Jester - what does Spot do?

[71st_Mastiff]

He fetches a ball if you throw it.

[Donut]

When selecting "Spot" on the menu, there is no response from Jester like when you select every other menu command. This leads me to be believe that it does nothing at the moment.

 

 

Heatblur, what does Spot do?

[71st_Mastiff]

When selecting "Spot" on the menu, there is no response from Jester like when you select every other menu command. This leads me to be believe that it does nothing at the moment.

 

 

Heatblur, what does Spot do?

 

he says ok on my side. he scans the outside of the cockpit.

[smallberries]

I get bothered by Jester primarily by:

 

 

1. HE calls targets well after they are in the position he called. There have been several times when he called the bandit was at 6:00, even though he was RIGHT in front of me as I was tracking for a kill. Or, I'd fire a missile and it would miss and 10 seconds later, he'd remarked "Missile missed!" These were 1V1 engagements so it wasn't like someone else fired a missile at me an missed or he was calling a bandit on my six that I didn't know about.

 

 

2. He's not really a team player, haha. His remarks in a dogfight seem so negative. Not encouraging at all. And he's a chicken. We got shot up pretty bad but I had the aircraft and was actually gliding her to a landing in the deserts of Nevada. I hear, "Sorry, man, I'm gonna eject....Good luuuuuccckkkk!" and I'm like, "Did he really just eject?" and I see that my canopy is missing and I hear wind whistling by. I successfully landed the plane seconds later on the desert floor and had a look and sure enough the canopy was gone and so was he--literally. When I checked the mission results, it showed that he ejected and died.

 

 

v6,

boNes

 

I would have said all the same things with much poorer manners. +1

[mehksauce]

He fetches a ball if you throw it.

 

more like u threw a ball right and landed infront of him.. but he still cant seem to find it

[Eldur]

BTW this somehow reminds me of "TEN SECONDS" in the NineLine comms. I've asked at least three times what it does and never got an answer and I have yet to find any bit of documentation that explains it anywhere, whether it's DCS or even RL.

[swither]

The spot command makes jester look in the same direction as you, so basically if you want to call his attention tom something that you're seeing.

 

 

As you guys know, Jester is very much WIP and hence we haven't wanted to focus too much time on this part of the manual since things are likely to change,

[kievbsm]

As you guys know, Jester is very much WIP and hence we haven't wanted to focus too much time on this part of the manual since things are likely to change,

 

Jester is the one of diamonds of F-14B!

Please don't shift him to the last position in the list of point of your interests.

Edited April 4, 2019 by kievbsm

[MRSHADO]

3-1 Brevity

 

SPOT—Acquisition of laser designation.

 

Maybe.

[QuiGon]

3-1 Brevity

 

SPOT—Acquisition of laser designation.

 

Maybe.

Uhm, no, see swither's post above.

[Ickx]

The spot command makes jester look in the same direction as you, so basically if you want to call his attention tom something that you're seeing.

 

 

As you guys know, Jester is very much WIP and hence we haven't wanted to focus too much time on this part of the manual since things are likely to change,

 

Pretty much not that usable then as the jester menu pops up centered in the cockpit and you have to look at it, at least in VR.

[dSAF Dancer]

But if later you bind it to a button directly or use voice commands, it will be handy.

[kengou]

BTW this somehow reminds me of "TEN SECONDS" in the NineLine comms. I've asked at least three times what it does and never got an answer and I have yet to find any bit of documentation that explains it anywhere, whether it's DCS or even RL.

In real life I believe "ten seconds" tells the JTAC that you should be in hot in approx. 10 seconds. Not much point of it in DCS I suppose.

[Shadow_1stVFW]

Anybody from heatblur have a definite answer on this?

 

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[IronMike]

Anybody from heatblur have a definite answer on this?

 

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Hi Shadow, if you look above Swither already replied:

 

Spot makes Jester view in the same direction of the pilot's centre point of view for a short amount of time, then he reverts back to his usual scanning process. It is useful if you want him to cover a certain side, etc.. I dont remember exactly how long, but I think it was something between 10 and 20 seconds.

[JayBird]

Anybody from heatblur have a definite answer on this?

 

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See:

 

The spot command makes jester look in the same direction as you, so basically if you want to call his attention tom something that you're seeing.

 

 

As you guys know, Jester is very much WIP and hence we haven't wanted to focus too much time on this part of the manual since things are likely to change,

[Shadow_1stVFW]

Ah, I see, couldn't see he was a team member on my mobile.

 

Thanks!

[IronMike]

Ah, I see, couldn't see he was a team member on my mobile.

 

Thanks!

 

No worries, bud, it's easy to miss, and happy to answer. :)

[draconus]

No worries, bud, it's easy to miss, and happy to answer. :)

Why is he so shy to use the HB logo then? :)

What about the answer to the Jester menu argument that in order to use "Spot" from the menu, you have to actually look elsewhere using TIR or VR?

[Paveway333]

Two things id like to see explained or improved upon:

 

Missile callouts, i don't know if this is true but it often feels that he shouts at everything he see's, even at those who aren't intended for our aircraft, like a SAM far away engaging other aircrafts.

 

Some indication when he's locking targets in TWS, other than monitoring the mirrored radar screen.

[IronMike]

Why is he so shy to use the HB logo then? :)

 

Ain't a requirement, anyone could use the logo (although we'd prevent that sooner or later). The member status "3rd party developer" is the appropriate indicator.

 

 

What about the answer to the Jester menu argument that in order to use "Spot" from the menu, you have to actually look elsewhere using TIR or VR?

 

 

EDIT: Ok, so the cone is big enough, that the small deviation from first opening the menu to engaging the spot command does not matter really, provided that you do not move around deliberately like crazy or so. (very professional answer lol)

Edited November 1, 2019 by IronMike

[LASooner]

It would be great if you used the spot command when locked to a target, Jester would identify the aircraft type locked if within a reasonable range or if identified by AWACs. Especially in VR when it's tough to identify the blurry dot.