REL Posted October 6, 2012 Posted October 6, 2012 Hey I'm puzzled by this... Sometimes the Point Track Box wraps around the target And Sometimes It's on the center of it What is the difference between the two scenarios? How can you achieve the first state(wraps around the target)? THX
SmokeyTheLung Posted October 6, 2012 Posted October 6, 2012 Can't confirm this as accurate for the suite/tgp moddeled in DCS but from having seen a lot of pod footage it seems like the point track box does expand and contract a bit to conform to the contrast in the image that it's following. I didn't think it expanded to actually box the entire tracked object. You see this most often in TGP footage when a bomb explodes on a point tracked object. The box expands, contracts and jumps around (with the cross hair staying static) a lot trying to keep up with the image contrast it had locked that has been obscured by smoke. Sometimes this results in the pod actually skewing. If its intentional, I think it's awesome! System specifications: Computer, joystick, DCS world, Beer
SmokeyTheLung Posted October 6, 2012 Posted October 6, 2012 It could also just be a bug, IIRC the DCS manual states that this behavior (tracking box expanding over target) will only be observed in A-A mode System specifications: Computer, joystick, DCS world, Beer
REL Posted October 6, 2012 Author Posted October 6, 2012 It could also just be a bug, IIRC the DCS manual states that this behavior (tracking box expanding over target) will only be observed in A-A mode I guess only ED can tell us ...
SmokeyTheLung Posted October 9, 2012 Posted October 9, 2012 Okay, did my homework and it looks like a feature. The box in point track will expand and contract based on the size of the contrast it's locked onto. Sometimes that's the entire outline of a vehicle and sometimes it's a smaller aspect (like a vehicle's window or tire or anywhere there is distinct contrast). After playing around in the sim tonight and comparing it too some RL lightning TGP footage it (the TGP in DCS) looks like it handles point tracking in a much more realistic way... Aesthetically anyway NICE!:yay: System specifications: Computer, joystick, DCS world, Beer
SmokeyTheLung Posted October 9, 2012 Posted October 9, 2012 Some reference images: A disappointingly grainy image of lightning TGP point locking part of a vehicle (unlike the above images, where the entire vehicle is being tracked) System specifications: Computer, joystick, DCS world, Beer
Eddie Posted October 9, 2012 Posted October 9, 2012 Yep, much more realistic. At least as aesthetically, afaik the actual track logic hasn't changed.
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