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Sidewinder lock tone

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Again inspired by some older flight sims, I decided to make a Sidewinder lock tone that's actually a tone. Using A-10A HUD footage as a template, I was able to create what I feel is a reasonable replica. There is certainly no mistake when I have a solid lock now! It's most likely that this is more appropriate for modern aircraft, though I like it regardless just due to the clear difference between searching and lock tone.

 

Reference video; (tone at 25s)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=621RNJMunnU&t=24s

 

Example video; (tone at 3m45s)

 

Installation: Unzip IRGrowlLock.wav into the Sounds folder in your SF2 mods folder (by default C:\Users\[username]\Saved Games\ThirdWire\[executable name]\Sounds)


 

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Sidewinder tones vary by model. A Lima tone is not the same as an X-ray tone. However, TK has limited us to one set of tones.

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Had no clue it varied by the Sidewinder model itself, interesting stuff. Would I be correct in assuming that that would be an L or M in that A-10A video?

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If I'm not mistaken, the Lima lock tone oscillates between a low and high note. That's most likely a Mike tone in the video. I'm sure one of our members with real-life experience in the matter will chime in.

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Well I learned something today! Doing a bit more research, but at 1:07 in this vid there's the two-tone lock much as you describe. May play around with replicating that too just for variety's sake.

 

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