The time has come, I've now deemed 1.9 ready for release!

What's new in 1.9?

First of all, if you haven't seen it, there is a 10 minute video showing some of the new features.

Among the new features are new weapons modelling where rockets and bullets now are affected by gravity, drag and dispersion:


Spiraling flightpath and depressable launchers for the Vikhr missiles:


Relief shaded, topographical campaign maps:


Colour MFDs for Alligator and Comanche:


A new HUD for the Comanche:


Proper colour or monochrome TV cameras, not just IR cameras.


Full changelog
Weapons modelling

• Gun projectiles and unguided rockets are now affected by gravity, drag and dispersion. As a result rounds take longer to reach their target and with less accuracy.
• Vikhr missiles now follow a spiral flight path
• Vikhr launch racks will depress up to 12 degrees to align with target direction. This helps as the Vikhr now has very narrow launch restrictions for weapon launch.
• Rockets and missiles will now only create smoke for as long as the rocket engine is burning.
• Rockets adjusted to have shorter burn time and faster acceleration.
• Muzzle velocity adjusted for many weapons to better match real world values.
• New values for GWUT file for changing weapons drag, spiral path and seeker limits. These are included in gwut190.csv, but note that the GWUT editor (version 1.3) is not yet capable of editing these values, and will delete them from any file which contains them. So you will have to edit the file with a text editor until a new version of the GWUT editor comes out

Avionics changes

• New weapons aiming avionics for ballistic weapons. See wiki article for details.
• New flight MFD page, revised TADS page and added colour to many other MFD pages for Comanche.
• New HUD for Comanche
• New flight, TSD, radar and engine pages for Alligator. Added colour to several other pages.
• DTV/LLLTV will now show a full-colour(for Comanche) or monochrome (for the others) TV view, not a IR-view.
• DTV/LLLTV in Comanche and Ka-52 is now capable changing zoom level.
• EO zoom level can now be changed even if EO is not active targeting system. Use CTRL + keypad +/- for this (only when manual laser/radar is enabled in eech.ini)
• EO camera can now be changed even if EO is not active targeting system. Use Shift + END for this.

Campaign map changes

• New relief shaded topographical campaign map
• Hi-res campaign map and alternative map palette also available (campaign_map_mode and campaign_map_palette in eech.ini)
• Adjustable how often enemy units update. By default the position of known enemy units are updated once every 2 minutes. Configurable by map_update_interval in eech.ini.
• Fixed bug where undiscovered enemy units would show up if you just zoomed the map enough.
• Campaign map in free flight mode now allows adding and moving waypoints.

External cameras

• New free camera mode. Press F9 when already in chase or weapons camera view. Use mouse to pan, arrow keys or mouse wheel to move camera.
• New wobbly camera option (wobbly-camera in eech.ini) for chase and weapons camera. Gives the impression of the camera being mounted in a chase plane/helicopter which is not always able to keep perfect view of object.
• Chase camera allows a limited amount of movement from object being chased. Use arrow keys for this.

Smoke fixes

• You can now disable the persistent smoke (persistent_smoke=0 in eech.ini). With it enabled smoke will only be created for about 10 seconds, instead of minutes.
• Rockets and missiles only generate smoke as long as the rocket engine is burning.
• Slightly adjusted smoke colour.
• Fixed a crash which would sometimes happen with smoke.

Other changes

• Fixed a problem for multiplayer/saved games where data would get corrupted
• Trim does no longer affect helicopter attitude in hover hold mode.
• ... and probably some more changes I've forgotten to mention, and numerous bugs I haven't discovered yet

Download
Alternative download

Note:
* To get the new weapons ballistic you must use the new gwut190.csv file. Since it contains some new values it can't be edited with the GWUT editor, if you want to change it you have to use a text editor.
* Your game.cfg file will be reset, so make sure you go into the options menu and set your options the way you want them after first start
* All previous save games will be invalid, so finish any campaigns before updating.
* Since there is a lot of changes, and this is a .0 release, don't expect it to be completely bug free yet. I'm sure there are still some undiscovered bugs. But there is always .1 to fix things again

Enjoy!

I'm almost speechless.

Thank you!

I AM speechless

Wow!!!!!! You are amazing Arneh! Thanks!

ahahshhfsdf slkdf sdofyi !!!

I have a question...when supplying the WUT file - file path in the INI file, do you use the whole path? Like including drive letter and all that?

Awsome,cant wait to get home and try this out! Thankyou!

No, just use the filename (and leave the file in the cohokum directory).

LLTV on Hind still has only Narrow and Med FOV. Can you add Wide?
Also - when NavComputer kicks the bucket, can the MFD map be disabled? Or frozen. Because it's strange to have distance counter dead while colour map shows your exact position and waypoints.

New AA guns rule! They pin you down so good..
Why is Vikhr's range decreased? Seems to be about 8km now.
One more - can you teach AI not to shoot through buildings? The creepy thing is that they succeed

GREAT Thanks for Free Cam. Never before have I seen such pics. You can finally examine all the new textures. Makes you want to freeze the action and take a good look at whole battlefield.

[MODIFICATIONS]
[WUT]
wut= gwut190.csv # supply a filename of a wut text file here

looks like that?

I suggest deleting old eech.ini after updating from older version. The game will replace it with new one, containing all new options and gwut set to 190 by default.

ok will do, but should I delete the old WUT files?

I tried it out and it seemed like the weapons were behaving like they should now :). Also, what setting should my tsdrender be set to? Right now its on 3 but I am not sure what "normal" is...

Wow thank you yet again Arneh.
All good except for the fact you always release them when i'm at work and have to wait until tonight to give it a go lol.

PS It's all good and thanks.

Hello Arneh,

Thank you very much for your continuing effort. I downloaded instantly and have yet to install and I am so eager to see all the changes and improvements, that I fear this will be a very short night!

thanks so much arneh!

Maybe we can get G2 to give you a million bucks to put your stuff in ee2, cause your the one with the talent.

thermos

I don't see what EE2 does better...don't know what EE2 provides that it should be based upon. EE2 is EECH with the modders' work in it and then some guys changed textures, that I don't even like.

P.S.: EE2 is modded EECH with changed textures and it is stage 1.70 or even lower!

lol, i out of game just for say thank you, this is more than i wait:)

any time can delite just 2 files eech.ini and game.cfg
bouth them will created by game

He-he.. I managed to knock out 2 Comanches in flight with one Hind's missile. Funny but I wasn't able to hit them with MG even at short range.
Arneh, can you also apply your camera magic to Hind/Havoc's TV? It looks just like IR at the moment.

I LOVE the new projectile trajectories...No more machine gun laser cannon! I was close to a flight of havoks and took one out close with missles, then the other I had to lase to get my cannon to be accurate, but by that time the peashooter had around 30 rounds, and well yeah they dont do much damage anyways :(.

Top Man arneh!

I'll test this little beuty when i get home from work later!

Oops, sorry about that, I'll delete the download right away!

Dang, that's what I forgot to do!

Possibly, if I can figure out what zoom levels the real Hind has.



Ok, I'll add it to my list.



That's what researched showed their max range to be from helicopters. Only when fired from aircraft do they have 10 km range.




You can, but it's not necessary.



Set it to whatever you prefer You can change it in game with ALT+D. So just toggle until you find one you like.




Make sure you enable the laser if you have manual laser enabled, otherwise it likely won't hit much.



Havoc's camera should already be there. Might take a look at time Hind at some other time.

Superb Work!!!, you have done an excellent job people!.
Now, the in game screens have changed (silly me, i should have unchecked that option in the installer), the new ones are not bad, but they are all about yankee choppers, could those be changed to show russian choppers?, if that is not posible, is there any way to get the previous ones?.
Thanks!.

Thx arneh!!!

Blue test:
No sweap in AA radar, manual R on. In AG on off ok.

Missing some keys! Insert, home, page up, -down, delete, end. (They in my HOTAS)

66: missing WPT data in MFD4 "Flight MFD" or isn't in there in real?

Just find some pictures yourself, and save them as PSD files in the common/ui directory.




Enable realistic avionics in the options menu.

Cool, thanks.

Mmmmmm...... EECH 1.90

*In very Homer Simpson-ian fashion*

Thanks SIR!!!
Enemy Engaged 1.9 are the truth EE2.
you are the king of the modders!

You know, that makes me wonder, what is going to happen when EECH reach a developing status beyond 1.9x?

Ok.. I'll try some digging for info
...
Hm... Hind D tracking system tracks and guides at +-60 degrees horizontal angle.
And pilot has a map http://grviper.gamenavigator.ru/Other/New-14.gif
Hind's tracking system "Raduga-Sh" has 9 degrees lock FOV and 2 degrees tracking FOV. No wide And IR is not mentioned - only Low-Light TV. Havoc didn't have IR too but was upgraded.

Havoc's missiles are an engine and warhead upgrade of Hind's.
Missile's max flight speed - 510 m/s (Hind variant) and 550-560 m/s (Havoc variant) Most of it is gained from start booster which is jettisoned when missile switches to main engine. Speed at leaving container - 55 m/s.
Max range 5000m(Hind), 6000(Havoc)
Min range 400m(Hind), 800m(Havoc)
For Hind time required for missile to get to 3km - 7.5 sec, 4km - 10.7 sec, 5km - 14.5 sec
For Havoc - 4km - under 10 sec, 5km - 12.5 sec, 6km - 15 sec.

As "Shturm" and "Ataka" are also designed to be used from ground vehicles they have a special firing mode to prevent dust (supersonic flight at 6m causes a lot) and smoke trails from obstructing the view. In "Dust" mode missile first goes higher and 500-700m away from the target descends on it.

Wow, what a list of mods! Looks like its time to dust off the X36, and get airborne! Big congrats to all involved, can't wait to try it all out. (I might have a long night ahead of me with the auto-updater though!)

I am having a little problem right now:
When i try to cancel missions, i cant beacuse i can not see the "x", neither the waypoints for the missions, i can create new ones, beacuse i click on a target and the mission is created, but i can not cancel neither the ones i made, nor those created by the AI.
So far, i have seen this problem flying red in cuba, blue in georgia and red in thailand.
Also, could i suggest, that enemy objects and units on map should be updated only when some friendly unit has them in sight?, maybe, even is some unit detects radar/ir signals.

Thank you for 1.9. I have two problems, both are with the FLIR.

1) Frame rates have halved since 1.8.6 when the FLIR/DTV/DVO is activated.

2) I have clipping problems with the FLIR/DTV/DVO where half the object viewed is visible, and the other half is missing.

Cheers

What do you mean with cancel missions? With the campaign commander? Is this a new problem?



That would be preferable, but that's quite a bit of work.

Are you sure they are with FLIR as well? DTV uses lots more textures than FLIR, so it's expected that frame rates are lower with DTV. If you find them too low, then just stick with only using FLIR.



I have noticed that myself, but don't know any easy way of fixing it... But then rendering isn't my strong area, maybe someone else knows.

Yes, sorry, i should have explained myself better.
The problem i mentioned is new, it never hapened before, could it be related to texture formats?, i installed the latest forceware drivers yesterday, i have a BFG Nvidia 7600GSOC, AGP8X, 512Mb DDR2 memory.
I was talking about the thin lines and accesory icons related to waypoint marks and designations that appears in the map, i am using campaign commander.

You can't see any waypoints, is that the problem?

Yes, exactly.
I can not see the waypoints or anithing related to them, they are still there, as the misssions are flown, and i can create new mission by clicking on enemy targets, but i can not cancel or modify them beacuse i can not see the waypoints.

Alemart, can you a screenshot?

Seems as if you released it just after I left the forum yesterday. But tonight...
Can't wait, 5 more hours till I can leave the office

Thanks for your work man!

It seems to be both FLIR and DTV, but only really in the commanche are they worse.



I wonder how many other people experience it. Sometimes I just can't see any objects on the FLIR, some times I can see the wheels of a tracked vehicle, sometimes the entire vehicle.

By the way I noticed that all EO systems on the hokum are panning at the same speed regardless of zoom level.

Cheers

Sure, i will as soon as i come back from my trip.

Very nice, S!

I would recommend playing with the graphic settings in eech.ini. Try setting notnl=1, dxtm=1, etc.

Check this one:


I'm going to try it immediately.

edit: Nope, doesn't help. Makes the FLIR/DTV screen green again.

Has fixed the problem for me!



Thanks for the support LazerPotatoe!

I feel like this this kid

Wow. You sure are happy

arneh, have you tried setting TV FOV for Hind to 9 and 2? Any good came out of it?

Nope, haven't touched the code since release, and don't plan to for the next days unless a really serious bug turns up
But I'll probably look at it some time.

Very nice Arneh, we put two hours into a multiplay game last night and things ran smooth as silk. Love the cockpit mods

hehehe same here:)

What are the keys for time acceleration, now?

Amazing. It also appears that the key conflict with the trims is gone on my Trim Update X52 profiles. Wonderful change. While it isn't your fault, the only common problem is the abrupt yawing. Other than that, these are great fun to fly and no longer feel so horribly different from civilian sims.

Ballistics are lovely. This "game" is becoming fairly hardcore!

When I first heard you were changing the Comanche hud, I thought "oh no, I bet he's implimenting those swapped altitude and speed from the prototypes". Heh heh, and you did. I've always hoped that was a typo in that paper, but I know the Army labs did some interesting research on how people move their eyes in the cockpit. Prioritizing the info for a new pilot, the altitude starting on the left is more natural for English readers. Still pretty strange for those of us flying a dozen different sim choppers, though. I'm attempting to adapt to it. I always expected that choice to get changed in the production Comanches after the veteran pilots began transitioning over early in the program and started to complain, but since there weren't any production units and you want provable accuracy... Interesting choice.

I also noticed the Bob Up is gone from the Comanche. Another interesting choice. Can't say I used it that often, but it was nice to have and my profiles have a neat little combo button for it. The new Cruising mode with the pitch ladder is much more useable, though.

The MFD changes look very nice. There is a very "Russian" quality to the Hokum displays, now.

You've really outdone yourself with this release Arneh. Huge, huge leap forward.

For those of you wondering what EE2 has over this version, pretty much nothing except its attempt at a true 3D graphics system with variable Z terrain, and such. Not that they implimented it well enough to use yet, but that capability to EECH some day might make new terrain easier, not to mention some other things possible. But this sim does many other things orders of magnitude better. With that wings leveling off and trim update functioning well, now, it's giving even LB2 a serious run for its money.

What's left, AI?

Still Ctrl +/-, but you have to use the regular +/-, not the ones on the numpad.



Thanks!

4 hours... hands and feet are aching a bit today and I'm "le tired".
But I wouldn't want to have missed one minute.

Arneh: big thanks!

Thks Guys!

Arneh,

I've noticed that the TSD's slow lower frame rates quite a lot if it's set to the detailed colour terrain setting. Disabling colour MFD's helps frame rates with FLIR.

Cheers

I have never been a huge fan of EECH, but I have to say, you have done some absolutely fantastic work Arneh. Definately the best looking cockpits around. Although I may not appreciate it, keep up the good work for those that do. You have a great community for EECH, I just wish the same taste for enthusiasm could be applied to my all-time favorites that is the Jane's Longbow series.

Yeah, I used to be a huge fan of Jane's Longbow too. Probably my all time favorite for its time (if you understand what I mean. It was so much better than anything else at its time, even if it's finally been surpased now IMO).
That's why I try to make EECH more like it And even improving on it where ever I can.

Thanx Arneh, you are a true master!

Very nice, looking forward to trying it out.

Where might I find, the new gwut file?


Thanks,

It's included in the install. And it will be used if you don't specify any other GWUT file in your eech.ini.

more information: http://www.eechcentral.com/wiki/index.php?title=WUT

Thanks for keeping EECH on top !
Why G2Games would even consider they no longer need the EECH1 dev/modding community is beyond me.

Anyone else getting some weird flight going out of control behavior in Comanche in 1.9?

Was in perfect Hover and then all of a sudden started shaking uncontrollably and then just crashed.

Yeah, I realized that after I installed 1.9

Many thanks, looks awesome!

blade stall?

I find that if I am in weapon safe mode on the comanche, I have to hit ctrl + backspace to get the 'waypoint pipper" to pop up, even though I am already in weapon safe mode. IS there anyway to get the pipper to show up if I have weapons selected?

Hey gang,

If I enable rotor downwash ( dwash = 1 ) now, the game crashes when I try to go into my campaign, with some sort of access error violation.

Any ideas, or am I missing something simple?

Thanks,

Don

Arneh,

I downloaded and installed 1.9.0 Not having read the posts recently I was pleasantly shocked to see the Vikhr depressing. Amazing work! I could never stand EECH (until now)!

That is what made the difference? Ok, glad I could implement the one thing which made EECH playable for you

ai now is preaty, thanx arneah, every thing what u doing with this game is perfect
but i catch one litle trubl, when i use tv zoom in comanche and look at fogs horisont line some time is corrupt textures, just like was with any optical systems with other videodriver, when ground will not in cameras, now this just when u got some alt and look at horisont(some lower) and with zoom,, when i change driver file which make it this did same like in other versions, this is not arneah made, this mistake of driver even from old versions
arneah, did u change fm in game? i feel some:)

No change to flight model in 1.9.

When you say "my campaign" do you mean a campaign you've saved previously?



More likely a vortex ring. Although that should only happen if decending.



No, it's never shown in weapons mode. But you can see it a waypoint marker in the navigation or flight MFD pages.

When you say "my campaign" do you mean a campaign you've saved previously?/quote]

No, I deleted my existing campaigns, prior to installing 1.9. This is a new campaign I started.

Don

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than my frustration is, thanx

The rotor downwash has been a flawing feature for multiplayer. I suspect it could flaw the single player mode as well.

CTRL + backspace is weapons save mode.

I'm always using downwash, and it hasn't been a problem for me, so at least it's not a universal problem of crashing with it enabled.

I was experimenting MP with KimChoc, and it was true the rotor downwash created a entity related crash every time.

Ok, i am back, could you tell me, how do i post an screenshot here?.
Thanks.

Nevermind kids, i just searched the forums and found the answer...
Now, for the image,
Shot at 2007-08-10 (i hope this works).
As seen on the image, i have selected a mission (red side, cuba) and the waypoints are not showing, not for this mission neither for the others.
I also include my eech.ini file contents:

[Enemy Engaged - Comanche Hokum commandline options]
[Game]
chaff=1.0 # Effectivness of chaff where n = 0.0 (ineffective) to 1.0 (fully effective - default)
flare=1.0 # Effectivness of flares where n = 0.0 (ineffective) to 1.0 (fully effective - default)
smoke=1.0 # Effectivness of smoke where n = 0.0 (ineffective) to 1.0 (fully effective - default)
fog=14400 # Sets the time (sec) taken for the "fog of war" to reshroud enemy sector info (def = 14400 (4 hours)).
cpac=1 # Capture aircraft landed at captured bases or FARPS become usable by your side.
uit=5.0 # User invulnerable time (in seconds), when starting mission (def = 5.0)

[Graphics]
cbar=1250 # distance (in meters) that city blocks resolve
fs=1 # Switch for turning off the default FULL SCREEN video mode, (def = 1, full screen, 0 = windows mode)
mfr=30 # Max visual frame rate (default = 30)
32bit=1 # Activates 32bit rendering if your video card supports it (default 1 (on))
nrt=0 # Turns off rendering to texture in case of visual problems with MFDs or TADS (default 0 (off))
notnl=0 # Turns off GeForce "TnL" support for troubleshooting
3dreset=0 # Reset screen resolution to 640x480 (def = 0)
dxtm=1 # directx texture management, should fix "unable to allocate hardware slot" error (def = 0)
cg=0 # clean graphics, re-installs graphics files (def = 0)
palette=1 # allow to use textures.pal if videocard supports it. Default is 1. Recommended is 0.

[Communications]
maxplayers=4 # maximum number of players in a multiplayer game, def = 4
ipa= # ip address = TCPIP address to connect to. A HOST can leave out the value.
usemaster=1 # Report game to internet masterserver (0 for private games)
pss=hoxdna.org # primary masterserver setting (server internet address)
sss=eech.dhs.org # secondary masterserver setting (server internet address)
ccrs=215040 # connection receive size, initial guess of campaign data size (default = 210k)
cdrs=215040 # data record size, similar to above
cpbs=215040 # pack buffer size, similar to above
cpds=512 # packet data size (def = 512)
cgs=0 # force the comms to use DirectPlay guaranteed send instead of its own (def=0).
crls=1000 # packet history list size, increase if client keeps getting kicked out by server (default = 1000)
crl=10 # number of times a client can re-request the same packet, increase for poor connections (def=10)
cpt=5 # time delay in seconds the comms will wait for a packet before re-requesting it. (default = 5s)
crto=2 # time comms will wait before assuming re-requested packets was lost (default = 2s)
mur=5 # max update framerate for a server, na for a client (default = 5fps for TCPIP, 15fps for IPX)
cig=1 # interpolate helicopter position for smoother visuals
cvc=1 # validate connection, removes dead player husks when client crashes
cptl=10 # packet throttle limit, mainly for modems, governs the flow rate of packets
cto=15 # timeout, the amount of time to wait before removing dead player husks
eufr=2 # client server entity update framerate, no. of iterations
css=0 # show communication stats (def = 0)
cist=500 # comms initial sleep time
servlog= # filename for server log
pauseserv=0 # pause server if no clients connected
dedicated=0 # active server mode, off by default.
game_type=0 # Valid game_types are: 1 = Freeflight, 2 = Campaign, 3 = Skirmish (def = 0)
gunship_type=8 # Gunship_types are, 0 = Apache, 1 = Havoc, 2 = Comanche, 3 = Hokum
path= # Path to map, campaign, skirmish

[Dynamics]
advancedfm=0 # advanced flight model, off by default. Makes sideways flight easier, but not realistic
enginerealism=1 # realistic engine workload simulation model, on by default.
enginestartup=0 # manual engine start up, off by default.
drbs=1.0 # retreating blade stall, floating point scaling factor for RBS effect (default = 1.0)
drv=1.0 # rudder value, scaling factor for drag on tail rotation (default = 1.0)
dra=0.8 # rudder acceleration, scaling factor for tail rotation acceleration (default = 0.8)
drd=1.0 # main rotor drag, scaling factor for drag caused by main rotor (default = 1.0)
dmrl=1.0 # main rotor lift, scaling factor for lift of main rotor (default = 1.0)
dtrd=1.0 # tail rotor drag, scaling factor for drag caused by tail in forward flight (default = 1.0)
dzd=0.0 # cyclic dead zone, percentage deadzone for the cyclic (default = 0.0)
dyal=5.0 # yaw altitude loss (default = 5.0)
debug_show_force_vectors=0 # show force vectors on own helicopter for debuging purposes

[Miscellaneous]
goto=0 # Activates "GOTO" teleport button on the campaign map.
vfm=0 # vector flight model, activates viewer or "UFO" flight mode.
psr=1 # player start rank for new pilots
ns=0 # Bypass soundcard, useful for tracking hardware conflicts
hdwrbuf=32 # Number of hardware buffers to use for sound (0 to use software only)
mta=4 # The maximum multiplier allowed for time acceleration (default - 4)
nomcm=0 # no mission complete music

[MODIFICATIONS]
[WUT]
wut=gwut190.csv # supply a filename of a wut text file here

[Wideview]
g-force_head_movement=0.0 # g-forces move head in wideview (default 0.0, off = 0.0, normal = 1.0, other values adjust amount of head movement)
comanche_pilot=0.000,0.105,0.180,0.000 #wideview pilot position
comanche_co-pilot=0.000,0.105,0.180,0.000 #wideview co-pilot position
hokum_pilot=0.000,0.000,0.200,0.000 #wideview pilot position
hokum_co-pilot=0.000,0.000,0.200,0.000 #wideview co-pilot position
apache_pilot=0.000,0.050,0.200,-7.000 #wideview pilot position
havoc_pilot=0.000,0.050,0.200,-5.000 #wideview pilot position
hud_code=0,0,10,0,0,10,0,0,10,0,0,10 #hud code for 4 gunships

[Gameplay]
faa=1 # fligh any aircraft, def = 1 (on)
radarinf=1 # infantry no longer visible on radar, def = 1 (on)
grstab=1 # ground stabilisation of FLIR, def = 1 (on)
manual_laser/radar=0 # have to manually enable and disable radar and laser, def = 0 (off)
targeting_system_auto_page = 1 # changing targeting system will also bring up the targeting systems MFD page. def = 1 (on)
camcom=1 # Activates the Campaign Commander
campaign_map_mode=1 # 1 = default resolution and 2 is high resolution map (only for fast PCs
campaign_map_palette=1 # Which palette to use for the new campaign map. 1 is the default shades from green via red to white, 2 is more like a paper map
map_update_interval=120 # How often (in seconds) enemy units are updated on campaign map 120 seconds is the default
destgt=1 # Activates designated target list
cannontrack=2 # Cannon tracking boresight (def=1, 0 = no tracking, 1 = track if no acq, 2 = track in IHADSS/HIDSS/HMS

[Joysticks and TIR]
eopann=-1 # joystick no. used for FLIR panning
eopanv=0 # joystick DirectX axis used for vertical FLIR panning
eopanh=0 # joystick DirectX axis used for horizontal FLIR panning
eozoomn=-1 # joystick no. used for FLIR zoom
eozoomax=0 # joystick DirextX axis used for FLIR zoom
cyclicn=0 # Joystick no. for the cyclic
cyclich=1 # Joystick DirectX axis for cyclic horizontal
cyclicv=2 # Joystick DirectX axis for cyclic vertical
nonlinear-cyclic=1 # Use non-linear control for cyclic. Less sensitive around center. 1 = On (default), 0 = off
collectiven=0 # Joystick no. for the collective
collectiveax=7 # Joystick DirectX acis for the collective
nonlinear-pedals=1 # Use non-linear control for pedals. Gives finer around center. 1 = On (default), 0 = off
nonlinear-collective-zone1=0.30 # Putting the controller at this position will give 60% collective. 0.0 to use linear collective. Valid values are in range 0.0 to 1.0, default is 0.3.
nonlinear-collective-zone2=0.70 # Putting the controller at this position will give 100% collective (max is 120%). 0.0 to use linear collective. Valid values are in range from nonlinear-collective-zone1 to 1.0, default is 0.7.
ruddern=0 # Joystick no. for the rudder
rudderax=6 # Joystick DirectX axis for the rudder
nonlinear-pedals=1 # Use non-linear control for pedals. Gives finer around center. 1 = On (default), 0 = off
joylookn=-1 # joystick no. used for joystick look
joylookh=0 # joystick DirectX axis used for horizontal joystick look
joylookv=0 # joystick DirectX axis used for vertical joystick look
joylookst=30 # joystick look step (min=1,def=30,max=100)
reverse_pedal=0 # reversed pedal input
external_trackir=0 # if TrackIR is active, let it control external view too
external_trackir_dir=0 # Can be used to invert the view direction of the external TIR
msl=0 # activates mouselook, and TrackIR when present. '0' is OFF, '1' is internal-only, '2' is external-only, '3' is both.
msls=15 # mouselook speed when activated (def=15, must be > 0) otherwise POV speed (min=1,def=13,max=20)
TIR_6DOF=0 # Enables support for TrackIR vector in the hokum and comanche

[Graphics and textures]
minfov=20 # general field of view minimum, linked to key '7', normal fov (60) = key '8'
maxfov0=80 # general field of view maximum for Apache pits, linked to key '9'
maxfov1=80 # general field of view maximum for Havoc pits, linked to key '9'
maxfov2=80 # general field of view maximum for Comanche pits, linked to key '9'
maxfov3=80 # general field of view maximum for Hokum-B pits, linked to key '9'
high_lod_hack=0 # EXPERIMENTAL! Enables highest level-of-detail models at far distances. Nice for higher FOVs, bad for FPS (esp. near cities)
dwash=0 # visible rotor downwash (dust), def = 1 (on)
restricted_nvg_fov=1 # restrict night vision field of view by shading edge of screen, def = 1 (on)
colourmfd=1 # MFDs will use colour when available, def = 1 (on)
highreshud=1 # high resolution HUD, def = 1 (on)
tsdrender=0 # TSD render options (0-4) def = 0 (contours only)
tsdpalette=0 # TSD palette options (0-2) def = 0
tsdenemy=1 # TSD showing enemy colours (red, blue) def = 0 (off)
tsddetail=0 # TSD in high detail, def = 0 (off)
3d_cockpit=0 # EXPERIMENTAL! Draws a 3d apache cockpit (wide_view and MFD close-up (F3 and F4) disabled)
texture_colour=1 # Use texture colours directly. WARNING: only use with correct texture packs (def=0)
texture_filtering=1 # Texture blending, reacts to Anisotropic filter setting. EXPERIMENTAL (def=0)
mipmapping=1 # Use mipmnapped textures (dds files). WARNING: only use with correct texture packs (def=0)
dynamic_water=1 # Use dynamic water textures (def=0)
night_light=1.0 # Make night light levels darker (fraction 0 (dark) to 1 default light)
persistent_smoke=1 # Make smoke from burning targets keep burning for a long time (CPU intensive)
wobbly-camera=0 # If enabled (=1) will make movement of external cameras wobbly (and smoother)

[Misc]
filter=1 # Turns on session filtering
autosave=0 # Autosave every n minutes or 0 not to autosave
dfr=0 # display framerate (0 = off (default), 1 = on, 2 = log to file "framerate.txt")
MEMEXPORT=0 # enables export of cockpit information to a shared memory area
[end of file]

Thanks a lot for your help.

You've selected a mission, but it doesn't look like you've selected a helicopter and accepted the mission (the map will say "quit mission" at the bottom where your says "clear", and it will have a button with "cockpit" in the bottom right). Waypoints won't show up until you've done that.

You can preview where on the map the mission is going by pressing the X icon on the right. This won't show the waypoints, only the starting base, the target and a line between them. And then only when hovering the mouse over a mission, target or base.

I see, is that a new feature?, beacuse it never happened before, i could see the waypoints on any mission before, with or without a helo selected, in fact, i played a long time without flying when i use Campaign Commander.

Nope, always been like that.

Maybe you used to play with the X-icon enabled previously, and somehow it got disabled?

Now, here is another screenshot, same situation as before, this time with a helo selected, same problem.
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Shot at 2007-08-10
Here it is finally.

For some reason, I can't laser target for rockets unless I get a lock, so can't laser a point on the ground in the target area to cover it all. Also close range gunfight is next to impossible. I turned on laser several times but didn't hit once - and the target was Kiowa moving ahead and below and at about the same speed as me. All that noticed on Havoc. Just brought this beast from a mission with all damage LEDs shining like a Christmas tree... but laser didn't work right even before I was hit.

That picture is way too small to see anything (and the link only takes me to imageshack's frontpage).

But why don't you try enabeling the X-icon and see if it does what you want?

The laser won't stay on, it will only send one short pulse to get the range. But you'll notice that the sight moves when you do (if the range is different from last ranging at least).



Hitting a moving air target is difficult... But without being more specific about the situation it's hard to see if the aiming system does something wrong. Did e.g. all the bullets miss in the same direction?

I do not know what are you referring to whith the "X-Icon", is it in the ini file?.
Aniway, i have not enabled or disabled anithing related to the map, i am using the same settings as before, with a new ini i let the game create along a new cfg that has the advanced avionics enabled and still i can not see any waypoint in any of the map pages, not in the "big" map page, not in the "mission" map page, not before and not after selecting a mission, with or without helicopter, neither in blue or red sides.
i will try to fix the link, but i do not believe it is any "help", as the description i just write explains the problem very accuratedly.
Thank you very much and sorry for bringing such bothersome issues :(.
Alejandro

No, in the map screen in game, along the right side is a row of icons which turns on/off various map symbols. About in the middle is one with a X surrounded by a skewed square. One which is still blue (i.e. turned off) in your first screenshot. Click it to turn it yellow.

Yea, it worked!, but i do not know why it was disabled, still, thanks a lot again man, i guess i should pay more attention and do not make that many assumptions.

"In arneh we trust"

That's the point. I approached Blue FRAP, switched to rockets and hit laser button. Nothing changed. I aimed at another area - lasered again and the rocket sight still didn't move. Then I locked onto one of service vehicles, aligned rocket sight with it and lasered. Aim adjusted. But that didn't work without me pointing right at a locked target.


They were going steadily at some point close to the target but not quite it. Pressed laser numerous times but noticed no difference. The chopper was flying straight and I was right on their six. Quite weird to score no hits in such situation...

movie: select a mission in a campaign

and? I know that... I have to hit the weapon safe mode twice is what I am saying.

Arneh / Mapi - With little things like this, changes to the radar (As discussed in the "Fighting the fast movers" thread), the new fine trim adjustments, etc, maybe it's time for a new version of the keychart, too???

Please Sir Arneh

The download link is not working on page 1 and it's not up on EECH Central! I've just got back from hols and would like very, very much to get the new version...

Cheers

Doin't no all key changes. I must find/test/reed all too. I have no special info

I doin't need "shft end" EO goes active with "end"
Doin't no why A radar on the right MFD (alt F2) are deleted ...
So we have not 2 full MFD's ?

New KEYGUIDE comes next!!!
... working on Alligator pit

It's if you want to change EO sensor, but don't want to use EO for targeting. E.g. if you use radar for targeting system, but still have the EO MFD page up, and want to switch it from e.g. FLIR to DTV, but continue to use radar for targeting.



You have one radar page which has an air-mode and a ground-mode. It will show whatever mode the radar is in.

OK - THX arneh!

"Alt F2" is still there!

Server seems to be down right now. But I'm sure it will be up again soon.

arneah, any plans about master mod key, and weapon safe, not just in navigation mod, and no autopage hud,and use gun in any weapon select in button 1?

No.

Checked my issues again.
Rocket laser sight (at least on Havoc) doesn't work when you don't have locked target.

Cannon tracker makes mistakes. I just aimed at static fuel tanker on FRAP, lasered, pressed the trigger, wasted nearly 100 rounds with no hit. Pause, free cam, move to the tanker - tracer line ended about two meters to the left of the target. Unpaused, lasered, fired another burst - everything went at about the same spot. After several turns fired at tanker from a different angle and finally hit it.

I do wish we had ability to lock FLIR/TV onto a spot on the ground. After all, their lock is based on memorizing image. That feature would make aiming much smoother and easier than current "zoom out - pan - zoom in - pan - get lost - zoom out - pan - etc."

You must deselect targeting system (Shift-DEL). It's not enough just to not have a target locket.

Could somebody who already got the file upload it to another location? Want to install it right now- without waiting for the server.

I'll second that please (as Arneh's server is still down)! Ahhhh I need my EECH fix...

Cheers

Anyone want to pt this up as a bittorrent? Server is still down

sigh...everyone must be out running it...

That should work... I guess
http://grviper.gamenavigator.ru/Other/eechsetup1.9.exe

Thank you very much

Big Thanks!

Also having some problems with Gun accuracy.

When the target is downhill from you (i.e. you are behind a ridge and target is down in the valley), the gun is just overshooting it. It's not even close to aiming the target.

This is with laser designator on. Also seeing taht when I give the wingman command to shoot the target they are just overshooting everything. Including Hellfires and just flying overhead. To some unknown location.

Mission success rate counter also broken?

I am getting 183% success rate after 3 missions with 1.9

When selecting HIDSS with Comanche the HUD tells me TADS is selected as target acquisition system. Well, is that correct?

I was getting ~360% before... I wonder what it counts. But I do tend to overachieve, turning a recon mission into slaughter of all parked aircraft.

Mission success rates keep going up with each mission flown. It's a bug. You cannot technically have better than 100% success rate.

Wow, very nice! I am wondering though how do you change the hud from bob-up to the in flight ladder view now?

I've never had any problem with downwash, either. Brownout is a very big issue and should be annoying, but not causing CTDs obviously. You CTD peeps using Nvidia cards?

Yes, it's been broken for a long time. Actually it's never worked, although it was broken differently in 1.7 and earlier.



Yes.



You can switch between hover and cruise mode HUD with Shift-O (Apache and Comanche only).

Thanks Arneh!

So many great new features I don't know where to start- I particularly loved the new map, colour DTV, spiral VIKHR paths and moving external cameras. Thanks so much for all the hard work you've obviously put in Arneh!

One small feature request, though: I use an analogue axis for EO zoom. Would it be possible to enable axis control of the zoom when the DTV isn't the active targeting system? (I can do this with CTRL + KP+/- in 1.90, but not with the axis).
Many thanks,
DD

Something is definitely not right with the Cannon. Went to take out a Farp in the Apache.

Had vehicles at the farp targeted...essentially point blank range at 300-400 m with Flir...have Laser on.

The cannon is just shooting high over the target. Even tried lowering the altitude. No go. At that range, i should be able to hit with a pistol.

How so. Before it was broken for the very first mission you fly with a new pilot. (i.e. For the very first mission you fly, you will get 50% success no matter what. After that it works correctly for all subsequent missions.

This counter now just kept adding % success.

It is truly freaky seeing a Frogfoot fly by and all the blue AAA batteries open up, with those arcs of tracers flying through the air trying to nail it.

Also missing that radar scanning thing on the Comanche Hud and TSD. Useful when the radar screen isn't up.

This doesn't have anything to do with 1.90, but does everyone have a lot of adverse yawing? I remember that very old flight model where the pedals would do a coordinated turn for you obviously didn't do that. Ever since this more standard flight model was implimented, turns, hovering, and coming out of autopilot is tedious with all this yawing.

just check it, all work ok for me, 360+m smolest targets on smolest take up area, use it in apache, just need after lock be sure what laser is on, if next target not beehind destroed target laser is of, so need designate it againe, if u use eo monitor u will c blinking l indicator beehind locked object, if it combine so in right bottom corner will range, if in meters(365m) so laser is on, if in km(0,51km) so is just optical range designator and then chaingun will fire up target and put shels above target in (0,51km(510m)) when ur target at some closer(365m)

and if target in burning smoke laser cann't take right distance, or if u fire rocket laser can be of cuz rockets smoke can make it blind and is will of, and i realy no idea how fly vikhr now, must be is use low smoke propelant fuel

I've tried firing at various ranges, angles and targets, but I can't seem to reproduce.

Does this happen you all the time, part of the time or very infrequently?

Any more you could say in helping to reproduce? I.e. exact range (as measured by laser), angle, what helicopter you fly and what target you were shooting at etc.

And what framerates do you get?

In my case it looked like this


It wasn't FLIR lock on something - it was radar lock on this green fuel tank.
Between the two shots there I used laser and a radar sweep.
Could light smoke create sideways dispersion? Or wind?

After I moved a lot, shot at some other targets, went back to this one, locked on it again and it helped. Had a similar issue firing at Kiowa through clean air... Both - flying Havoc.

Maybe dual-core CPU causes some problems with new tracking code?

Question.

I had narrow view with ground radar and the moment I turned the radar on for one sweep, helicopters at 4 o'clock tracked me down. Could they have noticed my radar (in real life)?

Have noticed it mostly when I am trying to take out a farp. Usually those vehicles (jeeps) at the farps. Had it happen once or twice with trying to fire on enemy Armor as well.

Seen it happen in both Apache and Comanche.

Range wise: anywhere from 1000 to as low as 200 with Laser. Angle wise as low as 10 feet to as high as 500 feet above the target.

it's not dispersion either. The cannon is firing in a laserlike line and shooting high. No dispersion seen.

The new fine trim adjustments - where can I read about them?

Thanks.

look like some target has get wrong area coordinats on the map, is can be wron elevation either,so was in old version where chpter based some feet higher ground, if i right, any objects got visual range and coordinate target point, and some target got them difrent visual&real coordinates and coordinates for target systems lock, but in any way for fix it need know where is it
this all hypotetical:)

--> 1.8.5-readme.html
What's NEW in EECH 1.8.5?

(since version 1.8.4)

* Added arrow keys as fine adjustment of trim. Useful in when helicopter is mostly trimmed, but just need some fine adjustment. Only works when using a joystick for cyclic control.
* Added shared memory export of flight data (thanks to Retro)
* Added waypoint, weapon and NG RPM data to shared memory export.
* Several crash fixes including when taking damagine in Cobra and other helicopters with general modelling (thanks to Richard Evans for all the crash fixes).

I had the same problem with diferrent choppers.
I was making a strike on a FARP with the Mi-24 in Cuba, most targets where aimed correctly, but with those "helipad aids", the bullet strafe hited on the left or right, never in the target.
Later, doing an escort with the Ka-52, y shooted to the same targets using radar and again, it was hitting to the left or right of the target, only with the "helipad aids", then i tried to shot down a couple of CH-3 at less than 700Mts, and the bullets missed the by far to the left or right, but after cicling the weapons and targeting systems, i finally hit them.

You can test that theory by opening Task Manager, right-click cohokum.exe, choose affinity and uncheck one of the CPUs.

AWESOME work. Thanks.

Thank you very much, Mapi! This arrow trim thing should be very useful indeed. Can't get used to the FM of Comanche. I even installed my old old package from the end of 2005 (1.6+) to compare, and the FM of Comanche back then was much better to my taste. Now it's like I have auto levelling engaged all the time and am struggling to roll Comanche in the turns. I move the cyclic to the side and the aircraft rolls in that direction first moment but then tries somehow to compensate by rolling back. It didn't swing that much in 2005. Hokum seems to fly ok for this game. I mentioned I never cared too much about flight models in my sims but this swinging annoys me. How do you handle Comanche in the turns? I may well miss something here.

Thanks again.

Alemart, I have the same problem, I can't hit some targets with cannon and just watch my shells rain on to the side of some targets. Some targets can be hit, some can not at about the same distance and landscape. I'm trying to start my first campaign, so, since you're having the same problem, can you pls say if it is a showstopper (unless you are a newbie like me) and if I should better roll back to v1.8.6 until a fix for that is released? Guys, anyone can comment?

Thanks.

You won't need to downgrade as just by using an old GWUT-file it will use the old weapons ballistics.

Or if you want to narrow it down a little you could try just disabeling e.g. drag or dispersion in the GWUT file and see if that makes a difference. It would help if you could narrow down what causes it. Does it matter if you fire east, west, north or south? And what framerates do you have when firing?

Dual core should make no difference, and that's what I have myself.

Thanks for the help, arneh. I'll be happy to stay with 1.9. I'm on Core2 6800 Extreme. I can only say that cordinal directions did not seem to affect in any way. But I'm very new to EECH (though installed it a few times before in 2004-2005) so don't hold me to this.

EDIT: Btw, I'm using the older FM dyn file with advanced option for Commanche from my 2005 install (1.6+ something). I don't know, it seems it is a little less autlevelling in the roll. May well be placebo as well.

I have changed cbar=500 (default in v1.9) in [Graphics] to 4500. I have high_lod_hack=1. It seems the scenery objects don`t pop up that much anymore. I know only it didn`t cost me any FPS. Real improvement or placebo again?

Thanks.

Is there a way in 1.9, within HIDDS/HMS mode, to lock the target via TADS that you are looking at, but NOT lock your point of view onto that target as well (i.e. force padlock on the target)?

Per the keyboard layout:

Enter key is supposed to lock the target
ctl Enter is supposed to padlock the target


Currently, Enter not only locks the target, but padlocks it as well.

For Track IR users, this is kind of inconvenient. Is there a way around this?

I've been itching to fly Apache A variants sans radar and just use TADS, a la old fashioned Gunship 1 days, but without a viable HMS locking function, it is pretty hard

Hi.
Dirk98, i do not think you should switch back to 1.8.6., but also, i am a bit puzzled beacuse it only happens with certain targets, using any weapon in any aircraft, and it does not happens all the time.
Example: i was hiding behind a hill and nailed 4 avengers by popping in and out with the gun, and no misses (exept for the ovbious dispersion), and i was at a distance as near as 700Mts for the closest one, to 2.2Km the most distant one, other time, i was wasting a group of artillerys using S8 rockets, at ~900Mts/1Km and with one of the HMMWV, i got the problem mentioned earlier.
I was also using the old *.dyn files, so, i have deleted them and i am going to see if it has any improvements.

Alemart, thanks for the attention. I'm not an experienced EECH user, so bear with me if I interpret my observations wrong. I was spraying friendlies with cannon from a reasonable distance within the limits and was watching FLIR camera. Pls note I was using new dyn files at that moment (whatever were they in the latest 1.8.6 + 1.9 package before I replaced them).