falcon_120 Posted April 8, 2024 Posted April 8, 2024 Hello all, Some questions about the hornet that i've been asking myself lately that i've been playing in the DDCS MP Server. CONTEXT DDCS MP server is a dynamic server which pride itself in being realistic and balanced (at least somewhat), so it limits a lot the access of both sides to AWACS and in some cases very limited EWR; specially if these assets have been killed by the other side, so Datalink is mostly useful in Fighter-to-Fighter but not so much as we are used to in other servers. It also limits F10 information, there is no checking F10 to know where friendlies are, or to know your position. IFF: I'm really missing the IFF interrogation of the USAF fighters (F16/F15), where doing an IFF mode 4 interrogator actually show you all friendly fighter that has responded, even with your Radar off or outside of your radar scan limits. In the hornet, this interrogation only shows your L&S but no the rest which is taking so much time from you to get the SA picture ahead. Is this something not existing in Navy fighters? Is it just not implemented yet? Radar lock behavior: given the previous context, i find myself using RWS a lot in a High Bar high Azimuth preset (6B/140º) in order to find sneaking enemies, now when i see one and i try to lock him quickly with a SCS right with TDC on the brick, the hornet starts a mini raster, which normally takes up to 3/4 second to get a STT lock. This is a huge time specially in a dynamic, close quarter situation when you need a quick FOX 3 off. I feel this seems a realistic radar behavior, but its miles away as how the F16 radar works. In the F16 if you have a contact, STT is immediate. Is it again a question of just a better simulation in the hornet? Is it maybe a big buggy and to be addressed later in EA? What do you guys think?
Lekaa Posted April 8, 2024 Posted April 8, 2024 They are working on the STT behavior for the radar right now. This will be fixed in the "Phase 3" of the radar. That is my understanding.
Osiris400 Posted April 8, 2024 Posted April 8, 2024 A lot of the IFF functions are missing. Including CIT only trackfiles which would be similar to the Viper showing positive Mode 4 replies with no radar contact.
Tholozor Posted April 8, 2024 Posted April 8, 2024 Enabling the AUTO INT option from the AZ/EL page will command the CIT to automatically interrogate the L&S or the entire scan volume every 10 seconds. Manual IFF interrogation on any trackfile can be performed by depressing the sensor control switch and bumping it towards the ATTK format. 1 REAPER 51 | Tholozor VFA-136 (c.2007): https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3305981/ Arleigh Burke Destroyer Pack (2020): https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3313752/
falcon_120 Posted April 8, 2024 Author Posted April 8, 2024 29 minutes ago, Tholozor said: Enabling the AUTO INT option from the AZ/EL page will command the CIT to automatically interrogate the L&S or the entire scan volume every 10 seconds. Manual IFF interrogation on any trackfile can be performed by depressing the sensor control switch and bumping it towards the ATTK format. But this does not show other mode 4 responses, only the one on the L&S. Also as far as i've seen, it only provides IFF when there is track created, so trying to IFF a "brick" gives you nothing. It takes so much more time than an IFF in an F16/F15E, showing you all responses in front of you... Happy to hear the STT behavior is being looked at.
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