AI F-14's Unable to Drop LGB's -- Impacting Campaign Triggers (notably Raven One: Dominant Fury)

[EagleDriver95]

There appears to be an issue that prevents AI F-14s from being able to drop precision munitions. This is breaking a number of triggers most notably perhaps in Baltic Dragon's Dominant Fury campaign (missions 6 and 12).

Realizing HB and ED may already be aware of this as Baltic Dragon mentions he has brought it up, so forgive me if repeating -- but did not see a callout here in the bug list for the F14. Maybe this is an ED/DCS AI issue but wasn't sure -- just wanted to highlight since it impacts the playability of a DLC campaign.

From BalticDragon's Dominant Fury "Current Bugs/Workarounds" page on his forum:

"MISSION 6 problem (no comms after dropping bombs)

During startup, player can get damaged by the adjacent F14 unfolding its wings. This is a DCS thing with the Tomcats and player's aircraft is set to invincible - however, the immortality does not work when the wheel chocks are on. Therefore make sure to remove the wheel chocks before the 5th minute of the mission. This is out of my hands and we need to wait for a fix.

After the attack there are no more comms in M06. This is linked to DCS bug with AI Tomcats refusing to drop guided bombs (already reported to ED). Since half of the package do not drop, some of the triggers are not fired. This is out of my hands and we need to wait for a fix, although the mission can still be completed. 

MISSION 12 problem (no comms after main package attacks)

This is the same reason as for M06, where AI Tomcats instead of dropping their GBU-24s just turn around and fly home. Again, This is out of my hands and we need to wait for a fix from ED. Needles to say, F-14s behaved normally in last tests just before the release."

 

 

 

Edited August 24, 2022 by EagleDriver95

[draconus]

On 8/25/2022 at 12:17 AM, EagleDriver95 said:

Maybe this is an ED/DCS AI issue but wasn't sure

It is but since it's already reported nothing more can we (or HB) do about it.