MadCow Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 I encountered a situation a few nights ago that I don't understand, and I'm hoping the general public here can help pin point what (if any, ie: maybe a bug?) I did wrong. I ran a sortie with a group of buddies that required a second landing + a rearm. The first flight, my armament consisted of GBU-12's and GBU-38's. It was a successful run and I RTB'd once I was Winchester. For the second flight, my lead requested I bring an AGM-D and an AGM-H. I used the alt + ' command (I think? I don't have it memorized, I usually have the lead remind me :P) and rearmed with that. During this process, I had the ground crew connect ground power, and I shut down my aircraft engines as I had taken damage. The ground crew repaired my A-10C, refueled it, and then re-armed. So far, so good. Once the re-arming was complete, and I visually inspected I had weapons on station, I reloaded my DSMS page and verified the weapons were there. However...Once I was in the air and I went to release an AGM on a fully locked target...nothing happened. The DSMS display showed the weapon no longer existed as if it was fired, but it was still quite firmly attached to my plane. I tried the second AGM, and the same thing happened to it as well. I re-reloaded my DSMS page and tried again. The same thing happened. This did not happen with my GBU-12's I also brought this time. They worked perfectly fine. Does anyone have any experience with this and know why the AGM's wouldn't fire?
mvsgas Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 Sounds like the behavior of the training missile. What missiles did you load? To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
mvsgas Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 Do you have a track? To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
MadCow Posted May 29, 2015 Author Posted May 29, 2015 I have no idea...I don't make tracks myself, not sure if they're saved automatically in multiplayer or not. If they're saved automatically, what's the folder path they're at? I'm at work right now, so I'll have to check once I'm home.
Deezle Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 Sure sounds like you mistakenly loaded TGMs. Intel 9600K@4.7GHz, Asus Z390, 64GB DDR4, EVGA RTX 3070, Custom Water Cooling, 970 EVO 1TB NVMe 34" UltraWide 3440x1440 Curved Monitor, 21" Touch Screen MFD monitor, TIR5 My Pit Build, Moza AB9 FFB w/WH Grip, TMWH Throttle, MFG Crosswinds W/Combat Pedals/Damper, Custom A-10C panels, Custom Helo Collective, SimShaker with Transducer
MadCow Posted May 29, 2015 Author Posted May 29, 2015 Sounds like the behavior of the training missile. What missiles did you load?Sure sounds like you mistakenly loaded TGMs.If this were the case, shouldn't their color change similar to the bombs? Or is this possibly a unique thing that the training AGM's don't change to a blue color? The missiles I had loaded were green and white I believe. Maybe in my excitement of blowing *%#@ up, I mis-identified them, but I'm almost 100% sure they were green and white.
mvsgas Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 (edited) Track are in C:\Users\your name here\Saved Games\DCS\Tracks If is happened in multiplayer, never mind, the tracks are to long and would not help See if you can duplicated by creating a missions and trying it out. TGM or CATM are not necessarily blue, they will have a blue band around the body. Either you used a CATM/ TGM or you had the master arm on safe. Best way to tell if you have a training missile is looking at the engine of the missile, there would not be one there. It should tell you in your DSMS page is you put the Master arm on safe ( and if you look at the switch) Edited May 29, 2015 by mvsgas To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
MadCow Posted May 29, 2015 Author Posted May 29, 2015 It was indeed in multiplayer, so I guess that's out. If the master arm was turned off, wouldn't that prevent me from releasing bombs? In this particular instance, I had just finished deploying my bomb racks on targets, and only had the AGMs left. I had been saving them for long range targets such as AA, but the flight lead requested I use them to exterminate two final targets. And...I usually have a very bad habit of never turning off Master Arm ;) I'm ready to rock and roll even when landing :D
mvsgas Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 So the answer is simple, you had TGM or CATM loaded. Try to duplicate it, would be the best way to know for sure. To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
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