Here's another mini update. This time you get a new toy: the M230 chain gun, which can be slaved to the targeter (and by extension, your head). The slaving mode must be enabled in the weapon's CONFIG menu, and is only available for use under a certain airspeed. The turret will be locked forward during high-speed forward flight.
There's a new feature for air-to-ground missiles. You can set them to "manual uncage" mode, which allows you to fire on targets without having to point your nose directly towards them. To use it, set the option in the weapon's CONFIG menu. To uncage the seeker and slave it to the TGP, hold down the trigger. It should automatically slew to the target point as long as it's within the missile's seeker range. Then to fire, press the weapon-switch button on the joystick while still holding the trigger.
The settings you select for weapons will now be saved between flights, so you won't have to keep configuring the weapon settings such as seeker modes and ripple rates.
As usual, there are a few key fixes and changes. The full list is below.
As for progress on the mission editor and new vehicle--I'm at the point where I can fly both the AV-42C and the F/A-26B in custom missions created in the editor. The editor just needs to have a few more features put in before its ready for you all to try. The fighter is all done externally, and about 80% done internally. The internals have a few new features that will likely also make it into the VTOL, such as two additional smaller MFDs to replace the RWR and fuel info hardware, which will allow for some more customization and more detailed information. I'll have some teaser videos up soon for that!
Until the major new features are ready, I'll continue to push smaller updates such as this if there are any major bugs to fix or small features.
Thanks everyone for your patience! Happy flying!
Alpha v0.0.6
Improvements
- Added M230 Chain Gun (with gimbal)
- Added manual uncage option for AGM-114, AGM-65, CAGM-6
- Equipment settings are now persistent between flights
- Added clear binding button
- Added binding axis test
- Improved AI pilot use of missiles, especially heat-seeking
- Improved AI pilot target prioritization and other combat behaviors
Changes
- Adjusted interior/exterior audio mixing
- Amplified audio sources that are exterior but attached to the vehicle
- Further reduced fog density
- Increased max locking range for targeter
- Added a far-distance LOD for city chunks
- Increased range of positions for spectator fly-by camera
- Removed Mach as global speed units option
- Mach number displayed in a separate HUD element
Fixes
- Fixed rebinding of rudder between multiple controllers
- Fixed certain missiles causing scraping damage to aircraft when being launched
- Fixed enemy soldiers were able to be loaded into passenger bay
- Fixed soldiers pausing when running
- Fixed pitch ladder sometimes becoming unaligned
- Fixed errors thrown by AI planes when map is being set up