JTAC Flexibility

[Le0kong]

In the "JP3" document from the manuals and documents topic there examples and details of every type of JTAC/FAC, from page V-20 to V-27.

 

I tried copying one of the examples here but they lose formating and get very hard to look. Oh well, is worth a read, lots of simple explanations.

[aceflier]

No. Set your JTAC to look for targets and put him along way away from danger but not too far so hes out of radio range. Then use FAC option but not FAC Attack Group. Just FAC. He will see any target that the Predator sees and direct you to it. He does not need to be told what the targets are like when you use the FAC attack group option. He will target any enemy vehicle.

 

Try out my simple mission. Take off and contact Jtac. Note that he cannot see the enemy trucks and is using the Predetor to spot. For some reason he only directs you to the first set of contacts, after they are destroyed he stops responding. I need to do more tests though im sure there is a way around it.

 

Edit wait for UAV to take off before contacting JTAC. On my PC I get a crash to desktop if I have the UAV in the air at mission start.

 

You can probably use triggers as a workaround use when group dead and deactivate that jtac/uav and make a second one when group dead spawn in a new jtac/uav. Worth a look

[Eddie]

JTAC not respoonding after it's 1st target group is destroyed is a known issue. No need to find a workaround, it'll be fixed in due course.

[andysim]

awsome thanks :):pilotfly::pilotfly::pilotfly::pilotfly:

[hreich]

Can you please post a mission so we can try it out?

 

I've just set up a night JTAC mission to see if the JTAC would use an IR pointer as advertised and sure enough he did. Once IP inbound you tell the JTAC to 'sparkle' and he illuminates the target with an IR beam that can be seen through the NVGs. However the gain on the NVGs is a little too bright so everything washes out and it is difficult to see.

Anyone know how to turn down the gain?

As well as 'Sparkle' there are other options from the menu including 'pulse'..., we need a manual update for the JTAC I feel.

 

I've now had Willy Pete, Laser and IR designation. I'm now going to try the predator idea in the post above, to get the UTM cordinates method to work.

 

Cool stuff.