AWACS E-2D & E-3A give directions to non existing tanker

[Buzzer1977]

I've set up a mission to reproduce the error.

 

There are 4 drogue equipped tankers directly in front of the aircraft with heading ~0 , and one KC-135 with a boom ~120 nm east, heading ~90.
And three AWACS (A-50,E-2D,E-3A) west of the AC, so all the drogue tankers are closer to the AWACS then the boom tanker.

The A-50 always gives the right tanker, while the E-2D and the E-3A always give directions to a non existing tanker with heading ~ 278, 45nm.

I've verified this with all probe equiped AC i have, namely JF-17, FA-18, F-14 and AV8B.

AWACS Tanker-Bug.miz E-2D-E-3A-ReportWrongTankerToAV8B.trk E-2D-E-3A-ReportWrongTankerToF-14.trk E-2D-E-3A-ReportWrongTankerToF-18.trk E-2D-E-3A-ReportWrongTankerToJF17.trk

Edited August 8, 2021 by Buzzer1977
270/vs 90^heading

[Buzzer1977]

Forgot that i've also have the Su-33 ... same result. I also added a F-16 directly behind the KC-135 flying 90° heading. Get's the same 278°, 45NM reply from the E-2D and the E-3A.
But the A-50 messes up with F-16 too, sending it to the drogue tankers instead of the boom tanker infront of him.

AWACS Tanker-Bug2.miz E-2D-E-3A-ReportWrongTankerToF16.trk E-2D-E-3A-ReportWrongTankerToSu33.trk

[Shadow KT]

They give you a bulls call ? That bearing and range fits from the position of the bullseye.

Edited August 8, 2021 by Shadow KT

[Buzzer1977]

2 minutes ago, Shadow KT said:

They give you a bulls call ? That bearing and range fits from the position of the bullseye.

 

I don't think so, because the F-16 from the second mission i've added get's the same 278°, 45NM reply.  (See AWACS Tanker-Bug2.miz / E-2D-E-3A-ReportWrongTankerToF16.trk)

[Shadow KT]

7 minutes ago, Buzzer1977 said:

I don't think so, because the F-16 from the second mission i've added get's the same 278°, 45NM reply.  (See AWACS Tanker-Bug2.miz / E-2D-E-3A-ReportWrongTankerToF16.trk)

I don't have the F-16, but no matter what aircraft you are in, you should get relatively the same bulls call (changing as the tanker moves in relation to bullseye). That's the whole point. You are getting bearing and range from a known position, which does not move.

It could be a difference between how Russian and US AWACS aircraft are coded in DCS.

Edited August 8, 2021 by Shadow KT

[Buzzer1977]

2 minutes ago, Shadow KT said:

I don't have the F-16, but no matter what aircraft you are in, you should get relatively the same bulls call (changing as the tanker moves in relation to bullseye). That's the whole point. You are getting bearing and range from a known position, which does not move.

 

I've placed the F-16 behind the boom tanker 120 NM east from the other client AC, heading 90°, so it shoud get another reply if it's refering to bulls eye. 
But bulls eye or not doesn't matter. I've called for a tanker, which doesn't work obviously.

[Shadow KT]

Maybe the bug here is that they are not giving you a bulls call to the nearest tanker to you, but to the nearest to them, or whatever their priority is. 

Do they give bulls calls to a tanker ? They do, as far as I saw. Just saying that there might be an issues here, but the wording is wrong.

[Buzzer1977]

1 minute ago, Shadow KT said:

Maybe the bug here is that they are not giving you a bulls call to the nearest tanker to you, but to the nearest to them, or whatever their priority is. 

Do they give bulls calls to a tanker ? They do, as far as I saw. Just saying that there might be an issues here, but the wording is wrong.

Not possible, because i've placed all the tankers west of the AWACS. And why does the A-50 work for probe equipped AC, but E-2D and E-3A don't work at all ?