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This patch fixes a bug that causes a black screen when quickloading a singleplayer game in the F-45 and EF-24, as well as some other issues with the EF-24. Have a jolly day!

This patch aims to fix a few errors that caused crashing multiplayer games with EF-24 multicrews, and quickloads in the EF-24 singleplayer campaign.

The EF-24G Mischief DLC and VTOL VR 1.8 are now available on Steam! Go get ’em!
Special thanks to the Experimental Test Pilots for all your help!

This update brings a pretty big change to how radar, GPS, and other forms of targeting data are handled in order to make various forms of jamming possible. The EF-24G aircraft is specially designed to exploit these systems but the changes affect all aircraft. The T-55, F/A-26B, and F-45A even get new pods that allow them to jam too.

There’s a lot of changes, and not all of them are obvious or explained, so I aim to publish more information, videos, and tutorials over time.

Check out the EF-24G HERE, and the full list of changes in v1.8 below.

Happy holidays and happy new year! I’ll be on station to fix any critical bugs. Cheers!

• Changed radar lock data to only show locked vehicle name (not player name)
• Changed radar lock data to show altitude in thousands if alt unit is feet
• Added ability to designate and fire on targets in TWS mode
• Fixed pilot body proportions
• Fixed: RWR icons did not use full radius of display
• Fixed issue with RWR target bearing when rolling
• Fixed: Control surfaces could be moved with no electrical power
• Added ability to remove a TWS track by long-pressing track MFD button
• Changed default radar MFD view range to 32nm
• Changed default TSD view scale to 10nm
• Added equipment drag to all vehicles
• Added wingman commands to jam targets if able
• Radar uses battery
• Fixed: RWR icons disappeared too quickly
• Added battery low voltage warning
• Fixed: If you have equipment setup from one mission, then the next mission has limited equips, the previously selected equips are still on HPs until you try to change them

• Added various jamming mechanics: Radar, GPS, comms
• Changed radar lock interaction with countermeasures to allow for jammer range gate pull-off
• Radar guided missiles (aircraft and certain SAMs) can be fired in Home-on-jam (HOJ) mode
• Allow anti-radiation missiles to fire in HOJ mode
• AIM-120 and ASMRM-7 smartly attempts to switch between HOJ and radar guidance in flight if either fails
• Reduced directional precision of RWRs
• Greatly reduced range precision of RWRs
• GPS weapons require a certain time to establish GPS signal after launch, use INS in the meantime
• Added INS drift (for missiles which lose sensor tracking, aircraft with loss of GPS, etc)
• Changed RWR to position contacts based on received signal strength
• Fixed: RCS could be multiplied by up to 1.5 when in ground clutter
• Changed ARAD HUD to only show bearing to target, show radar symbol

• Fixed: units with multiple turrets (e.g. carrier) would fire blanks for clients when set to not engage targets
• Added updated version of Naval Strike to MP missions
• Send player to breifing room if vehicle is destroyed at rearming station
• Fixed: no sonic boom/atmospheric audio from other players in multicrew vehicles

• Added option to allow/disallow HOJ for capable SAM units
• Added conditional for MP Spawn “Player Spawns” to trigger when a player spawns
• Fixed: target preferences (non/designated/priority) didn’t work properly in MP

• Added ground Missile Warning System (MWS) truck which can be connected to SAM radars
• Added enemy radar decoy transmitter which can be connected to the MWS unit
• Added missile-defense SAM launchers which can be connected to MWS unit
• Added ECM truck (ground unit with powerful jammer equipment, can also be connected to MWS unit)
• Added decoy launcher ground unit
• Added early warning ground radars (models by Browning)
• Added ICBM silo unit (model by Browning)
• Added EF-24G AI
• Added jammer equip to ASF-30
• Fixed: Allied Escort Cruiser radars couldn’t be destroyed
• Fixed T-55 AI landing
• Fixed: T-55 AI flaps and air brake didn’t animate
• Fixed: anti-ship radar often failed to lock allied escort cruiser
• Applied short-names to units for radar/TSD track info UI
• Fixed: Some AI air units didn’t have an RWR
• Fixed: various enemy units didn’t illuminate in TGP at lowest LOD level

• Reduce MARM drag for greater range
• Fixed: allied aircraft droptanks had very low RCS
• Fixed: RIM-67B (ship VLS missile) incorrect mass
• Tweaked various SAMs to reduce drag and extreme loss of speed after motor burns out
• SARH missiles lose tracking when losing LOS to target
• SARH missiles can reacquire tracking if target is STT and in LOS again
• Adjusted GBU-39 costs

• Added AN/ALQ-131 jammer equip
• Added jammer MFD page
• Added option to switch radar display to B-Scope
• Added option to switch radar to manual elevation/azimuth control
• Added cursor speed option to radar options
• Slightly reduced base drag

• Added ability for radar to be used as a jammer for up to 2 targets (via TSD)
• Changed radar scan behavior to be more AESA-like
• Ignore new target data when current data is from a more accurate source
• Fixed control surface behavior at high AoA
• Slightly reduced base drag
• Added AGM-88S equips
• Allow radar to be controlled from radar MFD page
• Changed radar display to B-scope

• Only show player name in TSD if same team
• Show allied ship hull number in TSD track info if available
• TSD radar line shows range that radar page is set to
• Only show radar RWR symbol in TSD target info if only source of data is RWR
• Disabled ability to acquire GPS coords or TGP track on non-triangulated RWR contact in TSD
• Use triangulation to increase precision of RWR-only contacts in TSD
• Added “confidence” bar to target info in TSD
• Added different TSD icons for enemy air targets with no velocity data
• Fixed: MANPADS unit showed incorrect name in TSD
• AWACS units datalink their RWR contacts to help triangulation
• Fixed: Couldn’t fire at missiles without STT from TSD
• Fixed: track showed incorrect mach number in TSD
• Show solid icon in TSD when enemy air target is found with local sensors
• Changed TSD’s GPS and TGP button to refer to the hovered icon instead of selected weapon target to be consistent with BRAMH info

• Run radar code on machine of radar SOI user to remove input latency
• Fixed: avatar gets spawned twice if multicrew copilot manually returns to briefing when vehicle is about to despawn
• Keep TGP ownership as non-vehicle-owner when un-SOI unless other pilot explicitly takes it
• Fixed: Non-controller couldn’t hear damage sfx
• Fixed: Non-owner GPS groups would desync when SEND DATA
• Fixed: Non-owner GPS target selection cursor would return to 0 when adding a target
• Fixed: bingo fuel level not synced

• Fixed: radar would unlock when copilot switches lock from one track to another
• Added DLZ to HMCS
• Fixed: Non-owner couldn’t see GPS target groups changing in multicrew
• Slightly reduced base drag
• Added AN/ALQ-131 jammer equip
• Added MK-83 equip

• Fixed: Ground radar locks would show units’ editor name
• Updated for EW compatibility
• Fixed: strobe lights would illuminate cockpit interior
• Added AGM-114 and AGM-145 x2 racks

The EF-24G “Mischief”, specializing in electronic warfare, is coming soon to VTOL VR!

Learn more about it and add it to your wishlist here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2531290/VTOL_VR_EF24_Mischief__Electronic_Warfare/

This patch fixes a few more recently reported issues.

Patch v1.7.2
This patch fixes an issue where stationary ground units get teleported into the air.

This patch fixes a few issues that popped up since yesterday’s update. Enjoy!