SCUD Busters mission problems

[Clyber]

On 3/23/2022 at 11:15 AM, Hangar200 said:

Yes, the AH-64D weight is supposed to be an "issue" regarding hovering OGE in the target area - I worked with actual AH-64D pilots to get the figures in the ball park but just barely. It is the Hot and High challenge.  My solution is usually to drop some gas and hope I have enough. The first time I played through this, I didn't get all the MRBMs and landed on fumes.

The "wait" - I assume for the USAF to do their job and take out the SAM?  You must be a better pilot than I!  I seem to get to the Hold Point just as they are shooting. I'll take a look at that if/when I reedit the mission at a later date.

Thanks for the feedback.  Extremely helpful.

 

 

@Hangar200  great mission but i couldnt wrap my mind around the question why the aircraft wount lift as easy as the other missions. Are the other missions less realistic with regard to the weight ? 

[Guest]

HI all,

since the latest update, my flight won't leave their pads on the SCUD mission.  Anybody else have that? I've tried to get them to rejoin, but no-go.

Have a good flight.

 

'52

[AstonMartinDBS]

On 5/26/2023 at 3:31 AM, Gunslinger52 said:

my flight won't leave their pads on the SCUD mission. 

I tried this mission twice in the last two weeks, and I've observed the same problem in the current OB. The wingmen just don't take off. Some of them go into a hover and collide with near ground units.

Track (~12 MB): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gLeS4IeoYuIjtdC2uleUsayvUsYhHvwq/view?usp=sharing

Edited June 5, 2023 by AstonMartinDBS

[Shibbyland]

Same here, just tried the mission. 

Wingmen spin around on the ground, take out ground units and blow up. I tried taking off by myself and orbited for ages at H52. No F-16s showed up.

[krazyj]

same here and narrative doesnt start either. 

[R4pt0r]

Same here. 2 says "rolling" after I take off, but the flight never leaves the pad and crashes after a while

 

[hreich]

maybe since fm changes they are too heavy?

 

[AstonMartinDBS]

The issue seems to be fixed after the today's patch (2.8.7.42583). But the wingmen only take off when you have arrived at the HP.

[AstonMartinDBS]

On 7/24/2023 at 8:24 PM, AstonMartinDBS said:

The issue seems to be fixed after the today's patch (2.8.7.42583). But the wingmen only take off when you have arrived at the HP.

Sadly I've been wrong. I tried the mission again today. As soon as I reached the HP I did a check, if my wingmen took off, and saw this picture:

Why does ED never fix the bugs of the few missions they shipped with the modules?

[AstonMartinDBS]

Today's OB patch fixed the issue obviously, the wingmen were able to take off and join the formation as intented in a test run.

DCS 2.8.8.43489 Open Beta
[...]
AI aircraft. Fixed helicopters collision on taxiway after destroying one ship in group
AI aircraft. Helicopter group blocks the airfield in some cases - fixed
[...]

[DaveDewhurst]

I didn't play this mission in earlier versions but twice today (after 2.9) at least 1 wingman has had an issue.

The picture shows one burning wingman, one wingman made it and the third suffered damage on takeoff and relanded.

Also there were no F16s. after waiting around near the hold point.

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Edited October 23, 2023 by DaveDewhurst

[AstonMartinDBS]

2 hours ago, DaveDewhurst said:

but twice today (after 2.9) at least 1 wingman has had an issue.

The picture shows one burning wingman, one wingman made it and the third suffered damage on takeoff and relanded.

Also there were no F16s. after waiting around near the hold point.

This are bad news. Sadly many missions for the AH-64D provided by ED are unplayable.

[AstonMartinDBS]

On 10/23/2023 at 8:32 PM, DaveDewhurst said:

I didn't play this mission in earlier versions but twice today (after 2.9) at least 1 wingman has had an issue.

I tried the mission right now and can confirm, that the issue has returned. Two of my wingmen couldn't take off, even though I gave them several minutes while I've been circling low around the base with one wingman.

On 10/23/2023 at 8:32 PM, DaveDewhurst said:

Also there were no F16s. after waiting around near the hold point.

Proceeding to the HP with only one wingman didn't activate the trigger for the F-16Cs obviously - and this means, that the mission is unplayable.

Edited October 26, 2023 by AstonMartinDBS

[AstonMartinDBS]

The mission seems to be working again after yesterday's OB update. The three wingmen were able to take off, even if it took some time.

[fabio.dangelo]

I think in the previous patch the mission was updated.

For the first time I didn't have a Humvee blocking my way to the runway.

But with the last patch the unupdated version was released again.

Am I wrong?
 

[Armored_Sheep]

On actual version:

1] the humers block the road to runway, so I flew from parking.

2] AI does not take off and rejoin until I reach holding position.

3] After some while when F16 SEAD starts working there is radio about starting the mission (voice from trainings tells me to input points to navigation).

4] Also the weight is too high on default so I cannot stay in hover, which makes playing very dificult If flown alone and have to switch to front seat (CPG in hover wont be able to hold altitude). If I tried to change the loadout, reduced fuel and droped the unguided rocket pods, the mission got bugged - tho I saw hellfires on wings, there were no on weapon page. Pls fix the default loadout in the mission...

[Endline]

Any chance we get an update regarding the status of this mission? Is it flyable in its current state?

[Kreutzberg]

I was playing the mission over the weekend, and the SEAD trigger didn't seem to be working (there are two flags with slightly different names). It probably got mixed up in some patch along the way. Here's a fixed version for anyone interested. I also fixed the trigger to display the mission complete/RTB message. 

AH-64D_SP_SYR_SCUD Busters Fixed triggers.miz