About IFF

[abbod31]

TO get IFF on my HUD i get some times the diamond for enemy but it only work some times and some times it dose not work.

is it normal or i am missing something?

[Creepy]

I haven’t done any testing on this, but some things to check:

1) Make sure your own IFF system is on (the same system both replies to other people interrogating your aircraft and initiates your own interrogation of an unknown contact).

2) Do you have “SCS Depress” bound to keys or a HOTAS button? As currently simmed... you have to command the interrogation once you have radar SA (maybe you’re only commanding an IFF interrogation some of the time?).

3) Additionally, and again, I’ve never tested this... but if this is in multiplayer, and the other person has turned off their IFF system... you may continue to only see “unknown” indications unless they have it simulated on a by coalition basis... which would be unrealistic.

 

Last thought, you mention the TD box turning into a diamond in the HUD... since this is only telling you ROE has been met to consider that contact Hostile, realize IFF isn’t the only way to make this happen. An NCTR return from a radar lock can also cause this to happen. (This goes back to checking that your own IFF system is turned on.

[Bunny Clark]

The Hornet requires a two-factor identification to mark a target as hostile. This identification can come from any combination of: IFF, Datalink, or NCTR. You can also set a target to hostile manually using the PID function on the SA page.