hreich Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Will you developers implement dynamic weather update over internet for the region in the game? If we are going to have static campaign (linear/non-linear), it would make a game a bit different if weather is different in linear missions? And that also goes for day/night cycle. One time a mission would be played in daylight, the other in darkness of night... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Pilot from Croatia
Boberro Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Yeah it would be fine like in MSFS X. Little programming ;) and people are pleased ^^ Reminder: Fighter pilots make movies. Bomber pilots make... HISTORY! :D | Also to be remembered: FRENCH TANKS HAVE ONE GEAR FORWARD AND FIVE BACKWARD :D ಠ_ಠ ツ
britgliderpilot Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Will you developers implement dynamic weather update over internet for the region in the game? If we are going to have static campaign (linear/non-linear), it would make a game a bit different if weather is different in linear missions? And that also goes for day/night cycle. One time a mission would be played in daylight, the other in darkness of night... I'd say unlikely. Day/night cycle changing would be a definite no-no - the Ka50 as modelled is almost useless at night. NVGs and unguided rockets are no substitude for optically sighted weapons. I'd like to guess that most simmers have jobs, too. All night missions would make any campaign impossible. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/britgliderpilot/BS2Britgliderpilot-1.jpg
- Piloto da Morte - Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 All night missions would make any campaign impossible. IMpossible no, but hard...
The_GOZR Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=28487&page=8
britgliderpilot Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 IMpossible no, but hard... No, trust me on this - impossible. If there's a Shilka or a Vulcan protecting your target and you can't take it out with the Vikhr, you might as well give up and go home. There'll be a very pretty fireworks show and your aircraft will be destroyed. You CANNOT take on these things with unguided rockets in the Ka50. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/britgliderpilot/BS2Britgliderpilot-1.jpg
GreyStork Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 If there's a Shilka or a Vulcan protecting your target and you can't take it out with the Vikhr, you might as well give up and go home. There'll be a very pretty fireworks show and your aircraft will be destroyed. Hmm. I wonder if anyone ever considered an IR camera update to the Shkval system. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] - Study flight sim geek since Falcon 3.0 -
Avimimus Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Ka-50SH, Ka-50N etc. I'd say unlikely. I'd like to guess that most simmers have jobs, too. All night missions would make any campaign impossible. I don't know about that. I could easily imagine an infantry attack on the base by commandos who infiltrated the area. Amidst mortar fire the pilot decides to scramble. In almost complete darkness can tracers and radio control be used to infer who is friend and who is foe? Is it necessary to defend th base only using rockets and cannon? Simply remove the Shilkas from the equation and you could have several missions.
Boberro Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Hope early morning or dusty Shkval will be operating, cause now at these times of day Shkval doesn't snap too good. Reminder: Fighter pilots make movies. Bomber pilots make... HISTORY! :D | Also to be remembered: FRENCH TANKS HAVE ONE GEAR FORWARD AND FIVE BACKWARD :D ಠ_ಠ ツ
Sealpup Posted February 11, 2008 Posted February 11, 2008 Why can't you use the vikhr at night? I know the EO system will be hosed, but (assuming the targetting methodology is the same as on the Frog-T) cant you just put the HUD pipper on the target in question and ground-stabilize?
britgliderpilot Posted February 11, 2008 Posted February 11, 2008 Why can't you use the vikhr at night? I know the EO system will be hosed, but (assuming the targetting methodology is the same as on the Frog-T) cant you just put the HUD pipper on the target in question and ground-stabilize? The Shkval has changed a little bit since FC - but yes, if you have the laser lit up then a Vikhr will fly straight down it. Which only leaves you with the problem of acquiring the threat at several miles, at night, while using the NVGs . . . and if you can then place the Shkval reticle over the target, and keep it there, and keep nudging the reticle back onto the target that you can't see . . . then yes, it might work. As near as impossible as makes no difference ;) Make no mistake, the Ka50 is not something you want to be fighting in at night. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/britgliderpilot/BS2Britgliderpilot-1.jpg
leafer Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 Make no mistake, the Ka50 is not something you want to be fighting in at night. Is that how it is in real life? ED have been taking my money since 1995. :P
EvilBivol-1 Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 In-service Ka-50s are not equipped with any night-capable targeting systems. So it is as night capable as any other aircraft with no night vision sensors (Mi-24, Su-25, etc). The cockpit does support NVGs and these are available in the sim, but they don't help track targets for weapons.Technically, it can fight at night, but detection, identification and targeting is extremely limited by the EO technology. There have been a number of proposed upgrades to the Ka-50 to add IIR night targeting systems, but these remain only proposals. Also, the 2-seat Ka-52 is fully night capable, but is likewise in prototype form. For this reason, none of these will be featured in DCS, at least for now. - EB [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Nothing is easy. Everything takes much longer. The Parable of Jane's A-10 Forum Rules
Avimimus Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 So, only a panicked, desperate and misguided last stand when other resources aren't available? Sounds like fun.
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Weta43 Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 Skipping back to the weather thing - Maybe not so cool, but much, much simpler than dynamic weather across the internet :-) In say - F1-200n - there's the option of having the weather as it was on the actual day of the race you're supposed to be racing on. ED has set a calendar in LO - presumably DCS also - that defaults to a day some years ago & campaigns / missions move forward from that start day. It would be a relatively simple exercise to have a lookup table of what the weather conditions were for a particular day, and have the option of having missions that start on a particular day reflect the weather as it was at say - Sochi on that day. A bit more advanced might be to note in the table the conditions at midnight & mid-day, & then transition between these as I think ARMA does, which would allow continuous change across all the time period covered by the lookup table. Cheers.
Flyby Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 an interesting link http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/ka50/ Maybe the DCS Black Shark will evolve in nightfighting capabilities? Also perhaps modders will be able to go "international" on the cockpit one day?;) Flyby out The U.S. Congress is the best governing body that BIG money can buy. :cry:
GGTharos Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 Maybe, but it certainly won't be that way on release. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
britgliderpilot Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 Skipping back to the weather thing - Maybe not so cool, but much, much simpler than dynamic weather across the internet :-) In say - F1-200n - there's the option of having the weather as it was on the actual day of the race you're supposed to be racing on. ED has set a calendar in LO - presumably DCS also - that defaults to a day some years ago & campaigns / missions move forward from that start day. It would be a relatively simple exercise to have a lookup table of what the weather conditions were for a particular day, and have the option of having missions that start on a particular day reflect the weather as it was at say - Sochi on that day. A bit more advanced might be to note in the table the conditions at midnight & mid-day, & then transition between these as I think ARMA does, which would allow continuous change across all the time period covered by the lookup table. Relatively simple . . . but to be honest, what would be the point? It'd be simpler and probably more reliable to just have randomised weather. Who'd be able to tell? Expect Black Shark to be set in the future, too. Dunno how good your local forecaster is . . . . think mine would be hard pushed to predict weather in 2012 ;) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/britgliderpilot/BS2Britgliderpilot-1.jpg
quo vadis Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 ... Expect Black Shark to be set in the future, too. Dunno how good your local forecaster is . . . . think mine would be hard pushed to predict weather in 2012 ;) 2012 ? The KA-50 will surely have night vision by then :lol: (oh, and the ka-52 has come in production, so can be implemented in the game.... (sory, SIM))
EvilBivol-1 Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 (oh, and the ka-52 has come in production, so can be implemented in the game.... (sory, SIM)) It has not. - EB [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Nothing is easy. Everything takes much longer. The Parable of Jane's A-10 Forum Rules
EvilBivol-1 Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 That we'll see about. ;) I know what the Russian authorities have announced (see my signature), but this is not one of the items I trust them on, based on what I've heard elsewhere. - EB [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Nothing is easy. Everything takes much longer. The Parable of Jane's A-10 Forum Rules
Weta43 Posted February 13, 2008 Posted February 13, 2008 LOL - I spend my days running a model that optimises releases from lake storage for hydro-generation. You don't have to tell me how cr*p weather forecasts are.. Random would do it - but actual (historical) would tend to track with seasons (cloud cover, precipitation, wind & temps) while random weather .... might if you put the effort in to make sure it did. Also - I thought this mechanism might also be more amenable to letting users define weather states at the 00:01, 12:00 & 23:59 for single missions by overwiting the values that would have come from the lookup. Set in the future - you could still use historical weather - as you said - "Who'd be able to tell?", but the weather would move with the seasons - rather than random weather, 'new' missions in the ME (& quickstart?) could be assigned random (but over-ridable) start dates... Cheers.
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