What was fixed in the latest patch relative to EHSD DESG and AUTO BOMBING?

[Recluse]

I'm going to try once more:

 

In the current 18-Nov-2020 patch notes, it said:

 

Fixed: EHSD DESG behavior when using AUTO release mode.

 

Since the PREVIOUS patch made the sweeping changes to make you use DESG to get to AUTO MODE, WHAT part of that behavior did the current patch FIX????

[johanvc]

Actually, the DESG behaviour still puzzles me. I'd assume that DESG would be boxed if *any* target is designated, and that unboxing it would have the same effect as the "undesignate target" HOTAS button. In that case it would make sense that AUTO cues only show up with DESG boxed. As it stands you can designate a target but have DESG unboxed, and you'd need to press DESG switching the designation away from your target and selecting the waypoint as designation, meaning you'd need to reacquire the target in order to get the AUTO cues.

[Ramsay]

Actually, the DESG behaviour still puzzles me.

 

I believe the current DESG behaviour is incorrect but as the bug report has been dismissed with a "AS INTENDED" and moved to the "resolved" section - I've no idea if Razbam even acknowledge it as an issue.

 

It seems this confusion has come from the statement “no DESG, no AUTO”. Whilst yes this statement is true in that there must be a system designation present in order for the AUTO mode to work, a more clarified statement would be “no system designation present -> DESG is not boxed -> no AUTO drop available”.

 

As Zeus pointed out, the CCIP to AUTO conversion “worked without the DESG being prepped” but couldn’t explain why. The CCIP to AUTO system works by creating a target designation on initial press of the bomb pickle. As a target designation has been created, AUTO delivery becomes available and DESG should be automatically boxed as DESG-TGT. This should also translate to every other system that generates a system designation. With the other systems this is also the point where you would want to hold WINC to convert the target point to a steer point.

 

In short:

• If a system designation is present then AUTO delivery is also available.
  
• DESG is automatically boxed (as STP or TGT) if a system designation is present
  
• Creating a target designation though any sensor (other than pressing the DESG button directly) should cause the DESG button to become boxed as DESG-TGT
  
• Pressing NWS/Undesignate should remove any system designation and unbox DESG (excluding a certain TPOD case).
  
• The SOP as described by the SME is still valid and should be followed whenever possible

https://forums.eagle.ru/forum/english/licensed-third-party-projects/razbam/av-8b-n-a/resolved-bugs/7141808-as-intended-ehsd-desg-shouldn-t-be-prerequisite-for-all-auto-deliveries?p=7145817#post7145817