Countermeasures Pods

[Robo76]

1. The default values of the variables plane_flares (72) and plane_chaff (1080) are the same even if only one KB dispenser Pod is suspended. If someone wants to use these values and only has one KB underhung, after dropping all the flares, the value of plane_flares is 36 (not 0).
2. Selecting the number of flares/chaff in KB is no longer possible as it was before. Is this according to the real machine or is it a bug ?

[TOViper]

Regarding 2.) According to another post somewhere in this forum done by Myse1234, the pod when its loaded to the aircraft its always full of chaffs and full of flares, and the option to change the slider was removed intentionally.
Regarding 1.) maybe @MYSE1234 knows more, since this is coding stuff.

[MYSE1234]

We need to load the total possible amount possible, and then only use what we need. This is why you see the 72 flares and 1080 chaff even if you have no KB at all, or only have one loaded. So if you have one pod hung, you will only use that one pod's worth of countermeasures. Which is why you see 36 flares, or 540 chaff, left when the one pod is fully used up; Half the total possible CM on the aircraft has been used up as there's was only one pod using them. Would you have had two pods it would be 0 flares and 0 chaff left on the aircraft, as both pods would be consuming from the total amount.

As for not being able to change the amounts anymore: That was an intentional change as it made no sense at all, seeing as the pods have dedicated compartments of the pod for chaff and flares. So sticking flares into the chaff containers, or vice versa, wouldn't really make sense. They kind of are what they are. Hence it was removed.

Edited Wednesday at 01:57 PM by MYSE1234