Harpoon B/RL & HPTP

[Captain Orso]

Yes, this ol' beast again.

 

Short Question: How do I use HPTP in B/RL mode?

 

-- If I don't select the Target WP and Designated to TGT, I cannot select B/RL in the PROG mode.

--  If I want to use the HPTP (which I do) I have to set the Turn WP to the Steer Point, and then press the OSB next to HPTP to box it. But as soon as I switch the Waypoint to the Turn Waypoint, the PROG mode changes to BOL(!!).

-- If I set the HPTP first, as soon as I change the mode to B/RL, the HPTP status disappears, and I'm back at square one.

 

This is Catch-22!

 

How is this supposed to work?

[Captain Orso]

2 days and over 100 views, and not a single tip or remark 

[lorddenny]

Yeah I asked on discord on the steer point .... received a lot of weird answer .. but in the end it turned out the harpoon steer point is bugged.

 

[Captain Orso]

Thanks for the reply! I know that it is a bug that you have to make a waypoint your steer point and then designate as target for the B/RL option to appear under Mode, but what I'd read elsewhere in the forums, it sounded like it worked otherwise.

 

I guess it's off to the bugs section.

[Ahmed]

The (wrong) way it works right now, you need to select the HPTP prior to entering R/BL (i.e. prior to designating your target). It will still be hit and miss and sometimes will act in odd manners, such as the harpoon overflying the target afterwards without locking into anything.

 

R/BL should be selectable prior to the designation according to the TAC-300 pocket checklist, and this was acknowledged as a bug in the bug reports subforum a few months ago. For now you can try the above workaround.

 

 

Edited September 30, 2021 by Ahmed

[Captain Orso]

Of course I tried setting the HPTP first, as noted in my first post. As soon as the R/BL mode is selected, HPTP disappears from the options.

[lorddenny]

to be honest i do not understand why this is going on for months ... making a steer point work should be a "simple" bugfix i suppose 

"ÏF launched then fly to steer point X then fly to target Y"

[Crashbar]

In BOL mode with HPTP boxed, the missile ignores the HPTP and appears to turn based on the SEARCH range entered.  I have flown it 5 times and triple checked everything.  I know this worked before.  It appears this weapon needs to be reworked and I hope it is soon.

[Captain Orso]

If you have HPTP boxes, when you switch to BOL, HPTP will immediately become unboxed.

[Crashbar]

Ok I'll give it a go again.  Thank you.  I f it happens again I will provide

a track file.