Hot spot detector doesnt work at night?

[DarkStar79]

So is the hotspot detector working at night?  I cant get it to work?

[DarkStar79]

Does the hotspot detector work for you guys at night?


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[Rapax]

Works for me , I see the inverted chevrons at night

[DarkStar79]

Hm really strange. Have to test again.


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[crispy12]

Yes it does

[Harlikwin]

I mean it should, and it should have fewer false targets.

[Fri13]

On 4/17/2021 at 7:14 PM, DarkStar79 said:

So is the hotspot detector working at night?  I cant get it to work?

 

Off-topic, but please remember that it is not a hotspot detector. It is a thermal cuer where your task as a pilot is to analyze the terrain, the time of day, the weather and program the thermal cuer to point you the wanted heat levels, sizes and their relation to environment.

 

[JIGGAwest]

It works at night for me. I don't know the effective range. But lower altitudes seem the only viable option at the moment when looking for ground targets.

 

I had one instance where it was not working at all. I deleted the aircraft and ran a dcs repair and it was fixed. But this was a few updates ago.

[Fri13]

  

1 hour ago, JIGGAwest said:

I don't know the effective range.

 

Effective maximum range is moisture and temperature dependent, as well your programmed thermal scale value and sizes. 

 

The Normal setting gives cues from 2 km slant range front of plane to 0.5 degree above horizon. 

The Extended setting gives cues from 1 km slant range front of plane to 0.5 degree above horizon. 

The Full setting gives from 1 km slant range to 90 degree upwards, so whole sky area. 

 

 

[Harlikwin]

56 minutes ago, Fri13 said:

  

 

Effective maximum range is moisture and temperature dependent, as well your programmed thermal scale value and sizes. 

 

The Normal setting gives cues from 2 km slant range front of plane to 0.5 degree above horizon. 

The Extended setting gives cues from 1 km slant range front of plane to 0.5 degree above horizon. 

The Full setting gives from 1 km slant range to 90 degree upwards, so whole sky area. 

 

 

 

This from in DCS testing or you quoting the (real?) manual?

[Fri13]

8 hours ago, Harlikwin said:

This from in DCS testing or you quoting the (real?) manual?

 

Based to manual. As that is what we should get when the new FLIR system finally drops to DCS.

 

As the cuer is just part of the FLIR system, so range limitations are based to it.

 

 

[Mivina]

It works fine for me. Great even, you can see stuff behind hills. This won me a dogfight once or twice

[G.J.S]

26 minutes ago, Mivina said:

It works fine for me. Great even, you can see stuff behind hills. This won me a dogfight once or twice

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