Personally, I would love to lock up a large seabird and get some TGP footage that can get released to news outlets that assume my surprise is that I’m tracking a UFO when in fact, I’m surprised that I was able to lock and track a large seabird on a perpendicular vector which makes it appear to be moving at ridiculous speed (even though it is not) due to a parallax effect.

@arkady86 That’s a neat trick!

@SOBO-87
Brilliant. Thanks that helps a lot!

@Fish44

With the real thing here in BMS you can’t load more than one missile per station (although it can be done and was used back in 4.36).

In training environment where you need more weapons for more than one setup CATMs are the solution. Of course you must count and have discipline about the amount of weapons you can use for each setup.

@Mav-jp said in Prevent AI from flying over TGT after launching standoff weapon.:

Yes, wait for U4

3-4 weeks?

@jacqueslees said in Advice wanted for building a small desk-based simpit:

@skippermike If you use Icer’s Helios Profile, which you can find under Touch Screen tab, it has a CPD which has a moving map, and you can switch between North Up or Heading Up, together with all the other infos like Bullseye or steerpoints. Just that it’s not an electronic map but based on the picture, so you will not have all the place names rotate with the map, but it rotates for sure. Have a check 😉

Gonna have to change my Callsign… that is “Ice’s” profile, not mine! And yes, the complete CPD Map has buttons to switch modes and functions. I just use a basic map that gives me a quick position orientation at a glance now…

@Tiger-0

Hi,

Thanks for the response and the very interesting link. I appreciate it.

Kind Regards
Dram.

@alu332 Just use Have Glass FS 36170 paint color

@Eagle-Eye Thanks for the info. Good luck @BibleClinger look after yourself.

Regards,

Bayonet.

When F4.0 came out, it was generaly active missile promo.
DB was/is set this way: Active missiles are usefull, close range heaters too. Semiactive weapon is useless trash.
Its about braking the lock by chaffs, ECM, range, seeker limit…then kinematics and radal gimbal fight - this part is really fun, but usually its just plain stupid “chaff, chaff, chaff…supported with some beaming…no lock, missile ballistic”.
Now I am speaking F4 in general - if bandit has no chaffs and ECM, semiactive missiles are really good. If bandit has chaffs/ECM, its just a lottery (dont know latest BMS improvements very good).
Cos I have used MiG-21/23 (29) a lot in FF, OF (later BMS) and AF, I can tell the only chance for good use of semiactive Advanced Atoll and Apex (Alamo too) is to gain speed, get as close as possible and fire it in hardlock mode of course. Sometimes u can kill something. There was also some dirty tactics vs AI - when missile was launched, it made them turn…but I dont like this aproach.
I did some historic missions in various theaters and for example F4 with Sparrows is really strong against MiGs without chaffs. The same F-14, where Sparow is good between heaters and Phoenix…I also loved to use MIG CAP ALPHA only.
It should work in Sparrowed F-16 too (Egypt, Iraq…)

To have some more interresting old style BVR I tried to mod semiactive missiles. If they were set as active class, but without any own radar, they were much better (with the same FM). It was really fun. It made even AA-9 usefull and “re-lockable”…lock was broken even few times in very long BVR.
Lately I let them by default, but modded CM…to get interresting old style F-4, F-14, F-15 vs MiG-21,23(29) cinematic/gimbal limit 3D BVR scenarios. It’s something the average Falconer won’t experience. Fun to watch ACMIs, true Charlie 3D math.=|

@sungad - GBU-31 would be similar to a Mk-84 (GBU-31(V)1/B), if you want “AP” you want a BLU-109 warhead, which is a GBU-31(V)3/B.

But the real key is still the fuzing. You want it to detonate underground, so you want to select a Delay fuzing option.

BTW…a 2000 lb warhead is going to go DEEP into the ground anyway. Don’t ask how I know…

Leave mission. Wait in 2d for the clock to stop. Go to intel tab -> news reports (top of the screen). Does it say something amout DPRK surrendering?

Yes? Great, You won.

@Grumble said in ChatGPT's answer about the flight model of BMS:

DCS F-16: DCS is supported by a professional team and receives regular updates and patches. User feedback is also considered, and the simulation is continuously refined.

Yes. They use it to determine whether to ban the user or not. 😁

@Tiger-0 - You wouldn’t notice - and that’s the point. It’s the fire eye that allows the GE engine to know when it has had a flameout, and to auto-relight as long as the pilot hasn’t put the throttle to cutoff. No other pilot action required.

The Pratt isn’t that smart, and both spotting a flameout and performing a relight/restart differ. Pilot attention/action required.

So the only way you’d “notice” would be a difference in flameout procedure between GE and Pratt powered Vipers.

Hi,

A few points: PCIE 3.0 vs. 4.0 makes about 5% difference (at most) in real-world. Running a PCIE 4.0 card in a PCIE 3.0 slot basically doesn’t matter.

4070 Ti Super vs. 1080 Ti will yield approx. double performance, all things being equal.

You will be CPU limited.

I have an i7 9700K and 1080. I’m seriously considering the 4070 Ti Super as it has 16 Gb VRAM and 256-bit bus, same as 4080.

1080 is still an amazing card, and it runs Falcon at 4K maxed without any issue. Now seems a good time for an upgrade.

I dont know what ive done but can no longer zoom in with mouse wheel and theres a green cross stuck in centre of screen?

@airtex2019

yes v-sync lowers GPU-temp significantly.

many thanks

I’ve been going from training to furball (before getting into campaign) & noticed the same predictability across bot difficulty in BVR (This is of course a much simpler game mode, but still noteworthy I think).

Furball Scenario: F-16CM block 52 vs. Mig-29S Fulcrum-C (2 Radar missiles only for optimal kinematics)

@40nm: Closing in/full afterburner

@25nm: Mig lobs R-77 & disengages

@20nm: Soft lock the Mig (RWS/SAM)

@15nm: Fox 3 (Husky) & immediately begin pulling off as the Mig re-engages
(first R-77 lost too much energy to maneuver & missed)

@10nm: Mig launches second R-77

@end: Mig is downed & second R-77 is evaded

Ace difficulty definitely gets closer to a hit, but no dice. I think the AI might be optimized for fuller loadouts, because the Viper with minimal loadout kinematics to a single target seems unstoppable. XD
(Can’t do this with my DCS F/A-18, but I still love it).

@igorry hm, must be a theater issue then