How to use jamming

[Gorduz]

Im wondering how to use jamming, I have a formation of 1 F18 flying ECM mission. I select the special mission menu and no yellow area circle comes up. The when I select one of the F18 however I get a yellow circle but the circle.

If I right click on an area close to me with the right mouse button the yellow circle locks itself to that area and the fighter starts moving towards that area. If I click far away nothing happens. When does the jamming start? Does the fighter need to be inside the yellow circle to jam? Furthermore the circles never goes away (even if the fighter is killed), why is this?

 

[unmerged(255172)]

The jamming starts instantly if the aircraft is in range (the fixed yellow circle indicates that, but we're not happy with the graphics here). If not, the aircraft should close the distance to initiate jamming.

The jamming is in effect for as long as the circle is visible.

 

[Gorduz]

even if the jamming aircraft is dead?

 

[unmerged(255172)]

even if the jamming aircraft is dead?

Yes, a bit of a departure from reality.

 

[1Pitydafoo]

What exact effect does the jamming even have? I can't quite figure it out.

 

[Joe32320]

It diminishes the chances of enemy radar spotting your units in a given area. It's particularly lethal when you send a couple of anti ship missiles towards their taskforce, it made a noticeable difference in the success rate of each missile

 

[Gorduz]

Should the yellow circle be over the aircraft you want to hide or the enemy you want to jam?

 

[Joe32320]

I think the area in the yellow circle represents the area protected from radar, so you want your units to be within it, but I could be wrong.

 

[unmerged(255172)]

The jamming circle must enclose the enemy radars.

 

[General Baker]

I wonder, does the altitude of the ESM platform affect the effectiveness of the radar jamming at all?

 

[unmerged(255172)]

I wonder, does the altitude of the ESM platform affect the effectiveness of the radar jamming at all?

No, it's pretty straightforward. The sensor algorithms are by far the most CPU intensive in the game. When we plugged in jamming effects we just had to make it simple.