Swift. Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Is viper able to take MGRS coordinates? And if so, can we get this feature pretty soon after launch, it would be a huge quality of life upgrade. 476th Discord | 476th Website | Swift Youtube Ryzen 5800x, RTX 4070ti, 64GB, Quest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 I asked about this on a YT video and the response was Lat/Lon only. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] http://www.476vfightergroup.com/content.php High Quality Aviation Photography For Personal Enjoyment And Editorial Use. www.crosswindimages.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomsk Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 (edited) Seems surprising since according to the wikipedia page on the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Grid_Reference_System. The MGRS module was changed to make the final latitude check on MGRS to UTM conversions sensitive to the precision of the input MGRS coordinate string. The lower the input precision, the more "slop" is allowed in the final check on the latitude zone letter. This is to handle an issue raised by some F-16 pilots, who truncate MGRS strings that they receive from the Army. This was apparently listed in the release notes for GEOTRANS Release 2.0.2, 1999: Which does strongly suggest that at least some version of the viper active around 1999 definitely can take MGRS coordinates ... Edited October 1, 2019 by Tomsk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift. Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 Interesting stuff, I remember Panther mentioning that the current vipers have MGRS. However other games make no mention of such a feature. Perhaps it is in fact included on all vipers and some games lack the accuracy of DCS. 476th Discord | 476th Website | Swift Youtube Ryzen 5800x, RTX 4070ti, 64GB, Quest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=Panther= Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Interesting stuff, I remember Panther mentioning that the current vipers have MGRS. However other games make no mention of such a feature. Perhaps it is in fact included on all vipers and some games lack the accuracy of DCS. A lot of tape updates have happened since 2007, so at some point it would appear that MGRS was added. No clue what the jet may have had or not in 2007, as I can only go with current information. Twitch Channel [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Virtual Thunderbirds, LLC | Sponsored by Thrustmaster Z390 Aorus Xtreme, i9 9900k, G.SKILL TridentZ Series 32GB, 1080ti 11GB, Obutto R3Volution, Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog, TPR, Cougar MFDs, FSSB R3L, JetSeat, Oculus Rift S, Buddy-Fox A-10C UFC, F/A-18C UFC, Tek Creations F-16 ICP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift. Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 Just gonna revive this old thread with this video ( ) where it seems to show a viper <2008 with MGRS on the TGP display. This would imply that viper was compatible with MGRS at least in 2008. 476th Discord | 476th Website | Swift Youtube Ryzen 5800x, RTX 4070ti, 64GB, Quest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper175 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 (edited) Well this thread is in the wishlist area so that should answer it i guess... I know as far as us Snipers on the ground the school houses and team internal we were always trained and called in f16 and f18 with lat long, hence we always prefered apaches... Part of the business. Im now retired going on two years so i assume stuff has changed, so what i say is from my personal experience and what i taught to our Snipes. I can tell you For us NON JTAC OR TACP we always prefered MGRS. But on ODA's we had a Airforce TACP who dealt with all the Air assets and we just concentrated on our Triggers. I know 2007 and onwards our ODA's really loved having the TACP attached to our teams, was a game changer and much more effective. I didn't look over his shoulder so to speak so maybe somebody else has more insight on it. Just blabbing:thumbup: so # ED give us MGRS for us ground folk and have the AI Jtac in sim give both or we can choose in special options...... Edited March 23, 2020 by Sniper175 I7-8700 @5GHZ, 32GB 3000MHZ RAM, 1080TI, Rift S, ODYSSEY +. SSD DRIVES, WIN10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 I think one important key development before this is necessary, is the ability to actually enter the elevation for a steerpoint. Right now, everything is hovering 6000' off the ground so accuracy isn't really very good (yet) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] http://www.476vfightergroup.com/content.php High Quality Aviation Photography For Personal Enjoyment And Editorial Use. www.crosswindimages.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUICE-AWG Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 I can see now the conflicts and ambiguity on systems capabilities based upon BLOCK and LOT variations of aircraft. Yet another level of realism in DCS to have true period-specific capabilities in Modules. Bottom line, have to go with passing targets in the format for the CAS player and I like that! "There are only two types of aircraft, Fighters and Targets." Doyle "Wahoo" Nicholson [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper175 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 When all else fails Pop Smoke or IR:joystick: I7-8700 @5GHZ, 32GB 3000MHZ RAM, 1080TI, Rift S, ODYSSEY +. SSD DRIVES, WIN10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift. Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 It would help the fighters if they are looking in the right grid square though ;) 476th Discord | 476th Website | Swift Youtube Ryzen 5800x, RTX 4070ti, 64GB, Quest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 That’s actually not an issue. Even with only pre-placed, editable steerpoints, you can craft a flightplan which leaves room for an IP and targets. Just can’t (easily) do precision attacks lest you have the bulk of your flightplan devoured by the TGP slewing bug. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] http://www.476vfightergroup.com/content.php High Quality Aviation Photography For Personal Enjoyment And Editorial Use. www.crosswindimages.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift. Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 I suppose this may end up being one of those deal with it things. The advantages of MGRS are pretty clear, not only for rapid transmission of coordinates over a radio, but also for plugging flightplans on a dedicated server as required. 1 476th Discord | 476th Website | Swift Youtube Ryzen 5800x, RTX 4070ti, 64GB, Quest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mero-Mayhem Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Are there any news for entering Coordinates from JTAC (MGRS) to the Viper STP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerian Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Mero-Mayhem said: Are there any news for entering Coordinates from JTAC (MGRS) to the Viper STP? You can use steerpoints 21-25. When on the STPT page with one of those selected you just need to dobber right to change to MGRS. Wags has a video on it. Edited October 10, 2021 by Tigerian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mero-Mayhem Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Tigerian said: You can use steerpoints 21-25. When on the STPT page with one of those selected you just need to dobber right to change to MGRS. Wags has a video on it. I´ve seen this Video. You can not put MGRS coordinates in. I tried it. You can only read but not write. Edited October 11, 2021 by Mero-Mayhem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerian Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 18 minutes ago, Mero-Mayhem said: I"ve seen this Video. You can not put MGRS coordinates in. I tried it. You can only read but not write. Weird. I hadn't really looked at it since it got added but just assumed you'd also be able to enter in MGRS too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurch0080 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 you should be able to however it was not added in the update. so IMO its pretty useless at the moment as you can only convert which doesnt have a whole lot of use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignition Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 The DCS manual in the page 64 says "Only the elevation is editable; all other fields are read-only." Its really a shame because its nearly useless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AR_Mikeloto Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Anyway, for me at the moment this works like a charm MGRS Converter (Android) 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team NineLine Posted October 14, 2021 ED Team Share Posted October 14, 2021 MGRS entry is coming. 1 2 Forum Rules • My YouTube • My Discord - NineLine#0440• **How to Report a Bug** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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