dcs bug Mission 5 - Bug Report

[Salvin49]

On latest Beta Last night.  First time doing this mission.  Followed Prince for about 30 minutes watching the AI attempt to shoot him down with guns.  Eventually prince turned south an the AI gave up and I ended the mission.

AI would come up behind Prince and fire a burst that would miss, then AI would turn off and loop around and try again. 

[baltic_dragon]

OK thanks, I will have a look. May be one a off thing, as I spoke recently to people who finished the mission and didn’t have any trouble. 

[Salvin49]

It could be a fluke for sure.  Only other info I can give is that whenever I was asked to "nudge him"  I got in front of him and he jinked hard down, decreasing altitude by about 1000' before leveling off.   Maybe that threw things off.

Edited December 6, 2021 by Salvin49

[baltic_dragon]

Yes, that's it. i believe I put a warning in the notes NOT to do that, because the AI does not take it lightly... but I wanted to stay true to the novel

[BuLLeT.ZA]

Different issue, but also Mission 5.

Finished the 1v1 with Prince, after which he announced the climb to 28k.

During the climb he zigzagged like a madman, and once at 28k we circled WP3 until he ran out of fuel and ejected.

[baltic_dragon]

This zig-zaq thing on WP switch is a huge issue, unfortunately it is entirely out of my hands. Spent hours trying different things to make the AI switch the WP (not that difficult, right!?) but can’t make it work.

[andhog]

I'm currently about to start my 5th attempt on this mission, in my previous four Prince ended up crashing in the sea! I'm probably doing something wrong but I can't figure out what that might be. 

Edit: On my 5th attempt he didn't crash but this time I got the same issue as BuLLeT.ZA. Prince remained "hostile" and zig zagged his way towards the next wp. This campaign has been a blast up until now, but this mission is about to ruin the whole experience unfortunately.

Edit 2: I don't know about Prince crashing but the other issue seems to have been me not being patient enough, he eventually turned friendly and the mission continued. Very intriguing indeed!

Edited March 20, 2022 by andhog

[guiduz]

After a few attempts I managed to get this mission right. 

You absolutely need to get in formation with Prince before WP3 and activate guard when he tells you. 

Then, very important, is that you ACM with Prince until Joker fuel, and that you announce Joker with F10, otherwise it goes all crazy.

Last but not least, ACM with Hariri until he has enough otherwise you might get killed if you run away too soon (that happened to me!).

I struggled a lot to AAR after such a tough mission but ended safely on the deck in the end. 

Can't wait for another series Baltic Dragon :)

[baltic_dragon]

This mission was I think one of the most difficult ones to build, given the DCS AI quirks... and I am happy it still works (more or less).

Finishing second part of Raven One campaign, with completely new 15 sorties.. going to be fun. 

[andhog]

10 hours ago, baltic_dragon said:

This mission was I think one of the most difficult ones to build, given the DCS AI quirks... and I am happy it still works (more or less).

Finishing second part of Raven One campaign, with completely new 15 sorties.. going to be fun. 

That sounds awesome! Is there perhaps any chance of a "Declare Hostile" campaign as well?

[baltic_dragon]

If we had a proper map… Dominant Fury will be a prequel taking place 3 years before this campaign in the Syria map. The third part of R1 will be a training campaing for the Hornet, like Iron Flag, done with Jell-O and Kevin Miller.