What is there still to be done for the Mig-21?

[CoBlue]

Question that I have about this:

When the Mig21 was released there was RSBN / ARC stations concept on the DCS engine?

I think this was added prior the L39 lunch.

No there weren't any, just like Cobra said, LN had to make them.

[Tarres]

Mr Dackhart is wrong.

 

The NDB (or ARC in russian) system is functional since Blackshark 1. The ARK-22 in the KA-50 is functional and is an 8 preset only system (like the ARK-10) that could be edited since the beginning via a lua file and, thanks to Flagrum, in the ME with a mod that now is part of DCSW.

 

The ARC-10 could be modeled like the ARK-22, with 9 presets from the beginning. In a posterior feature, they could enable the "rotary selector" for the inner frecuencies.

 

The MRP-56 that works with the marker beacons is the same system that is modelled even for the FC planes. So it could be done.

 

The same with the RSBN and PRMG equipment, both are defined from Blackshark 1 onwards. After one of the first FC3 updates, even the russian planes have an "automatic PRMG selection" that allows them to only use the PRMG system in the military bases of the Caucasus.

 

I know that the development of the LN-21 was difficult, but the radio equipment (RSBN/TACAN/PRMG/NDB/ILS/VOR) was defined from the beginning of the Lomac/FC/DCSW concept.

 

If Mr Dackhart says that is a "design decision", it´s OK. But please, look at the code before.

 

Attached is the beacons.lua from the BS1, you can find even information for TACAN and ILS that obviously a KA-50 doesn´t use.

[Cobra847]

Mr Dackhart is wrong.

 

The NDB (or ARC in russian) system is functional since Blackshark 1. The ARK-22 in the KA-50 is functional and is an 8 preset only system (like the ARK-10) that could be edited since the beginning via a lua file and, thanks to Flagrum, in the ME with a mod that now is part of DCSW.

 

The ARC-10 could be modeled like the ARK-22, with 9 presets from the beginning. In a posterior feature, they could enable the "rotary selector" for the inner frecuencies.

 

The MRP-56 that works with the marker beacons is the same system that is modelled even for the FC planes. So it could be done.

 

The same with the RSBN and PRMG equipment, both are defined from Blackshark 1 onwards. After one of the first FC3 updates, even the russian planes have an "automatic PRMG selection" that allows them to only use the PRMG system in the military bases of the Caucasus.

 

I know that the development of the LN-21 was difficult, but the radio equipment (RSBN/TACAN/PRMG/NDB/ILS/VOR) was defined from the beginning of the Lomac/FC/DCSW concept.

 

If Mr Dackhart says that is a "design decision", it´s OK. But please, look at the code before.

 

Attached is the beacons.lua from the BS1, you can find even information for TACAN and ILS that obviously a KA-50 doesn´t use.

 

I didn't say the system was not in place.

 

I said that we, as 3rd party developers, were at the time unable to implement the functionality as found in the base sim.

This was also partially because when the navigation system was in it's infancy, the MiG-21 was just a mod. Not a licensed product.

[portman]

Hi Cobra,

I know you guys have a lot of work to do right now... but....do you plan to implement the weapons selector as a priority selector like IRL some day?

[Schmidtfire]

Priority selector?

[Art-J]

I suppose he means the rotary weapon station selector, which now works like: select pylon 1 - only missile no. 1 launches, select pylon 2 - only missile no.2 launches etc.

 

In the real thing, pressing the launch button again and again would launch the remaining missiles from other stations too, in specified sequence, without need for flipping the selector manually after every launch.

[portman]

I suppose he means the rotary weapon station selector, which now works like: select pylon 1 - only missile no. 1 launches, select pylon 2 - only missile no.2 launches etc.

 

In the real thing, pressing the launch button again and again would launch the remaining missiles from other stations too, in specified sequence, without need for flipping the selector manually after every launch.

 

Exactly :)