need track replay George CPG Laser Not Working

[gav88888]

Hi,

Not sure if its a known issue but ive had it a few times when doing MP with a mate that after a respawn or rearm George will not lock onto a target, you still get get the solid green box up etc, it all looks normal but he won't fire the laser. Usually another respawn and he's working again.

If its not a known issue I will upload a track file once I can replicate it.

Thanks.

[Kharrn]

hey there. cant reproduce atm (internet is not good enough for MP here). Just 3 things on this:

1) you should not get a big solid green box when there is no laser energy "tracked" by a missile.... Maybe its just a small box?

2) maybe there is a problem with the laser "active" from the CPG seat. since you - sadly - cant switch seats in MP, maybe have your mate jump into the CPG when the problem occurs with George, then have him check the WPN -> UTIL page if the laser is turned on (lower left on the page, should be a solid dot, not a "donut"). Then have him get back to spectators so George can take over again and try if the problem persists or not.

3) your post sounds like two issues. George not "locking" and George not lasing. Just as a note, there is no magic "lock on target" at this time, only George who will try to keep is LOS (moslty TADS).

 

Hope this can be of a little help for further investigation on the problem

 

[BIGNEWY]

Hi, its best to include the track replay so we can take a look and try to reproduce. 

thanks

[gav88888]

On 5/9/2022 at 9:08 PM, Kharrn said:

hey there. cant reproduce atm (internet is not good enough for MP here). Just 3 things on this:

1) you should not get a big solid green box when there is no laser energy "tracked" by a missile.... Maybe its just a small box?

2) maybe there is a problem with the laser "active" from the CPG seat. since you - sadly - cant switch seats in MP, maybe have your mate jump into the CPG when the problem occurs with George, then have him check the WPN -> UTIL page if the laser is turned on (lower left on the page, should be a solid dot, not a "donut"). Then have him get back to spectators so George can take over again and try if the problem persists or not.

3) your post sounds like two issues. George not "locking" and George not lasing. Just as a note, there is no magic "lock on target" at this time, only George who will try to keep is LOS (moslty TADS).

 

Hope this can be of a little help for further investigation on the problem

 

1 - Yep I get the big one like he is locking and going to fire, but doesn't fire as there is no laser being fired.

2 - That is kinda working around the issue but handy for testing. I will see if I can do this, although typically this will occur mid mission and I am not sure my mate will want to leave his Apache and jump in mine to test?? I will do some SP and see if it does it that way as well as easier to test.

3 - George locked the target ok, just not lasing.

23 hours ago, BIGNEWY said:

Hi, its best to include the track replay so we can take a look and try to reproduce. 

thanks

I will include as soon as I can replicate

Edited May 11, 2022 by gav88888

[BIGNEWY]

29 minutes ago, gav88888 said:

I will include as soon as I can replicate

thank you

[gav88888]

21 hours ago, BIGNEWY said:

thank you

I had the issue last night, but when I ended the MP server (Leave Server) to save the track file it instead took me back to the MP menu not the usual mission complete screen. Any idea how I need to finish a mission to get the track file? 

I was doing a Liberations mission so maybe that is why the normal screen didn't come up?

Edited May 12, 2022 by gav88888

[BIGNEWY]

2 minutes ago, gav88888 said:

I had the issue last night, but when I ended the MP server (Leave Server) to save the track file it instead took me back to the MP menu not the usual mission complete screen. Any idea how I need to finish a mission to get the track file? 

I was doing a Liberations mission so maybe that is why the normal screen didn't come up?

 

multiplayer missions are saved automatically in your saved games dcs track replay multiplayer folder. 

Its a good idea to clear that folder out from time to time. 

If the track is to large it may not play back correctly so bare that in mind. 

thanks

[gav88888]

30 minutes ago, BIGNEWY said:

multiplayer missions are saved automatically in your saved games dcs track replay multiplayer folder. 

Its a good idea to clear that folder out from time to time. 

If the track is to large it may not play back correctly so bare that in mind. 

thanks

What would you consider too large, as for example it might not happen until an hour into the mission (just thinking when I might need to rearm or might get killed and have to respawn)...

If this is way too long I will see if I can setup a test mission with targets close by to save time.

[BIGNEWY]

4 minutes ago, gav88888 said:

What would you consider too large, as for example it might not happen until an hour into the mission (just thinking when I might need to rearm or might get killed and have to respawn)...

If this is way too long I will see if I can setup a test mission with targets close by to save time.

Test mission with only the units needed to show the issue would be best. 

Long multiplayer missions, especially ones like liberation that use many scripts will tend to not play back correctly. 
 

When I am checking bugs from the public the first thing I will do it sanitise the scenario to try and reproduce in the simplest form. It makes it easier for the dev team and using it on our debug versions. 

 

[gav88888]

No worries, I will see what I can do

[Busman_XY]

We may have discovered a bug or even more than one.

When I fly a mission on a dedicated server with a friend and he leaves the CPG position and George takes over I experience following issues:

- George is able to find targets and even presents them as list to me but is unable to slave TADS to them. Though he confirms that he does it and even tells me that he is firing. But TADS never slaves on the chosen target and the missile never fires.

- After having George as my CPG I’m unable to select any other waypoints. 

 

Does anybody have similar experiences in multiplayer sessions?

 

I’ll try to provide a track file next time when I fly with a human copilot again.

Edited May 16, 2022 by Busman_XY

[BIGNEWY]

53 minutes ago, Busman_XY said:

- George is able to find targets and even presents them as list to me but is unable to slave TADS to them. Though he confirms that he does it and even tells me that he is firing. But TADS never slaves on the chosen target and the missile never fires.

- After having George as my CPG I’m unable to select any other waypoints.

we will check this out, 

and welcome to the forum. 

thanks