Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: JRyan

Guys this is good stuff....keep a typing!

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ORIGINAL: DWReese

I'd love to hear the thoughts from others on this topic.

Doug

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ORIGINAL: mikmyk

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ORIGINAL: DWReese

Mike,

The ONLY reason that I asked about it was because the button afforded you the option of turning on or off. The game made it seem as if it was something that it wanted the gamer to do; turn it off or turn it on. It seemed like it was an option. Like you said, if it is automatic, then it probably shouldn't even be listed as an option.

Doesn't matter now, since I know that it is done internally.

Doug

Yeah sorry. You're the first to mention it really bothered you. We'll fix it but in the meantime just go with the flow It doesn't stop you from doing anything with the game

Mike

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ORIGINAL: DWReese

I replaced my Growler with the Spark Vark. I left the mobile jammers.
I approached and from 70 miles outI went active with my radars from my F-16s in an effort to draw fire from an S-300 bn. It worked.
The F-16s responded by firing off 4 HARMs and dove for the earth.
The Spark Vark then turned on its radar, and its OECM jammer.
The Grumbles that had been fired at the F-16s all went blind and all died. I don't know if it was the altitude change or the jamming.
The Spark Vark isn't as good as the Growler, and is definitely more directional than the Growler, but still managed to mask much of the approaching attacking AC.
From about 17 miles away the S-300 got good looks at the HARMs and began firing away at them. At the same time the S-300 fired away at the Spark Vark, and the F-16s. They fired EVERYTHING, all 24 missiles.
The OpFor also activated the Iranian Mobile Jamming units that I had given to that side.
The Grumbles did a good job of hitting the HARMs. But, as soon as they were fired at any of the incoming planes, they went blind and died. Grumble after Grumble died almost immediately after being fired.
Since none of the Grumbles ever made it to the planes I don't know what the effect of the jammers would have been.
Eventually one of the HARMs knocked out that S-300.
Another S-300 then started firing at the planes. The Spark Vark was now about 25 miles away. The F-16s were a little further away.
The F-16s returned fire at that S-300 with HARMs.
Two of the Grumbles that were fired at the Spark Vark managed to get an attack in on the plane. At no time did the plane make any type of evasive move, and the Spark Vark was destroyed
It's my opinion that the mobile jamming unit was responsible for the Spark Vark's inability to see the Grumbles.
The HARMs destroyed the second S-300, and the incoming AC destroyed their objective, the buildings.

I then replayed the entire scenario, but this time removed the mobile jammers. Everything again happened just as before. The Spark Vark jammed things as it should, etc.
The one surprise, however, was that the Spark Vark was again destroyed WITHOUT taking any defensive action. It did have its radars and jamming on, but still took a missile hit as if it were being offensively jammed. But, it wasn't.

I replayed the scenario again, and again, and again. I then replayed it again, again replacing the Spark Vark with the Growler.
In all of those replays the plane always got the benefit of its defensive modifier UNLESS it had its radars off, or was being offensively jammed. Since it wasn't, it always defended itself.

My only explanation is that there must be some kind of randomizer that exists that OCCASIONALLY keeps a plane from seeing the incoming missile, regardless of whether its own radar is on or not.

I'd love to hear the thoughts from others on this topic.

Doug