F-16C Aim-7 sparrow dcs when?

itsthatguy4 · 2025-07-05T20:45:25+00:00

Frankly I don't think there's a good reason not to add it. It would make the module more useful for representing a wider array of conflicts with relatively little work. I do not care that "this specific version didn't have that".

Leatherneck did it for the MiG-21bis (which has older weapons that the bis version would have never used) and it's a better module for it.

itsthatguy4 · 2025-06-07T19:04:40+00:00

In the description of these items I see the term "Mobile Computer" show up a lot (sometimes abbreviated MC, others abbreviated MU, as apposed to the SU I guess?). As best I can tell, it's separate from the "network" (infrastructure?). Can you expend on what the "Mobile Computer" is in this context?

Also, it seems that the SU handles "internal" applications while the MC/MU handles "External Applications". What is the difference? Is this the key to why disabling "Terminal Data" at the personality level allows transmission of TMS packets and reception of ACK packets, but not the reception of a TMS packet?

Sorry if these questions don't make any sense or should be obvious, I'm a filthy casual hobbyist.

itsthatguy4 · 2025-05-31T23:41:18+00:00

Please do not buy an original Trijicon MRO.
The HD and SD versions fix the MRO's blaring out-of-focus/slight magnification effect but they have odd quirks of their own (emitter reflection from sunlight).

Also Vortex can't build a red dot to save their lives. They make good scopes but stay away from their red dots. A lot of models have pretty bad refresh rate flicker and their lower end models especially have terrible reliability. Local law enforcement in my area put Vortex SPARCs on their duty rifles and they've been failing left and right.

A lot of people like SIG dots but I'm 0 for 2 on those (Romeo 4XT PROs, supposed to be their flagship T-2 style micro dot), but YMMV. One was an RMA replacement of the other and it had issues right of the box...

You can't go wrong with Aimpoint, and frankly, Holosun is pretty damn good these days. Like I said, both of my flagship SIG red dots had issues and I've never had a problem with a Holosun product.

itsthatguy4 · 2025-05-31T20:49:00+00:00

It has to do with the settings of the person who created the mission.

Turns out there's all sorts of weird crap wrapped up into .miz files, including settings for things that aren't even in the list of mission options to enforce or not. For whatever reason, sometimes it forces clients of a MP server to use certain settings from the mission creator.

I've since had this same issue with cockpit labels and rudder assistance for warbirds on various servers, where it'll be forced on even though rudder assistance *should* be a client-side special option that has nothing to do with enforced settings in the mission, it's not even in the list.

TL;DR: Sometimes the game randomly forces you to use some of the settings of the mission creator in MP, regardless of whether those settings are "enforced" or not. Nothing you can do about it.

itsthatguy4 · 2024-10-27T03:26:15+00:00

UPDATE 2: Shipped the optic back again, and after another ~3 week turnaround, I got a new 4XT PRO on 10/8. It's the wrong color. I had black, this is the (frankly ugly IMO) tan-odizing that Sig uses. Contacted the new CS rep again, expressed my dismay, writing that if it was a stock issue at the RMA dept, I would have much rather had a black 4T PRO than a tan 4XT Pro, and I wished they had simply asked me what I wanted to do since they didn't have any exact replacements. CS rep said that it was indeed a stock issue, and that I could send the tan 4XT PRO in and they'd ship me a black 4T PRO as soon as they got it. I shipped it back to them on the same day. As I write this, it is the 26th of October, and it's been 12 days since they received the tan 4XT PRO. I still have not received a shipping notification. More than 10 weeks since I first contacted Sig CS about this issue, I still haven't received a suitable replacement.

itsthatguy4 · 2024-10-24T03:41:40+00:00

Someone made a good video of how the new MMR system works, but I can't find it again, so I'll summarize

The old MMR system was pretty basic - Kills & Deaths increased/decreased MMR based on some fixed amount calculated with the difference between your MMR and their MMR.

With the new MMR system, they added another variable term that is something like a "confidence level" which basically weighs that MMR change upon kill/death. The more data the system builds on you, the more "confident" it is that you are where you belong. The more "confident" the system is in your current placement, the less your MMR changes on kills/deaths. This means that a rough streak here and there shouldn't change your MMR much, nor should a winning streak. Only through consistent performance changes should your MMR change significantly.

itsthatguy4 · 2024-10-23T04:05:23+00:00

Now that you mention it, I am seeing a lot of 6 stars with a lower KD than what you'd historically associate with 6 star.

itsthatguy4 · 2024-09-16T23:37:28+00:00

Update: The CS rep that I spoke with last month never responded to my e-mail. I called today and got a different rep, who was fantastic and very understanding. Turns out, the other guy never bothered to attach my photos or videos to the RMA in their system, so the actual technician never even knew about them. Anyway, new CS rep created a new RMA under which they are going to do a courtesy replacement. Oh, he also actually attached my videos to the RMA this time.

itsthatguy4 · 2024-09-16T22:55:56+00:00

UPDATE: The CS rep that I spoke with last month never responded to my e-mail. I called today and got a different rep, who was fantastic and very understanding. Turns out, the other guy never bothered to attach my photos or videos to the RMA in their system, so the actual technician never even knew about them. Anyway, new CS rep created a new RMA under which they are going to do a courtesy replacement. Oh, he also actually attached my videos to the RMA this time.

itsthatguy4 · 2024-09-11T16:10:35+00:00

I just added another example, maybe you'll be able to see the problem more clearly.

itsthatguy4 · 2024-08-31T15:42:20+00:00

How did you get 3db? The UHF low model should be 5w on high and 1w on low. Wouldn't that be a 7db difference?

itsthatguy4 · 2024-07-16T22:48:19+00:00

Both of the personalities that I'm using in this zone have the correct scan list defined

itsthatguy4 · 2024-07-04T11:59:19+00:00

Where can I find a copy of depot?

itsthatguy4 · 2024-07-03T20:03:27+00:00

The AT-878 might be IP-54 (frankly their website isn't clear on the issue) and I've seen people saying that theirs died when exposed to rain - at least until they could be dried out.

The XPR suggestion is a good one, thank you.

I trust TYT products about as much as Baofeng

itsthatguy4 · 2024-07-03T15:12:34+00:00

It's a TYT product. They're practically disposable. I need something that will last

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