Monkey21 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Looks great !! Don't beat me up, but when it comes to A2A any chance we will be able to see dots in the sky :) Yes I'm well aware the Viggen is a low-level A2G jet but its classification is a strike fighter with multi-role capabilities that includes Air to Air combat. Just curious ... Not really, the radar isn't designed for it all, and the radar points itself at the ground whenever it can. I have heard than some Tornado GR.4 navigators were able to get their AG radars to work as crude air-to-air radar, but could only be used for scanning. You certainly couldn't guide air-to-air weapons with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldur Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Main Viggen thread: "the Viggen receives zero love now, they are only focusing on the Tomcat!" Heatblur: "hold my beer" Why are HB so awesome while others are not up to their level? Though I just noticed that idle RPM bug in the video, but I guess that's not for too long anymore as well Don't beat me up, but when it comes to A2A any chance we will be able to see dots in the sky Yes I'm well aware the Viggen is a low-level A2G jet but its classification is a strike fighter with multi-role capabilities that includes Air to Air combat. Just curious ... I'd imagine to be able to see air contacts as well, but that'd be limited to about same altitude and lower. Those a/c are reflecting the rays pretty well after all. Nothing really dedicated to AA, but you'd at least get a good idea that there's something to watch out for if you'd see fast moving spots on the scope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amalahama Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 A/A contacts are visible right now - but it takes some switch fidgeting and practise to get there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoomer Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Excellent work, the Viggen was a new benchmark and it`s good to see HeatBlur being the ones to continue to push the boundaries, well done. As a Viggen owner and HeatBlur fan, the F-14 is a definite purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaoqumba Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 This plane is getting better and more attractive! I'm going to buy it next month! Thank you so much for the excellent product! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uri_ba Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 I can smell those J52s warping up on the deck... Creator of Hound ELINT script My pit building blog Few DIY projects on Github: DIY Cougar throttle Standalone USB controller | DIY FCC3 Standalone USB Controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaoqumba Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 In the future, will Chinese be added to the AJS37 flight manual? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F900EX Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Not really, the radar isn't designed for it all, and the radar points itself at the ground whenever it can. I have heard than some Tornado GR.4 navigators were able to get their AG radars to work as crude air-to-air radar, but could only be used for scanning. You certainly couldn't guide air-to-air weapons with it. I'll take scanning and knowing there is an aircraft in front of me over nothing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beamscanner Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 (edited) does the video bar line really look like a rectangle in the real Viggen? I could be way wrong here, so please correct me if so, but it seems like a Viggen military simulator from the early 1970s might have used a flipping rectangle atop a moving map or something(to simulate a radar screen). And maybe Heatblur is using the military simulator footage to detail their own simulator. Like I said I could be completely wrong. I just think the rectangle at the bottom of the radar beam looks out of place, and I can't think of why it be squared off there. Edited November 30, 2018 by Beamscanner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beamscanner Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 However, I do have a question: are this radar improvements realistic? I mean, will the simulated radar give us a radar image close to that of the real aircraft? ... or will it be better and clearer than the real aircraft? Can the real radar detect civilian traffic? Thanks a lot, :) Simply answer is yes. Long answer is that it depends on various factors of the radar and even the aspect, shape and size of the vehicle. The PS-37 is non-coherent analog radar that uses a low PRF. Thus it surely did not perform any Doppler beam sharpening to increase its resolution. https://www.aef.se/Avionik/Notiser/PS-37/PS-37A.htm So any detection of vehicles would be based on magnitude (how reflective the car is) and contrast (how reflective the objects surrounding the car are). In a radar such as the PS-37, the antenna's beamwidth and the radars pulse duration effect the angular and range resolution (meaning the sharpness/resolution of the radar image itself) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripleinside Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 You simply are the best 3rd party team out there... well done on the ground radar, and for all these features you keep adding to our Viggen. I've already purchased the F-14 as i am positive it will be a breakthru module in DCS... thanks Cobra... Win10 x64, Intel core I9 9900k@5ghz, 32GB DDR4, RTX2080 ti, MSI Z370 Tomahawk mobo, M.2 SSD, Warthog HOTAS, home made trackIr, Pimax 8K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoBlue Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Awesome, looking forward to try the new Ground-radar capability & Multiplayer FP! Super nice work HT . Check it out below and let us know what you think. This feature is now available in Open Beta. The auto generated ATTACK is always off according to the maker & not so useful for precision weapons (Bk90). Is this being worked on? i7 8700k@4.7, 1080ti, DDR4 32GB, 2x SSD , HD 2TB, W10, ASUS 27", TrackIr5, TMWH, X-56, GProR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tintifaxl Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 I'm impressed! Please add the full campaign now and release the Viggen from ea, so I can buy it at last. Windows 10 64bit, Intel i9-9900@5Ghz, 32 Gig RAM, MSI RTX 3080 TI, 2 TB SSD, 43" 2160p@1440p monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DowntownSIX Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Unexpected - thank you very much! Devils Canyon i7 4790K @ 4.9GHz |16gb DDR3 | MSI GeForce GTX 1080Ti | Samsung 860 EVO Thrustmaster Warthog | Virpil WarBRD | Virpil TM-50CM2 Grip | VKB-Sim T-Rudder Mk.IV | Acer X34A (21:9) | Oculus Rift S A-10C | AJS-37 | AV-8B | C-101 | F/A-18C | F-14A/B | F-5E | KA-50 | L-39 | M-2000C | SA342 | Spitfire LF Mk IX | UH-1H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikke_EAF331 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Looking forward to the update even though I'm already having fun with my Viggen. :) I just wish I had more time to fly it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBot Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 This looks fantastic, excellent job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey21 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 does the video bar line really look like a rectangle in the real Viggen? I could be way wrong here, so please correct me if so, but it seems like a Viggen military simulator from the early 1970s might have used a flipping rectangle atop a moving map or something(to simulate a radar screen). And maybe Heatblur is using the military simulator footage to detail their own simulator. Like I said I could be completely wrong. I just think the rectangle at the bottom of the radar beam looks out of place, and I can't think of why it be squared off there. Yeah this has been bugging me for a while, the scan line is supposed to have a smooth tail that follows it with a delay, rather than a big block of green. It's a minor graphical thing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra847 Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Yeah this has been bugging me for a while, the scan line is supposed to have a smooth tail that follows it with a delay, rather than a big block of green. It's a minor graphical thing though. Re the rectangle and tail; the Viggen radar seemed to have a rectangular scanline, yes - and it does not actually have a tail at all. That said, the recently refreshed pixels are slightly brighter and decay. I think we're reasonably close as-is, apart from the green-tone colour which has changed with the new tonemapper and will be adjusted: 1 Nicholas Dackard Founder & Lead Artist Heatblur Simulations https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agremont Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 So glad the Viggen is continuing getting love. It really is my favorite DCS module! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent90 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Any ETA on the missing cockpit animations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beamscanner Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Re the rectangle and tail; the Viggen radar seemed to have a rectangular scanline, yes - and it does not actually have a tail at all. That said, the recently refreshed pixels are slightly brighter and decay. I think we're reasonably close as-is, apart from the green-tone colour which has changed with the new tonemapper and will be adjusted: There it is. Cool! Dont understand why it does that.. but it clearly does. Just a weird Swedish thing i guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veenee Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 I see everyone hates the news :smilewink: Thank you sooo much guys, awesomeness of Viggen is growing! So many modules, so little time... www.mikphotography.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainyday Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Awesome news! New radar looks brilliant :) A-10C Warthog | AJS-37 Viggen | F-5E Tiger II | Mig-15bis | MiG-19P Farmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook47 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 In the midst of what Im sure is a epic Tomcat Crunch you have still found time to love on the amazing Viggen. Awesome job, Heatblur!!!! You guys are killing it! Sent from my SM-J320V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel101 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Re the rectangle and tail; the Viggen radar seemed to have a rectangular scanline, yes - and it does not actually have a tail at all. That said, the recently refreshed pixels are slightly brighter and decay. I think we're reasonably close as-is, apart from the green-tone colour which has changed with the new tonemapper and will be adjusted: OMG! One minute pushing the play button and not understanding why the video does not reproduce :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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