Huesudo Posted December 7, 2014 Posted December 7, 2014 I was trying to do some VOR navigation on the UH-1, and stumbled upon a strange bug. In real life, VORs (unlike NDBs) are line-of-sight dependant. If there is a hill, a large building or any other obstacle between the VOR station and the receiver, you won't receive the VOR signal. It looks like in DCS that behavior is reversed. If you have line of sight with the station, you won't receive the signal, but if you move behind a mountain, you receive it just fine.
gusanako Posted December 7, 2014 Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) +1 Same problem for me with VOR Track https://www.dropbox.com/s/k76js4x3jmzw1ed/uhu1vor.trk?dl=0 Edited December 7, 2014 by gusanako [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Huesudo Posted December 7, 2014 Author Posted December 7, 2014 Tracks here.vor_gelendzhik.trkvor_tbilisi.trk
derelor Posted December 10, 2014 Posted December 10, 2014 Thanks! Reported as ticket #28932. 1338 - beyond leet ED Forum rules EN|DE|RU
uboats Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 Only for UH-1? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] My DCS Mods, Skins, Utilities and Scripts | Windows 10 | i7-4790K | GTX 980Ti Hybrid | 32GB RAM | 3TB SSD | | TM Warthog Stick | CH Pro Throttle + Pro Pedal | TIR5 Pro | TM MFD Cougar | Gun Camera: PrtScn |
Huesudo Posted February 17, 2015 Author Posted February 17, 2015 I don't know. The UH-1 is the only aircraft I have that has VOR.
Huesudo Posted March 3, 2015 Author Posted March 3, 2015 Not only the Huey. Could you extend that a bit more? As I said, I don't have any other aircraft that use VOR, so I can't test if the bug happens elsewhere.
Tarres Posted April 9, 2015 Posted April 9, 2015 (edited) In beta 1.2.16 update1, at +30km from Kutaisi VOR, clear LOS, if altitude is higher than 150 meters/500 feet (aprox), signal lost from VOR. Edit, max altitude before signal lost, 500mts/1500ft. Clear LOS, distance +100km Edited April 9, 2015 by Tarres
Huesudo Posted April 9, 2015 Author Posted April 9, 2015 In beta 1.2.16 update1, at +30km from Kutaisi VOR, clear LOS, if altitude is higher than 150 meters/500 feet (aprox), signal lost from VOR. Edit, max altitude before signal lost, 500mts/1500ft. Clear LOS, distance +100km What aircraft were you using?
Tarres Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 UH-1H. 2nd test. From the sea to Gelendzik. HDG:30, altitude:1000 meters/3000ft, distance:+100km No VOR signal until the helicopter is below 500mts/1500ft at +110km At 30KM from VOR, signal lost if I'm over 30meters/150ft. I think there is something wrong with the LOS of VOR
Hypnos Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) In real world, if you have a TACAN station and a NAV/COMM receiver, you can only have distance indication. It's not realistic to have azimuth indication from a TACAN... There are VOR station??? Edited April 10, 2015 by Hypnos [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Havner Posted December 9, 2015 Posted December 9, 2015 From the sea to Gelendzik. HDG:30, altitude:1000 meters/3000ft, distance:+100km No VOR signal until the helicopter is below 500mts/1500ft at +110km At 30KM from VOR, signal lost if I'm over 30meters/150ft. In beta 1.2.16 update1, at +30km from Kutaisi VOR, clear LOS, if altitude is higher than 150 meters/500 feet (aprox), signal lost from VOR. Edit, max altitude before signal lost, 500mts/1500ft. Clear LOS, distance +100km http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=148083 Seems it's consistent. The farther you are, the higher you should be to receive the signal. It's exactly the other way around. Same with mountain LOS it seems as in the thread above. It's inverted. Hopefully they'll fix it soon. I always thought VOR doesn't work at all in DCS. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Havner Posted December 12, 2015 Posted December 12, 2015 fixed with 1.5.2 Yep, they fixed it. Although I have an impression they overdid it. It's very hard to break LOS with VOR now. Not impossible, but damn hard. Anyway, I'll take this over previous version any day. They've also added UHF presets in ME :-D Finally some Huey love. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Huesudo Posted December 16, 2015 Author Posted December 16, 2015 Yep, they fixed it. Although I have an impression they overdid it. It's very hard to break LOS with VOR now. Not impossible, but damn hard. Anyway, I'll take this over previous version any day. They've also added UHF presets in ME :-D Finally some Huey love. :) good to hear that. will test it
Tarres Posted December 19, 2015 Posted December 19, 2015 I think that the bug is still present in the Update1 (19/12) of the DCSW 2.0 Alpha. Can anyone confirm this? Thanks. Mike
Darkwolf Posted December 19, 2015 Posted December 19, 2015 in the other hand, you get NDB beacon thru mountains. Not on the indicator, but the audio signal. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] PC simulator news site. Also....Join the largest DCS community on Facebook :pilotfly:
Havner Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 I think that the bug is still present in the Update1 (19/12) of the DCSW 2.0 Alpha. Can anyone confirm this? I also can't get VOR to work on the Huey with the latest 2.0 the way I can on 1.5.2. So it would seem so. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Erk104 Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 I don't get a signal when I tune to VORs in 2.0.
Huesudo Posted January 15, 2016 Author Posted January 15, 2016 in the other hand, you get NDB beacon thru mountains. Not on the indicator, but the audio signal. IIRC, NDBs don't depend on line of sight to work IRL.
Xtrasensory Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 IIRC, NDBs don't depend on line of sight to work IRL. ? Its still just a radio signal. http://1stcavdiv.conceptbb.com/ 229th Air Cav, D Coy, Gunships
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