Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: dyoox01

Do you guys typically launch the tomahawks all at once or in smaller groups.

I find that no matter what I do the tomahawks get shot down pretty easily. They end up being decoys/dumb targets for the SAMs. ARe tomahawks that easy to shoot down in real life?

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ORIGINAL: dyoox01

Do you guys typically launch the tomahawks all at once or in smaller groups.

I find that no matter what I do the tomahawks get shot down pretty easily. They end up being decoys/dumb targets for the SAMs. ARe tomahawks that easy to shoot down in real life?

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ORIGINAL: TonyE
I'll leave real life to someone else. In the game all of the battlesets before EC2003 and WestPac don't allow for much variation in the RCS of platforms. In EC2003 and WestPac battlesets you will find the tomahawks more difficult to shoot down but they will still be detected and engaged, just at much shorter ranges. EC2003 and WestPac take full advantage of the new radar model with much more variability possible in RCS.

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ORIGINAL: smitty
If I remember correctly, the jamming feature that was available for all the original scenarios, was turned off about the time the WESTPAC map was added or when the RCS model was added. It allowed EW aircraft such as prowlers and fencers to provide considerable protection to strikes they were included in. I was wondering if it is being turned back on for the new release ? If not, is it possible to keep both the older version (HC 2005) along with the soon to be released version on the computer at the same time ? I seem to remember that created problems in the past.

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In Matrix's advertising, they imply that the scenario editor can run at higher resolution. Does this mean we will be able to use it at resolutions higher than 1028 x 1280 or does it just mean that they fixed the maps to get rid of the excessive jaggies when displaying the maps at 2x.

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ORIGINAL: smitty

If I remember correctly, the jamming feature that was available for all the original scenarios, was turned off about the time the WESTPAC map was added or when the RCS model was added. It allowed EW aircraft such as prowlers and fencers to provide considerable protection to strikes they were included in. I was wondering if it is being turned back on for the new release ? If not, is it possible to keep both the older version (HC 2005) along with the soon to be released version on the computer at the same time ? I seem to remember that created problems in the past.

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In Matrix's advertising, they imply that the scenario editor can run at higher resolution. Does this mean we will be able to use it at resolutions higher than 1028 x 1280 or does it just mean that they fixed the maps to get rid of the excessive jaggies when displaying the maps at 2x.

HC2003.16b9 ECM Logging Interpretation
Sample Log Lines:
ECM ECMRadRng=32, ECMTarRng=0, ECMTarRngTmp=0, RadTarRng=32, ECMRng=50, RadRng=315, Rng50=23, ECM=152, ECMTmp=162, ECMTmpE=0
ECM Emitter=EA-6B Prowler, Target=Keflavik, ECM=Keflavik
unitECM doesn't have radar on
ECM Emitter=EA-6B Prowler, Target=Keflavik, ECM=Admiral Kuznetsov
unitECM doesn't have radar on
ECM Emitter=EA-6B Prowler, Target=Keflavik, ECM=Admiral Lazarev
Not within LOS BaseLOS=28, ECMRadRng=487
ECM Emitter=Keflavik, Target=EA-6B Prowler, ECM=Keflavik
Unit EA-6B Prowler, lngECMRange = 500
ECM Direct ECM=0, ECMTmp=242, ECMTmpE=0
ECM ECMRadRng=29, ECMTarRng=0, ECMTarRngTmp=0, RadTarRng=29, ECMRng=50, RadRng=315, Rng50=23, ECM=232, ECMTmp=242, ECMTmpE=0
ECM Emitter=EA-6B Prowler, Target=Keflavik, ECM=Keflavik
unitECM doesn't have radar on
ECM Emitter=EA-6B Prowler, Target=Keflavik, ECM=Admiral Kuznetsov
unitECM doesn't have radar on
ECM Emitter=EA-6B Prowler, Target=Keflavik, ECM=Admiral Lazarev
Not within LOS BaseLOS=28, ECMRadRng=487
ECM Emitter=Keflavik, Target=EA-6B Prowler, ECM=Keflavik
Unit EA-6B Prowler, lngECMRange = 500
ECM Direct ECM=0, ECMTmp=728, ECMTmpE=0
ECM ECMRadRng=25, ECMTarRng=0, ECMTarRngTmp=0, RadTarRng=25, ECMRng=50, RadRng=315, Rng50=23, ECM=718, ECMTmp=728, ECMTmpE=0
ECM Emitter=EA-6B Prowler, Target=Keflavik, ECM=Keflavik
unitECM doesn't have radar on
ECMRagRng is the distance in nautical miles between the ECM and the Radar the ECM wants to jam
ECMTarRng is the distance in nautical miles between the ECM and the unit the Radar is trying to detect (Target)
ECMTarRngTmp is a fudged range between ECM and Tar when doing escort jamming results in jamming that is way too good.
RadTarRng is the distance in nautical miles between the unit the Radar is trying to detect (Target) and the Radar
ECMRng is the max distance in nm that the ECM has any effect. For direct jamming this is the maximum distance for which the ECM will reduce the Radar range.
For escort jamming it is the maximum range the protected planes (Target) can be from the ECM to receive any jamming assistance.
RadRng is the max detection range of the Radar
Rng50 is the distance from ECM to Radar at which the Radar range will be cut in half, for direct jamming.
For escort jamming, it is the range at which the Target will receive 50% of the possible jamming of the ECM
ECM is the raw percentage to reduce the Radar’s range. It is capped at a maximum of 87%
ECMTmp is the percentage to reduce the Radar’s range due to direct jamming. It is capped at a maximum of 87%
ECMTmpE is the percentage to reduce the Radar’s range due to escort jamming. It is capped at a maximum of 87%