Last time I looked engines are inside the aircraft and heat seeking missiles will look for the exhaust temps.
Reported a bug about an engine temp being to high and they said that exhaust gas temp doesn’t mean engine temp???
In game IR missile lock range is determined by engine thrust.
In real life different missiles lock on to different things, but it is usually either the hot metal parts of the engine, or the exhaust plume.
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depends on the missile, some lock onto the engine but can still track it via exhaust gas but others just track the engine (looking at you garbage aim9b’s)
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I have heard that as well but I have also heard Gaijin say its engine temps.
Thrust wouldn’t make much sense as how can IR missiles lock onto prop planes they don’t generate thrust the same way.
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I remember a video in which they spoke about IR missiles with engine temps being the primary factor, as depending on the seeker sensitivity the engine temps will override countermeasures.
Yeah makes more sense many people have told me the Harrier is really hot in game due to its thrust but it makes almost no thrust at high speed due to the way the game models it.
.7 Mach is like 4700 kg thrust in a Gr3
on a F-4 at.7 its WAY hotter yet the Harrier has a harder time breaking IR locks.
[Development] Improved heat signatures for jet engines - News - War Thunder
Based off this, Aircraft fuselage, engine heat and exhaust plumes are modelled.
So why do I keep hearing this Thrust=Heat excuse lol.
And thank you for the information.
Me when I post misinformation.
Was that you who stated that long ago?
No I was making a joke, doesn’t mean I haven’t been wrong about info in the past before though.
Ohhh I see. Well based off of this development post you sent.
Would my bug report here be enough to get Gaijin to change it.
Harriers Pegasus engine Heat signature too high // Gaijin.net // Issues
It won’t be accepted because you have no primary or secondary sources to correlate those temp figures.
Does that NATOPS have declassified anywhere or are older by 20-30 years? (I forgot the time limit).
The devs get skiddish when they’re uncertain of information being classified or ITAR restricted.
It has been used before it is also from 1978. So it should be plenty good for use.
Also to note the Harrier makes 1/3 the trust it should at higher speeds.
The latest statement given to @Gunjob directly from the developers is that the game uses thrust to determine IR lock range.
Ahh well in that case increasing the Harriers thrust almost 3 fold really will not help the issue.