Missile trajectories

[unmerged(419256)]

Hello,

This game looks very interesting to me and i tried the demo, but i really dislike some missile trajectories like the Aim 120 amraam, they move into the same general level as their target and cruise towards it, with a constant speed which is somewhat ridiculous, the real amraam launches and immediately starts to climb to gain more potential energy, after some 10 seconds(B and C models, D will of course burn longer) it is out of fuel and glides towards its prey.

Are you working on things like these to improve them in future versions?

 

[brisse]

And if it misses it's target in game, it turns 360 degress and then hit the target. Thats not right, is it?

 

[unmerged(419256)]

well it might try but it will be out of energy a bit by then, besides the target wont be within gimbal limits anymore...

 

[unmerged(255172)]

We'll be working on improving the realism in missile trajectories, indeed. Pri 1 was making the missiles go in the right general direction and actually hitting something

 

[unmerged(419256)]

We'll be working on improving the realism in missile trajectories, indeed. Pri 1 was making the missiles go in the right general direction and actually hitting something

Sounds good, but iam a bit sceptical. I went further back in this forum and found among others this thread: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?600044-SU-35-radar-has-360-degrees-coverage

Gimbal Limits of 360° for Su 35??? Seriously??? Is it really that hard to grasp that your aircrafts radar has to point somewhat in the general direction of the target to acquire it? Even more casual players should be able tounderstand it and i noticed that u made something similar with the subs bow and flank sonar, explaining the gimbals graphically in an easy understandable manner.
Researching the actual data of the real aircraft might be hard in some cases where it is classified, but not always: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmNkm45gTco
Of course one cannot be sure if this is accurate, but this video is from sukhoi itself as far as i know, and when one wants to know more about it one can pay a visit to this page: http://www.ausairpower.net/index.html

There should be at least a little more detail imho, i dont think it is that difficult to understand, and where we are not sure what the gimbal limits are we could at least guess instead of giving them literally impossible abilities.

We've read enough "this is too complicated" reviews of our game as it is

Be careful with such arguments if u really want Hard-Core Simmers to buy it!

 

[nimitz98]

I noticed that the Kickback in NWAC doesn't follow a ballistic trajectory,as it should, but instead dives to 10 meters not-so-before impacting its target.

 

[unmerged(255172)]

We'll tweak.

 

[CapnDarwin]

Data shows Kickback as a CruiseHighAltitude trajectory. May be an issue with the termainl phase of that type and not just that missile.

 

[unmerged(255172)]

Right. It is just a matter of calibrating exactly what CruiseHighAltitude means to make it look right.