Click-to-target missiles?

Post by **Jaymz** » 2010-10-11 13:38

Predator.v2 wrote:So click-to-target laser markers work the same way?

Yeah, same system.

PatrickLA_CA · Post by **PatrickLA_CA** » 2010-10-11 15:34

I like that click to target missiles system but I think the markers will be a problem for attack helicopters, How will you know where to start diving?

Zrix · Post by **Zrix** » 2010-10-11 15:39

PatrickLA_CA wrote:I like that click to target missiles system but I think the markers will be a problem for attack helicopters, How will you know where to start diving?

Experience. I think looking at the altitude and map will with some practise work fine.

Hotrod525 · Post by **Hotrod525** » 2010-10-11 15:43

Thermal, click-to-target... etc... That mean attack helo/jet-bomber ( like tornado etc.. ) will be able to drop bomb where they want to without having to keep the crosshair on

This is going to be Epic =D

Zoddom · Post by **Zoddom** » 2010-10-11 15:57

Hotrod525 wrote:
This is going to be Epic =D

Hell yeah.

Post by **Sniperdog** » 2010-10-11 16:07

Hopefully this should explain things a bit better...

fyi: The lockbox does not show up on dedicated.

burghUK · Post by **burghUK** » 2010-10-11 16:16

Everybody stock up on energy drinks, its gonna be a good weekend.

No more will i be put off by an overly sensitive mouse.

Post by **dbzao** » 2010-10-11 19:54

A little vid showcasing the click-to-target missiles and thermals:

Celestial1 · Post by **Celestial1** » 2010-10-11 20:13

That is absolutely awesome.

Should make a team cower if they have no counter to an asset.

llRvXll · Post by **llRvXll** » 2010-10-11 20:19

This new system will be avaliable for the JDAM and mavericks as well? on the a10, tornado etc... ? :]

ZephyrDark · Post by **ZephyrDark** » 2010-10-11 20:33

llRvXll wrote:This new system will be avaliable for the JDAM and mavericks as well? on the a10, tornado etc... ? :]

I believe the system is on the Tornado and SU-33(?)[The Chinese Jet-Bomber], but the A10 and Su-25 won't be getting it since they don't have a dedicated gunner that controls the weapons via camera.

eMeRgEnCyLeMoN · Post by **eMeRgEnCyLeMoN** » 2010-10-11 22:34

'[R-DEV wrote:dbzao;1463753']A little vid showcasing the click-to-target missiles and thermals:

Awesome video! Looks like the Havok is really a force to be reckoned with now.

Whats up with the smoke though? I noticed the tank in the video popped smoke, I thought smoke was invisible to thermals?

Post by **dbzao** » 2010-10-11 22:42

That smoke was smoke from firing the weapon, and stuff like that (explosions, firing, etc) have a thermal signature.

Predator.v2 · Post by **Predator.v2** » 2010-10-12 00:16

Can you "guide" click-to-target lasers on the same way?
And are these lasers scout helis only or also for sql and uav?

Rissien · Post by **Rissien** » 2010-10-12 01:06

Predator.v2 wrote:Can you "guide" click-to-target lasers on the same way?
And are these lasers scout helis only or also for sql and uav?

After a missle has been fired, simply click again to guide it.

tommytgun · Post by **tommytgun** » 2010-10-12 01:13

Will we be seeing through the missile or from the camera on the helo?

Post by **Rhino** » 2010-10-12 01:15

I've never heard of a camera on a missiles and if there are any cameras on missiles (that give video feeds back to the shooter like in vBF2, not IR tracking cameras or w/e) then none of the missiles in PR have them, that's just a vBF2 thing I'm pretty sure

So to answer your question, the camera is on the chopper or w/e vehicle you fired the missile from.

Post by **Sniperdog** » 2010-10-12 01:16

Predator.v2 wrote:Can you "guide" click-to-target lasers on the same way?
And are these lasers scout helis only or also for sql and uav?

Yes and no.

When you fire a lase from a moving vehicle it will no longer drift but instead guide to EXACTLY what you clicked on. That functionality is on all scout choppers and the conventional uav.

I could not make it click to reguide in flight for lazes because that would mean you could not fire again until the last laze expired...

There is a way I could do it (like it is in combined arms) where you hold down left trigger for x seconds to fire and only tap the left trigger to guide which I will likely do for lazes in the future, but when I was putting this in I was working on a number of different things at once and didn't have the time to code/test that for this release.

It might also be possible to do that for GLTD's but I have not yet tried doing click-to-target on handheld weapons, which may not work.

dtacs · Post by **dtacs** » 2010-10-12 02:09

What was with those 'TT' and 'TA' icons on the HUD? Are those the lase boxes (in Cyrillic) for the Havok?

McBumLuv · Post by **McBumLuv** » 2010-10-12 02:52

dtacs wrote:What was with those 'TT' and 'TA' icons on the HUD? Are those the lase boxes (in Cyrillic) for the Havok?

Someone hasn't flown air assets in a while

Yeah, the Russian/MEC have had those lock signatures since .85 at least.

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