DCS: Situational Awareness In The F-16
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มิ.ย. 2023
- Struggling finding your wingman? Frustrated with being shot down and not knowing how you got shot down? You probably are struggling with Situational Awareness. In this video, we go over how to use the F-16 sensor suite to gain as much SA as possible so we can become more lethal.
NOTE: The RWR functionality is no longer signal strength. Check out @AviationPlus 's video on how the RWR works currently - • How to Use the F-16C R...
RWR Symbology - www.digitalcombatsimulator.co...
IFF (Identify Friend Or Foe) - • DCS: F-16 IFF (Identif...
Basic Radar Tutorial - • F-16 Radar For Dummies
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I like how you had the option to have normal mic conversation… but maximum emersion
He always uses that radio effect on his videos
It totally adds something other than immersion. I seemed to have understood and retained it better in my head because it's got that "importance" sound, like the chatter from the AWACS.
Really nice touch.
wish it was more realistic
ayo? that pfp
@@MADDOG-sq9oj what’s up brother
Some additional tips about HSD that are not covered in this video:
1. When HSD is SOI, you can move the cursor up and down across the upper and lower edge of the screen to change the range on HSD, similar to how you operate the radar. You don't have to move your hands off your stick and throttle to click the OSB buttons to change range.
2. The second OSB button on top of the HSD that says DCPL means decoupled (correct me if I am wrong), basically it means the range selected on your HSD is not synced with the range selected on your radar. If you press DCPL, you can change the HSD mode to from DCPL to CPL (coupled), which will sync the range selected on your HSD to the range selected on your radar, so you don't have to change SOI and perform the action I mentioned in tip #1 to change the rage on your HSD. You can just move the radar cursor on your radar to make the HSD range change with your selected radar range. This is extremely useful for AA scenarios. Since as your target gets closer, your selected radar range will get smaller. With your HSD range synced with your radar, you will get a more precise picture or SA on your HSD. But be aware, targets outside your selected range will not be shown both on your radar and HSD.
These features are some examples of the awesome representations of F-16's amazing HOTAS design, allowing pilots to fly the jet and operate the sensors without having to move their hands off the stick and throttle.
As a F-16 avionics technician for block 40s, this is good information, and I can appreciate your knowledge.
is the dcs f16 hmcs accurate to the irl one cuz i cant find a picture of it irl
Yes, but I last worked on them in 2012 so it may be different now@@dn22731
@@dn22731 To be fair, it’s likely very difficult to even get a picture of it. If even possible.
You're making some of the best DCS videos on YT right now.
Good shit as always, BD. Dude, I've been flying the Viper for the better part of a year and I still learned things in this video. The 'basics' aren't always as basic as you might think. lol.
Thanks man. Digging the keymap notes, super helpful. Somehow I understood all of that. Well done.
Thanks! Yeah I always got confused when people would call something by it's acronym like "teemis switch" and Id bee looking through the key mapping trying to find Teemis or TMS and nothing would match. So when I made mine I started showing the actual verbage shown in the keybind page. I'm glad it's helpful!
Best tutorials for the Viper that I've found. Concise and to the point. Great stuff.
TMS right to cycle the datalink tracks is the shit man. i have +200h in the DCS viper and I did not know this feature. Always learning something knew when watching your videos BD! Thx
Yes its an awesome tip that I didnt know!!!
You re such a good teacher, looking forward to more videos.
Thanks. You make great videos. Good pace not to slow not too fast to follow. Also big help with the keyboard and mapping to controls. Best DCS videos.
Love your tutorials - straightforward and easy to understand. Thank you!
Would love to see your tutorial on CBU’s employment, specifically why sometimes they “overfly” the target, or sometimes don’t release at all, and what all the parameters on their relevant SMS page mean and do.
Thank you so much. I always had trouble to figure out where planes were in the sky.., your HSD / datalink selection really changed my day.
I knew most of the stuff you explained, and yet, I wish I had this video when I was learning the very basics. Great work as all the work that you do!
Your guide videos are the most helpful I've seen. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
man i love your videos , they are so helpful , im not looking for a 50 minutes video explaining one thing and in that 50 minutes didnt even explain this good , for you , 15 minutes and all clear , i really thank you for your videos
Wow! That hsd trick really took me to the next level, my biggest issue have been i just cant see them in the air. But now i atleast know were to look. Thank you so much!
Outstanding Bogey Dope. I'm new to the F16, been "flying" the Hornet for 8 years. Your voice sound puts me in the cockpit with you. Keep it up man!
If I am not mistaken the SAM indicators and threat rings on your HSD are loaded into your jet from a notional data cartridge and not over Link 16. When on a persistent server the SAMs and threat rings will not disappear after the SAM has been destroyed until you get a new jet.
When the TDOA (Time Delta of Arrival) feature is added to the HTS pod we will be able to get a much finer position of the emitting SAM sites on the HAD page using the datalink. Although I don't believe there are or will be threat rings on the HAD page. I don't know if any of that data is fed over to the HSD page at all.
Yes you are correct. I should have been more clear about the rings themselves. I was referring to the red air specifically. Yeah, I agree, I've never seen rings on the HAD.
Dude, you are awesome. Thank you for spreading your knowledge to the rest of us!
At the beginning I was pissed that Its a video where a guy talks about whatever, and when I finished the video I was thanking god that I found you. Thank you sir, you've just single handedly improved my f16 dcs experience by tenfold
I'm glad it was helpful.
I have been looking for a video just like this for a while. Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Great Video! Was laughing at the "hexagon"/"octagon" thing, that was funny. I appreciate the accuracy and correction effort. I learned a lot on this video so I subscribed. Please keep up the good work!
Your videos made me love dcs again. No fluff in your videos and they're never confusing.
Thank you for that. I appreciate it. I'm glad they're helpful!
Well done video. You explain it all so well. Keep up the good work.
Great tutorial I've been learning the Viper lately and this helped a lot 👍
Great Video! I like the way you explained things and how you put insert of the key/button to use inside the video. Subscribing!
Yes! Always switch the TGP to the left screen so I can always see the HSD on the right MFD
I like the tgp on the right and then I replace flcs on the left with hsd.
That way I can quickly switch to the radar if I need it and still have my tgp there and then bounce back to the hsd.
Thank god the layout isn't constant throughout all the master modes or else I'd really struggle to quickly get my a/a radar up and my hsd.
Great refresher, many thanks buddy great video.
great video! fairly new to dcs and f-16, knew some things but tons of new info(like data link selecting and seeing it HMCS). Also great for newbies that you put a picture of the setting on the video, great stuff!
Yeah I didn't call it the correct name. It's called a PDLT (Primary Data link Track). I'm glad it helped!
This is the internet. You don't need to ask people to make comments about you being wrong. They will do that gladly for you without being asked lol. Another great video! Thanks.
You're the best to explain DCS things 👍👍👍👍
ID like to take a second and appreciate the reflection in the HSD????? AMAZING that's one of the many reasons I love this game......
Especially when sneaking up on guys in the valleys, I love making a DL selection. Also, I think it's good practice to lock someone and immediately make a DL selection on them. The HSD cursor follows the RDR cursor, so it's better to make a selection immediately instead of having to move the HSD cursor around after you realize you've broken lock.
In addition to that, during a BVR engagement with multiple bandits, I like to get a radar lock on the lead and a DL selection on one of their wingmen. I actually got this tip from Longshot and it's really nice for SA.
Thanks bogey for making this awesome video! The fact that you can automatically switch targets using TMS right short was new to me and I will definitely use that in the sim. Will see if it's usable in a crowded airspace. Also, I would've liked you explain what the logic behind the automatic switching is aka whether it's by distance or it selects targets in a clockwise fashion. But I will take a look in the handbook for that
I dont even play dcs i just watch video for fun and want to understand whats going on and im learning a lot through this
Great explanations and tips! Thx a lot :)
Hey, good video as usual! The datalink selection is PDLT (primary datalink track), so its a track ;D
I fly the hornet but its all good information that translates well to most modern American platforms especially with data link 4. Thanks for the tips bogey!
Thank you man, God bless you for the info
Fantastic information
Great stuff, one thing I like to do is couple the hsd with the fcr so range diminishes the scale with the contact getting closer as to not uh "furball" your hsd as much...easier to pdlt as well to said contact
Yeah, I should have gone over that. Very good point.
Great Video, Thanks!
I can only hope one day, my man can collab with GSW! These guys make DCS relevant for an average joe.
great vid man
Very imformative. Thank you sir
rlly needed this thx
WOW!!! Thank you so much!
This helped me out a lot, so let me reciprocate and splash that Subscribe! button for ya.
Really like the 'in flight' sound of your mic. I've honestly never liked the discord sound, it's far too clear. I tried it years ago, and it just side tracks my concentration because it feels like the other person is in the room with me lol.
That mic sound is spot on IMHO. Great video.
didnt know about the hexagon! thx !
Absolutely superb explanations and teaching skills here mate. I really enjoyed this and fully understood which is rare. Thank you.
Thank you Bogey Dope. As mentioned in another video, your explanations in the F-16 are pure gold.
Question: the datalink aircrafts tracks on the HSD are sent by AWACS or other aircraft's radar throw the datalink, but what about the SAM sites? How are them sent to our HSD?
Sams are predetermined and entered in the data cartridge. Loaded prior to launch in the cartridge. Since we don't have DTCs in DCS yet, it's just there. Just like our waypoints and weapons and all that stuff.
Hey man, awesome channel. How do I get the dope cam ?
on the server i play most my common tactic is to keep the mavericks and the HSD screen on the right, then after i make a run with the mavericks ill use TMS right to flip over to my HSD to check for any threats that thought they'd get a chance to jump me while i was working A/G targets
super video
I did not know you could do that... dayum
legend
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the "selection" actually called your pdlt primary datalink target/track or something like that?
Which does bring me to the next point, would you consider making a data link video? Maybe touching into how it can be useful with other craft in your flight.
Yes. Pdlt. As for how it can be used with other flight members.....when they have it working correctly and consistently, absolutely. Right now though.....inner flight link sharing is still crap. Hopefully we see some more development on the F-16 soon. It's been a dry few months for the F-16 development unfortunately.
@@BogeyDope I've seen something about a velocity radar mode that's supposed to be coming soon but other than that yes it's been very dry. I'm excited to see where it goes though, and I'm sure you know more of what's probably in the pipeline for this thing, I'd kill for an opportunity to fly an f-16 irl.
@@heyviper1238 you and me both.
3:20 the MiG-29, SU-27/33(same aircraft one is built for carrier ops)
Yes. You are correct.
Greetings! Could you please explain about HSD - there are yellow circles with numbers of SAM sites, the question is how do we get that information ? is it received (coordinates) from ground intelligance and set into aircraft data on ground or AWACS uses triangulation and passes information to allied aircraft or how ?
Thank you in advance.
The yellow circles are SAM sites. These are put into the system usually through the DTC (which we don't have). So, we get it from the mission editor like everything else that would normally be provided by the DTC.
what does the IFF in and Out on the throttle do? and should I have it binded as I am running the WW f16 throttle...tks
Sorry for the late reply. The IFF switch in and out sends and receives Data link info. Right now we don't have full functionality yet. At least the last time I checked it still hasn't been fully implemented yet.
Do you think they will come out with the block 70/72?? I would love the updated cockpit!!
No. There is no documentation readily available to the public on the Block 70/72, so it would be fairly impossible.
@@BogeyDope copy that, like you I absolutely love this aircraft. Still amazes me that it was developed over 40 years ago.
Say do you use track ir? Ever play in vr? If so what headset do u use?
Appreciate your time my friend
@@BogeyDope I use the reverb g2. Has issues with going black while using. Very frustrating. Live the vr, if only it would work all the time. I also use the yaw2 with SRS which has been amazing! Going to track ir would really take away from that I believe. Just curious what you use and how u like it. Thanks
@@bdog7262 I use TrackIR for videos. However, on personal time, I'll use my Oculus CV1.
@@BogeyDope how do you like that? Any problems?
I am conviced now that it is, in fact, a Hexagon
Even with mavs I still have my hsd lol. It’s literally not a second of the day where that hsd isn’t on when I’m flying the 16😅
Check out @AviationPlus's video here on how the RWR works currently - th-cam.com/video/evDemqQufVY/w-d-xo.html
What voice mod are you using?
Custom one I made a couple years ago.
@@BogeyDope is the mod download able for others to use?
@@basher1592 I made it myself. Not sure. I think voicemod pro has a "pilot" filter. I may be able to create a share link for mine specifically but you would need voicemod pro to use it.
@@BogeyDope Thanks and great video!
@@basher1592 You'll need Voicemod Pro to use this, but here is a link to my custom filter I made - www.voicemod.net/share-voice/?code=def45b757c
nice video.
Oh I never get caught by enemy air heads down in A/G mode ignoring my RWR because I’m looking for SAM radars and launches. Totally not something that has ever happened.
Me neither. Never. Not even once......
now its TDNL insted of L16? or im in mistake?
L16 and TNDL are one and the same. As far as I am aware, Eagle Dynamics changed the name to TNDL due to "complications stemming from our other businesses". Matt Wagner called this out in a pinned comment on his Datalink update video from late last year - th-cam.com/video/vmPGDhcfZkk/w-d-xo.html
"NOTE 3. Due to complications stemming from our other businesses, we had to adjust datalink terms. In this case, Tactical Net Datalink (TNDL). "
I’m assuming these apply to BMS as well, correct?
Depends on the block, but mostly.
@@BogeyDope Thanks!
Y’a eu de grosses mise à jour sur le F16. Faut que je m’y remette
First like!! 😂🎉❤
yep do that
DCS players learning how to fly extremely complex aircraft vs learning how to name shapes
Octagon :)
They teach you all of this at Luke? 😂
We didn't even have the HMCS at Luke when I was there. I didn't have a HMCS sensor in my jet until I was at the 18th. They installed them right before we swapped them out with Kunsan.
Isn't RWR proximity related to lethality rather than signal strength?
Yep, it's also both in some cases. If for example you've got 2 vipers looking at you, first one is at 20 and the 2nd is at 40 miles. The one at 20 will show up closer. But when you're locked by the 2nd at 40 the RWR will prioritise that 2nd one and it will show up closer.
Not all the time. Strength is sometimes proximity, and sometimes directed energy. So if a radar is looking directly at you(thereby showing as a stronger signal), it will be closer to the center but doesn't necessarily mean it's closer than another radar signal.
So that's what the red dots are
Try it all without awacs. DCS pilots assume 100% accurate and available datalink :)
Yep, that's why we use the RWR and Radar.
octagon
I'm edumacated
@@BogeyDope Thank for sharing this is what the community needs. We wish we had this much content when we were learning.
@@AviationPlus Thank you. Yes, I agree. You too! The BMS stuff you put out is very informative.
TMS switch is the devils work. For the reds.
U want SA? Hit f10 on keyboard.
Haha! Yes, but only on a server that allows you to see anything on the F10 map.
@@BogeyDope lol
Ukrainian Pilot be like : WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!
Bro this video is gold in my eyes, I don’t use the f16 cuz I don’t know much on how to use it well but this helps a ton. Thanks 🫡🫡🫡👍👍👍
Outstanding - Thanks this helps a lot ("Pivot").