investigating TWS and Datalink correlation - no difference in Search and Track symbology

[Hotel Tango]

How to reproduce:

Any mission with an enemy airplane that you can detect + AWACS. First, engage TWS, when your radar detects a return, it should put a "Unknown" yellow symbol on top of Datalink "Enemy" symbol. However, the "Unknown" symbology blocks your "Search Target" icon, and it doesn't change when that target gets promoted to "Track Target".

Here are a couple of screenshots to help ilustrate the problem:

1 - This is the moment my radar first picks the enemy plane

If I filter off the Datalink (using IFF IN/OUT switches), it clearly shows the "Search Targets" detected by the FCR.

2 - After a couple scans, there are NO CHANGE in symbology to indicate that a Search Target was promoted to Track Target, as the "Unknown correlated symbology" blocks that.

Again, I turn off DL symbology in FCR to show that those returns are now "Track Targets", and therefore should be able to be upgraded to System targets and Bugged targets with TMS Right.

The "Unknown" blocks any other symbology underneath it.

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There is a video that shows that issue pretty clearly as well: 

Thanks in advance.

[marzzz]

perfectly clear

same problem and already reported

bug or realistic logic ?

 

Edited September 3, 2024 by marzzz

[Hotel Tango]

12 hours ago, marzzz said:

perfectly clear

same problem and already reported

bug or realistic logic ?

 

 

Thanks Marzzz.

I'm aware of this other report, but due to that report assuming that TMS right don't work with DL, I had to create another one. In my understanding, the problem lies in the symbology blocking any changes in state of the detected target, creating the confusion.

I hope ED can confirm this as well, as the thread is now in the "Investigating" phase.

[Lord Vader]

Hey @Hotel Tango

Like we've stated in this forum thread (and in other occasions), the F-16 ROE logics "will be refined in the future, as soon as we clear other priorities".

Thank you for your report, however.