I have another bug, but could you check if it is an issue only for me or if it is global?
When in hmd mode, looking to the edges using free cam (c for me) and using pitch or roll buttons (ws ad for me) it locks my hmd to the front position and it stays like this until i let go of the c button. Yaw and rebinding pitch roll does nothing.
https://streamable.com/xffh55
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I mean, I never ever was able to lock anything with HMD when I played it so i’m wondering if that’s something that needs investigating
when using hmd, you have to manually lock using radar lock button, not like acm that locks automaticly
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Oh boy hahah, yeah mate you need to using the “lock target” button once the HMD is over the desired target.
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That is, to me, a “Slam head into nearest Table” moment
That explains a whole lot.
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New video, to some chill Lo-Fi. Couple tips for my follow Gripenerers? Gripers? Gripenites? Gripbros? Attach the LITENING II pod, it scouts targets roughly within its FOV out to 20km. This is a massive boost to your team and their SA.
Secondly using the HMD lock targets up to get the radar LSZ information, this can tell you in a pinch if your shot will even land. Anything within the LSZ is +90% going to hit (countermeasures not withstanding).
In this video I use both the targeting pod for scouting and the LSZ to take the best possible shots.
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Am i the only taking poor skyflashes with me? They were looking so sad in the box in the corner so i started taking them out and it pays out. 9-5km head-on shots mosly land, mostly…
Until they’re mounted to the CRL with BOL so I can keep the same CM load I don’t think its worth it. The launch warnings will only serve to alert your target sooner allowing them to defend, from my experience not enough players are paying attention to locks on their RWR, and only care about launch warnings.
This has the affect of players not paying any attention to lock warnings so using the radar and its LSZ is not likely to alert the average player and you can launch right at the edge of the LSZ and score some comically long range shots with the 9M’s.
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Imma have to narrate this.
Or get a video together and narrate this
“WASSUP GRIPBROS HOW YA DOING ITS GUNJOB HERE AND TODAY IMMA TELL YOU TO BASH THOSE AMERICABOOS WITH YOUR AIM-9 EMSSSSS”
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Plz no.
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April Fools hmmm?
Its supposed to have forward firing flares isn’t it?
the BOP fires forward if i remember correctly, but the BOL fires backwards.
i’ve made a report on the missing ESTL countermeasure pod (with accompanying MAW and MAW slave).
Spoiler
is it a miss from dev where they made the missile compatible BOL pod function like a ESTL pod?
or does the internal BOP also fire forwards?
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BOP fires upwards and downwards(on the gripen c you can see that in pictures, you cant on the gripen a because it didnt have those afaik)
it might look like the flares are flying forwards but thats because of inertia.
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Thats from the pod, not inboard
First paragraph “can act as primary […] easy to integrate to gripen”
So both ESTL, BOP standalone and BOP integrated can forward fire.
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please show me a picture of gripen firing the internal flares forward.
i don’t think we’ll be able to find any pictures of any plane that can prove forward firing flares.
let alone a way to prove that its an internal and not external pod that does it.
video and pictures will most likely not be able to be used to prove anything.
also, the gripen has the ability for the pilot to choose exactly what flares in what direction to fire how many of how fast. so some videos has only downward, some have only upward and some have both.
it would be unsafe to use forward firing during an airshow since they can obscure vision.
Edit:
found more info:
Unfortunately just because the BOP dispenser family is capable of forward firing doesn’t mean the Gripen airframe has any mounted pointing forwards.
That is true.
Do we know that they aren’t mounted like that?
or are we in a situation where we can’t know for sure because its classified?