Kh-38MT missile gets a resolution of 1200x800 in the game.
Missile seekers have much less room for equipment, they are usually much cheaper (and less capable) as they are expendable, and China is ahead of Russia in terms of electronics and imaging sensor fabrication.
So how does China’s latest and most advanced targeting pod have a lower resolution than the Kh-38MT missile seeker? This does not make any sense …
Because the MAWS copy-paste from J-11A is used for the config. The same can be seen on the Su-25SM3 and Ka-52. The Su-25SM3 has sensors directed downwards, but it also partially sees the upper hemisphere.
I mean… MAWS it is like radar. It have different config file, which attached to vehicle.
Found a picture of the J-11D, while making a Suggestion for it, which indicates it could’ve received two addtional underwing pylons just like other late Flanker variants; i.e. up to 8x PL-12 / PL-15 could be possible.
Summary
Another pylon is clearly visible behind the rocket pods.
I don’t even need to repeat the post about ASFM from another user. If you think the AIM-260 is meant to counter the R-37M, then what Russian weapon is the AIM-174B designed to counter? So it should be AIM-260 → PL-15, AIM-174B → R-37M/PL-17.
AIM174 was the counter or rather temporary counter. No one wants a F18 carrying SA missiles all the time. AIM260 is the real replacement, but all we’ve seen so far is 1 PPT.
AIM-120D-3 counters Eastern missiles, AIM-260 and AIM-174 have entirely different purposes and are designed as counters to foreign peer equipment, not as responses to foreign missile developments.