SagesAH1Z - SOFLAM Integration

Laser-guided Hellfires for the Sages AH-1Z. A SOFLAM operator on the ground
marks a target, the gunner in the copilot seat fires, and the missile follows
the mark.


START HERE - SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION

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- Bug reports: always open a ticket. Tickets notify us directly; a report on
  Discord can easily be missed.
- Questions: forum, Discord or ticket. Ticket answers come back in the ticket
  (no e-mail), so check back now and then.
- Suggestions: please use the forum.
- Documentation and guides: https://docs.seebie90gaming.com


REQUIREMENTS

- SagesAH1Z and WCS_Armaments
- SOFLAM Integration Core  <- REQUIRED, please subscribe

Version 2.0.0 and the Core were rebuilt together: update BOTH. Tested against
WCS_Armaments 8.3.0.

RVX Core is no longer used. It stopped compiling with current WCS Armaments,
and in Reforger one failing mod takes the whole script module down. Everything
we used from it now lives in our own Core.

Runs next to our AH-64D mod. Both aircraft carry their own laser code, and the
SOFLAM device is provided once by the Core.


HOW TO USE

1. Load laser-guided ammunition: AGM-114L.
2. Set the same four-digit laser code (each digit 1-8) on the aircraft and on
   the SOFLAM. In the cockpit the digits are softkeys along the bottom of the
   right MFD, "LSS CODE" page, left to right.

   IMPORTANT: leave the FIRST digit alone. The aircraft can change all four,
   but the SOFLAM only the last three. Change the first one in the cockpit and
   the codes can no longer be matched.
3. Select the guided missile as gunner. With a matching code and an active
   laser, the missile follows the mark. Without one it goes where the sight
   is pointing.
4. Pick an attack profile with the WCS fire-mode cycle key:

   DIR   fast and flat, shortest time to target
   LOBL  scales with range, shortest minimum range, gentle arc when far
   LO    moderate climb
   HI    top-down, steepest impact, longest minimum range

   Every SOFLAM mark shows up in the gunner's sight: green and blinking for
   the code dialled in, static red for all others. A marker goes dark when
   terrain blocks the selected profile or the target is out of range.

The gunner also gets a thermal view in the sight, and the SOFLAM operator gets
the visible IR beam and the NVG / thermal modes from the Core.


INCLUDED VARIANTS

- AH-1Z with 16x AGM-114
- AH-1Z with AGM-114 and Hydras (16x38 and a 16x39 Riptide loadout)


RECENTLY FIXED (2.0.0)

- Attack modes reach the server again. WCS 8.3.0 moved the cycle key; the
  screen switched modes but every shot flew DIR. The mode that flies now
  always follows the one on the screen.
- Double explosion on lofted shots: the explosion is shown at the warhead, not
  at an old terrain contact up to 215 m earlier.
- The black-hot thermal filter no longer needs RVX Core.
- The last RVX names are gone. The Hellfire ammo prefab is now
  "Ammo_Missile_AGM-114L_Laser_AH1Z"; its GUID is unchanged, so saved loadouts
  and missions keep working.


STATUS

Work in progress, and honestly so: missiles fly and guide, but the hit pattern
still needs work.


CREDITS

- SagesAH1Z for the airframe
- WCS for WCS_Armaments
- AhiraSeki for AKI_Core
- RiverX_96 for RVX_Core - the groundwork this started from
- Red Hammer Studios for the RHS mods


SUPPORT

Tickets first: https://seebie90gaming.com
A good report has:
- the map, and dedicated server or single player
- the aircraft, the attack mode and the laser code you used
- what you did right before it went wrong
- the script.log lines starting with [GTG_ and any SCRIPT (E) line

Laser guidance on your own aircraft:
https://docs.seebie90gaming.com/soflam/integration.html

Discord (not for bug reports):
Arma Reforger Discord: Seebie90
GTG Discord: Seebie90 I Nomad - https://discord.gg/gtg-german-tactical-group