Built-in AWACS Role (with poll)

[Surfingnet]

(Sorry for eventual english mistakes) From my experience, a lot of players sometime wait for a discord notification saying "hey there's a human awacs for 2 hours on this server" to actually connect and play. It's a problem because, apart from the learning curve of playing as an AWACS guy, lot of people don't wanna be the AWACS because they don't want to install X third-party softwares like LotATC or anything else, also it can be boring (the UI of LotATC or some servers AWACS web page are not very user friendly, etc).

But imagine, that you could play in the AWACS aircraft just like you would play in your F18 (or anything else). There is an AWACS already (or several), a built-in "AI" AWACS which already fly its plane according to the mission file, but what if you could hop in, and see what this guy would see, with a 3D modeled inside of the plane and instead of looking at LotATC you just look at DCS, and in DCS you can see the actual radar screens of inside the AWACS like you would see it in any other aircraft ? You don't have to fly the plane, it's been flying already and will continue as always, but now you can play as the awacs ! It would be so cool. The only third-party software you would need it SRS for the radio but nearly everyone use it already.

Now it would be super easy to play as the AWACS and eventually more people would do it. It could use a voting system or idk, like in battlefield 4 for the commander, or in SQUAD, so you can get rid of a troll if needed, or even make reserved slots. More people would naturally start the game to play as the AWACS and there would be more time on servers with an actual human AWACS on comms, so more players, and also a better experience for the AWACS player.

What do you guys think of this ? I got the idea when I saw the C130 trailer.

[upyr1]

I think it would be fine provided we also get built in voice coms and commands 

[Gunslinger52]

I'd be keen.  Especially if you could just click on an aircraft on your 'AWAC Controllers' screen, and connect directly with that pilot and talk to them.  Would make team PvP events awesome.  Might be hard to get the details out of the USAF, but would it really matter if things were a bit made-up?  I'd buy that module. 

[Surfingnet]

Anyone at ED can give a point of view on the idea ? Is it something that have already been discussed ?

[Mike_Romeo]

2 hours ago, Surfingnet said:

Anyone at ED can give a point of view on the idea ? Is it something that have already been discussed ?

 

[bies]

Yes, but AWACS should be made in a more realistic way.

AWACS should have real life limitations like antena rotation update, tracking precision, identification through parameters, range resolution with merges etc.

Right now playing as GCI you have perfect awareness without limitations, you can see precise aircraft type, you can even see an enemy missiles and it's exact type, every object has perfect parameters to the single feet of altitude, to the single knot of speed, updated in real life, all the time, without merges.

A bit more realistic AWACS/GCI with real limitations would be even more attractive to use.

[Surfingnet]

On 12/31/2022 at 1:52 AM, Mike_Romeo said:

 

There's no fun in playing DCS only looking at the F10 map imo... That's why the topic is about an awacs with a 3D modeled room inside the actual aircraft, just like in a full fidelity aircraft's cockpit, but in the AWACS.