@jross:
Ok, after 14 hours of AR I’ve some observations, and hopefully something useful (to someone):
64-Bit
Realistic AR mode
Probe’d acft: F18C, AV8B+, Tornado GR
Boom’d: F16, F15E
Probed acft: You get only 1 shot at refueling; if you disconnect then you have to end AR (y:3), move away a bit, then restart the entire process. After the first ‘stab’, and disconnect, you no longer get any guidance (lights in Realistic, or voice in Simple difficulty). and you never connect.
Probjed acft: 5 out of 6 flights, (once it didn’t happen - hate these kind of things), when the tanker makes a turn (just after the “heads up” call), it slows down dramatically, causing you to overshoot. I have a video if useful (several actually).
Sometimes, when you’re really close to the boom tip, you get ‘warped’ off a ways from the tanker. This feels like it’s part of the “tractor beam” thing; maybe some left-over velocities, or state, perhaps, and when some param’s are exceeded, you get slung away. Far away (hundreds, or more, feet). This happened the first several times I tried it (see above post), yet wasn’t able to re-produce it this last session while recording.
None of the above issues happened with the boomed receiver acft (F16, F15). AR went smoothly. Would connect, slow down forcing a disconnect, then nuzzle back up and connect. All with guidance from the lights post disconnect. Did this 3-4 times per flight in these acft.
I flew ‘standard’ type missions built in the in-sim editor; myself & an AI wingman; intercept the tanker - to simulate normal situations (though yes it did take longer this way). Half head-on intercepts, half over-hauling tanker from behind.
I got really good at head-on intercepts & joining with the tanker 🙂
Window 10 64 bit (kept up-to-date)
D3D API Ver: 12
D3D Feature level: 11
nVidia GTX 570 (latest drivers), 4GB grapfix memory
Intel duel-core I5 2500 @ 3.2ghz
8Gb RAM
CH-products Fighter stick & Pro Throttle
Loving the AV8 and F18! And the Tornado! Haven’t flown any others (beyond this test)
Check Six
ok lets be clear
AAR for OFM aicrafts are suffering from old tractor beam problems including strange warping.
Y3 and beeinf force to go away and come back is intended behavior
boom and recpt AC are exactly the same. absolutly zero difference other than a x, y, z position of the refueling point
only realistic refuel is really supported, other modes may have bugs vut we have no interest to take care
in short for a correct expérience, use AAR with AFM aircrafts (f16, mirage, f18, av8) and only i realistic mode