HCE - 2018.010 - 2018-08-20

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- Chg:0000 GE ASROC style weapons were not setting a group type in the group

id when they morphed from missile to torpedo. Fixed.

- Chg:0000 GE ASROC style weapons were supposed to be inertially guided until

conversion into torpedos except they weren't. Fixed but note

this can make them much less accurate since they won't follow

the manuevers of the targeted unit.

Legacy standoff ASW weapons, like ASROC, relied purely on inertial guidance to put them on the target's last known position prior to launch. If the target was maneuvering, or moving rapidly, there could potentially be a largish discrepancy between its current position and the splashdown point of the torpedo.

 

That said, some modern standoff ASW weapons, like the French/Italian MILAS, for example, are capable of receiving target updates from the parent ship, so that their terminal accuracy is considerably improved.

 

How do we accommodate both possibilities?

How do we accommodate both possibilities?

Good callout Brad. Annex E (Standoff ASW) has no guidance flags field. Add it to your wishlist. Code-wide, traditionally, the changes would go about like this...

 

1. PE - add the guidance flags to lPlatformCodes table OR assume we'll use the same guidance flags as missiles.

2. PE - expose those flags via a view

3. PE - Change the weapon editing form to allow guidance flags for Annex E

4. PE - Modify the .csv import

5. PE - Modify the .csv export

6. DU - Change the database import and export utilities to process the guidance flags.

7. GE - Change the annex structures to hold the guidance flags for Annex E

8. GE - Make the game use the guidance flags

 

I don't have much excitement for the traditional way above, a lot of work for something I don't care all that much about. It is more interesting to me if a non-conventional approach is taken that stores the data elsewhere. That still represents a lot of work.

I am happy, at least, that the code now recognizes the traditional functionality of standoff ASW weapons.

 

(It has become increasingly clear to me over the years - decades! - that the code is best suited for a certain era in time when it comes to technology.)