solved No role payloads on Mission Editor/ only AIM-9M available

[Muas]

I just bought the F-5E and I noticed some problem about the payloads.
When at the mission editor, the payload options are empty for all the different roles available, and the the only A2A missile you can choose is the captive AIM-9M. Is anybody facing this too?

This is an "official" module so it installs at the main game folder (not saved games), so I suspect about some conflict with another module.
It's strange that the unit payloads lua files are there, but still something seems to be wrong.
I don't have too may user mods installed, and I have everything going through OvGME. So even if I uninstalled everything, the problem still persists.

Tested at current Open Beta and Stable versions, same result.

Any ideas how to solve this?

Thanks.

[Frederf]

I do not see this. The player module is I think F-5E-3.

[Muas]

4 hours ago, Frederf said:

I do not see this. The player module is I think F-5E-3.

True.

If I open one of the F-5E existing Air to Air missions, I can see the plane loaded with the AIM-9P, but if select the sidewinder station the one and only option available is the captive AIM-9M, and there are no preset loadouts for each mission role, eventhough I see them on the lua file. This means the loadout menu is not reading from the correct file. If it's not a bug then there must be some conflict with other module, but I only have ED modules... also tried the repair feature but no luck...

[Frederf]

Both the F-5E and F-5E-3 have four options for the wingtip stations under AA missiles. When the "CIVIL PLANE" checkbox is checked the only Smokewinders is available. I even removed AIM-9Bs from the starting airfield warehouse to see if that did it.

 

It's not the unitpayloads.lua. I  edited the F-5E.lua file in coremods\aircraft\f-5e by commenting out the AIM-9P line and then AIM-9P wasn't available in the editor. Maybe deleting (with backup) F-5E.lua and F-5E-3.lua before running a repair would help?

[Muas]

4 hours ago, Frederf said:

Both the F-5E and F-5E-3 have four options for the wingtip stations under AA missiles. When the "CIVIL PLANE" checkbox is checked the only Smokewinders is available. I even removed AIM-9Bs from the starting airfield warehouse to see if that did it.

 

It's not the unitpayloads.lua. I  edited the F-5E.lua file in coremods\aircraft\f-5e by commenting out the AIM-9P line and then AIM-9P wasn't available in the editor. Maybe deleting (with backup) F-5E.lua and F-5E-3.lua before running a repair would help?

I tried this, new F-5E.lua and F-5E-3.lua are created, but still the problem persists...

[Muas]

This is very weird...

I commented the CATM-9M on the F-5E.lua and it does disappear from the editor armament menu, which means that file is being loaded, but still no other missiles are available on the menu, only the smokes and the AIS T-50 Pod, no 9B, 9P or 9P5 whatsoever...

I'm left with the stock missions and the armament that comes on them, what a disappointment...

 

[Muas]

I tested a fresh module download from the site on a 2.7 release version without any mods installed and still I cannot arm the F-5E with firing sidewinders.

Don't know what else to try...

[Muas]

PROBLEM SOLVED!!

A repair BUT renaming the existing Saved Games DCS folder so a brand new is created.

Then we copy the Input folder and options.lua from the old Saved Games to the new one, in order to get all the key and joystick bindings back as well as graphic settings, etc.

Thanks to the ED Support who immediately presented me the solution  

[HvanE]

Having the same issue, I followed your recommendations to solve the issue but was unsuccessful. A full repair did not create a new "Saved Games" folder so I had no other option but to rename the folder back to its original name.

 

Might you have any other suggestions that will solve this issue?

 

Regards,

 

Murdok.

[Svend_Dellepude]

Just rename the existing one and a new one will be created next time you start DCS. You can then exit DCS and copy the files you need over to the new folder.

[twistking]

i have the same problem.

 

*edit* will try the solution posted here...

Edited August 29, 2021 by twistking

[Ramsay]

On 8/29/2021 at 7:09 PM, twistking said:

*edit* will try the solution posted here...

Make sure you have the "Historic Filter" in the ME turned OFF (it persists between mission edits, etc.).

The F-5E carries older A2A missiles that were likely life expired in DCS's default mission date of 21st June 2016.

Using DCS's default date with the "Historic Filter" = ON, only captive training missiles are available.

Turning OFF the "Historic Filter", the AIM-9 B, P, P5 and  captive training missiles are available in 2016, etc.

I suspect this was the OP's original issue and cleaning his saved games folder, reset the "Historic" filter.

Tested DCS Open Beta 2.7.5.10869

Edited December 10, 2022 by Ramsay
Remove extra line spacing

[twistking]

37 minutes ago, Ramsay said:

 

Make sure you have the "Historic Filter" in the ME turned OFF (it persists between mission edits, etc.).

 

The F-5E carries older A2A missiles that were likely life expired in DCS's default mission date of 21st June 2016.

 

Using DCS's default date with the "Historic Filter" = ON, only captive training missiles are available.

 

 

Turning OFF the "Historic Filter", the AIM-9 B, P, P5 and  captive training missiles are available in 2016, etc.

 

 

I suspect this was the OP's original issue and cleaning his saved games folder, reset the "Historic" filter.

 

Tested DCS Open Beta 2.7.5.10869

 

 

well done sherlock. pretty sure now that this was the issue.

[HvanE]

Many thanks to all for providing the solution....