Regarding Terrain avoidance

[Mad_Max]

I was just wondering that how to manually select targets for mavericks? can't it be done like in DCS world

[Flanker562]

Look, it's not convoluted like DCS ever will be. Press E for the initial target (If it's a Strike Mission), then shoot your Mavs. For targets of opportunity ensure you have a targeting pod and fire away using the E key. You don't need to do any special procedures for shooting them.

[daddyairplanes]

simpler than that, anything targetable can be locked up by a Maverick

anything not on the target list (that cant shoot back at you) wont be lockable.  so if the target is a fuel tank, you can select the Maverick. but if you want to hit teh hangars nearby you'll need to use bombs or rockets

as mentioned, anything that can shoot at you can also be targeted.  best practice (in SF2) is to use Mavericks for the AAA and mobile SAMs, use bombs of what ever flavor on buildings and runways  and  cbu or rockets on vehicles

now my question: what does Maverick targeting have to do with terrain avoidance?

[Wrench]

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now my question: what does Maverick targeting have to do with terrain avoidance?

That would have been my question too! TA is something you should always do, either visually or via the autopilot. It's a very bad thing to NOT avoid the terrain.

 

 

[Erik]

Life is never as exciting as when you meet a granite cloud at altitude. 

[Shaolin]

1 hour ago, Erik said:

Life is never as exciting as when you meet a granite cloud at altitude. 

Ah, that's what it is! I always thought I was just bad at dodging missiles...

But now it's all starting to make sense

[Major Lee]

Terrain isn't all bad; you have to land some time. The important part is the rate of closure...

[Major Lee]

As I recall, SF1 had an issue drawing mountains over the top of cloud cover. The mountain would appear on terrain mapping radar, but would not be drawn, and thus invisible, above a cloud layer. Made for some interesting flying on my old Himalaya map. I don't know if SF2 resolved that issue or not. TK and I talked about the issue, something about the way that DirectX worked with terrain that is hidden, but I don't recall all the details of that conversation...