Wingman "ECM ON" command

[leonardo_c]

Could we have a "ECM ON" for our wingmen?

I like the idea of having a wingman that carries U22 or U22/A only and I would like to command him to turn on his ECM when we approach the target.

It is even more realistic I recon.

 

 

thanks in advance for taking it into account :thumbup:

[TLTeo]

+1, this would be pretty cool. Currently I carry the U22 myself but it would be nice to have the option to have a second countermeasure pod instead, and let my wingman do the jamming.

[Fisherman82]

+1 Would be very good

 

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[QuiGon]

+1, this would be pretty cool. Currently I carry the U22 myself but it would be nice to have the option to have a second countermeasure pod instead, and let my wingman do the jamming.

That doesn't work in DCS unfortunately. In DCS jamming only degrades enemy radar activity against the jamming aircraft, but enemy radar activity against wingmen remains unaffected.

[TLTeo]

I thought so too but then this came out:

 

 

and now I'm just confused

[leonardo_c]

That doesn't work in DCS unfortunately. In DCS jamming only degrades enemy radar activity against the jamming aircraft, but enemy radar activity against wingmen remains unaffected.

 

 

Well there are always workarounds, that's the wonderful thing with programming.

 

This command could simply activate a jammer that you are not carrying.

I'm quite sure that you can code an AI wingman function that enables jamming for the wing leader (player).

In short, when you issue ECM ON to your wingman an onboard U22 or U22/A jammer can be enabled, even if you are not carrying it. Of course when your wingman is gone then no more jammer.

 

It cannot be harder than what they did for Jester ;)

[Wizard1393]

That doesn't work in DCS unfortunately. In DCS jamming only degrades enemy radar activity against the jamming aircraft, but enemy radar activity against wingmen remains unaffected.

 

Yes it does. In the video in post #5 by TLTeo, at 7:32, it's shown that if one aircraft is jamming and another aircraft is within 5000ft of the jamming aircraft, the aircraft NOT jamming is also hidden by the jamming plane.

Edited August 21, 2019 by chrisofsweden