Shkval laser overheat/burnout cheat

[promethius7]

Does anyone know how to edit this game so that the laser overheating issue is eliminated?

 

I know it takes a bit of the realism away (and that it is a real world issue) but is this modification possible?

 

I would suppose that the core program keeps a count on laser useage and calculates the time to laser failiure, so wouldn't it be possible to either increase the starting value of the laser (giving it a longer life span) or "stop the clock" on the usage?

 

I do hope that someone can help as I am fed up with having to slam my shark into the floor to get the ground crew to repair it.

 

Thanks to anyone who can help.

 

Иван.

[Reaper6]

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=49137&highlight=laser+temp

 

I know laser burnout depends a lot on the weather, the colder it is outside the longer it takes for the laser burnout. The best practice is to acquire the target lock, turn laser on, shoot vihker, turn laser off. This usually gives you more laser time. You can also mod the Ka50 device_init.lua to show the laser temp in your HUD.

 

Reaper6

[arkroyale048]

You no longer need to slightly damage the Shark in order for the ground crew to fix the laser.

 

This I've been doing for quite a while already.

[StrongHarm]

As Reaper6 said, I now simply switch the laser on to fire, then switch it off immediately after impact. It's now bound to a button on my HOTAS and is part of my normal procedure.

[promethius7]

But don't you have to range the target first so that the shkval knows how long to direct to target for?

[Reaper6]

Once you uncage your shkval and have it centered on your target, lock your target. Turn your laser on - hit lock again(fires laser) - fire missile - turn laser off after impact.

[Reaper6]

I gave you bad information about the laser temp in the HUD. The file you need to edit is the HUD_SHKVAL_page.lua (found in: DCS World-Mods-aircraft-Ka-50-Cockpit-scripts-HUD).

 

If you have notepad++, remove "--[[" from line 127 & "--]]" from line 137 and save.

 

This will allow you to see the laser temp on the bottom of the HUD, but only visible after you uncage SHKVAL.

[arkroyale048]

^

 

and what was the critical temperature again for the laser ?

[Reaper6]

Depends on outside temp, from my experience. With Outside Air temp being normal (20C) you have around 1000 seconds of laser burn time. You can add seconds to this the colder the Outside Air temp. The hotter the Outside Air temp the shorter the laser burn time. The laser temp shown in the HUD is in kelvins(I believe). You will notice the temp will go up during ranging and guidance, and begin to cool when you turn the laser off. If you are continuously firing the laser, it takes longer for the laser to cool. So from my experience; laser active time, laser cool down time between activations, Outside Air temp, are all determining factors in laser "burnout". I am by no means the DCS laser expert, this is just information based on my experience.

Edited March 20, 2015 by Reaper6
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