I can't even get a simple SAM site to work.....

[Bahnzo]

I'm just trying to make a simple mission with a single SAM site so I can practice evasion and learn how to attack different ones. But I can't get any of them to even fire on me.

 

Simply, I put down a Hawk SR AN/MPQ-50 radar and numerous Hawk LN M192 launchers, they are set to USA. I set myself up in an SU-25T set to Russia and while they track me, they never fire.

 

WTF am I doing wrong here?

[Vampyre]

There are four required pieces of the Hawk site. MPQ-50, MPQ-46, PCP and Launchers in a group to get it to work. All of the pieces are critical to its operation. They will also not work if you set them out as individual units... they have to be in a group to work.

[sea2sky]

In addition to what been said - use Roland (I think they are German). It is a single unit, easier to deploy.

[Bahnzo]

There are four required pieces of the Hawk site. MPQ-50, MPQ-46, PCP and Launchers in a group to get it to work. All of the pieces are critical to its operation. They will also not work if you set them out as individual units... they have to be in a group to work.

 

Ok, that's good to know. I was grouping them, just needed the other search radars eh? Thanks!

[Winston 60]

If this is just for you to practice, try putting in self-contained SAM vehicles. It's easy to place a single vehicle or groups of them. IIRC the self contained ones are:

 

SA-8

SA-11

SA-15

SA-19

[Sryan]

There are also Templates for nearly every type of SAM site that places all the required units. You can always add more launchers to this group.