Im_TheSaint Posted Saturday at 09:46 PM Posted Saturday at 09:46 PM (edited) I understand the technical differences between the pods, tell me which one you actually prefer though Which one do you actually think is better? The zoom is so much nicer on the litening pod, and that actually makes it much more usefull for me for A2A and A2G purposes. There are very few uses of the advanced features of the SNIPer, that are both usable, and necessary, at the lower ranges it can be used for. Tell me a use case that the SNIPer can do, that the LITENING can't, I'm really curious. Edited Saturday at 09:46 PM by Im_TheSaint
Solution Tholozor Posted Saturday at 10:03 PM Solution Posted Saturday at 10:03 PM Keep in mind the zoom on the LITENING pod isn't digital like it should be (like on the ATP), making it unrealistically good. The ATP also has multi-track and an IR pointer. 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/
Dragon1-1 Posted Saturday at 10:12 PM Posted Saturday at 10:12 PM Our LITENING appears to be a mix of II and G4 versions, the latter of which has optical zoom. I think the version in DCS was actually supposed to be a G4, but the docs were incomplete.
Hatman335 Posted yesterday at 12:13 PM Posted yesterday at 12:13 PM 14 hours ago, Dragon1-1 said: Our LITENING appears to be a mix of II and G4 versions, the latter of which has optical zoom. I think the version in DCS was actually supposed to be a G4, but the docs were incomplete. Litening G4 came later than M4.2.
NytHawk Posted yesterday at 12:38 PM Posted yesterday at 12:38 PM (edited) 14 hours ago, Im_TheSaint said: Tell me a use case that the SNIPer can do, that the LITENING can't, I'm really curious. LITENING lacks Multi-Track, the IR pointer and can't be used for slaving sidewinder seekers. MT makes engaging several ground targets with JDAMs in quick succession much easier since you don't need to manually slave the tgp after each drop, or make markpoints with the DED. The only real downside to the Sniper is that there are penalties for digital zoom. But LITENING having perfect digital zoom is just a DCSism. Edited yesterday at 12:39 PM by NytHawk
Dragon1-1 Posted yesterday at 01:02 PM Posted yesterday at 01:02 PM 46 minutes ago, Hatman335 said: Litening G4 came later than M4.2. Yeah, but that's why the current LITENING was based on, at least where it wasn't more like LANTIRN. If that pod returns to the Viper, it should be a proper LITENING II, without digital zoom.
Furiz Posted yesterday at 02:40 PM Posted yesterday at 02:40 PM (edited) 1 hour ago, Dragon1-1 said: Yeah, but that's why the current LITENING was based on, at least where it wasn't more like LANTIRN. If that pod returns to the Viper, it should be a proper LITENING II, without digital zoom. We will not get Litening II for Viper since they don't have enough public docs for that, We should get Lantirn later on. Edited yesterday at 02:40 PM by Furiz 1
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