JTAC Nighttime example

[Headspace]

Turns out that even though you can't see the IR pointer in beta 2 that's mounted on your pod, you sure can see JTAC's IR pointer and it looks really awesome.

 

 

The IR pointer gets used at night instead of WP, other than that there doesn't seem to be too much difference between daytime and nighttime in the beta. There's also an issue where the IR pointer, once on, doesn't stop and it appeared to mess up the JTAC interaction after the first run. I'd be interested to know if this reproduces in other missions that have a JTAC at night. Haven't yet had time to test.

 

If people are interested I will make a how-to video for adding a JTAC to a mission, tuning it in, and interacting with it. The JTAC feature of this game is a hell of a lot of fun to use.

[kylania]

If people are interested I will make a how-to video for adding a JTAC to a mission, tuning it in, and interacting with it. The JTAC feature of this game is a hell of a lot of fun to use.

 

Yes please!

[sobek]

That's one awesome vid.

[Stretch]

You should make a tutorial on how to do JTAC in the Khazsomething Gap mission :) I don't understand how I can call IP Inbound, find the mark, call mark contact, find the target, lock the target, and get fire clearance, all in the time it takes to get IP-to-target. Freaking playing the keyboard like a piccolo, that. :)

[lucioperca]

JESUS!!!!

[CrashEd]

Great video!

 

Would be great to have a 'how-to' video too. The JTAC stuff is phenomenal :)

 

Any chance of posting the mission file for the video above? Haven't tried any night time JTAC missions yet.

[wickedfastball]

@Headspace: Well done, sir. Your videos are top-quality. If you're not already a CFI you should rest easy knowing that if you ever decide on a career change there is something out there that that looks to be right in your wheelhouse. Look out King Schools!

 

BTW, what mission did you fly? I can't seem to find it and my contrived example, well, it sucks. Need to work on mission building skills...

[Headspace]

Well done, sir. Your videos are top-quality. If you're not already a CFI you should rest easy knowing that if you ever decide on a career change there is something out there that that looks to be right in your wheelhouse. Look out King Schools!

 

BTW, what mission did you fly? I can't seem to find it and my contrived example, well, it sucks. Need to work on mission building skills...

Many thanks for your comments.

 

I made a mission called MechFight where I had some mechanized units crossing a bridge and fighting each other. It was mainly to test triggers--I come from a pretty ArmA/ArmA2/OA heavy mission and scripting background and the adjustment to the Eagle Dynamics side, while fun, has required a little study. I added a JTAC at the last minute.

 

You guys are welcome to play with it (I've attached it to this post), just keep in mind that there appears to be a bug where the JTAC won't go "off sparkle" so you only really get one run at night.

MechFight.miz

[wickedfastball]

Outstanding! Thank you sir. That is a much better start than what I was doing. I did notice the same off-sparkle bug and was hoping it was just my poor mission creation skills.

 

This is probably the wrong place to ask, but do you know if there is a .miz-to-text conversion? I'm a text-editor kind of guy and would really like to build missions through script/xml/whatever. I'll do some digging but wanted to throw the question out there.

[CrashEd]

Many thanks for your comments.

 

I made a mission called MechFight where I had some mechanized units crossing a bridge and fighting each other. It was mainly to test triggers--I come from a pretty ArmA/ArmA2/OA heavy mission and scripting background and the adjustment to the Eagle Dynamics side, while fun, has required a little study. I added a JTAC at the last minute.

 

You guys are welcome to play with it (I've attached it to this post), just keep in mind that there appears to be a bug where the JTAC won't go "off sparkle" so you only really get one run at night.

 

Many thanks mate, this is perfect :thumbup:

[CrashEd]

You guys are welcome to play with it (I've attached it to this post), just keep in mind that there appears to be a bug where the JTAC won't go "off sparkle" so you only really get one run at night.

 

Quick question regarding the attached mission file:

 

How do change the frequency of the JTAC in the ME and also how do you change what orders the JTAC gives e.g. the type of weapon to be deployed?

 

I've flown this mission a few times today - an excellent intro into JTAC, thanks! I find the JTAC a bit buggy though, sometimes I can contact it ok, other times not. I'm hoping it's WIP and not me! :D

 

:thumbup:

[kylania]

How do change the frequency of the JTAC in the ME

 

 

 

 

Not sure how to do the weapon. :)

[CrashEd]

Cheers fella :thumbup:

 

I need to do a bit more reading on JTAC so that I can start to create a few training missions. Would be great to be able to change the JTAC type e.g. 1,2 or 3 (although that may be terrain/vehicle dependent) and the type of weapon to be deployed.

[hreich]

Hi everybody....how do you get JTAC to use IR pointer...I have brrn trying in my self made nigttime JTAC mission, and he is using the laser instead IR?

 

Turns out that even though you can't see the IR pointer in beta 2 that's mounted on your pod, you sure can see JTAC's IR pointer and it looks really awesome.

 

 

The IR pointer gets used at night instead of WP, other than that there doesn't seem to be too much difference between daytime and nighttime in the beta. There's also an issue where the IR pointer, once on, doesn't stop and it appeared to mess up the JTAC interaction after the first run. I'd be interested to know if this reproduces in other missions that have a JTAC at night. Haven't yet had time to test.

 

If people are interested I will make a how-to video for adding a JTAC to a mission, tuning it in, and interacting with it. The JTAC feature of this game is a hell of a lot of fun to use.