RWR and radar direction?

[Tazz]

I noticed the following in BMS 4.32.7 and I started paying attention to it…. and sure enough, I seem to still get RWR spikes despite the AI enemy turning away from me? How is that possible?

Case in point in a recent campaign mission. Here I am being vectored to a MiG-29A single ship coming towards us. I lock the MiG-29A for an AIM-120 shot and he turns away from us and heads North.
So he’s cold and his radar dish is pointing north as well.

But I’m still being spiked by that Fulcrum? I know it’s him because I close in on him, launch the AMRAAM and when the MiG-29A is hit, the RWR spike immediately disappears. There was no other Fulcrum in the area.

Is this just a BMS 4.32.7 issue?

[Blu3wolf]

seen it before. If you power cycle the RWR, you will be NAKED.

EDIT: also, not a fan of 4.33?

[Tazz]

@Blu3wolf:

seen it before. If you power cycle the RWR, you will be NAKED.

EDIT: also, not a fan of 4.33?

I assume this to be a BMS quirk rather than a RWR feature?

I’m very much a fan of 4.33 but that won’t run under XP 32-bit……which I need for my SWF22 FLCS + TQS. My USB upgrade project for my other FLCS and TQS set is rather slow going.

[Shadow]

It’s pointless raising any issues about RWR in 3.32 as it was reworked for the 4.33 series.

Do your self a big favour and get a copy of Win7.

[Tazz]

Sigh……I have Windows 7 64-bit. It’s my HOTAS that’s still stuck in the XP era and a big empty whole in my bank account that prevents me from fixing that…

[Blu3wolf]

Ouch. Worries about finding a driver for my Cougar are one key reason Im steering clear of W10 (not the sole reason, however).

Not having played with the real RWR, I couldn’t say for certain… but I feel pretty safe calling it a bug rather than a feature

[Tomcat84]

I think I’ve seen something similar in 4.33 on Balkans with an SA-2 staying in a missile launch on my RWR even after me diving back behind a hill and flying out of range of said SA-2. It was clearable by running a quick BIT on the RWR.

Haven’t noticed it with air threats yet though.

[Planehazza]

@Blu3wolf:

Ouch. Worries about finding a driver for my Cougar are one key reason Im steering clear of W10 (not the sole reason, however).

Not having played with the real RWR, I couldn’t say for certain… but I feel pretty safe calling it a bug rather than a feature

Understood, but I among many have ran the cougar in windows 10 for ages without any problem, so if that were the sole reason, you could dismiss it

[Dee-Jay]

An RWR is not instantaneous. It is building a system file and may be delayed in display refresh.

[Axe]

It’s the AI’s AI. Look close at him. He’s got you WVR.