Well, the middle and rear ones on top of the fuselage are independent, as can be seen on the video i posted. Front and bottom are paired.
That’s really weird though.
that means that if you have periodic countermeasures on in groups of like 2 then you are after half a game randomly going to get either 2 small, 2 standard, 1 large one standard, 1 large one small or 1 small and 1 standard per burst.
it also means that to be 100% sure that a large flare is fired i have to cycle through the entire loop (because who keeps track of where in the loop you are at any given moment?).
the only way to get consistent flares in this case is to put the periodic amount to 4 and then manually fire the first 6 rotations so that the large rail flares are out.
it would be much more reasonable if the large flares were the ones used first and then go down to standard and lastly small (and i’m not going to into the whole “BOL should be standard” debacle because you already know). or if one of each size were fired per burst or something.
Well, currently it is made based on the pre determined patter, so while true you can never be sure you get large one, this type of pattern is easier for the game, or at least easier to code.
(And Gripen lack Standard CMs, they just gave up with naming it Large Flare Countermeasure, as it broke everything, so they just attached large flare to in in the code).
And @Gunjob here you can se that only one of the pods are paired (i think it is because of lack of separate:true in emtr_1).
@Gunjob
On the JAS39C there are two bugs with the flares.
first:
The pylons only fire 3 flares each (6 total) and then they are empty (instead of 12 total). doesn’t matter the loadout as far as i have tested.
Second:
if i bring six aim9m and BOL pods its normal and fires:
down → up → up → up → left pylon → right pylon → both outer BOL → both inner BOL → repeat
(just remove pylons from loop when empty)
But if i bring two aim9m and four aim120b with BOL it fires:
down → up → up → up → left pylon → right pylon → both outer BOL → both left BOL → repeat
same issue with four aim9m and two aim120b with BOL as well as only four aim120b.
So the issue seems to be when i bring the aim120b’s
It also doesn’t matter if its a custom loadout or pre-made.
I know I’ve probably said this umpteen times before but what’s the difference between the F & F2, G & G2, and E & E2?
F are Navy IIR. G are AF IIR, E are Laser. 2 at the end means software modification, more memory and a faster processor.
And what would that translate to in game? Or just in general really.
IIRC the G2 mainly existed to fix a bug with the base G model which caused the missile to randomly miss the target sometimes.
In game to nothning i think. IRL it would resault in system better reaction to the target changes and better autopilot behavior.
That was the soft problem, that was fixed with soft part of 2. IIRC the part of the soft that was comparing last position of the target to the current one was sometimes creating ghosts in the soft, resaulting in the missile going for that ghost.
So there was no IOG added to any of the Mavericks?
Not that i know of.
So, why can’t the Gripen carry any radar missiles on the wing tips? Was thinking about starting the Swedish aviation grind with the draken on sale, but I think the recent fm nerfs, along with this tiny detail might ruin my interest.
Sweden air tree isnt worth it lmao. Also the reason they dont carry radar on the wing tips is because the wing tips normally have other important sensors there. If you do plan on playing the tree there is like 5 decent vehicles that are fun to play.
If you have specific questions about the J35 and my actual opinion as i bought it just recently to see how it feels i can tell you. Or if you have any actual questions about any swedish air vehicles just DM me. Mainly cause talking about them is off topic to the post.
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Half educated “guesstimation”:
I think its because they are to heavy and require to much data to be transferred from cpu to wingtip (requiring larger interface and more cables drawn). had they been mounted there the g-forces would probably tear the wings of.
In Saab’s brochure says, that wingtip pylons has a weight limit in 110 kg.
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Oof, rip gripen players than