Sa-03 "broken" sometimes.

[twistking]

Hello,

i noticed strange behaviour with the sa-03 (other radar sams not tested yet) on current stable (1.5x steam) version.

 

I have set up multiple groups of sa-03 consisting of Search Radar (group leader), Tracking Radar and 2 to 4 launcher units.

 

In the mission, some of those perform very badly in a way, that you can fly towards them and even cycle above them (tested all suitable heights). Often it takes a minute of cycling near the site, until it tracks and fires.

I have tested with different positions, to make sure the radar is not obscured.

Also if i delete the offender and put a new, identical group in the exact same positions, it works as intended.

I have tested with radar modes "auto" and also tested with manually switching sites from green to red with triggers.

 

I'm not entirely sure, but from my limited testing it seems, that when you put down a new site in the mission, this new added site will always work fine, while older sites become faulty. This might have been a conincidence though.

I also suspected that it might be problematic, if multiple different groups try to illuminate one target at the same time, so i used triggers to make sure my aircraft was not illuminated by another site, when entering the engagement radius of a "faulty" site. This did not help however. Faulty site would not track/illuminate or only track/illuminate with great delay.

[flyco]

Both the SA-3 and the SA-6 have been a bit "off" for some time. The SA-3 is unpredictable -sometimes responding but often too late - while the SA-6 is almost entirely comatose.

[ZHeN]

Hawk as well.

[twistking]

ok. thanks for the reply. do you know if the problem is already acknowledged by ED staff?

 

it can't be a big issue to fix, since quite often the sa-3 works well indeed. i find the older generation SAMs to be more enjoyable as opponents, so i hope this little bug can be fixed soon!

Edited November 23, 2017 by twistking

[Alpenwolf]

I think it must be known to ED by now. I had reported the same issue some weeks before you and others some time before me too. Waiting on some fixing still...