1.5 patch - projectile improvements


1.5 patch introduces many changes in the projectile and some AI improvements.

- All missiles have virtual airfoils in them, improving their flight performance.

- Added new weapon : AIM-92 ATAS (Air-to-Air-Stinger)

- Added new weapon for enemy SA-342L gazelle : Mistral ATAM

- Added flare countermeasure and CMDS panel.

Flares can spoof heat seeking missiles. 9K32 MANPADS and 9K31 are easy to spoof, but AIM-92 and Mistral ATAM have more advanced seeker that can be spoofed easily.


- Added SA-342L interception objective in 'Seek and Destroy' mission.

- Added ricochet effect for Non-explosive bullets.

- Non-explosive bullet's damage is now based on speed. bullets gets slower over time due to air drag, greatly reducing their firepower.

- splash and shrapnel damages now can be blocked by solid objects or other hitboxes. 

- pilots now can be killed by shrapnel and splash damage, as the helicopter fuselage blocks them most of the time.

- Added dynamic weapon switching based on distance for AIs.

For example, T-72s will attack helicopters with their main cannon in 900 to 2000 meters, and use coaxial machine gun within 900 meters.


- In MMS AHD mode, the MMS gets automatically slaved toward CCIP point. 

- Removed MMS MAN mode as it's just pointless to use.

- Added quick MFD page select buttons for cyclic (MMS, TSD, WPTS, COMM)

- Changed MFD page orders, 4 important pages at left side and the other less important ones at right.

- Expensive AI functions (like searching target) are now called in one time per 6 frames instead of every single frames to help performance.

- Improved helicopter AI's unit avoidance and slightly increased formation distance to reduce crash accidents.

- Enemy units in TSD gets revealed when they opened fire for the first time, rather than just tracking a target.



In the next patch I'll focus on learning to improve visuals of my game and optimize my project.

I want to add clouds, cooler water, better sky, better lighting, and night environments.

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Jul 22, 2024

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