Itkovian Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 Salutations. I am currently going through the Deployment campaign and am having a bit of a bother with the Alarm! mission, where you must scramble at night and fly to a different airfield. Specifically, roughly halfway through to the next airfield you fly over a russian position under fire. My natural instinct is to help them, but that's where I run into trouble. Is there a way to still use the Skhval (pardon the spelling, if incorrect) at night, for example by spotting the tracers? In my first two attempts I tried to use gunsight mode by got shot down as I got too close, though my wingman did rather better. Any assistance would be appreciated. :) Thank you. Itkovian
-Bazong- Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 It is useful for measuring distances and aiming the gun I thinks, as well as launching Vikhr's. Sometimes one can see a target (directly or indirectly by tracers/gunflashes etc..) but can't get a lock..
159th_Viper Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 Is there a way to still use the Skhval (pardon the spelling, if incorrect) at night, for example by spotting the tracers? If you can Spot them, you can Shoot them. You will however not be able to 'Lock' the target. Just keep your Targeting Marker on the Target and 'walk' your Vikhr home. Novice or Veteran looking for an alternative MP career? Click me to commence your Journey of Pillage and Plunder! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] '....And when I get to Heaven, to St Peter I will tell.... One more Soldier reporting Sir, I've served my time in Hell......'
Itkovian Posted September 8, 2009 Author Posted September 8, 2009 I'll have to take a closer look then... maybe go into auto-hover for a bit and try to spot them like that, while out of range (going to have to use cannons though, I have no weapons loaded). Itkovian
hannibal Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 im still yet to see these "illumination flares" that have been mentioned in the patch change log.... ... ... .. . find me on steam! username: Hannibal_A101A http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197969447179
159th_Viper Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 im still yet to see these "illumination flares" that have been mentioned in the patch change log... Novice or Veteran looking for an alternative MP career? Click me to commence your Journey of Pillage and Plunder! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] '....And when I get to Heaven, to St Peter I will tell.... One more Soldier reporting Sir, I've served my time in Hell......'
sinelnic Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 I felt so bad running away, hearing them crying for help... very bad. But I gave that Abraham bastard what he deserved!! BTW, what's that russian word one of the units keeps asking for? he keeps saying "send 'vrasnovsya'" or something, they give him an eta of 40 minutes, then I was expecting him to send them to 'vrasnovsya', but the guy keps his composure. Westinghouse W-600 refrigerator - Corona six-pack - Marlboro reds - Patience by Girlfriend "Engineering is the art of modelling materials we do not wholly understand, into shapes we cannot precisely analyse so as to withstand forces we cannot properly assess, in such a way that the public has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance." (Dr. A. R. Dykes - British Institution of Structural Engineers, 1976)
Itkovian Posted September 8, 2009 Author Posted September 8, 2009 So you left that unit on its own and just flew past them? I know I'd rather help them out and take out the APCs attacking them. Too bad you can't have some flares loaded at the FARP. :) As for what they're asking for, I don't know either. I imagine it is some sort of air support (with thermal imaging *grin*). Itkovian
GGTharos Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 I flew past them - my mission was to haul butt to the other FARP and get orders from there. The other thing is that you can't be certain if you're attacking enemies or friendlies in that situation. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
Itkovian Posted September 8, 2009 Author Posted September 8, 2009 My instinct is to help out, though admittedly I'm not military. :) If I could just take a minute to hover a bit and hose down the assailants, it wouldn't be such a bad thing. :) Is there more to the mission when you get to the FARP? Itkovian
GGTharos Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 No, there isn't - you get to the farp and this is pretty much it. I did enjoy the lightshow below when the fighting was happening - but again, I wasn't sure who was who, so I didn't take the risk of attacking. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
Itkovian Posted September 8, 2009 Author Posted September 8, 2009 My theory was that the ones attacking from the hillside must be the insurgents, with the russians holding position in the village. Turns out it was correct, though only found out once I flew close enough to visually ID targets... when they shot me down. :) Thank you. Itkovian P.S. I love the pressure on startup for this mission. I insist on using manually startups, and it makes for a great mission. My first try I was a little slow and had to take off as mortar rounds were falling on the FARP. I fear my wingman didn't make it.
-Bazong- Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 My wingman did'nt make it in this mission either (also made the start-up manually). As I was passing that fight with the enemies on the hillside I managed to help the guys out, after a while the NVG's got all white. Turned them off and the area was illuminated (candle bomb, maybe that's what the guy was calling for?). So I fire away until it all calmed down.. Was very intense, was my first try in this mission, admittadly I had alot of luck.. :)
Itkovian Posted September 9, 2009 Author Posted September 9, 2009 I managed eventually. If in the dark, if you turn the Shkval brightness to max and then use the NVGs on the monitor itself you can pick out some of the details. Enough to aim properly once you've pointed the camera in the proper direction (muzzle flashes are a guide there). That said, I'm not sure how realistic that is. Should the NVG make things on the Shval TV more visible? :) Itkovian
GGTharos Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 No, it really isn't very realistic IMHO. The Shkval shouldn't be giving you anything that you can amplify - otherwise it could just do the job on its own. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
sinelnic Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 No, it really isn't very realistic IMHO. The Shkval shouldn't be giving you anything that you can amplify - otherwise it could just do the job on its own. Well... if its specification was to work in daylight only, it would be working as designed... (i.e. "not a bug but a feature") :) Westinghouse W-600 refrigerator - Corona six-pack - Marlboro reds - Patience by Girlfriend "Engineering is the art of modelling materials we do not wholly understand, into shapes we cannot precisely analyse so as to withstand forces we cannot properly assess, in such a way that the public has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance." (Dr. A. R. Dykes - British Institution of Structural Engineers, 1976)
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