GNSS+SAL Weapons without a Targeting pod

Dev Server "Heavy Cavalry" General Discussion - Dev Server
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At the current moment in-time. GNSS only weapons such as the GBU-39 can be taken without a Targeting pod, but any weapon with SAL & GNSS require a Targetting pod to be taken, such as the Paveway IV. There isn’t any reason why these weapons couldnt be used in a pure GNSS mode in the same way that GBU-39 can be, if anything they would be more effective due to their larger warhead size. This change would increase loadout flexibility and allow these weapons to be run without taking their associated targeting pod. This is especially useful for any aircraft that has a built in FLIR and gives increased value to that asset.

Obviously, if you failed to take a laser-equipped targeting pod, the SAL on the weapon would be unusable.

So, the change I would propose.

  • Remove the hard requirement to take a Targeting pod with any weapon that also has GNSS.
  • Add a simple pop-up warning instead when you try to save a loadout with SAL+GNSS Weapons without a targeting pod.

The introduction of the aiming points for GNSS weapons is a perfect time to improve the usability of GNSS weapons with this additional change.

Would you like to see the ability to run any GNSS weapon without a targeting pod?
  • Yes
  • No
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Same thing should be done for the Ir weapons.

For exemple, spice 250.

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They can be run without a tpod already. But just cant be used as a GNSS only weapon. So that would require some kind of seeker toggle setting or something

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Oh my bad wrong forum.

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Tornado would finally be not dubious to use. Still bad, but at least not dubious.

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