investigating Vikhr Missiles do not track laser, wobble and crashes or fly towards infinity

[J-man]

In addition to most of the other issues with the latest update, like english and russion writing at the same time, I also noticed a significant decline in the Vikhr reliability.

Before the 2.8 Update, sometimes missiles fired by my AI winman would wobble and crash in the ground.

Now both my own and AI missiles have this issue. They wobble and start flipping around widly, then crash in the ground or do not track the laser at all and fly horizontally towards infinity.

This happens with about 40-60% of missiles fired in some missions!!

Here are some images, the TacView file and a track from a simple demonstration mission:

Normally the missiles are accurate enought to shoot between multiple obstacles:

But the very next shot wobbles until it flies 90° to the intended target (Smoke) and then hits the ground:

And some just don´t care and fly waaaaay past the target:

Here is the TacView File, you will notice that many missiles act wierd and also the helo drifts in hover mode and the AI Pilot tries to desert mid-mission:

Tacview-20221031-182922-DCS-Trainstation Raid.zip.acmi

Finally, here is a track file that shows the issue + the TacView file of the demonstration:

VikhrIssuesDemo.trk

VikhrIssueDemo.zip.acmi

Note: Everything looks as it should until 10:30 then the AI fails multiple times to have good guidance. The missile just goes into the ground or flies way to far and to the side.

Edited October 31, 2022 by J-man

[J-man]

On a separate note:

The real Skhval aiming direction and the indicated location on the map do not line up, the distance is often different, with the Abris representation overshooting the real aim point by miles and the angle does not match when the helo is unstable, a slight wobble can result in the abris displaying the aim line with an angle error of about 15°!

On the image, the Skhval is aiming at the center of the blue units, but the abris display the aim point behind the SE end of the train station.

Edited October 31, 2022 by J-man

[NineLine]

Thank you, I will examine your tracks.