[EP34] STAR CITIZEN PVP tips with AvengerOne [Understanding Radar types]

[@bbull71]

Imagine that a copilot can use the radar to mark targets, check target status, designate radar contacts as friendly or hostiles, delete friendlies from radar. Pick targets for pilots. Overall increasing the pilots situational awareness of the battlefield and making the pilot more effective.

[@borkug1566]

Really interesting. The radar was always a vague indicator for me and this video shows me how to get much more out of it in terms of situational awareness.

[@tonytouch072]

I like that im always learning with your vids. Thanks for the effort you put in these.

[@tripperdan]

OK, first "Thank you!!" My situational awareness hasn't bloomed in this game and the achilleas heel has been the radar. I had some basics but didn't know the details. I can really appreciate this video. So again, thank for you the lesson.

[@wcagee101]

I agree. The lines on the 360 radar is confusing to the point I barely use it.

[@rjayogburn]

Thank you so much A1 I honestly have a notebook of your advice and it's making me a better pilot.

[@squirrellordsgaming2772]

Thanks for the fight this morning. PVP is still new territory to me. That was a lot of fun!

[@TairnKA]

I call it a "Tactical Display". ("RADAR" is so 20th century) ;-)

[@eavdmeer]

This is one thing Elite Dangerous got perfectly in my book. For some reason, CIG draws this confusing in-plane line from you to the target. I hugely prefer the 360 radar as it gives me a perfect mental image of where the enemies are. Couple of thousands of hours in ED and the original Elite probably shaped that

[@captain-hooked]

One thing that gives the cross sectional radar a huge advantage is that it picks up radar signatures from over 5k away and puts them on your display. At places like Jumptown where you are watching for incoming baddies knowing exactly where they are when they are detected is huge.

[@adamcumley3950]

Great vid! Thank you very much for this.

[@diminios]

I like the cross section radar, as I'm used to it from ye olden days of space games. Wing Commander, Privateer... hell, even the Star Wars games had something similar (front and rear radar, basically).

[@The_Opinion_of_Matt]

Well, I found out I was completely misreading the front cross sectional radar. I thought it was a top down 2D 360 degree view, like a traditional aircraft radar system screen.

[@eziop5539]

If I'm correct, I think a good way to understand it is to imagine you're looking through a fish-eye lens. OR, you have set your FOV on an FPS game very very high, so you can almost see around your sides. So as you look at stuff, and it goes past you to the side, the blip will exit the central circle and enter one of the quadrants, until it's above/to the side/behind you, and in the outer circle. So if the bogey flies directly at you, he's in the middle of the central circle, and say he pulls up a bit and zips past you above your head, the blip will move directly upwards from the central circle, to the upper quadrant, and then to the top of the outer circle.

[@The_Opinion_of_Matt]

@@eziop5539 Cool thanks. That helps.

[@Dracounguis]

The cross-sectional or 2D radar is very familiar to old Wing Commander players. 👍

[@bezdownunder5481]

Nice details thanks... now the 600 targeting options....I do prefer that simple radar... if you see the angle of attack of mis do u always use counter mousures or certain angles you just change the ships trajectory?

[@YungVAGaming]

Hi buddy idk why but one of my videos have been suggested from this one, i liked subscribed and most def will be looking for more of your content

[@aoescool]

this was definitely needed.. -ironalex

[@dustfang5422]

I love the x-scetional. Range data is fine and dandy, but I have that on my HMD, and contact direction at a glance is so much more useful to me. But that might be the old Xwing days callin me

[@kostasstratis9361]

I love you man...you explain thing unknown to most of us!!!

[@nicksmacro]

Good stuff as always. I'm an old timer... The new target tagging and tracing mechanic is simply black magic to me. At some point, I'd love to see a video on target management. I know there are a lot of tools beyond "Next Enemy" that I'm not using.

[@Spelljammer1]

+1 for that, I never got up to speed with the new targeting system a few patches back.

[@axellex2077]

Agreed

[@Stevenbustamento]

as a new player idk shit so this would be helpful to me too....

[@ralf716]

@@Spelljammer1 me too, i fly only intuitve and hassle with the targeting.

[@MatthewScur]

I tend to get a little disoriented with the 360 radar. I'm used to the other style, which they had used as far back as Privateer and Wing Commander if I'm not mistaken.

[@pirotess121]

hi, could you make us a summary on the different type of missile their tracking and the decoy to counter them ? from what i heard in your videos their is a lot of informations that i dont know about missiles and decoys

[@Senkuda]

Should CIG make it so that we can have both types in every fighter ship?

[@wilemelliott]

anyone who has ever played Wing Commander and its sequels and spin offs should recognize the "front cross-sectional" radar too bad they don't give you the option to switch back and forth

[@thomasdahlgren1985]

I'm more comfortable with the second style too. It was what we had back in the original Wing Commander. But the other version has its uses too. In light fighters it is really all you need. Larger and/ or crewed ships should offer both.

[@thomasdahlgren1985]

Edit: second type is all a light fighter needs

[@Brenelael]

I generally refer to them as Flat vs. 3D but I get where you are coming from. I generally prefer the 3D radar as it not only gives you direction but also distance so you can visualize the engagement a little better and determine immediate threat vs. non threat at a glance. I do agree it can get a little confusing at first when you have a lot of contacts but once you get familiar with the way it works it can make sure you are prioritizing threats far better than you ever could with a Flat radar. Just my two cents.

[@volumeleet7667]

I have never been so bad at game... I have never touched flight sims before. This video helps a bit.

[@Dracounguis]

I might prefer the 3D radar but for the horrible design CIG uses where half the radar is floating above the instrument panel so if there's ANYTHING bright in that location you can't see half your radar. I am constantly stupefied about how stupidly they designed that radar on so many ships! And they keep doing it!

[@auklon3372]

Good stuff thanks for the info!

[@vectieba]

Nice, easy to understand explanations, thanks.

[@XeoniiX]

Please, talk about missiles type ;-)

[@bjordan429]

Whats also confusing is calling it a crosssection radar, since all active (vs ARH) radars rely on a cross section to determine if an object is there. The cross section being the (roughly) amount of energy returned from an object compared to a 1m square piece of steel. Also, if the targets are still given an angle on the outside of the cone, then its still been tracked by the radar and therefore also scanning spherically. It shouldnt be doing that. Maybe CIG can drop the update rate of target on the outside and say it has a second system for 360 awareness but not the room to store a full system. Ill have to check today, but if this is official CIG terminology, I am very disappointed and will have far less faith for a anything close to realistic for the electronic warfare future.

[@tjfrost9743]

Bro did you go to pvp college or something dam

[@vonrosphe3098]

To bad that you can't have both radar variants on all ships.

[@Avenger__One]

Wouldn't that be cool

[@rorymcclernon4674]

Much prefer the cross sectional radar. The globe is a mess.

[@Darthborg]

Waiting for combat to get more balanced in SC.

[@Darthborg]

@@kenp1677 already am in Evocati.

[@Darthborg]

@@kenp1677 the lesson here is, not everyone you talk to online is a noob. From my pov though, seems like you need to play more. Have you tried actually playing this game and providing technical feedback and are in Evocati? Oh whats that, no, hmmmm might wanna put a few more hours in there bud to gitgud.

[@joshuabrown4030]

The hologlobe is awful. I wish more fighters used the 2d display.