Lio
07-22-2010, 02:52 PM
Ok im completly noob apparently.
My first mission ive flown other wise ive only done my own editor mission to learn to fly and use all the systems.
I flew the "Clear Tvacholivic"(spelling) mission.
The mission did say haste was off the essence but tbh i flew along to the observation point. Hovered scouted couldnt find a thing so i decided to make a sprint over open ground. Properly stupid and my LWS did also light up, but the russian advance had me covered (at first i thought it was enemies but figured they were friendly since they advanced in the wrong direction), they were advancing underneath me as i flew north west to some small hills. once there i jumped from hill to hill going into hover mode and peeping up. But by the time i had done my fourth hover/scouting i was within 5 km of the city but the ground forces had already entered so i decided to go for a rocket run. Unable to hit anything without rudder control and being shot at by a stryker and a M1A2 + hummer i decided to fly behind some hills and launch some vikhirs at em with much success. But then i eneded up with laser burn out. I had put the laser on RF mode while i was doing all my scouting so i wouldnt use as much.
TLDR:
Laser burn out? can i happen from simple range finding? thought only real threat to it was designating targets for weapons. Ive read that you have something like 16x5 with 30 min intervals between the 16 laser uses. But is that designations or range findings? And so i should be very carefull not to press Enter with the laser in designate mode and standby?
Strafing runs? are they even possible without rudder control? i flew with FD on while attempting. My joystick only have 11 buttons and i use them exculsivly for trim and auto pilot modes etc. all else is on the keyboard or mouse. It was impossible to align with the targets.
Also attacking a city? what is the best tactic, i tried circling around it but there was always a building in the way and i had to overflew it to locate targets and then find a clear vector for a stand off attack not obstructed by buildings. Not really a smart choice.
Fourth and last question, how do you balance speed with scouting? Looking through the ACMI file i see i was at the obs point 6+ min from then it took me into the 30+ min skulking around before i gave up and startet my failed strafing run.
Thx for any help.
My first mission ive flown other wise ive only done my own editor mission to learn to fly and use all the systems.
I flew the "Clear Tvacholivic"(spelling) mission.
The mission did say haste was off the essence but tbh i flew along to the observation point. Hovered scouted couldnt find a thing so i decided to make a sprint over open ground. Properly stupid and my LWS did also light up, but the russian advance had me covered (at first i thought it was enemies but figured they were friendly since they advanced in the wrong direction), they were advancing underneath me as i flew north west to some small hills. once there i jumped from hill to hill going into hover mode and peeping up. But by the time i had done my fourth hover/scouting i was within 5 km of the city but the ground forces had already entered so i decided to go for a rocket run. Unable to hit anything without rudder control and being shot at by a stryker and a M1A2 + hummer i decided to fly behind some hills and launch some vikhirs at em with much success. But then i eneded up with laser burn out. I had put the laser on RF mode while i was doing all my scouting so i wouldnt use as much.
TLDR:
Laser burn out? can i happen from simple range finding? thought only real threat to it was designating targets for weapons. Ive read that you have something like 16x5 with 30 min intervals between the 16 laser uses. But is that designations or range findings? And so i should be very carefull not to press Enter with the laser in designate mode and standby?
Strafing runs? are they even possible without rudder control? i flew with FD on while attempting. My joystick only have 11 buttons and i use them exculsivly for trim and auto pilot modes etc. all else is on the keyboard or mouse. It was impossible to align with the targets.
Also attacking a city? what is the best tactic, i tried circling around it but there was always a building in the way and i had to overflew it to locate targets and then find a clear vector for a stand off attack not obstructed by buildings. Not really a smart choice.
Fourth and last question, how do you balance speed with scouting? Looking through the ACMI file i see i was at the obs point 6+ min from then it took me into the 30+ min skulking around before i gave up and startet my failed strafing run.
Thx for any help.