DCS: F/A-18C

[Boomer 1,619]

TWS scan please.  A2G radar please.  The rest is fluff and nonesense.

[Phantom88 3,298]

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[Phantom88 3,298]

****Mini***Update****

 

Hey everyone,

Probably the the most anticipated new feature of the Hornet is the targeting pod. As mentioned earlier, we will start with the Litening pod due to it being used by the USMC and similar to what we already created for the A-10C (hardly a cut-and-paste though). Attached is an image of it in action.

It is important to understand that this is neither an ATFLIR or Litening pod ala A-10C. It is a Litening pod that uses standardized Hornet Mission Computer (MC) data export.

Most of the core AG functions are in the game and working, with the big ones still being worked on being the setting a Target Point via the TGP (critical for AUTO and TOO mode attacks) and, AREA vs POINT tracking . After the initial release, we will continue to flesh out the pod to include AA mode, control pages, and additional functions/symbols.

Our engineer assigned to the pod is working very, very hard on this and we are pushing to release it as soon as possible.

Thanks,
Wags

 

[Phantom88 3,298]

***LITENING TARGETING POD INTRO***

 

 

 

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[Phantom88 3,298]

 

[Silver_Dragon 411]

Some weapons in progress to add to the Hornet module on Open Beta 2.5.5. Only test on AI, but present on the weapons configuration hornet lua. I need check them if some of them has "funtional".

 

[Phantom88 3,298]

 

[Silver_Dragon 411]

AGM-84D use on BOL (Bearing Only Launch) vs Convoy

 

[Phantom88 3,298]

***Hornet mini update***

"In order to hit our Viper release window, we have very recently had to temporarily move a couple of the systems programmers from the Hornet onto the Viper for a short period. Once the Viper is released, they will be back to work on the Hornet with a strong push on TWS radar mode, air-to-surface radar, further targeting pod features, and more. Much of this work is directly applicable to the Viper. We appreciate your understanding and thank you for your patience.

Thanks.
Wags"

[Phantom88 3,298]

 

[Phantom88 3,298]

***mini update***

"Much of the team is now focused on big updates for the Hornet! This entails Track While Scan radar mode, AACQ, SPOT, new targeting pod features, improvements to the flight dynamics (like ground effect issue), and others. December should be a great month for the Hornet.

Thank you for your patience."
 

[Phantom88 3,298]

 

[Phantom88 3,298]

***mini update***

"Hi everyone,

A little update on TWS for the Hornet... Progress has been very fast with the remaining items just being:

1- L&S HUD steering
2- Expand (EXP) sub-mode
3- SCAN RAID sub-mode

Other than that, it is functionally complete, and certainly on track for later this month.

Thanks"

[Phantom88 3,298]

mini update
" In our march to added TWS on 18 December for the Hornet, we’ve now added SCAN RAID and EXP (Expand) sub-modes to TWS.

Expand (EXP). When there is an L&S target in TWS mode and EXP is pressed, the display will change to a 10 nm range with a 20-degree azimuth scan. The display range on the right side of the display will indicate the 10 nm scan area (for example: 30 at the top and 20 at the bottom). Despite the 20-degree azimuth scan, the legend will still indicate the previous setting and the b-sweep line will not freeze on the L&S.

This mode simply zooms in on that area, but the TWS scan operation, target rankings, etc. does not change.

Filed tracks that are outside of the display will be on the edge of the display and flash.

SCAN RAID Mode. This is selected from the SCAN RAID button on the throttle and it concentrates the TWS scan to a small area to break out closely spaced targets. When enabled, the scan is centered on the L&S target. It is displayed in a standard range and azimuth format in 10 nm zoomed in display at 22-degrees of azimuth, with a 2-bar elevation. The b-sweep line is frozen on the L&S target and SCAN RAID appears at the bottom of the display.

When in this mode, track files and raw hits are displayed. If a new L&S target is designated, the RAID SCAN will move to that location. Filed tracks that are outside of the display will be on the edge of the display and flash.

When selected, AUTO scan centering is automatically selected and cannot be unselected while in this mode.

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We will continue de-bugging these and TWS as a whole, and we still need to add L&S HUD indications when in TWS.

Thanks

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