WW2 AI seeing thru Clouds

[Hammer_251]

Anybody know when this will be fixed? So many WW2 pilots owed their lives diving in those clouds. It really would add a realistic touch to DCS. I've broken off many a fight diving thru the cloud cause I'm low on gas or blew my ammo to find the bloody bat outta hell on my six!!!

[Flappie]

This is not a bug, it's a missing feature. Hopefully it will come to DCS someday.

[Hammer_251]

Oops, right my bad, but thanks for the response.

Cheers

[Mr_sukebe]

Apparently, they can see in the dark too.

[Hog_driver]

I don't want to bash on DCS, but one might think that in a combat simulation, such a feature (particularly important for WW2 planes) would be implemented from the very beginning.

[Flappie]

On 12/28/2022 at 9:36 AM, Hog_driver said:

I don't want to bash on DCS, but one might think that in a combat simulation, such a feature (particularly important for WW2 planes) would be implemented from the very beginning.

The very beginning started out in 1995 with Flanker. But I agree: now that we have very decent and moving clouds, it's time for them to block AI sight.

[Hog_driver]

From the very beginning of DCS then

[Tom P]

Just so people know. All the AI can see through clouds and terrain. That's why enemy with "CAP" setting enabled know where you are from across the map and head straight towards a target

[Hammer_251]

Content, modules are great in DCS but it would be nice to get this fixed... (one year later than original post}

[Hammer_251]

  Today DCS World announced that weather-wise clouds would come "with appropriate line-of-sight blocking.", does this mean that AI will not be able to see through clouds as well?

[twistking]

*bump*
One really big issue with AI seeing through clouds is that IR-SAMs are "broken" whenever there's rainy weather or low cloud ceiling.
With "broken" i mean that they're over performing to a degree that absolutely breaks the game. The only solution is to remove IR-SAMs from all missions that have visually "interesting" weather. Otherwise attack aircraft will just be deleted through clouds without warning and any change to evade.

It's a shame really. All my AG missions have radar SAMs now, which is much less fun... dogfighting is another major issue obviously, but at least you can sometimes at least make an effort to fight AI outside of the clouds...

Edited October 15, 2024 by twistking