84-Simba Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Hi ! I was happy to discover that my FLIR was keeping point track of a moving vehicule even after being masked. To be honest it's quite useful but a huge cheat I believe. Is that supposed to be normal ? Thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northstar98 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 (edited) When it became unmasked was it still on the target? And did the target's motion stay constant thorughout the time LOS was lost? If it did, I wouldn't be surprised if something like ATFLIR is able to predict the path of whatever it was tracking based on last known parameters so it can resume tracking as soon as possible if it is masked or temporarily loses line of sight, kinda like the memory modes we see on many RADARs in DCS. Bear in mind though that the above is purely speculative on my part. Edited November 24, 2021 by Northstar98 Modules I own: F-14A/B, Mi-24P, AV-8B N/A, AJS 37, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahmed Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 It may be the same issue that I reported here: The problem there was that it was even tracking when the tracked object maneuvered while masked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulkbust44 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Yes, the ATFLIR should be able to predict the position of the target from the previous track if masked. I believe in DCS it is just tracking the target no matter what. But hey, if the target didn't change course or speed it's realistic.Mobius708 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted November 25, 2021 ED Team Share Posted November 25, 2021 Hi this is correct, as long as the target does not deviate to much from its predicted track. If you have a track replay showing a short example I will be happy to check it. thanks 1 Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon1-1 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Well, that should be easy to test, just put a truck on a bendy road somewhere, track it, mask it as it nears a bend, and see if ATFLIR follows or goes straight. Guessing where a truck is going when cruising down a straight road isn't exactly hard, LITENING will indicate when it's doing so, but ATFLIR doesn't necessarily do that. I do know LITENING will lose track if the target isn't where it expects it to be after being masked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opps Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 How both pods can track target that started to curve after completely masked by body like in these tracks? ATFLIR_mask.trk LIGHTNING_mask.trk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkku Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Shhhush, don't make them nerf this wonderful functionality! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84-Simba Posted November 25, 2021 Author Share Posted November 25, 2021 20 hours ago, Hulkbust44 said: Yes, the ATFLIR should be able to predict the position of the target from the previous track if masked. I believe in DCS it is just tracking the target no matter what. But hey, if the target didn't change course or speed it's realistic. Mobius708 That is nice. Actually I think the couple of times I noticed that the vehicules were going pretty much straight, one was a vehicule in the open and the second was a helicopter. Thank you all for your answers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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