[NOT A BUG] F16 gun tracers missing in VR

[Hotdognz]

Hi guys does anyone else have missing gun tracers in VR for the F16, I have searched the forum and come up with nothing.

 

If I use the F16 out of VR the gun tracers are working.

 

Cheers

[razo+r]

You have several types of ammo in the F-16, some have no tracers. Check that.

[Hotdognz]

You have several types of ammo in the F-16, some have no tracers. Check that.

 

I did a repair that has fixed it, I think it was the VR shader mod I was using had caused it (trying to get extra FPS out of the sim).

 

Cheers

[pimp]

Will we ever get armor piercing rounds with tracers?

[silverdevil]

Will we ever get armor piercing rounds with tracers?

 

i am not completely positive with this. i believe by virtue of the composition of the AP round there is no room for the tracer element. another choice would be to load ammo 1 per 5. one tracer round and then four without. gun is firing so fast one would not know the difference.

 

http://www.f-16.net/f-16_armament_article5.html

[Northstar98]

Just to put it out there:

 

The current ammunition available for the DCS F-16C, going off of the 2.5.5 stable are:

• HEI-T (M242?)
  
• HEI (M56A3?)
  
• AP (M53? though that's API)
  
• TP-T (M220?)
  
• SAPHEI PGU (PGU 28A/B?)
  
• TP PGU (PGU-27A/B?)
  

The only ones that are traced is the HEI-T round, which I think is an M242, which I think should have an orange/red tracer (somebody correct me if I'm wrong) and the M220(?) TP-T round.

 

And second to what silverdevil said, I think the only way we're getting AP with tracers is to used a mix. Hmm, I wonder if we could get user defined ammunition mixes...

 

On another note, can ED rename ammunition to include the actual name of the round used?

Edited March 29, 2020 by Northstar98