either AI planes are good or SM-2 isn't

[XabbaRus]

Was playing a carrier escort mission where a fair few Chinese fighters came in at high speed. Even at almost point blank range the fighters could out maneuver the sm-2 from the perry.

I even saw a Badger escape one from well within range.

Maybe jamming does work as I have link data turned off but I'd have a good track on a fighter but it's position would jump about a little bit and flicking between show truth and no truth it did seem to deviate quite a bit.

Also I know this is sick but tried to run over a rubber raft with a pilot. No joy can't even shoot them.

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Was playing a carrier escort mission where a fair few Chinese fighters came in at high speed. Even at almost point blank range the fighters could out maneuver the sm-2 from the perry.

Are you sure you just hadn't tried to fire at a range very close or below the RMIN of the SM-2?

But I suspect the problem is because of the auto-TMA. IMO, it was probably a mistake to try and handle all targets with the TMA system. TMA is mostly meant for a bearing-only systems - with ranging systems you are better off just reading the ranges direct.

[Sonoboy]

I don't see where TMA comes into play here. He's talking about radar.

[ASWnut101]

Yeah, don't fire your SM-2's at close range. They simply don't have enough time to moneuver into an intercept position before passing the target. Usually, that will happen in CWIS/CIWS range, so....

[Mau]

And that was one of my point.
We need the 76mm at close range for AAW.

But unless we change it, it doesn't really work.

I think we need to change it from bullet to shell (or the other way around)

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

Originally Posted by Sonoboy

I don't see where TMA comes into play here. He's talking about radar.

Not in real life, but in DW, everything, including the radar plot, is integrated on the TMA plot. Due to the funny ways auto-TMA works, it doesn't handle radar data as well as it should.

TMA should only be used for passive, bearing-only sensors. If an active sensor is being employed, its range data should be treated as "gold" - but that's not what happens with DW auto-TMA.

[To be]

Well the Fire Control radar should give the missle a target, regardless of how bad the TMA is. Does anyone know what info is fed to the missles? It looks as if it must be radar data, or the missles would be way off.

[Sonoboy]

in DW, everything, including the radar plot, is integrated on the TMA plot.

I'll remember that if I ever play with auto-TMA. I don't even recall being able to manipulate a radar contact in the TMA station. If it's doable, that is rather strange.

[Molon Labe]

Originally Posted by To be

Well the Fire Control radar should give the missle a target, regardless of how bad the TMA is. Does anyone know what info is fed to the missles? It looks as if it must be radar data, or the missles would be way off.

I don't think it's modeled that way at all. I think the missile just flies pure pursuit on the truth object/target (perhaps with some lead, but certainly not the proper amount) provided that the FCR is assigned to a contact associated with the object/target.