TGP loses target tracking

[SmokeyTheLung]

The DCS Enrichment Center recommends offering the TGP some delicious cake after every successful mission. It will never start liking you, if course, but you will either come to realize your love is unrequited, or the sharing of cake will give you a pleasing sense of progress with your relationship.

 

:lol: Quote of the year!

[shagrat]

The TGP as far as I have noticed in DCS is showing 'M' to indicate, that you're going to get masked, so you can do something about it, before actual masking occurs.

 

When you fly the same course and speed while masked and the target 'drives' at the same speed in the same direction, the TGP tries to follow it. In my experience it is at least near the target if isn't masked too long and you did not steer violently.

 

In case you get the 'GIMB ROLL' warning, you need to alter bank angle and may be course to let the TGP track the target. If the TGP hits the axis limit or in case you fly a violent maneuver it has a hard time to keep track.

 

I also noticed, that if hills or mountain slopes inersect briefly with your LOS, the TGP 'locks' onto the nearer slope, so noodles tip with the mark point is the only way to get a locked tracking here.

[Drunken_Skull]

It has come to my attention that some people may have missed my final post in this thread, and are attempting to use it as a means of humiliating and discrediting me in other unrelated posts...

 

To go over it again;

 

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If I have offended anyone with my limited civilian knowledge of complex classified military systems and my ill temper over the last few days then I am truly sorry.

 

Perhaps my knowledge on the subject is limited and out of date.

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This is a heart-felt and sincere apology that goes out all. At the time I was having IRL issues and in hindsight, should not have been posting at all. There is great truth in ENO's motto; "Type in anger and you will make the greatest post you will ever regret."

 

Thanks.

Edited April 13, 2014 by Drunken_Skull

[PFunk1606688187]

The TGP as far as I have noticed in DCS is showing 'M' to indicate, that you're going to get masked, so you can do something about it, before actual masking occurs.

 

I thought that the crosshair or something obvious like that started flashing 5 seconds before masking and that that was your warning.

[ralfidude]

In 6 pages I'm sure we have answered this question to death have we not?