reported Having issue with JTAC AI and AGM-65E

[Hippo]

I'm trying to attack some tanks using lasing from the JTAC.  First mav hits a tank fine, but any further attacks result in the mavs missing and hitting the same spot on the ground.  Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?  See trk and mis for details.

 

maverick_miss.trkf18c_a2g_tank_convoy_agm-65e.miz

[rob10]

There was another post recently (can't find it just now) from someone who was having a similar problem.  Apparently the JTAC wasn't shifting the laser to the next target (I think it was a bug -- maybe in F-16 subforum).

[Hippo]

28 minutes ago, rob10 said:

There was another post recently (can't find it just now) from someone who was having a similar problem.  Apparently the JTAC wasn't shifting the laser to the next target (I think it was a bug -- maybe in F-16 subforum).

That was... me .  I had posted in the F-18 forum.  Seems like it could be a bug, no?  So I deleted there and reposted here.

Edited June 12, 2022 by Hippo

[Recluse]

Wow that is really strange!  Not only 2 misses, but the 2nd and 3rd MAV-E went to exactly the same spot!

I don't know if Smoke and Flame causes issues with the Seeker tracking the LASER, but I have done similar attacks and never saw this happen. Wouldn't explain the perfect tracking to the same spot on the ground, though.

I don't know if you were carrying a FLIR pod, but you could try putting on the LST and see if the JTAC is really illuminating a target, of if for some reason, they are lasing the spot on the ground.  I have never seen this.

I flew it and exactly the same thing happened to me.  I did turn on the LST, and, indeed the laser spot was on that piece of ground next to the first target.  Very odd. I have been having various oddities occur with the Mission Editor JTAC but this is new!

 

For grins, I edited the mission to use the CTLD script with AutoLasing JTAC.  Every missile hits! (so I guess the smoke and flames weren't affecting the laser)  I have been moving to CTLD instead of the built in JTAC due to various oddities.  Downside is the lack of communications. Everything happens auto-magically with only the visual messages.  I think CTLD allows some Text to Speech voice comms with SRS, but I don't use SRS, so I never messed with it. When I flew it the JTAC targeted the Tunguska first, so that threat got eliminated early . Could prioritize the Tanks so the JTAC doesn't designate the Tunguska  if you want to practice tactics for live SA-19's.

So, the issue does appear to be with the JTAC not the AGM-65E or anything you are doing wrong procedurally.

 

 

f18c_a2g_tank_convoy_agm-65e_CTLD.miz

Edited June 12, 2022 by Recluse

[BIGNEWY]

Hi, 

thanks for the tracks, this seems to be a JTAC issue not a hornet issue. 

JTAC is not shifting target after the second one, I have made a report to the team.