JA37 ver 4.318:
Major change: Complete FCS and autopilot rework by Octal450.
The new flight controls are very accurately modelled based on the flight manuals, making it far more realistic than the previous FBW-like controls.
Notable features:
- Individual simulation of each control surfaces, with pitch/roll mixing
- Gearings automatically change the surface vs stick deflection ratios depending on speed
- Autopilot STICK mode provides damping (always on under normal conditions)
- Pitch and Altitude hold autopilot modes, with several sub-modes engaged automatically under specific conditions
- Speed hold (for cruise) and AoA (for landing) autothrottle modes
- Detailed autopilot and autothrottle engagement/disengagement/warning logic
Other changes:
Sim: {Colin} Remove 'userarchive' attributes (aircraft-data used instead)
Arms: {Colin} Fix gun/rocket hit detection
Arms: Port in missile changes done in S-300.
Model: {Colin} Fix rotation axes for flaps
Model: {Colin} Improve formation lights material
Model: {Colin} Fix vapour animations over MP
Sim: {Colin} Add GCI script
Sim: Added a method to convert a vector to geo centered vector.
Radar: Now checks if contact is behind horizon.
Effect: Use spotlights for land/taxi light.
Radar: Fixed potential failure in radar.
Sim: Fix that some matrices were multiplied in wrong order.
Arms: Experimental update to account for AoA and sideslip of missile target in proportional navigation.
HUD: Better positioning of nearby objects.
Radar: Fix for not putting new methods into all Contact classes.
HUD: Adding gunsight.
Model: {Colin} Remove internal gunpod model on AJ(S)
Model: {Colin} Fix AJ(S) waypoint indicator lockup
Model: {Spectre} Added mig aggressor livery.
Sim: {Colin} Revise throttle control logic, add throttle cutoff position
GUI: {Colin} Update and improve checklists
Keybindings: {Colin} Remove pylon selection keys
Keybindings: {Colin} Change ejection key to Ctrl-E x3
Keybindings: {Colin} Change GCI keys to F5-F7
GUI: Made cursor properties more generic to be used in other aircraft as well.
Arms: {Colin} Remove all weapons from center pylon
Model: {Colin} Fix bugs in M70 jettison animation
Sim: {Colin} Deselect radar target when losing lock
Sim: {Colin} Enable doppler simulation for JA radar
Model: {Colin} Fix M90 strip color
Sim: {Colin} Fix AJS external tank capacity
GUI: {Colin} New loadout/fuel selection dialog
GUI: {Colin} New configuration menu
TI: {Colin} Fix EOMR (AAA) being marked as non-functional in the swedish TI
Aero: Slight tuning of Cm zero.
Arms: {Colin} Implement remote control guidance for Rb05
Arms: {Colin} Add spotting flare model to Rb05
Arms: {Colin} Adjust Rb05 performances
GUI/Arms: {Colin} Disable refuel/reload during ground roll with damage on
Effects: {Colin} Cleanup redundant shaders (identical to FG default ones)
Sim: {Pinto} Fix bug in turn radius calc.
Sim: Turn radius account for zero turnrate.
HUD: {Colin} Fix low altitude scale being hidden after turning master arm off
Radar: {Colin} Fix for 'radar_logic.complete_list' missing some radar contacts
Radar: {Colin} Improve target air/ground classification logic
RWR: {Colin} Add radar lock warnings
Radar: {Colin} Disable radar when nose landing gear is compressed
Radar: {Colin} Fix bug in RCS code, causing targets to shortly appear at max range
Radar: {Colin} Increase RCS test frequency for selected track
Arms: Fix for rare case when tracking seeker movement, and skip a guiding pass, then it should not compare since la
st pass.
Keybindings: {Colin} Add Shift-F to deselect radar target
Sim: {Colin} Disable external views when damage is on
Arms: {Colin} Always use bore-sight mode for IR seeker on AJS
Sound: {Colin} Fix some missing missile launch sounds
Radar: Some work on the radar prototype.
Radar: Fixed check for behind earth curvature sqrt could not handle a negative number with very low magnitude.
RWR: {Colin} Rework AJS RWR lights
RWR: {Colin} Add sounds (off by default, controlled by the volume knob on the RWR panel)
Radar: {J Maverick 16} Update RCS database
Input: {Colin} Fix left/right arrow keys being non-repeatable
