[ART] Faint RB-05 flare

[some1]

The initial LOD problem in 2.5.6 has been fixed, but I have the impression that with every major DCS patch, the missile becomes less and less usable.

 

Back when the Viggen was released, the flare used to be reddish and quite easy to track, but now it's white and barely visible against background. Especially the distant LOD, which is used after the missile flies the first couple hundred meters.

 

It needs some tweaks in the new DCS lighting.

[TOViper]

Since I am using this weapon often, I would love to have it work again.

The flare disappears after a few hundred meters, and the weapon is then somehow "lost".

Using VR.

HB, can you check it and take care of this please?

[Jediteo]

We will look into it. The distance LOD system has been changed a bit recently, and sometimes the weapon can be difficult to see if you don't zoom in.

[TOViper]

We will look into it. The distance LOD system has been changed a bit recently, and sometimes the weapon can be difficult to see if you don't zoom in.

 

Thanks Jediteo for looking into this.

I have used "Medium" and "High" settings for visibility, but I didn't notice any difference.

 

Strange part of the story is, that if I had used the F6 cam to follow the weapon, the flare disappeared after a few seconds and changed to a white thin vertical line going through the aft section of the weapon!

[Streicher]

The way the flare just disappears is pretty ridicilous. The weapon is difficult to use, but this is just playing lottery.

[Johnny Johnny Johnny]

Any update regarding this? It's making the use of RB05 incredible difficult when it just vanishes into a faint dot and it turns into a guessing game if you are on target or not.

[MYSE1234]

Any update regarding this? It's making the use of RB05 incredible difficult when it just vanishes into a faint dot and it turns into a guessing game if you are on target or not.

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4483353&postcount=72

[Johnny Johnny Johnny]

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4483353&postcount=72

 

Thank you :)

[WelshZeCorgi]

I tried it in VR and the flare is still very, very dim past 2 kilometers. What are other people's verdict?

[TOViper]

I tried it in VR and the flare is still very, very dim past 2 kilometers. What are other people's verdict?

 

still awful

 

edit: the smoke makes it hardly visible at about 10 seconds after launch, then I have to use first VR zoom. After a few seconds this light is also gone, and I have to use second VR zoom. After 20 seconds the light is lost completely.

Edited October 1, 2020 by TOViper