@RUSHER0600 said in Israel Theater of Operations for BMS 4.37:
@ricnunes 3-4 falcon days
And what’s a Falcon day??
All I know is that a Falcon day is shorter than a DCS one
@RUSHER0600 said in Israel Theater of Operations for BMS 4.37:
@ricnunes 3-4 falcon days
And what’s a Falcon day??
All I know is that a Falcon day is shorter than a DCS one
@DUSTOFF17,
Well yes, during the flight after takeoff and before getting close to the CAP location, I did use autopilot (both ATT and ALT) and I really disengaged it with the paddle switch.
I will try not to use the autopilot and/or not using to paddle switch to disengaged it and will report back, as soon as possible.
EDIT:
I can now confirm that the culprit of this issue is what DUSTOFF17 said:
I made two sorties, both starting from the ramp where in the first one I never used the autopilot and in the second, I used the autopilot but didn’t disengage it using the paddle switch (instead I used the autopilot switches in the cockpit) and I could fire my missiles without any problems!
Is there any forecast to when will this theater be updated in order to be compatible with update 3 (4.37.3)?
Israel does not have the HARM. At present there are some talks about it but it has not been purchased.
AGM-78 has never been used on F-16s in the IAF.
The AGM-65 used to be carried by IAF F-16s, but this is no longer true (since 1990s at least).
Thanks for the reply Echo7, that really clarified things on my part, specially regarding the Mavericks (which I was sure that they were carried by IAF F-16s at some point - at least in the 80’s).
The answer was given, don’t drag the waters more as Pantera would say. ITO is a very nice and tuned theater and what you see there is what currently exists. If the Harms are purchased and will be operational on the Sufa’s I guess you will see a hotfix sooner or later. But it will take you less than a minute to anytime add yourself the Harm and Mavericks to the variants you want.
I “drag the waters” as I see fit which is until I get a reply that satisfies and clarifies my doubts which was the case of Echo7’s reply.
BTW, how can I edit ITO campaigns (or others) so that I can add Mavericks for example (or HARMs) to particular squadrons or aircraft?
I would really appreciate a reply on this regard since I’m not familiarized with Falcon4 editing. Thanks in advance.
I’m currently playing the first campaign (the one against Syria) in Israel Theater v0.99 but no F-16 version (F-16i, F-16i CFT, F-16C-30, F-16C-40, F-16A-15, etc…) and squadron and any other Israeli aircraft for that matter does have or can be equipped with the HARM and/or Maverick missiles!
Why is that so?
This is weird since in real life Israeli F-16s do carry the HARM missile (at least the F-16i does) and Maverick missiles (if I’m not mistaken all Israeli F-16 versions carry the Maverick).
Thanks in advance for replies.
Thanks for the replies.
But according to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-88_HARM
Israel do possess the HARM in their inventories.
I know that 's a Wikipedia site which much be taken with a “grain of salt” but digging a bit more I found this news from July 2013 in which it seems that Israel ordered or it’s imminent an order by Israel of HARM missiles for the Israel Air Force:
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2013/07/01/Israel-seeks-50B-in-US-loans-to-buy-arms/UPI-49641372706630/
This same site indicates that Israel does possess the AGM-78 Standard missile (and Israel also possess or possessed AGM-45 Shrike missiles) which means that even if Israel still doesn’t have HARM missiles it currently has ARM missiles in their inventory and modeling the HARM in ITO campaigns would IMO:
1- Give HARM capability which Israel will soon have if it doesn’t already have (which is a possibility).
2- Model the current ARM weaponry that Israel currently have (albeit older, the capability is still there).
Regarding the AGM-65 Maverick, if IAF F-4 Phantoms have and carry them I don’t see ANY reason why IAF F-16s shouldn’t also have!
It’s always great to see this awesome sim (Falcon BMS) and of course this awesome theater (Israel) being updated to newest version!
However I’m a bit puzzled to see the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) missing on the F-16I. This is because and first, the Israelis do equip their F-16Is with SDBs in real life as it can be read here:
https://www.flightglobal.com/israel-upgrades-f-16is-to-cope-with-missile-threat/117968.article
In a separate initiative, Tel Aviv is equipping one squadron of F-16Is with Boeing’s GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb.
Secondly, the SDB seem to be among the best DEAD (Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses) weapons available to the Israeli Air Force (IAF) and their F-16Is (even because they don’t have/carry HARM missiles).
As such I would like to request that the SDB is restored as an available weapon to the F-16I like it happened with the Israel Theater for BMS 4.33
it might be a code issue but easily addressed with Falcas Mission Commander - have you used this brilliant tool?
If not hop onto here and I can walk you through it
(I love GBU 39 SDB)
Hi Stalker,
First of all, thanks for the reply.
Unfortunately I’m not able to access the tool/file thru that link because it gives me an “Invalid invitation” message/error. Could you provide me another link?
(Yes, I also love the SDB )
The best DEAD weapon is MITL Delilah in ITO Theater with IAF. It’s a cruise missile with a standoff depending on the height it’s released with way over 150NM and is optically guided (Therefore the backseat in the 52+ CFT) and this weapon is modelled in the Isreal theater
Well, it depends on the situation.
Yes, the Delilah (which I also use sometimes) has some advantages such as:
However the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) also has several advantages such as:
SDBs were available on the F-16I back in 4.33.
Precisely!
Might have been a theater conversion omission on migration to 4.34.
Yeah, perhaps that’s the reason.
If this is the case then I hope that a fix eventually comes up soon. Afterall the SDB is among the most important air-to-ground weapons in the IDF inventory for its F-16I fleet in real life.
@RUSHER0600 said in Israel Theater of Operations for BMS 4.37:
@ricnunes 3-4 falcon days
And what’s a Falcon day??
All I know is that a Falcon day is shorter than a DCS one
Is there any forecast to when will this theater be updated in order to be compatible with update 3 (4.37.3)?
@DUSTOFF17,
Well yes, during the flight after takeoff and before getting close to the CAP location, I did use autopilot (both ATT and ALT) and I really disengaged it with the paddle switch.
I will try not to use the autopilot and/or not using to paddle switch to disengaged it and will report back, as soon as possible.
EDIT:
I can now confirm that the culprit of this issue is what DUSTOFF17 said:
I made two sorties, both starting from the ramp where in the first one I never used the autopilot and in the second, I used the autopilot but didn’t disengage it using the paddle switch (instead I used the autopilot switches in the cockpit) and I could fire my missiles without any problems!
No problem tiag!
I’m glad to be helpfull.
I could try to load a full AIM-120B or a full AIM-120C loadout (but I can only do this tomorrow). But to be honest I’m a bit skeptical because like I said earlier, I was able to fire an AMRAAM missile (at a friendly aircraft for test purposes) early just after I take off but not later on against enemy aircraft.
Hi all,
I will try to reply to all questions in this post:
No, I didn’t over-G. I simply took-off, did gentle turns after taking off towards the BARCAP station/waypoint and locked and tried to shoot at incoming enemy Migs without making any noticeable hard turns.
This situation happens to me all the times during the campaign that I started. I’ll send a link below with one of my campaign savegames:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vtQx1zO6tBzqokIZcWf77h0mnz-ZRXjz/view?usp=sharing
Everytime I fly one of the first missions (F-15C squadron from Gunsan) - for instance the 1st of 3rd which are BARCAPs - this issue always happens. Anyway, this is definitely not a “one off” situation.
Autopilot is always off when this happens.
I never mess with the msl slaved or BORE setting. Actually and to be honest with you, I don’t even know where that is changed, LoL. So that setting must be set to the “default setting”.
Where’s the “blinking FPM” light?
First of all, I want to say that the new F-15C which comes with Update 3 (BMS 4.37) looks awesome and it’s great to finally to have a “completely new aircraft” in BMS (with completely new and different avionics and sensors from the F-16, I mean).
As such I decided to play a campaign in the stock Korea theater (Rolling Fire) playing with the F-15C squadron (flying from Gunsan) but now I’m having the following issue there:
This is strange because when playing the “F-15C_Scramble” mission in TE or when trying to fire against a friendly target in a campaign mission (mentioned above) just after taking off (early), I have no problems in firing any missiles.
It almost seems like the missiles become “broken” after flying for a considerable period of time and therefore can’t be launched anymore.
@LorikEolmin
Oh, I see! Thanks for the reply
BTW, how can I change the database for this campaign?
Sorry, for the ‘noob’ question but and while I’ve been playing Falcon BMS for quite awhile, I never edited anything in the sim except for TE scenarios.
Just installed this theater and from what I’ve seen it looks great. While I still didn’t have time to test it in detail, I noticed the following in the Operation Desert Storm campaign:
SDBs were available on the F-16I back in 4.33.
Precisely!
Might have been a theater conversion omission on migration to 4.34.
Yeah, perhaps that’s the reason.
If this is the case then I hope that a fix eventually comes up soon. Afterall the SDB is among the most important air-to-ground weapons in the IDF inventory for its F-16I fleet in real life.
The best DEAD weapon is MITL Delilah in ITO Theater with IAF. It’s a cruise missile with a standoff depending on the height it’s released with way over 150NM and is optically guided (Therefore the backseat in the 52+ CFT) and this weapon is modelled in the Isreal theater
Well, it depends on the situation.
Yes, the Delilah (which I also use sometimes) has some advantages such as:
However the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) also has several advantages such as: