Request Bogey dope

[RPY Variable]

It's me or I am unable to request bogey dope to and AWACS or EWR... This is a killer in MP... not only being not able to defend myself but I can get no info on the situation ether. 

[randomTOTEN]

Nope, stay low and call your buddies. Controllers ain't got time of helos on their own.

[3WA]

1 hour ago, RPY Variable said:

not only being not able to defend myself

Yeah, this is why we need Igla's on a third rail.  Quick defense.

 

The shkval right now is a joke.  We need real Electro-Optical systems.

Edited February 28, 2021 by 3WA

[RPY Variable]

1 hour ago, 3WA said:

Yeah, this is why we need Igla's on a third rail.  Quick defense.

 

The shkval right now is a joke.  We need real Electro-Optical systems.

 

I just had a situation in MP where I was hiding next to a mountain and got sight of an enemy Ka-50, a mistral and a Huey. I was at 4km, look up the Ka-50 and shkval didn't lock!... I had to go manually. Then the vikhr got the Ka-50 but didn't kill it. Then I went for the Huey and again, no lock, I had to go with guns, manual. I got it but then the mistral got me with its Air to Air. If I had had an igla I would have made a disaster.

Before that I try to lock a jtac/humvee at 2.5km and it didn't lock. It was moving, and again, I had to go manual, but I miss. So I had to ultimate it with the upk's. I don't know whats up with the shkval.

[3WA]

It's because the shkval doesn't work like the real one does.  It's just cheap Arma level crap.

 

The REAL shkval works by contrast lock.  You adjust the screen to get the best contrast, then you size the tracking gates till they are slightly larger than the target, and put them around the target.  This tells the shkval where to look for a target.  When the shkval sees the target, the gates will shrink and surround the target, and the EO will lock on it.

 

Dark colored aircraft in a day sky should be EASY to lock.  It's the ground targets with their camo paint and such that should be a hard lock.

Edited February 28, 2021 by 3WA

[Volk.]

On 2/28/2021 at 8:35 AM, 3WA said:

It's because the shkval doesn't work like the real one does

Yeah, would be cool if we had the contrast lock coded. Number of times it 'should' lock with normal daylight visibility. That said, given it wasn't night capable, odds are in the low-light/visibility our IT-23 screen might just be a haze rather than showing that crystal-clear contrast we get at the moment. So no option for manual guidance anymore.