactly where to look : Scan at distance 20nm at 0 FT etc. You have to constantly look at TID and check if AWG9 sees tracks. No Tracks, Jester cant lock it. Make sure that its RADAR TRACK and not DATALINK TRACK. These are two different things. Only exception is ONE command, lock specific track, which allows jester to TRY to lock to datalink tracks if its currently outside radar scan range but WITHIN gimbal limit
Of course AWG9 limitations still apply, so beaming and cold targets are very hard to lock in PD STT.