Shimmergloom667

This, so much this.

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4041754&postcount=1551

That is nothing new, they said station 6 was only for the first iteration, station 5 will be enabled soon

I'm pretty sure we will see A/G radar and TWS come out for the Viper and Hornet at once - they are now probably in some kind of release sprint for the Viper, the systems have a certain commonality and they are working on modular design for plane's features so I'm thinking that's where a lot of the apparent "delay" for the Hornet comes from.

DMT HUD slew is still bugged, right? You got any info if Razbam is aware of it?

There are some early vids on their youtube from when they were applying as 3rd party dev with ED - these are from 2017.

Thanks!

Where did you get that from?

Ok, that was a combination of an error and maaaaybe a bug: I forgot to turn FLIR *on*, yet it still showed land, for whatever reason. Another re-run of the mission with me following my checklist correctly had FLIR off and a black screen, turning FLIR on had it running normally. One other thing: the Tarawa is set to TACAN 44X, which seems to conflict with Kutaisi. When changing that via Mission Editor, all worked out nicely. You may want to look at that mission setup again! Apart from that it is brilliant, as usual! :)

This is why things now take a long time (with the F-18 most noticeably): they know that, and they started to rework a lot of things from the ground up to lay the groundwork for such framework. This is why it sometimes takes longer than expected in the F-18. This is why a lot of stuff flows much better with the F-16.

I have to thank you guys - at some points the manual / training missions really could use a bit more precision in their descriptions. I mean, it's all certainly very useable, but there's always room for improvement.

The INS alignment is still WiP

Yes and yes

I really enjoy your training missions, and apart from some general Harrier module bugs (TCN offset and W/P offset still not working?) I encountered one strange effect: starting in TM09, the FLIR showed land, while I clearly was on the boat - is that a general FLIR bug, too?

Because they can't hire new people, right? You do know, that the Viper is partly made by ED S.A., right? Fact is: you don't know how many people are working on what in the modules, so stop guessing.

Because at this point they are creating frameworks and basic layers that all later modules and components will benefit from. We of course don't know the exact programming commonalities between features and modules, but they are there - I am pretty 100% sure, that we will see TWS arrive for both the F-18 and F-16 at once, as well as other stuff. That's why, IMHO, we are *profiting* from the F-16 EA, since it will boost both F-18 and F-16 at the same time, even if we don't see that much for the F-18 *right now*.

How do you even reach that conclusion?? Its mind-boggling, nothing in the history of ED hints to them leaving an unfinished module to extents you are describing. Unbelievable.

Dunno, I think I spent 20 or 30 hours in the A-10C. And up until recently, whenever I slewed the TGP I subsequently pressed TMS up long once more, to "make SPI". No one, I just played the tutorial missions (where this concept isn't exactly precisely described) and read the manual (more than once, but the fact that the SPI is moved with slewing escaped me so far). What does my being german have to do with it?

I don't get the problem with the Harrier - just memorize some visual cues once plugged in and the next times you just replicate these, done.

It's funny enough, though - also I learned something valuable, since I didn't fully understand I don't have to "set SPI" everytime I slew my TGP around. So for me, "set SPI generator" was really enlightening and helped me in my operations. I certainly find that to be more precise than just "make SPI".

Lazy? Dunno, I move in place, he plugs it in, I refuel...¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The same principle applies, though.

Honestly, all AAR is pretty easy, and boom AAR'ing even more so. Anyone who can AAR the F-15 and A-10 is already good to go for the Viper.

And honestly, in *MAJOR* systems missing, it really is only TWS and A/G at this point, IMHO. Yeah, of course a lot needs fleshing out (Nav system, more TGP stuff, ATFLIR and the new IR render, DDI pages - but that's all already working to some extent), but it is already a deep, rewarding and fun module which is only getting better and better.

It's almost as we have different opionions about A/G - crazy, I know. :P