AWACS Question

[ronht]

The GUI manual states the following:

 

AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System). The AWACS aircraft flies according to a planned straight or circular route using looped waypoints, and it alerts allied aircraft, SAM sites, and ships when it detects enemy aircraft. Certain SAM systems can receive targeting data directly from the AWACS even when their own acquisition radar systems have been destroyed. Note that AWACS detection can be limited by range, very low target altitudes, and terrain masking.

 

How does this work? Do we need to assign a trigger zone to the AWACS and then list the possible aircraft that enter the area?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

ron

[jimiC]

AFAIK it will work on its own accord. You just set it up in the air and its ai will utilise its sensors to ID targets and communicate that info to any other freindly units. You may need to setup a target (i havent tried awacs yet so just speculating) from the beghin and end loop waypoints to allow it to search for enemy though.

[ronht]

Thanks for the info, I'm just currious how the information gets transmited from AWACS? So far I haven't figured that out.

[jimiC]

well my assumption is that the ai is scripted enough already to be able to make each other aware of what the other ai units can see to a degree that would be limited by

a) LOS for VHF on the ground

b) distance

c) skill of the unit.

d) radio datalink and sensor equipment available to said unit.

[ronht]

I agree with your assumptions but that hasn't been the case with what I've been trying so far, so is there a certain frequency that needs to be set to be able to hear the AWACS transmissions?