Bombers\/Transport Jets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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These are large aircraft that carry large payloads over long distances, bombers can strike a number of targets and carry out missions on the world map. Bombers can carry nuclear weapons. The transports can carry troops and refuel aircraft. Generally a Transport or bomber has two seats, they also show up on the world map and you can move them around outside of the combat missions so you can attack targets based on your political alliances and military bases.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Helicopters<\/h1>\n\n\n\n Attack Helicopters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n <\/td><\/tr> The attack helicopter was invented by the US in the 1960s, after the development of the UH-1 the need for armed variants became a reality during the Vietnam war, the US air cavalry was suffering significant losses landing in host landing zones with Vietnamese forces killing US troops as they dismounted from UH-1s which had to slow to hover and land. The first attack helicopters were armed UH-1s which could carry aircraft rockets and machine guns. Experiments through the early phase of Vietnam resulted in many different variants of UH-1 attack helicopters, rather than continuing with a loosely organized system, the US Army ordered the creation of a dedicated helicopter that would use the same transmission and flight controls, the legendary helicopter company Bell redesigned the UH-1 with a tandem fighter jet like layout making the wide-bodied UH-1 into a narrow jet-like airframe, the AH-1 Cobra was the first dedicated attack helicopter it was widely used to support air cavalry operations into and beyond Vietnam, where it would escort transport helicopters into battle and attack the landing zone prior the helicopters offloading their troops, this provided effect in battle as defending forces quickly where suppressed by the firepower of the early attack helicopters.<\/td><\/tr> Deep Strike (First Strike) Long Range Precision guided missiles Close Support (Combine Arms) Anti-tank guided missiles and cannons Ground Suppression (Gunship) Cannons and Rockets,\u00a0<\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/h2>\n\n\n\n Recon <\/h2>\n\n\n\n The recon class is used to scout across the battlefield quickly and locate enemy bases and military points, the recon class can\u2019t capture objectives, but they can designate targets for defenders to strike from far away, they can also link to drones to share data between units. The recon class is either unarmed or lightly armed, there are a few specialized variants that carry heavy firepower namely ATGMs but generally, they have less ammo and fuel than attack helicopters. They carry a single pilot but can mount a second pilot to operate the weapons, and there are some variants that mount door gunners.<\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Transport<\/h2>\n\n\n\n The transport helicopter can carry out a lot more roles on the battlefield. Including transporting supplies for ground forces, they can also capture objectives with troops, rescue downed pilots, hunt submarines in ASW, and transport ground vehicles. Lastly, they can be armed and turned into giant flying weapons platforms. The transport helicopter needs only a pilot to fly, but it has up to two additional network seats for door gunners, or sonar operators.<\/td><\/tr> ASW variants = Pilot + Sonar Operator + Weapons(Torpedo\/Antiship) Supply variants = Pilot + 2 Door Gunners CSAR variants = Pilot + Winch\/Sling Operator Troop carry variants = Pilot + 2 Door Gunners Gunship variants = Pilot + 2 Door Gunners <\/td> ASW <\/strong>hunts submarines’ Sonar <\/strong>and Torpedos<\/strong> CSAR <\/strong>rescued downed pilots with Winch<\/strong> Supply <\/strong>carries stuff with a Sling<\/strong> Gunship <\/strong>carries door gunners<\/strong> + Rockets ATGMs<\/strong> Transport <\/strong>carries door gunners<\/strong> and can capture objectives with repealing troops that fast rope.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> TRANSPORT<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr> GUNSHIP<\/strong><\/td> ASW<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> SLING<\/strong><\/td> CSAR<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Door Gunner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Door gunners have a few options to choose from for weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WEST M2 (less ammo, but very good) EAST KORD<\/td> Minigun(rapid fire)<\/td> WEST M240(average) EAST PKM<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n The Door Gunner is a CROWS Turret on the side of a helicopter. The main difference is the CROWS turret needs to be configurable for each weapon so we can mount an M2 or a Minigun, PKM, etc. The door gunner UI is a sight and an ammo counter. The Door Gunner can be killed before the aircraft is destroyed. When the helicopter lands to resupply waiting a certain amount of time will respawn the door gunner.<\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Sonar Operator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Winch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n The winch is used for CSAR missions, you must fly to a location and rescue a downed pilot, if the plane crashes it will have a parachute and crash site, and the pilot will not be far from these, you must recover the pilot, by hovering over the pilot and lowering the winch to recover the pilot, once this is done you must return the FARP to unload the Pilot, who will then be able to respawn in a jet and continue.<\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/td> Gun<\/td> Radar<\/td> Wing Mount<\/td> Pilot MFD<\/td> Gunner MFD<\/td><\/tr> AH-64<\/td> 30mm<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td><\/tr> KA-52<\/td> 30mm<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td><\/tr> TIGER<\/td> 20mm<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td><\/tr> Z-10<\/td> 20mm<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td><\/tr> Mi-28<\/td> 30mm<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td><\/tr> AH-1<\/td> 20mm<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td> Yes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Speed & Maneuverability<\/h1>\n\n\n\n Thrust Vectoring<\/td> Flapping and Wings<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Flight Effects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Smoke\/Engine Fire Smoke<\/strong> damage and fires will happen based on the damage to the vehicle, an engine fire, and cargo fire, are all possible states for the vehicle, a fire must be dealt with as it will spread to other systems and destroy the vehicle, you can use fire suppression systems to counter it, the smoke and fire effects should be shader graph effects which are drop in and controlled from the properties of the shader graph. Lights <\/strong>the various vehicle will have their own light rigging and internal lights, which will cover things like landing lights, beacons, and navigation lights, cockpit lights are used for Night Vision\/Thermal <\/strong>the game will support switching to both NVG and FLIR effects these are down using the volume custom profiles for the HDRP, there are two prefabs for FLIR and NVG, they must be set up correctly to work but they can then be toggled on and off, you can use this for anywhere you need to display the effect. Jamming<\/strong> is a state that can happen when you are weapon is jammed or electronically jammed by someone else, the idea is the effect of being jammed will display glitches and fuzzy display to interfere with the player’s ability to see the battlefield, jamming and ECM warfare will be primarily displayed from these post-processing filters which use Kino effects systems, physical jams will be displayed as a warning that requires action to clean. Cockpit Fog,<\/strong> the weather will make the glass fog up you must turn on the defoggersCockpit Blackout, <\/strong>pulling high gees make you black out you fade in and out of Black Cockpit Broken Glass<\/strong> The broken glass and damage to the cockpit is done using the Kino effects overlays and swapping out with the broken glass graphics, we can also disable the use of the various turrets and systems to simulate them breaking on the vehicles. For example, you can disable the rotation of the turret to simulate the effect of the turret jamming.<\/td><\/tr> Trails <\/td><\/tr> Sonic Boom <\/td><\/tr> Afterburner <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Fighter Cockpits<\/h1>\n\n\n\n What makes our game cool is we have detailed cockpits, this is critical to making the game fully immersed eventually this will be VR.<\/strong> Common Systems for things like an engine on\/off the radar on\/off just have different transform per \u201cswitch\u201d<\/td><\/tr> Requires HUD MFD Canvas 2D Camera\/Switches NVG Mode HMD Display Mode Free Look For Pilot Head Ejection Seat Animation <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Flaps & Rudders <\/h1>\n\n\n\n <\/h1>\n\n\n\n Hardpoints<\/h1>\n\n\n\n <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> Rules<\/td><\/tr> Hardpoints have a few rules Generally, they have a weight limit and a \u201ctype\u201d limit ie an air-to-ground missile can only fit on the inner pylons, whereas air-to-air missiles could fit on the Wing tips, generally, the hardpoint can fit any weapon on it, we will preconfigure weapons that have more than one munition on the pylon, there are some situations where you could have more than one missile type IE a laser-guided missile and a radar-guided missile fit in the same pylon, in this case, you would have to be able to support any missile in the pylon. The rocket pods are a variant of this with just more unguided missiles in the pod, but depending on the aircraft they can carry so many of these missiles, for example, the AGM-65 maverick is a large missile, it can only be carried on one pylon on a helicopter and certain aircraft, but on others, it can be carrying on triple mounts.<\/td> A radar guided missile and laser guided missile on the same pylon, notice the seeker heads are different<\/em><\/td><\/tr> Wing tips <\/td><\/tr> Wing<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> Weight Limit<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> G Force Limit<\/td><\/tr> Over G is an effect when you are maneuvering with weapons attached, if you pull high turns you can damage your weapons<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> Custom Loadouts<\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Munitions Types <\/h1>\n\n\n\n Bombs <\/td> These include a wide selection of dumb bombs to smart bombs, from small-diameter bombs to the mother of all bombs. The general rule is a bomb uses its inertia and gravity to fall to the earth laser-guided bombs use control fins to follow a laser beam, and GPS-guided bombs try to hit a precise static location on the map, generally, bombs are used for static targets but some \u201cglide bombs\u201d are light enough to behave like a missile. Cluster Bombs have submunition<\/td><\/tr> Missiles<\/td> Missiles can change their course to follow a target, they can hit moving targets or static targets and generally allow the player to avoid being too close to the enemy. Missile seekers come in a wide range of types all of which can be countered by a countermeasure system. For example, IR missiles can be countered by Flares or DIRCM. <\/td><\/tr> Fuel Tanks<\/td> Fuel tanks increase the internal fuel and combat radius of aircraft; they reduce the maneuverability of the aircraft as a penalty. They can be detected during flight to increase the flight maneuverability if you need to dogfight or if they are empty and do not long carry fuel. If the aircraft is equipped with fuel tanks it will use the fuel in the tanks first and then use its internal field, then its aux fuel tank.<\/td><\/tr> Targeting Pod <\/td> Targeting pods allow the aircraft to see ground targets and track and guide munitions onto the target, some aircraft can still drop guided munitions while they can \u201clase\u201d the target, this is called \u201cself-lasing\u201d which means the aircraft can use the laser on the aircraft to guide a missile while still flying away from the target.<\/td><\/tr> ECM Pods <\/td> ECM pods grant abilities like jamming and radar warning for aircraft, this allows them to detect and avoid SAMs and other fighters who are activating and looking for them with their radars, ECM pods can reduce the effectiveness of radars and can perform a number of digital attacks on enemy aircraft this can include things like tricking the radar into the location of aircraft or feeding bad attitude data into an enemy aircraft causing them to crash.<\/td><\/tr> Gun Pods<\/td> Not all aircraft and helicopters are designed with guns, a gun pod allows them to carry the same cannon or machine guns that other aircraft can, and a pod can be reloaded when it lands, <\/td><\/tr> Rocket Pods<\/td> fire unguided ballistic rockets that streak towards their targets leaving a trail of smoke back to the helicopter, they are most effective against light armor, ground vehicles, and static targets. Rockets are the most common weapon used for ground attacks, but they are not precise, so you could easily kill civilians if they are used without taking care to aim at your target.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Lock-On Modes<\/h1>\n\n\n\n Lock-on modes are the rules that govern how and when an aircraft or helicopter can fire at a target, the use of precision-guided missiles is allowed by using these modes,\u00a0<\/td><\/tr> Lock On Before Launch<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> Lock On After Launch<\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> Pop Up Attack<\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Gun<\/h1>\n\n\n\n <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Bombs<\/h1>\n\n\n\n Laser Guided<\/strong><\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Cluster Bombs<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> GPS Guided Glide Bombs<\/strong><\/td> <\/td><\/tr> Cruise Missiles<\/strong><\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Fuel<\/h1>\n\n\n\n Flight time is how long the aircraft can stay in the air, the faster you fly the faster the flight time goes down, adding fuel tanks and air-to-air refueling increases the flight time, when your flight time reaches 00:00 you are at LOW FUEL you have roughly 30-45s after that to land or you crash. LANDING at an airfield will automatically start the refueling process once you stop your aircraft, you will see the FUEL ICON and the fuel tanks should start increasing in your aircraft. Helicopters use the same system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fuel Tanks<\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> Air-To-Air Refueling<\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Stealth\/Counter Stealth<\/h1>\n\n\n\n RCS Tables<\/h2>\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n <\/a>