Santa's wishlist for BMS
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@luochenyang
IIRC there was a central Europe theater.
'80 campaigns need proper F-16A, which I really’d love to be simulated in BMS. -
improving the sense of speed down low
I think the new terrain engine will help a ton with this. It’s just so hard to make it feel like you’re moving fast over a low poly flat texture. Even just getting displacement maps on that texture would be huge with all the minor detail it could add.
- More naval assets most of which can be civilian
This would be very nice, though not a current priority. I think modellers will have their hands full filling in buildings and such for the new terrain, plus the terrain itself.
- personal trucks, maybe a train
Yes, rail logistics would be great. Doing trucks, though, would require shapefiles of all the roadways on the map, unless it was just highways (a lot easier to do). It’s doable, but if they’re moving away from tiles, it means someone has to either hand-draw or create an automated program to draw out every street on the map… it’s a big task.
Trains would be much easier, at least train tracks. Again, probably not a 37 priority, but 38 or 40 it would be nice to fill int he world.
General question: how well simulated are logistics currently? I recall from much earlier versions that it was a rump system that didn’t have much impact on the campaign. Like taking out a supply depot or power station was very meh/unimportant.
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RL based road network is quite doable, assuming new terrain will kinda match rl topography.
Many sims use imported openstreetmap data. -
Another nice addition would be an ability to access/change/save configuration details while in 3D.
Simple example: you zoom your FOV in/out until hitting the precise sweet spot for you. If you could capture that to “falcon bms.cfg” it would be wonderful. (No more of those lengthy run config, test, wash-rinse-repeat cycles.)
It has always puzzled me that BMS config exec is distinct from BMS itself. It seems archaic in this day and age. Most modern apps permit accessing all configuration details while in-game.
(Of course, given this, I’ll immediately ask for a config option to “set TrackIR center-point”. But such is the Herculean burden of the GUI dev.)
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@Micro_440th
If you need a product lead, I can perhaps chime in. I’m in the industry too. -
@b0bl00i It would be great even if the three point guidance of the SAMs would be modeled.
This is the ONLY mode for the SA-8 and even against the most basic noise jamming is necessary to switch the SA-2 and SA-3., -
@b0bl00i Not sure what you mean.
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graphics
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@Micro_440th said in Santa's wishlist for BMS:
@b0bl00i Not sure what you mean.
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@molnibalage It’s also good to have a back-up mode for tunguska, when commands sent towards the missile are encrypted and RWR doesn’t know what’s going on. And something with the behavior of the SA-5, because that SAM system is not effective at all in BMS. The SA-5 will quickly run out of missiles if you notch it or “blink” the ECM, but in real life you can’t know when it’s tracking you or firing at you.
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@Foxtrot701 said in Santa's wishlist for BMS:
@molnibalage It’s also good to have a back-up mode for tunguska, when commands sent towards the missile are encrypted and RWR doesn’t know what’s going on. And something with the behavior of the SA-5, because that SAM system is not effective at all in BMS. The SA-5 will quickly run out of missiles if you notch it or “blink” the ECM, but in real life you can’t know when it’s tracking you or firing at you.
Whooooooooooooooo…
Nope…Just because you encrypt anything it does not mean that you can’t detect the electronic emission…
Also for the SA-5, I have to ask a think about that the RL vs BMS/Falcon.
One thing is sure in RL against Libya anytime S-200E launched everybody went under radar horizon.
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@Foxtrot701 said in Santa's wishlist for BMS:
@molnibalage It’s also good to have a back-up mode for tunguska, when commands sent towards the missile are encrypted and RWR doesn’t know what’s going on. And something with the behavior of the SA-5, because that SAM system is not effective at all in BMS. The SA-5 will quickly run out of missiles if you notch it or “blink” the ECM, but in real life you can’t know when it’s tracking you or firing at you.
About the SA-5. Yes, technically when the CW emission is online it can’t be decided that missile has been launched or not.
But considering how is operated the system if the CW emitter is active missile will comes soon. In the era or HARM using long CW emission just pretending a launch is very suicidal thing. It just provides the chance to loft AGM-88 under the horizon.
This happened in 1986, one fire control radar was hit by this method.
The SA-5 will be presented within months on mine YT channel.
The SA-3 within 2 weeks, hopefully. -
Boresighting Mavs on the ground before take off, which apparently is done in RL (?)
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@Bayonet said in Santa's wishlist for BMS:
Boresighting Mavs on the ground before take off, which apparently is done in RL (?)
Probably…but the manuals say it cant be done with the protective dome covers on the missiles either.
So you can blow the covers but then BMS will have to implement hail/stone damage etc so you cant fire them when you get to the target
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@molnibalage
Yeah, I knew that episode - not so funny for those poor guys there, I guess.
And can’t await to watch what you will make for your channel, dear mate.With best regards.
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APKWS please.
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AIM-120D
R-77-1
R-74
SA-20
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I would also like to add a list of letters and numbers, so that I can be seen as knowledgeable.
SA-n-TA-25-12
Data available…?
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@Aragorn said in Santa's wishlist for BMS:
I would also like to add a list of letters and numbers, so that I can be seen as knowledgeable.
SA-n-TA-25-12
Data available…?
Undoubtedly you know your alphabet, and even quite a few numbers!