VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants Posted August 13, 2021 Posted August 13, 2021 I am pretty sure I have a lock on the target, with both the cross and the diamond on it, all the way, and even if I am on its six, no matter the range I launch, 20, 18, 10, or 5, the Sparrow simply flies straight, sometime even into the sea, and does not seem to track. What have I done wrong? I Fly, Therefore I Am. One cannot go around not saying "Thank you" every time these days, can't you? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc9BDi-STaqgWsjNiHbW0fA
near_blind Posted August 13, 2021 Posted August 13, 2021 Which type of Sparrow, what was the target, and was the ACM switch up? The F and M can't engage targets with ECM. The MH currently won't track targets with ECM with the ACM guard up.
turkeydriver Posted August 13, 2021 Posted August 13, 2021 SAHR missiles work best in closing engagements. Shoot them in the face with it. VF-2 Bounty Hunters https://www.csg-1.com/ DCS F-14 Pilot/RIO Discord: https://discord.gg/6bbthxk
VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants Posted August 13, 2021 Author Posted August 13, 2021 Model M and ACM switch is not up. I use both Normal and Boresight modes. I don’t know if the Backfire is using ECM I Fly, Therefore I Am. One cannot go around not saying "Thank you" every time these days, can't you? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc9BDi-STaqgWsjNiHbW0fA
near_blind Posted August 13, 2021 Posted August 13, 2021 7 minutes ago, VFGiPJP said: Model M and ACM switch is not up. I use both Normal and Boresight modes. I don’t know if the Backfire is using ECM Unless the mission maker has specifically changed their behavior, AI equipped with jammers (and the Tu-22M has a jammer) will start jamming when locked with STT by default. The M will not guide on a target using a jammer because of an existing bug. 2 2
VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants Posted August 14, 2021 Author Posted August 14, 2021 (edited) I dunno but I switch the same mission plane with F/A-18C, the Sparrow works as expected. Bug reported? Looks like the Phoenix is the one to go for now. Edited August 14, 2021 by VFGiPJP I Fly, Therefore I Am. One cannot go around not saying "Thank you" every time these days, can't you? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc9BDi-STaqgWsjNiHbW0fA
near_blind Posted August 14, 2021 Posted August 14, 2021 These bugs are specific to the F-14. I'm merely guessing here, but I think the issue is the interface between HB's F-14 code and ED's missile code. The latter made a substantial update to the AIM-7 family back around New Years, adding more depth to how the seeker works, and how ECCM work, and I would guess that the aircraft is now responsible for supplying information to the missile about the state of the target its being shot at (telling it to loft, telling it to HOJ), and perhaps the F-14 isn't doing that right now. I'm mostly sure HB is aware of the issues, I certainly complain about it enough to them each patch. Based on past comments, I get the impression that their missile people are busy updating the AIM-54 code to take advantage of features ED developed for their AIM-120.
MartynJ2914 Posted August 14, 2021 Posted August 14, 2021 I know this is a sparrow chat but form what ive seen from jester from the last update on the beta hes not working correctly at the minute i had 2 flights in mp and i had to use the acm panal to kill them hes not locking on to anyone even using stt
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