SA-page Link symbols legend

Hi all,

I took the liberty of attempting to put together a preliminary legend of the various symbols you might be presented on the SA-page.

It is a work in progress and made entirely based on the initial video that Wags put up. Any feedback and or comments/corrections are highly appreciated!

/ANE

DCS_FA18C_SA-PAGE_Identifications.pdf

Very useful, thanks man. So some of red symbols are enemy ground units?

Thanks for the overview @ANE! :thumbup:

Very useful, thanks man. So some of red symbols are enemy ground units?

No, they're all air contacts.

really appreciated Sir.

Thanks! Really useful.

Thank you, I was going to watch Wagg's video again to learn this again.

Thanks !

nice word! thanks!!

the symbol of "Hostile aircraft being transmitted through Link 16" should be smaller than the others if I understood Wags correctly, right?

thank you very much dude!!

Great guide...But...(sorry I actually hate that phrase so just I had to use it...)

What about a yellow contact with a staple underneath? Is that:

Ambigious / Unknown contact. Staple on bottom HAFU means it is being provided by onboard sensors of OTHER aircraft?

(Seriously great job sir!)

ANE

Could you please upload this doc in word?

There are more it seems. These are the ones from wags video, but I’ve encountered symbols I am not familiar with. I’m on rift so sometimes difficult to tell small shapes. Do SAM sites show up under certain circumstances?

There are more it seems. These are the ones from wags video, but I’ve encountered symbols I am not familiar with. I’m on rift so sometimes difficult to tell small shapes. Do SAM sites show up under certain circumstances?

SAM's will only appear if they are in the mission and the mission file does not have them hidden. So, even if they get blown up, they will stay on the SA page.

I too have seen some symbols which I don't see all the time.

This is a thread I started yesterday and was replied to but it is also missing some of the symbols I saw as well. Ill try and get some screen shots of the symbols.

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=234036

May be of interest: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=234100

SAM's will only appear if they are in the mission and the mission file does not have them hidden. So, even if they get blown up, they will stay on the SA page.

 

I too have seen some symbols which I don't see all the time.

No, I am not talking about threat rings. Its not emitter bearing from RWR around the perimeter of the compass rose either. The SA page, as implemented currently, at times shows the location of non-air units (SAM for certain, though perhaps others occasionally - potentially naval?). Whether its emitters or launchers, what precise circumstances cause it to happen, whether it is intended, or what else it can display I don't know.

Again I don't if its intended. It may require a specific friendly donor unit type or unit role; or, given that the only reproducible place I've seen it is in a red flag mission, it could be a bug where the friendly unit type is showing up despite being hostile b/c of the red flag exercise.

It is reproducible in Sedlo's red flag mission. I don't want to spoil the very well made mission for anyone who hasn't flow it, specifically since the location doesn't matter unless you're trying to reproduce it. So, spoiler tag:

I am on a rift and a cluttered SA is difficult to read, at first I thought it was stacked hafu symbols displaying strangly but its not. Its a... i'm not sure actually. Tried google and can't find it. I will try to fly it later and post a screenshot or track, I might not have time as it takes a good 30 mins to get there. But as I said, its a good use of your time, so worth checking out for yourself.

Awesome dudd, this is what I couldn’t find! Much better than mine

Thanks very much!

appreciated!

Thanks very much!

appreciated!

You're both welcome! :)