What happened to simple IFF?

[F900EX]

You lock at enemy target and all I get is a square box and not only that as you can see the "square" does not lock on to the selected target, that square you see disappears when its in the circle for longer range targets.

 

I have watched Wags new videos on IFF and LTWS.

 

 

Before I never had a problem, I come back after sometime in the F-14 and from the updates over the past 2 months for the F-18 this is the result.

 

Very frustrating.... I like detail and checking all the buttons, but sometimes simple is best, especially when things are happening fast.

 

 

 

[ravenzino]

What happened to simple IFF?

 

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Edited May 6, 2019 by ravenzino

[will-]

from the screen shot you can see its a unknown contact you have L&S. You are not in STT, your looking out 40NM. you should only be 10. Not sure what your radar settings are as your in the data page.

 

when firing from like that your just shooting mad dog missiles. hope this helps; i'd re watch those videos still alot your missing.

 

fyi as i see this asked a lot "how do i unlock a target?" to unlock a L&S track hit the reset. undesignate "unlock" is for STT targets.

[F900EX]

from the screen shot you can see its a unknown contact you have L&S. You are not in STT, your looking out 40NM. you should only be 10. Not sure what your radar settings are as your in the data page.

 

when firing from like that your just shooting mad dog missiles. hope this helps; i'd re watch those videos still alot your missing.

 

fyi as i see this asked a lot "how do i unlock a target?" to unlock a L&S track hit the reset. undesignate "unlock" is for STT targets.

 

 

Will -

It might be a bad example as its from the AIM-120 AMRAAM training mission for the F-18 so everything you see in the screenshot is default including 40NM when you start the training mission and yes aircraft I think are about 10-15NM away, before the last few updates I would select AA>AIM-120 and use default radar settings using the TDC to lock a target and within 5-10secs no matter the range it would tell me if its friendly or not. Today I cannot do that so I am asking whats changed with it comes to IFF?

[Jak525]

Will -

It might be a bad example as its from the AIM-120 AMRAAM training mission for the F-18 so everything you see in the screenshot is default including 40NM when you start the training mission and yes aircraft I think are about 10-15NM away, before the last few updates I would select AA>AIM-120 and use default radar settings using the TDC to lock a target and within 5-10secs no matter the range it would tell me if its friendly or not. Today I cannot do that so I am asking whats changed with it comes to IFF?

That was a placeholder IFF system and not realistic. Now, realistic IFF has been implemented (although automatic IFF settings will be coming with the azimuth/elevation radar page). Give this a read- https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/F/A-18C#IFF.2C_HAFU.2C_and_NCTR

[ravenzino]

You hover the TDC cursor over the radar target and use sensor depress function to IFF an target. To lock it, you need to use TDC depress twice... first depress only enters LTWS.

 

 

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[F900EX]

Thanks all ...

 

 

 

 

[SMN]

Switch OFF LTWS. LTWS now work incorrect!

[GrEaSeLiTeNiN]

Will -

It might be a bad example as its from the AIM-120 AMRAAM training mission for the F-18 so everything you see in the screenshot is default including 40NM when you start the training mission and yes aircraft I think are about 10-15NM away, before the last few updates I would select AA>AIM-120 and use default radar settings using the TDC to lock a target and within 5-10secs no matter the range it would tell me if its friendly or not. Today I cannot do that so I am asking whats changed with it comes to IFF?

 

Now it's more realistic and requires a bit more work. But really, you will get used to working with the SA page NCTR (requires STT lock) and those TDC/SCS depresses on the contact in the RDR ATTK page. The hostile contact will usually begin to show a caret, become red and HUD square becomes a diamond. You get more depth and fun in the sim sense.

[Keks]

Switch OFF LTWS. LTWS now work incorrect!

 

How is it supposed to work?