Banzaiib Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 (edited) We ran a little bomber intercept training last night with 6x F-14's (human pilots), and the AI E-2D was giving us a picture that included bandits about 300 miles from us which was about 250 miles from the E-2D, but when I increased my scan zone to 400 miles, they did not show up. Only contacts that are roughly 150 miles from the E-2D (or E-3) will show up on data link... despite the AWACS being able to call them over the radio at much greater ranges. Is this working as intended? (I will post a track this afternoon) Edited March 18, 2020 by Banzaiib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banzaiib Posted March 20, 2020 Author Share Posted March 20, 2020 https://drive.google.com/open?id=19xBtTizvfervedv-G8Xme0N0MYOF11LW track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) I noticed the same. It seems like the F-16 / F-18 datalink is showing contacts a lot further away Edited June 27, 2020 by Panther 976 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrovague Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Thanks for the report, it is on our list to revisit F-14 datalink once more pressing tasks have been completed. The AWACS APIs in DCS have changed a few times since F-14 release, we're awaiting some info from ED on the latest correct way to now receive contacts. It seems as though we may need to implement a link16 receiver now, which is of course not true to real life, but we'll see, maybe ED can give us another way. F-14 should currently receive all contacts that are up to 250NM from AWACS, as long as they're within line-of-sight (not occluded by terrain or horizon etc.), so not sure why you were seeing only 150NM on your side, but maybe MP somehow affects this too. ____________ Heatblur Simulations [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 (edited) For example, in MP on the Growling Sidewinder server, F-14s take off from Tbilissi and Beslan, and I am unable to see enemy contacts around the Kutaisi area (being in line of sight) and that's roughly 100Nm. So I use the jester menu "scan elevation" and then I am able to pick them up. When I fly the F-16 however, I immediately have a lot of contacts on D/L in that same area. It could be a server issue though... Anybody else ? Edited March 22, 2020 by Panther 976 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banzaiib Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 It seems to be getting worse. AWACS in mission yesterday was only 80 miles from targets, and was getting nothing on the TID / data link outside of 50 miles from the E-2. Fighter-to-fighter seems to work fine, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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