TGP Lack of Realism and Consequences

[Teriander]

First, great campaign.  I love everything about it so far.  But I have two issues I'd like to share.  

First, one of the issues is something you can't really address because it's a DCS engine failure.  That is the inaccuracy with running vehicle temperatures viewed through a TGP.   Attached is a screenshot below of a real world comparison. As you can see, in the real world, running vehicles are very white.  But in DCS, vehicles are the same temperature as grass and dirt.  But you could work around this issue by not having vehicles in bushes or trees where their lack of visibility in the TGP is highly unrealistic.  

Second, on mission eight.....   

Spoiler

My second objective is to escort British tanks who are ambushed by T-72s that are about 5,000ft away, but the convoy give me a 9-nine approach to start 10 miles away (from the TV Mast) with minimum detail on the location of the T-72s.  I can not review the 9-nine again (could on previous 9-nine callouts), nor could I request additional information on the enemy's position. 

This is highly unrealistic, because if friendly tanks are being surgically eradicated, the last thing they would do is send an A-10 10 miles away as a starting position, and the first thing they'd do give as much detail on the enemy's position as possible.  Even detailing what the type of trees the enemy tanks are hiding behind, their distance from a road or building, anything that could give them an exact location.   I felt this part of the mission was lacking communication options.

Other than that, so far this is a great campaign! 

Edited July 17, 2022 by Teriander

[Teriander]

I've just noticed after watching a video on on this mission, the issue appears to be a new problem with a 2022 patch.   The issue doesn't exist in the 2021 video.  

[ChillNG]

Thanks for the feedback, yeah the FLIR issue is a new problem, the campaign was built back when vehicles lit up like they were on fire on the TGP.  As you play through the campaign let me know if you think any targets are too hard to spot, I might be able to make small adjustments to their positions.

I'll have a look at the other task you mentioned, I thought you could recall the nine line but possible I'm wrong on that (you can review messages from the pause menu though don't forget).

[Teriander]

Further research indicates this is issue currently under development by ED.  So I wouldn't change much in your design.  Though mission 8 might need some lovely touch of placement on some vehicles.   But feel free to test on your end as well.  

Again, lovely Campaign design.  

Edited July 19, 2022 by Teriander