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Re: Falcon 4.0 Allied Force - for Mac OS X!

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I've noticed two ways to get the A/G radar working - one is to cycle 
through A/A-A/G, and the other is to invoke TEST->FCR.  Even then you 
don't really get a picture that looks much like a real A/G radar map.

One thing that helps is to turn the "Gain" down using the switch on the 
MFD - what this appears to do in reality is turn the symbology level 
down, which makes the target return stand out a bit better.  I haven't 
been able to determine that using the radar Gain knob on my Cougar 
actually helps anything at all.

Another thing that helps is to use the Pinky switch and toggle into one 
of the radar Expand modes - things happen pretty fast when you do this. 
  Even so, you're still going to find that you can lock some returns and 
not others - this is pretty real-world, and in such cases you'll need to 
revert to CCIP or HUD cued AUTO and visual bomb like you've discovered.

Also remember you have to undesignate first before you try and make a 
new designation if you're going to shift your target, and that if you're 
Steer Point slaved that the radar picture is going to show you the same 
thing every sweep centroided around the current Steer Point.

-- 
      - Rufus

ohwotagiveaway@gmail.com wrote:
> So how do you successfully designate targets without being able to zero-in on returns on the radar?  Or were you saying that you've noticed the same thing regarding the gain controls?
>
> I've now resigned myself to using the TD in the HUD and hoping that it will lock on to something of interest, but I was hoping that it would be a little less random than that!
>
> If anyone has any advice -- please let me know!!
>
> Thanks
> David
>
>
> On Saturday, February 2, 2013 5:26:03 PM UTC, Rufus wrote:
>> Yes - I've noticed that too.
>>
>> --
>>
>>        - Rufus
>>
>> Dave wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Joe,
>>
>>>
>>
>>> A-G radar for me has been behaving strangely.   It doesn't seem to indicate the radar returns.  Changing the gain controls has no effect until you select A-A and then back to A-G again (but then what little returns it was showing stop showing up).
>>
>>
>>> Anyone had an experience like this?  Is this a bug, or am I just 'holding it wrong'?
>>
>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>>> Dave
>>
>>>
>>
>>> On Wednesday, September 5, 2012 1:12:13 PM UTC+1, joe.pat...@googlemail.com wrote:
>>
>>>> Hi Rufus,
>>
>>
>>>> Have you ever had any problems with A-G radar? It essentially doesn't work for me, in that the display does not update. If I fly forward in SP mode, the returns move toward me (as expected). After a second(ish), on the next radar sweep, the returns move back to their original position. This is true even if I fly off on a completely different bearing. The display also does not update when switching between modes (STP, SP etc.) and 'zoom' levels. I find that to get an updated display I have have to change the MFD to something else (e.g. TEST) and then return to FCR. Any thoughts on this?
>>
>>
>>>> Overall I love this game, but the A-G radar problems make any kind of ground targeting mission very tricky. I've tried reinstalling but to no avail. I'm running on a very low end machine (2008 MacBook) with integrated graphics, so maybe this is the problem. Everything else works fine though.
>>
>>
>>>> Joe
>>
>>>
>

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    Re: Falcon 4.0 Allied Force - for Mac OS X! Rufus <not@home.com> - 2012-09-05 13:10 -0700
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