Radion suggestion

[CptTangerine]

Hi

 

 

 

I don't know if this has been mentioned before and I wouldn't have a clue how to go about searching for it, but...

 

 

For realistic comms, it seems to me that the main comms menu screen isn't necessary. If I tune to a frequency, the comms options are already limited to the unit that frequency is assigned to. For example, if I'm tuned to ATC at Batumi, I don't need all of the options for wingmen etc., or even for other ATCs, I just need the Batumi ATC options. It would be useful if the game could recognise that the frequency was for Batumi and only give me the relevant radio options for it. Likewise, the same for wingmen, ground units, etc.

 

 

 

In my opinion, this would make the radio easier and more natural to use.

 

 

Just a thought.

 

 

CptT

[Eaglewings]

This is the kind of atc upgrade we are looking forward to from ED.

The Supercarrier atc is unfortunately going to be tied to one channel-operate-all communications too.(so I have gathered)

We hope we will get this realistic radio feature implemented in no too distant future.

[draconus]

Wouldn't it be cheat to make a peek at radio menu and instantly know what have you tuned into? Same with ATC list by range as is currently.

[Northstar98]

Personally I like the current implementation - IRL there's nothing stopping you from making a radio call on the wrong frequency, you just have to get it right - like you would IRL.

 

Personally I see this as being more a fault with the interface than anything else, idk.

[Shadow KT]

You don't need to know what you've tuned to.... Just have commands.... If you are on the correct frequency, you will get the correct answer.

 

If you are on a different ATC's frequency, he will tell you that you are on the wrong freq or not respond at all

[CptTangerine]

I guess it would be a bit of a cheat. I considered that and then counter-thought, how much of a big thing would that be? Unless you view the radio as a mini-game, I don't think it would change things that much. There are probably folks out there who would love spending hours just rummaging through all the frequencies to see what was on them (although I'm assuming that there are easier ways to see).

My original thinking on this was, if you are going down and hit the radio button for a mayday call, you'd be screwed if real-life was like DCS. It would be like the local ATC going [shrug] "Not my part of ship" and leaving you to expire in your crashed craft.

 

I really like Shadow KT's suggestion of having the ATC advise you that you're on the wrong channel and give you the correct one. The current system very much works on the basis that if you can't get it right, you'll just have to suffer, wheras real-life operations are very much geared to trying to keep people safe in the air.

 

In fact, that's a bit of a theme with DCS. Go on a navigation-based mission and head off-course, your navigator/wingman will happily follow you until you run out of fuel. I'd like to think that in real-life your wingy/navigator might go "Er ... Bob, you might want to come right 50 degrees, we're about to invade Iran."