Ok, so as it would seem I have recently been pegged as a spy, cheat, and some other not so flattering descriptions. All of this because of the Dar/Radar thingy! It seems a certain squad has decided that the shoe fits and I must wear it. Foul I cry, foul.
Now for the important stuff and that is understanding the Dar/Radar. You see I, as well as others, have noticed that there are still a number of people, and ahem,,,,squads, who still fail to grasp the true workings on this thing. I am not the expert and hopefully those who are will take a moment to make corrections where necessary.
So there we were, flying around looking for trouble when alas the radar at a vbase looked like it ad contracted a sudden case of the measles. What looked like 15 little red dots were making their way NOE to the Vbase under hope no one would notice. But alas as I watched the text buffer I saw people on country alerting to the NOE and I did as well. I made the mistake of putting it on 200 which is why I was named the cheat and spy, otherwise how could I know there was a mission inbound they claimed.
Well, many of us have seen this before and apparently there are many who still do not understand so lets clarify the height/alt restrictions. In this case folks there are three we need to worry about. One as it relates to the DAR which is 500ft AGL, one as it relates to the Radar which is 65ft AGL, and the last as it relates to Radar range which is 0 AGL. So what will happen if you break any of these alt restrictions inbound to a base. Well one or a combination of three things.
One the base will flash indicating that you are above 0ft AGL and inside the radar RANGE which alerts to an enemy located somewhere withing the range of the radar itself.
Two, a corresponding DAR will indicate enemy presence of all planes above 500ft AGL. This DAR will corresponde to the number of enemy planes above the 500 ft alt. (note, it will not show YOUR plane to you)
And the third, this one is the most elusive for some folks, if you are above the 65ft AGL line you will show as a red dot on any radar range marker so long as the radar has not been destroyed. You see, this is the trick. So many still believe that if they are below the 500 ft AGL they will NOT show a dot on enemy radar; this is wrong. You will not show as a DAR bar, but the radar will still flash and you will still show as a red dot.
So a hint for those base capture squads out there. If you truly want to NOE but do not want to worry about the red dots showing up, it might be a good idea to send someone ahead of you to destroy the radar thus leaving only the flashing circle without a DAR bar for your NOE mission.
AS for all those nice names a few of you decided to PM me and the tags as cheat and spy, well learn how to read the Readme files that come with the patches, it may help you understand how to better play the game.
