Are you supposed to be able to NCTR with an LTWS L&S designation?

[Jak525]

A bug was reported a bit ago about being able to identify something as hostile with only an LTWS L&S designation. However, I just noticed in Wags' datalink video when it initially came out, he said in the description NCTR requires an "L&S or STT" (also states in the manual). If you just L&S a target, it will not show an NCTR result on the SA format. So my question is, is LTWS L&S supposed to be able to get an NCTR print, and thus there is a bug where it doesn't show up on SA, or is it not supposed to be able to get an NCTR print, and thus there is a bug where planes are being designated hostile when they shouldn't (as reported in the linked bug post)?

 

EDIT: Track attached. I believe the plane is indeed NCTR printing the target via LTWS, it's just not showing up on SA (again, let us know if this is correct behavior or not). I started the mission against another plane and at a high angle, so an NCTR couldn't be made. I had an L&S LTWS designation the entire time. Upon getting in range and within about 30 degrees of his tail, it became a hostile. SA page never displayed an NCTR ID so this is a bug even if LTWS is supposed to be able to do an NCTR..

 

EDIT 2: Did a quick test and it does not seem to be the same case for the DT2.

Edited April 12, 2019 by Jak525

[Harker]

Hey there. I'm the guy who reported the bug you're linking. Something is definitely off and it's still not fixed in the latest update.

You should post this on the Bugs section, so the devs will treat it as such.

[Jak525]

Hey there. I'm the guy who reported the bug you're linking. Something is definitely off and it's still not fixed in the latest update.

You should post this on the Bugs section, so the devs will treat it as such.

Done