@Killroy said in How do you discipline TARCAP (AI) pilots?:

@drtbkj said in How do you discipline TARCAP (AI) pilots?:

HAVCAP idea. I’ve had some luck with setting them as BARCAP

i have tried both with success.

I used F22 as TARCAP, they disappeared to the vest… as HAVCAP and BARCAP they did a good job. That means something is wrong with their TARCAP behaviour. I do not know if this is a failure for all TARCAPs in BMS.

Concur. I’ve also seen some weird behavior when you set AI up to escort you , too.
Also, I wondered if mission type of my strike flight could have some effect. I’ve tested SEAD,DEAD,OCA Strike, and Pre-planned CAS , and with the AI in my package and separate. I haven’t seen any vast differences. The best results so far is a BARCAP
However, I’m definitely going to try the HAVCAP idea

@justonce01 @Mav-jp Thanks for the info, yes I agree we can’t expect even a computer to keep up with random humans.

As others have said in different posts, the ATC is very good at the moment and flying vectored approaches, especially at night, is amazing.

Thanks,

Bayonet.

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Below is the Real Chappy James 4 star General. He passed away in 1978.
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well thank for that support here i gooooo…where who gooooo?

@SOKO Of course, my friend. No hard feelings what so ever. I too am a sucker for rumbling at airshows and near airports. And unfortunately that is like the only chance I get to experience this in RL.
I didn’t mean to sound harsh and I am against any negative voting, especially on the forum where there are 1000 people with each his/her personal views and situations.

So Soko, enjoy your time and stay around here. 👍 😳 ☮

@Robnoxious Master @Falcas is responsible for many of the tools that we use both as pilots and as administrators of our virtual wings, MISSION COMMANDER is one of them, a magnificent tool a master piece.

It’s a pleasure to have you back, since 4:33 it has rained a lot so you will discover another world in what you catch up on.

GREETINGS.

After running into them during the course of the campaign. I would eventually focus on laying down ambush CAP for the J-20. I would determine their general Patrol route. They plan BARCAPs and TARCAP in different directions. The Objective is to get the J-20 mixed in close with other fighters. Then you have a chance of catching them. I shot down about 6 J-20 using this method while losing also 6 jets on my side. So in general seems like a reasonable exchange.

@CaptCanada a set of default DDS files can now be found in the docs folder (\BMS 4.37\Docs\02 Aircraft Manuals & Checklists\01 F-16\F-16 Checklists\3d Checklists_DDS Backup).

TBF, I’m not sure if these are the same ones created by the original installation.

Nope. https://forum.falcon-bms.com/post/394816

I guess someone hasn’t watched “Flight of the Intruder” for quite a long time … 😛
Do not mess with Shilkas or you gonna end up being messed up badly …

@Mav-jp said in Regarding AI wingmen:

not , that would be a bad bug, need a repro case please

Know this is an older thread but I had this exact thing happen last night flying in the Balkans Deny Flight campaign. Had an AI wingman with a load of GBU-12s for extra firepower. Got up, successfully tanked, got four good shacks out of him then sent him RTB while I flew around a while longer. Looking back at the TACVIEW he flew a winding route back towards Falconera at 21,000 then suddenly nosedives into the sea. No enemy threats anywhere near and he had about 9,000 lbs of go juice when I sent him home.

Will try to recreate this behavior since I’m relatively certain this isn’t the first time it’s happened, just the first time I’ve seen someone say it’s worth looking into.

Redman

@CriticalMass Alright, will try that. Thanks a lot!

@Atlas said in Does it have different result if we run a dynamic campaign in 2D only or in 3D only?:

@Mav-jp
Interesting. Does the player not have his own bubble to represent his radar range?
But what you’re saying is that each unit has a bubble determined by unit type (infantry = small bubble, SAM = big bubble) and when the player gets close enough, the unit goes from 2D to 3D so in theory, the player can be in 2 bubbles — an infantry unit near him and a SAM unit further away that’s tracking him. Is that correct?

Very cool that each unit has it’s own bubble; I always thought it was the player that had the bubble but now that you mention it, it does make more sense.

For flight the flights bubble is Dynamcally computed since 4.35 as the biggest of the radar range player vs flight and flight vs player as we don’t want the player to see a « flight » on his radar and we want a flight to be able to deagg and engage a player when in radar range

Of course player is in many bubbles in the same time as every unit as it’s own bubble centered on the units position

@Atze-0 said in How would I... ?:

@SoBad
But use the correct ID column. You need the CampID for the TRI files.

I noticed that. Thanks.

Currently moving from one residence to another. Everything is packed away right now and may not get back together for a few weeks. RL ya know!

@TED its called a real Hidden Gem. I love BMS even if I still massively suck but lately spent 2 days flying campaign in VR for the first time was actually doing DEAD. What a fantastic feeling in connection with Weapon Delivery Planner. Outstanding experience.

In my TE the enemy unit does not move.

Thank you all for your tips. Staying above 12,000 feet and using bombs or MAVs works well. I was probably a bit too aggressive before and also used the cannon from shorter distances… inspired by the movie Iron Eagle 😀

After Korea, I just started a new Nordic campaign and realized, that always one thing comes to my mind when revisiting another theater:

Now, that we have a really decent UI in fullscreen, the only old looking element is the map itself.
I know, doing a new one is a big amount of work, but:
Could it be possible to enhance the limits of 16(?) colors and the resolution itself (not so raw pixels in max zoom) for future theater builders?
Since we all sit much time over planning (in TEs AND campaigns), it would be nice to give future people this possibility.

/Atze 0 hides and runs/

@Stevie said in RWR missile warning for missile tracking another jet.:

@molnibalage said in RWR missile warning for missile tracking another jet.:

And one more thing.
I have a feeling that a sidelobe of the own onboard radar of a fighter itself produces far higher beam power than a totally random off beam bounce.

Yes - that’s true…and a big problem. Ownship sidelobes, and wingman sidelobes. But again, the sensitivity of your RWR (and a number of other tricks which don’t appear to be considered in BMS) factor greatly. All RWRs are not created equally, and it’s not all about power.

I’ve seen some of the RWRs I’ve worked on get spiked by things that aren’t even weapons systems - particularly in urban areas where there is a loot of multi-path and bounce off of buildings.

Compared to the Cold War era, today’s environment is a horror for the RWR I guess. There are far more different types of emitters all around the world.