[F4RADAR] Lightweight standalone radar application
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A small update with some internal fixes. Do let me know if you have issues or have ideas for improvements.
@DUSTOFF17, thanks for the clear explanation.
version 0.34 changes (07.08.2021)
- internal fixes
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Hi ,
was somewhere explained how to add Balkans Airbases to F4Radar ? -
Hi ,
was somewhere explained how to add Balkans Airbases to F4Radar ?Read the first post with the part explaining how to set up the geometry.csv
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@b.s.:
This already awesome program needed a world vector shoreline map underlay…
So I made one…
I am late to the party but does anyone have this vector shoreline map? This post only has the thumbs
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Read the first post with the part explaining how to set up the geometry.csv
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Understood that, but where can i get the needed data for Balkans ?
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Understood that, but where can i get the needed data for Balkans ?
Is there a file somewhere in the Theater folder which provides this data ?You gather the data by using MC and Editor
Showing it with Korea and the given geometry example file.Open te_new.tac with mission commander and select the Airbase in the Objectives tab by double clicking ths will give you the first to values of the Airbase x and y coordinates in the theater.
From there oben the airbase in Editor. every Runway has a RnwyDimList type with 4 RunwayDimPt which give you the 4 corner x and y values
Technically it would be possible to grap all those values without the tools directly from the theaters DB .xml and even create a tool to generate to create all AB entries for a given theater but that would go way over a short explanaition
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Hi all,
I have been following this tool for a while now, but only just got to the point where I will be actively using it. I have had to relocate for work purposes and have left my HOTAS etc behind and just have my laptop.
I have tested this app out twice now with a friend and have some questions about how to use it.
1: Map overlay. The OP has a broken link to a map in the v0.2 section, and I have seen other posts in this thread referring to a KTO map, but I have not yet found the map. Can someone share, perhaps provide a resilient link (torrent for example) in the OP? I am happy to collect the maps (for any and all theatres) and create the torrent myself.
2: Radio transmit. I have followed the instructions for IVC setup, but that only seems to be part of the challenge. Please correct me if I am wrong here, but I have BMS open in a window (whether 2D or 3D) with the F4RADAR window next to it. If I make the F4RADAR window active, then when I press F1/F2 it is not being recognised by BMS/IVC, I have to make the BMS window active to transmit. This is very clunky and I am sure I must be doing it wrong.
3: Radio frequencies. How do I set/change the frequency that I am transmitting over? I see the list of frequencies in the F4RADAR interface. As GCI do I change my transmit frequency only in 3D (ie: set my Comm1 frequency/preset to the same as the package I am communicating with in the ICP?). Do the flying pilots still set their Comm1 to preset 6 or …?
4: Is there any difference in operation of F4RADAR in 2D vs 3D? I already know that in 3D my aircraft needs to be parked on ramp.
Many thanks in advance for any answers to the above, and if there are any other undocumented tips or advice, then please share.
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Parked, on ramp, radio to Ground: “request taxi”, radio to Ground “request taxi back”, alt tab and start F4radar.
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@lorikeolmin boom! The motherload
Thanks so much Lorik!
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@pegasus82 said in Lightweight standalone radar application:
The motherload
Don’t use UHF 6. AI AWACS will pollute your transmissions.
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@lorikeolmin Yes, thanks. I suspected that was the case, and also noted you have what I believe is UHF 20 as the frequency in your IVC screenshot above.
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@lorikeolmin Why “No DTC for Ramp Start”?
Doesn’t this mean I will not see PPTs/threat circles and flight steerpoints?
FYI, I will almost always be GCI for a single package with largely similar STPTs.
Thanks
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@pegasus82 It will load your DTC as default without having to manually load it . So, not JFS start necessary.
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@lorikeolmin ahhh right, I missed the double-negative there. You have “un”-checked “No DTC …” which means there will be DTC at ramp start.
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@oakdesign
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Why does the “FLIGHTS” list have duplicates?
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Does anyone experience some temporary “midnight” situation while the game is in progress?
At times some hostile contacts would faded although they are still there. Other times, all hostile contacts would faded except friendly flights. This would probably last about 1min or so then it would resume back to normal. Sometime if it’s not resumed to normal, i just have to re-start this app. Anyone having similar problem & any suggested solution? Although it’s just 1 min midnight, that critical 1min would often affect the whole engagement progress. -
Great to see there are still many active user of F4RADAR!
And as the last the posters have noticed, the program has some quirks. These are related to issues in BMS itself and have proven to be quite difficult to solve. So for now you’ll see double entries in the flight table, and worse, some contacts dis- and reappearing on the scope.
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@philip40912 yes, I have had that experience too. Sometimes all enemy aircraft disappear for 10-20 seconds. At other times, just some enemy aircraft disappear. I even had friendly aircraft disappear. I was using the “declutter” option off which should have shown all aircraft in a flight, but I could only see updates for the lead of the human flights I was monitoring.
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@tumbler31 there is something interesting I have noticed when “bogey” contacts disappear and reappear.
Let’s say I have a track for “bogey294” who is identified on F4RADAR as “2 x MG29”. These contacts might disappear briefly, and then reappear in the same location.
F4RADAR still has these contacts as “bogey294” and from their location I am positive it is the same aircraft. However, now F4RADAR might list them as "2 x - ".
Why doesn’t F4RADAR remember the aircraft type ID from earlier if it still remembers the “bogey294” name? I have made a habit of writing down aircraft type IDs whenever I see them.