Radar not locking

[Rex854Warrior]

Hello,

 

When trying to hard lock a target (STT and not using TWS) pressing the lock button seems to inconsistently not work. After some tests with another player, he gets the lock warning on his RWR for a very short time after i've pressed the lock button. And that even if on my side nothing happens.

 

Here is a track (there are some other tests but the first flight should be it) :

 

You can see that when I tried to lock him nothing happens, I had to switch to TWS to continue what we were really testing that night. He did say that when I pressed the lock button, he heard the lock tone for about 1 second then nothing. Using TWS to achieve hard lock works though.

This happens almost all of the time and with targets on different aspects. I had that bug on Blueflag and on my squadron's server during one of our missions.

 

Regards,

Rex.

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Edited October 24, 2018 by Rex854Warrior

[Alfa]

Hello,

 

When trying to hard lock a target (STT and not using TWS) it seems that when I press the button nothing happens. After some tests with another player, it seems he gets the lock warning on his RWR for a very short time after i've pressed the lock button. And that even if on my side nothing happens.

 

Here is a track of our testing (there are some other tests but the first flight should be it) :

 

Cannot watch your track, but could it be a range issue?

 

If you are using HPRF search mode("Encounter"), the radar can detect a target at longer range than it can track it and if you try to lock on to it(transition to STT), nothing will happen until you have closed into tracking range.

[Rex854Warrior]

Cannot watch your track, but could it be a range issue?

 

If you are using HPRF search mode("Encounter"), the radar can detect a target at longer range than it can track it and if you try to lock on to it(transition to STT), nothing will happen until you have closed into tracking range.

 

The target was an Su-25T hot on me at 50kms, slightly lower, using AVT mode for the PRF.

Edited October 24, 2018 by Rex854Warrior

[Rex854Warrior]

The track was broken after today's update, probably because the FM changed slightly. I never lock the target nor fire at it, I hit the ground instead.

[Alfa]

The target was an Su-25T hot on me at 50kms, slightly lower, using AVT mode for the PRF.

 

Well I cannot say if this is within tracking range for that particular target in DCS, but you could just try experimenting with different ranges to see if this is the issue :)

[JunMcKill]

I think it's the distance, I had the same problem trying to lock targets from 40 or more kms

[Rex854Warrior]

Well I cannot say if this is within tracking range for that particular target in DCS, but you could just try experimenting with different ranges to see if this is the issue :)

 

I will try to do some more testing.