su-25t Shkval targeting bug

[aimmaverick]

It doesnt lock the target it should but instead snaps to another strangly more distant target and not taking into account preset target size.

Molniya and Albatros are good example. Shkval will ALWAYS ignore Albatros and rather lock up smaller(and less dangerous Molniya lol) if ships are close together. Try it yourself it works that way 100% time. It doesnt matter if you aim directly on Albatros, it will jump directly to Molniya. This is a very serious bug which prevents playing campaign normaly and gives you frustrating expirence with game. Is this thing scripted or what? Where is realistic modeling of Shkval?

And how does it measure distance if no range finder is used?

[Disso]

Perhaps you are not presetting the target size correctly. You are setting it to a size which more correctly fits the Molniya than the Albatros, so it locks up the Molniya.

[Ironhand]

The Molniya might be the smaller ship in terms of length & gross weight but did you ever notice the comparitive sizes of their superstructures in the TVM? More of the Molniya fills the targeting box than the Albatros and there's a higher contrast ratio as well. So you will be able to lock the Molniya sooner than the Albatros. Once the range closes a bit further, however, there's much less of a problem as their ratios approach each other. Here's a short video (5.77MB) of the two ships together and being targetted separately. The Molniya will be "lockable" first: Skval: Molniya vs Albatros.

 

BTW, I'm not saying that there is no problem at all. I'm just saying that 1) both ships are targetable and 2) what I'm seeing makes sense to me. It's the same sort of jump you get when trying to target helos, vehicles, or buildings and something with similar size but a higher contrast ratio is nearby.

 

As far as determining the range without the laser turned on is concerned, AFAIK, the system calculates it mathematically based on altitude, Skval angle, etc. I imagine it's fairly similar to how the A-10 calculates slant range. Again, AFAIK, the A-10 does not use a laser rangefinder or radar for those calculations.

 

Rich