Warheads

Thanks to RandomStarfighter for finding this info.

Missiles:

Lockon Thresholds for Yaw (pitch may be the same):

After much testing I finally figured out the lock time thresholds:

Seconds of lock time = total seconds to make 360 degree yaw rotation:

< 2 = 60 sec
2 = 30 sec
3.5 = 20 sec
4 = 11.9 sec
5 (red lock) = 8.5 sec
6+ = 6.6 sec

Lock-on timer in memory:

These were all of my tests using the lockon timer in memory, where the timer increases by 8 every frame, and a red lock at 1200+ time.

376 = 59.73
480 = 29.93
690 = 29.94
771 = 19.91
904 = 19.91
946 = 19.91
1046 = 11.89
1160 = 11.89
1248 = 8.48
1384 = 8.48
1424 = 6.60
1502 = 6.60
1676 = 6.60
1928 = 6.60

Also my times for a full rotation were in real-time, not in-game time. If that matters. It's still 5 seconds for a red lock for torpedoes.

Okay, so missiles must then have a 360/8.5=42.35 degrees/s intended turning rate. Even when they can go up to 360/6.6=54.54 degrees/s if locking past red.

That is up to 130% its intended turning rate.

Torpedoes:

Will need more info to confirm

For both Missiles and Torpedoes:

Lock Decay:

Lock decays at the same rate as it gains. But if you switch targets or weapons the lock is completely lost.

There seems to be no upper limit on lock decay.

you could essentially keep a red lock on something for sometime, then pull away, wait for a few minutes, then fire a torpedo and it would still be a red lock

It's not really broken though. Because there isn't any practical use for holding a lock for an entire minute just to delay firing, and you can't really do anything else in the meantime if you want to keep the lock.

Let me know if there is anything else I've missed.

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