Losing MIDS intermittently

[raus]

Could not find any reference to this, so sorry if I did not search properly...

 

When flying online, specially on Liberation campaigns, we (me and my fellow online sq. aviators) are experiencing this: all of a sudden, the MIDS contacts disappear from radar and SA page, and they reappear maybe 10s later. It is very annoying, an we have tried to debug the source cause, but apparently no reason for it:

 

- The AWACS is quite close to our flights

- Other platforms (F-16) are not experiencing it, while it happens for all F/A-18Cs on scene

- It happens at the same time for everybody

- It is recurrent during the mission, like happening every couple minutes or so

 

It looks like if the AWACS link was lost when it enters a turn, or something like that, although I understand it does not make any sense, furthermore when it is not the case for the vipers flying with us in the same mission. However, I found it odd not having read about it here, when it is happening to use every time since a couple months, at least.

 

Just feel free to share if you know the cause, the solution, or just want to express your frustration at it  Actually, I'd love to read that it is a well-known bug with a scheduled fix (or, at least WiP), and that I failed miserably to find info on the forums

[Foka]

Maybe you're changing MIDS channel due to this bug?

 

[raus]

Good to know about that @Foka. However, does not seem to be the case as:

 

a) We do have MIDS, just goes away for periods of ~10s every now and then

b) Last time I experienced it I was on a pure AA mission, and the only coordinates I might have entered were Bullseye's, and not using grid for that, just plain old waypoint creation and DDMM.MMMM coordinates input

 

 

Edited August 7, 2021 by raus

[Foka]

Hm, I know some TACAN channels tend to mess up with D/L.

 

[MARLAN_]

I've had the same issue recently, I verified TACAN and they did not conflict, nor did we use Laser codes.

 

Verified all of the common mentions like ensuring EPLRS, AWACS etc.

[Brass2-1]

This has historically happened to me perhaps one out of every 3 flights, it’s an annoyance to be sure. I’ve never found a causal factor. 

[Bader242]

21 hours ago, raus said:

Could not find any reference to this, so sorry if I did not search properly...

 

When flying online, specially on Liberation campaigns, we (me and my fellow online sq. aviators) are experiencing this: all of a sudden, the MIDS contacts disappear from radar and SA page, and they reappear maybe 10s later. It is very annoying, an we have tried to debug the source cause, but apparently no reason for it:

 

- The AWACS is quite close to our flights

- Other platforms (F-16) are not experiencing it, while it happens for all F/A-18Cs on scene

- It happens at the same time for everybody

- It is recurrent during the mission, like happening every couple minutes or so

 

It looks like if the AWACS link was lost when it enters a turn, or something like that, although I understand it does not make any sense, furthermore when it is not the case for the vipers flying with us in the same mission. However, I found it odd not having read about it here, when it is happening to use every time since a couple months, at least.

 

Just feel free to share if you know the cause, the solution, or just want to express your frustration at it  Actually, I'd love to read that it is a well-known bug with a scheduled fix (or, at least WiP), and that I failed miserably to find info on the forums

 

+1

 

Yes, I am seeing this too - just random drop outs of MIDS.  My experiences of the last week or so are:

 

a) Random dropping out of MIDS at range.

b) Merged with a Mig, lost visual so checked SA and he’d vanished from that too. 
c) Lost MIDS where there was a donor F16 ahead of me flying hot towards the bandit.
 

The last one left me particularly baffled.  I assumed it was correct as is and that I just needed to read Chucks Guide again but now we’re here……….