wtf missile tracking

[eatthis]

i had a tws lock on incoming bandits and took 2 shots at them. the missiles then did this straight off the rail, how is this even possible?

ps the radar/datalink picture was poor all night

 

 

[near_blind]

Your missiles decided they were going to kill the Kh-31s instead of the bandits. How did you launch your missiles?

[eatthis]

Your missiles decided they were going to kill the Kh-31s instead of the bandits. How did you launch your missiles?

 

tws on the 2 bandits, afaik the ks was never tracked at all

[near_blind]

In that case it looks like it was a coincidence. When your Phoenixes went active they decided to go after the most attractive targets they could see, in this case the supersonic anti-shipping missiles.

[eatthis]

In that case it looks like it was a coincidence. When your Phoenixes went active they decided to go after the most attractive targets they could see, in this case the supersonic anti-shipping missiles.

 

when they go active they can ignore the original tracked target?

or do you think i lost the lock at precisely that moment?

[IronMike]

I love the title of this thread, hahaha!

 

And yes, an active missile can lock on to the wrong target easily. Since they seem to be still active from the rail more often that not, it is possible they just went for the missiles instead, since both bandit and missiles could have been fairly overlapping initially and then the missile being in between the phoenix and its original target, effectively replacing it.

[eatthis]

I love the title of this thread, hahaha!

 

And yes, an active missile can lock on to the wrong target easily. Since they seem to be still active from the rail more often that not, it is possible they just went for the missiles instead, since both bandit and missiles could have been fairly overlapping initially and then the missile being in between the phoenix and its original target, effectively replacing it.

 

im not sure what the range was but i didnt have the acm switch open so i dont think they shouldve been pitbull straigfht off the rail.

confused the hell out of me in the pit haha. i saw them both turn instant left and figured the cons i had on the tid were ghosts and the real bandits had actually passed me.

 

i turned in behind the missiles and actually put my self right in front of the bandits! (2nd time something like that has happened lol

[IronMike]

Like I said, the active off the rail bug still seems to happen more often than not, unfortunately.

[eatthis]

Like I said, the active off the rail bug still seems to happen more often than not, unfortunately.

 

i wasnt aware there was an active off the rail bug lol, if it happens will the victim get instant rwr warning?

[IronMike]

No, I dont think so. It's a very weird bug.