Shkval won't lock targets

[Rawx Najjar]

Clear line of sight

Laser turned on

Master arm turned on

Weapons power turned on

Weapons selected

Daylight

 

Still cannot lock these targets. Take a look at the video. There is no audio but my microphone stream can be heard, when you hear clicks that's me pressing the lock button, however all the Shkval does is display range, I'm unable to lock. Pressed the button, held it for a few seconds, nothing. Reset weapons, turn laser on and off, turn weapon power on and off and master arm on and off didn't help either.

 

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBgOaG1T_eY&feature=youtu.be[/ame]

 

Later today I could lock on to some targets, however other targets were also unlockable. All of this was from a very low altitude (<20m).

 

This was online, these units may have respawned as they do on this server (DCS-NL), maybe that's the issue, perhaps the Shkval doesn't "see" units that respawned?

[4thfg_Goose]

I had the same problem in the single player mode with the first Ka 50 game. Sometimes it would lock and sometimes not. Never did found a fix for it. Have you tried to use the keyboard key for target lock. Can't remember if I tried that or not.

[mondaysoff]

 

Still cannot lock these targets. Take a look at the video. There is no audio but my microphone stream can be heard, when you hear clicks that's me pressing the lock button, however all the Shkval does is display range, I'm unable to lock. Pressed the button, held it for a few seconds, nothing. Reset weapons, turn laser on and off, turn weapon power on and off and master arm on and off didn't help either.

 

 

 

Later today I could lock on to some targets, however other targets were also unlockable. All of this was from a very low altitude (<20m).

 

 

Quite possible you are out of range, try going in to 8km.

[Rawx Najjar]

I tried after this video was taken, no dice. And then a Tunguska got me :music_whistling:

 

To test it I later respawned and successfully locked on to a friendly tent from >10km.

 

Also today I couldn't target two units from within range, one was a MANPADS guy which I don't know if you can even lock on to, but the other was an Osa.

[Sryan]

I don't know the cause, or a fix. But on a stationary or slow-moving target you could set her to manual. That would allow you to fire without a proper lock. you can lock onto infantry.

[kilix]

You are too far. The Shkval lock on a distance this far is a lottery. Also, you can try to make your locking cage smaller, that sometimes helps.

Also, sometimes tweaking the brightness and contrast can help (I read that, never tried that personally, you can try and see).

 

Also, if you can not lock a target, switch your weapons to manual (leftmost switch on the center weapons panel, right below the unoperable black jettison button) and fire anyway, vikhr will follow the laser, it does not care if it is locked, or not. Just don't be further than ~8km away (even that distance is not certain in windy conditions)

[Cruiser18]

Indeed, the Skhval tracks targets by using contrast, so somtimes you need to fiddle with the contrast setting to make it stick.

 

From your video, it didn't look like you had turned on the "Ground Moving Target" tracking button. Have you tried that? Believe it's the lower right button in that blue 4-button cluster on the same console where you turn on the targeting laser.

[Looney]

The DCS Shkval doesn't use contrast although it looks like it. It uses the information from the server to determine if a target is really present at those coordinates. You can't lock a tree regardless of contrast, a real Shkval would happily track it.

[Rabb]

At these distances, you wouldn't get Launch authorization. Too far away. Also, your laser would be burning (getting hotter) for longer, which would require you to change helicopter sooner than usual, because your laser would fail sooner. Since you cannot get LA at these distances, you should switch to manual mode. "A" key is I believe a default. Or switch a switch in cockpit. For distances above 9 km, aim higher, ie. above the target. It is almost impossible for Vikhr to reach anything beyond 10 km.

 

For instance, if a target is at 8.5 k away, aim directly at it, or to the turret and you'll get a hit. At 9.5 km, aim two heights of a target above it, depending on your altitude, and you will get a hit with second or a third missile. Experiment. Manual mode is nice if you have to kill a nasty Tor or something ;) .

[4thfg_Goose]

Yep Cruiser18 your right. He don't have Ground Moving Target turn on. you can see that in video. I just tried it. Could lock all the targets I want with it on but when I turned it off I couldn't lock anything.

Edited March 2, 2016 by 4thfg_Goose

[Reaper6]

You're too far from the target, IIRC max laser distance is 15km. Useful for DL target areas. In order to Lock a target you must be within 9km, sometimes less depending on weather conditions and/or size of the target.

 

GMT mode is only used to calculate the movement of the weapons systems themselves. ie, GMT will calculate how far ahead of a moving target your gun or any other weapon should initialy be fired in order to strike the target.

 

Reaper6