Schmidtfire Posted April 25, 2021 Posted April 25, 2021 Going in for a Phoenix kill, I find it very difficult to deal with the AWG-9 and Jester. He frequently drops lock after launch, and IFF of contacts is quite slow. He doesn't give much information either, If there is something I can do on my end to manage speed or position the aircraft better to help him keep the lock. TWS, STT, Low or High altitude I frequently run into these problems. Hope that I can get some pointers.
Kula66 Posted April 25, 2021 Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) In overview, map RWS and TWS mapped to HOTAS buttons. Close in RWS to 20-40 miles and get a target on your nose and roughly co-altitude. Switch to TWS and allow the WCS to assign a target priority number, and Jester to do an IFF. Fire note the countdown to impact. Keep the target within the TWS scan cone until the countdown starts flashing. Simple. Works in PvP fine. Against the AI, since 2.7, the AI starts notching and chaffing as soon as you launch ... this causes the WCS to lose track and the missile goes stupid. Edited April 25, 2021 by Kula66 1
captain_dalan Posted April 25, 2021 Posted April 25, 2021 5 hours ago, Schmidtfire said: Going in for a Phoenix kill, I find it very difficult to deal with the AWG-9 and Jester. He frequently drops lock after launch, and IFF of contacts is quite slow. He doesn't give much information either, If there is something I can do on my end to manage speed or position the aircraft better to help him keep the lock. TWS, STT, Low or High altitude I frequently run into these problems. Hope that I can get some pointers. MP or SP? 18 minutes ago, Kula66 said: Against the AI, since 2.7, the AI starts notching and chaffing as soon as you launch ... this causes the WCS to lose track and the missile goes stupid. This has been so in quite a long time now. Modules: FC3, Mirage 2000C, Harrier AV-8B NA, F-5, AJS-37 Viggen, F-14B, F-14A, Combined Arms, F/A-18C, F-16C, MiG-19P, F-86, MiG-15, FW-190A, Spitfire Mk IX, UH-1 Huey, Su-25, P-51PD, Caucasus map, Nevada map, Persian Gulf map, Marianas map, Syria Map, Super Carrier, Sinai map, Mosquito, P-51, AH-64 Apache, F4U Corsair, WWII Assets Pack
Kula66 Posted April 25, 2021 Posted April 25, 2021 In my experience, prior to 2.7, the Ace level AI used to notch immediately, the others didn't ... now at least Veteran do it too.
The_Tau Posted April 26, 2021 Posted April 26, 2021 Personally I switched off Special Option Auto Jester switch from PDSTT to PSTT in WVR and I command him to do it manually or I relock with PAL. Thats where most of losing lock appears when coming closer than 20 nm. You do manoeuvres and Jester is losing lock when he tried to switch STT mode. Switching really only works when you fly steady and level, best when looking directly at bandit (pure pursuit). So I mapped Jester PDSTT to PSTT command as well so I decide when to switch. Tau's Youtube channel Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/the0tau
Schmidtfire Posted April 26, 2021 Author Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) Thanks for the advice! I fly Tomcat mostly PvE but sometimes PvP. I often have the most issues in the 20-50 mile range, but will try to position my aircraft slighly below the bandit and watch speed more carefully. See if it helps maintaining the lock. Also gonna try running RWS a bit closer before switching to TWS. Edited April 26, 2021 by Schmidtfire
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