rob10 Posted October 31, 2022 Posted October 31, 2022 With the "new" IR implementation the 2nd tank is really hard to find (spotting with CCD no better). The trucks showed up nicely but even using a markpoint on the road checkpoint with an offset to proper spot it too me two shots at the mission to find it and it was luck that I happened to pass by at just the right angle to finally just see it. Might need to be set to start hot or moved to a different spot? Great mission except that tanker decided to RTB just when I got to it and left me trying to glide to Incirlik
ChillNG Posted October 31, 2022 Posted October 31, 2022 10 hours ago, rob10 said: With the "new" IR implementation the 2nd tank is really hard to find (spotting with CCD no better). The trucks showed up nicely but even using a markpoint on the road checkpoint with an offset to proper spot it too me two shots at the mission to find it and it was luck that I happened to pass by at just the right angle to finally just see it. Might need to be set to start hot or moved to a different spot? Great mission except that tanker decided to RTB just when I got to it and left me trying to glide to Incirlik I'll have a check on the tank, with 2.8 it should now be warmer at the start by default, you have to opt in to the 'cold at start setting'.
Razor18 Posted November 9, 2022 Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) I concur, there is no way finding the tank using FLIR (unlike the trucks for that matter), only if you switch back and forth between CCD(?) and FLIR). And yes, new FLIR modelling is totally off. DIfferent materials heat up or cool down to always different temperatures than the surrounding, so if FLIR wants to imitate thermal image, any and all vehicles (even cold ones), building and man made structures should show up on thermal image with much better contrast that it does in DCS now. Edited November 9, 2022 by Razor18
Kreutzberg Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 I was able to find the second tank. A bit challenging, but I suppose that's CAS. However, I couldn't get authorization to attack from the controller, despite trying multiple angles and getting right on the requested final approach course (I think it's 165). Are there other parameters to satisfy? I wound up having E-boy attack it. Is there a score penalty for that? I would up with 95, and I thought everything else was pretty clean (I enjoy the ATC scoring, by the way!). Thanks for the great campaign!
Razor18 Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 In other mission (in other campaign) I had the same problem, then when I checked in shortly before the IP (on the proper final attack heading), it helped. SOrry if it doesn't here...
ChillNG Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 13 hours ago, Kreutzberg said: I was able to find the second tank. A bit challenging, but I suppose that's CAS. However, I couldn't get authorization to attack from the controller, despite trying multiple angles and getting right on the requested final approach course (I think it's 165). Are there other parameters to satisfy? I wound up having E-boy attack it. Is there a score penalty for that? I would up with 95, and I thought everything else was pretty clean (I enjoy the ATC scoring, by the way!). Thanks for the great campaign! Yeah you would have dropped points for having Eboy complete the attack, IIRC the score is awarded for a kill while cleared hot by the JTAC. Usually if you're having trouble getting the cleared hot call it's down to not being correctly over the IP.
ChillNG Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Razor18 said: What is the distance tolerance for the IP? Zone is 10 miles across, centered on Yabrud. Edited February 23, 2023 by ChillNG
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