NO PSIC?

[JDarksword]

One of my buddies has been trying to do A2A in the Mirage recently. Occasionally when attempting to lock a target a message will appear on the HUD reading "NO PSIC" and he becomes unable to lock the target. I couldn't find anything in the manual about this so does anyone know what it means? Screenshot will be posted below.

[Frederf]

It means he's not in the superlative radar lock mode which is required to support the Super 530 in attack. There are three states, scanning, lock#1 (PID), and lock#2 (PIC or PSIC).

 

Basse PRF can only do scanning

Interleaved PRF can do scanning and PID

Haute PRF can do all three

 

For example in HPRF the lock button is pressed once to go from scanning to PID and again to P(S)IC, the symbology being different with this last transition.

[Rlaxoxo]

Yea Mirage radar "Lock" is under ED's control atm Sadly, It's old piece of FC code that's been left out and it's gonna take a while to change all this cus ED is currently busy I guess ...

 

But basically the lock on range for any target is 85% of the detection distance so even if you see the target from a far you won't be able to lock it

 

This was one of the side effects for fixing "Super - Radar"

[myHelljumper]

85% is not bad at all...

[Dave317]

So if a enemy plane pops up over the mountains within say 20 miles does this mean I can't lock it immediately?

[myHelljumper]

From my experience no. You should be able to lock him

Edited August 25, 2016 by myHelljumper

[Dave317]

I've noticed this the last few days and wondered what was wrong.

[myHelljumper]

Oh damn me I read it wrong , at 20 nm you should be able to lock the bandit !

[Dave317]

Ok, how far away does an enemy have to be for this bug? I can't remember exactly how far the bandit was but I couldn't lock him until I got a lot closer.

[myHelljumper]

30nm should always be good for a lock.

[Rlaxoxo]

30nm should always be good for a lock.

 

Sometimes I can't even lock a target at 19nm

[nomdeplume]

Maximum lock range should depend on the target as type well, since they each have their own RCS value which should affect the maximum detection range of that target, and therefore the maximum lock range.

[myHelljumper]

It also seams that aspect is taken into account, head on will lock sooner than tail chase

[Azrayen]

Yes of course it is :)

[acdelta57]

Ah ok I remember seeing something briefly on this but now I understand. Curious tho now what do the initial stand for PSIC in English?

[jojo]

Single Target Track : STT = Poursuite Sur Information Continue : PSIC (PIC on radar screen)

Track While Scan : TWS = Poursuite Sur Information Discontinue : PSID (PID on radar screen)