[F4RADAR] Lightweight standalone radar application
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In principle F4A and F4R do more or less the same, but I wanted 2 things differently: 1. deagged entities 2. no hassle (no additional programs, no TE loading, no BE definition, etcetc). But yes, F4A contains quite some fancy features. I’ve had contact with Monster and he gave me some tips. But he admitted that currently he has limited time to maintain his programs.
Furthermore it’s fun the create a tool like this for the community and I have still plenty of ideas also not present in F4A. And a little bit of ‘competition’ never hurts.
For me, those two PROs makes this software very useful. F4A is great, but when you have 4 fighters on a CAP and in many other cases, you must see all the assets available.
F4A still have other very cool functions, like IVC integration.@tumbler31, we are trying to use it on our spanish SQN, and it seems there is a bug with the “Iberia Theater”.
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@tumbler31, we are trying to use it on our spanish SQN, and it seems there is a bug with the “Iberia Theater”.
Contacts are shown out of the map.May be the map is 8192 x 8192 px. Did you try to resize it to 4096 x 4096?
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For me, those two PROs makes this software very useful. F4A is great, but when you have 4 fighters on a CAP and in many other cases, you must see all the assets available.
F4A still have other very cool functions, like IVC integration.@tumbler31, we are trying to use it on our spanish SQN, and it seems there is a bug with the “Iberia Theater”.
Contacts are shown out of the map.Thanks for pointing it out that POH doesn’t work. So far I only tested KTO and included some hardcoded values such as the standard 1024x1024 theatre size. POH is 2048x2048, so that’s why the map didn’t work for you and also the bullseye sometimes appeared at the wrong place. I’ve got that fixed and should release an update soon.
@AlphaFox: the resolution of the image you’re using doesn’t matter. F4RADAR will stretch or shrink the image on the theatre size. So as long as the image has the same aspect ratio as the theatre you’re fine. And of course a higher resolution image makes it look better when zoomed in, eg the 40MB .png supplied with POH.
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Dear Sir
Thank u so much !
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Version 0.13 is out. It now also correctly shows the maps image for all theater sizes, so also for POH. Furthermore I’ve added that allied nations can also to the spotting for your country, just like in BMS. Valuable feedback from users brought this lacking behaviour under my attention.
So keep your feedback and suggestions coming and help me improving this program for all users.
version 0.13 changes (26.10.2020)
- added spotting and identifying of contacts can now also be done by allied nations
- added lat/long for all theaters in the northern-eastern hemisphere
- fixed map image for 2048x2048 theatres like POH
- table no longer shows empty flights
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Small update with a yard stick in the bottom right corner as well as a toggleable context menu. On mouse over this gives you the detailed info also visible in the table, but without having to scroll though all info. Enjoy it, and let me know of any improvements.
version 0.14 changes (29.10.2020)
- added toggleable context menu to show detailed info at mouse over
- added yardstick
EDIT: there’s seems to be something funky with the context menu in certain cases, I’ll have a look at it
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Fixed a bug in the context menu showing sometimes the wrong aircraft type. Thanks Eagle-Eye for pointing it out!
version 0.15 changes (30.10.2020)
- fixed bug in aircraft type in context menu
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After tedious work I managed to add taxiways for quite some KTO airbases for those into ATC and ground ops. Do let me know if you like it and if maybe taxilines are missing.
version 0.16 changes (02.11.2020)
- Added taxiways for Kunsan, Osan, Seosan, Sachon, Choongwon, Chongju, Suwon, Yechon, Mandumi, Kwangju, Hoengsong, Kangnung, Pohang, Sokcho, Taegu, Pusan, Pyongtaeg, Kimhae
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I Tumbler, it seems good on Win 10, but not on Win seven. The F4Radar failed when BMS entering 3D.
With my first look on Win 10, the position of the planes is good for Chongwoon, my friends will check the others airfields. -
Tumbler, good work!
I have some recommendations for improvements:
1. label deconfliction - If there some A/C flying close together, nobody is able to read call sign, height nor speed. It would be better, that a user can grab the label and move it to an other range and/or bearing from the track symbol and fix it there.
2. hook of track symbol - to measure the bearing and range between two a/c it would be better to assign the line to the tack symbols so that you get a read out of bearing and range continuously. State of the art would be to draw multiple of this bearing/range lines between multiple a/c.
3. draw of static lines and points to mark something on the scope
4. import of routes, preplanned threat steerpoints and steerpoint lines from the current TE of BMS (selectable)
5. display of BE-position of the cursor on an movable window and
6. display of the bearing/range from a certain point or hooked track on the cursor position
7. display on M-number instead of speed on an a/c label (switchable)
I know this is a lot of work, but it would make the job of an aircraft controller much easier.
And I would prefer to couple the detection volume on the AWACS or the coverage of the ground RADAR station(s), that’s more realistic.
Regards Prot
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So after verification, all your AB improvements are good. Nice job Tumbler.
For next job, i wish to have a movable BE, and your soft will be fully usable for us.
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Anyone trying to use this on a small P2P MP Coop Campaign setup? Trying to find an out of the way flight close to TO time to put the “AWACS” pilot in and leave on the Ramp is not easy. To test it out I put my AWACs pilot in as my wingman and left him there, not an ideal situation, but I looked at every other base and it just sat in the “Planning” stage with no new flights fragged. Ideally putting him in a C130 or and actual AWACs would be great… or am I missing something?
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After a test this Wednesday, with 9 pilotes, all is perfect, at Choongwon and Chongju, but only on w10
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The latest release now also plots the PPT circles and lines as visible on the HSI. Please note that the plane needs to be hot!
I’ve also tried to declutter the view. Zoomed out the label will now only show the flight label. eg DART1. With sufficient separation between the contacts it will show the individual labels. This is a toggleable option and you can tune this distance in the option menu with “intra flight distance”. Also note that when the flight splits in elements, it will show the elements names eg DART11 and DART13. Do check it out and let me know if it works for you.
Furthermore I’ve done quite some changes under the hood you most likely will not notice, except for the fact the program now uses Direct X11. So please be sure to have that installed. You are going to need that for 4.35 anyway.
The program should work with Windows7 now, but please let me know if that is really the case.
Finally thanks again for your suggestions and feedback and especially Eagle-Eye for testing the software. All you help and feedback is highly appreciated, keep it coming!
version 0.17 changes (18.11.2020)
- Added PPT and lines as visible on the HSI and stored in DTC, note that jet needs to be hot
- Added declutter option which only show flight or element name when zoomed out
- Added taxiways not plotted when zoomed out
- Implemented DirectX11 and Windows7 support
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Hi and thank you for your work.
Sadly I can’t get your software to work (W7/DX11, redistributables are installed), it crashes at launch with the following error:Any idea why that might be?
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Hi and thank you for your work.
Sadly I can’t get your software to work (W7/DX11, redistributables are installed), it crashes at launch with the following error:Any idea why that might be?
Thanks!I cannot see the attachment, so could you try again? I don’t have w7 myself, so it’s a but difficult to test for me.
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Edited, seems like there was a problem with the PNG…
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Edited, seems like there was a problem with the PNG…
Thanks, could be the issue you’re running 32bit W7 and some errors with the libs. I’ll look into it.
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Nope, Win 7 x64 here
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Another update, this one allows you to select (and see) the IVC frequencies. Just launch your IVC-client, connect to the server and you’re done. You don’t have to select ‘force local control’.
By the way, did you know you can move around the tables by clicking on the header of a table and dragging it? And thanks for your suggestions and bug reports! @seekles, W7 is still on the todo-list.
version 0.18 changes (05.12.2020)
- Added IVC support (currently only x64 version tested)
- Added allied contacts are always shown
- Fixed errors in mission type indications
- Fixed ‘bad alloc’ crash