M13 Just Cruising Around

[Metalwerx]

Went to fly mission 13 and everything was going fine.  Sting made the call that they would break for IP and the prompt told me to climb to angels 20 like the brief said.  After that, I got nothing.   It's like sting disappeared.  No other prompts were given and I just circled the city for probably close to 20 mins and nothing.      Am I doing something wrong or was it some sort of glitch?  I know I stayed within the CAP area box shown in the briefing so I'm not sure what else there was to do as the briefing just makes it sound like we circle the city and RTB. No mods or anything.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thank you sir.    

[Badger633]

17 hours ago, Metalwerx said:

Went to fly mission 13 and everything was going fine.  Sting made the call that they would break for IP and the prompt told me to climb to angels 20 like the brief said.  After that, I got nothing.   It's like sting disappeared.  No other prompts were given and I just circled the city for probably close to 20 mins and nothing.      Am I doing something wrong or was it some sort of glitch?  I know I stayed within the CAP area box shown in the briefing so I'm not sure what else there was to do as the briefing just makes it sound like we circle the city and RTB. No mods or anything.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thank you sir.    

Hi

Do you have Tacview. A Tacview file of the mission would be really helpful in finding what the issue might be. It’s free and worth getting as it will help your flying no end.

Are you using stable or open beta?

Are you running any mods, you should not be running any with all DLC campaigns as they can cause these problems. 

How many times have you tried, does it keep happening.

Are you flying at 300kts to allow Sting to format with you before they break.

I will check it this end and update here. 

 

EDIT: 14/5/23: Just flew the mission in open beta using the MT version. Sting did as they are supposed to and carried out the ground attack. So couldn’t reproduce this end. 

Edited May 14, 2023 by Badger633

[Metalwerx]

Hey Badger.   I appreciate the response.  No sir I do not have tacview.   I’ll do some homework and download it.   I’m not running any mods and I downloaded DCS from the dcs site so I’m guessing the stable version?   Pretty sure I did not select the open beta option.  I flew the mission twice with the same result, as I’m still pretty green I’d imagine it’s something I’m doing wrong.    I set atc at around 290kts until sting joins up then went full power.     I got the call that they would break and for me to climb angels 20 and then began to circle the city.   After a while I even tried locating them using the radar and was unsuccessful.   As I said, I’m still pretty green so I’m using the invincibility and unlimited fuel options just so I can get the practice without having to restart should I get shot down or run out of fuel.   Could this be the issue?   

[Badger633]

6 hours ago, Metalwerx said:

Hey Badger.   I appreciate the response.  No sir I do not have tacview.   I’ll do some homework and download it.   I’m not running any mods and I downloaded DCS from the dcs site so I’m guessing the stable version?   Pretty sure I did not select the open beta option.  I flew the mission twice with the same result, as I’m still pretty green I’d imagine it’s something I’m doing wrong.    I set atc at around 290kts until sting joins up then went full power.     I got the call that they would break and for me to climb angels 20 and then began to circle the city.   After a while I even tried locating them using the radar and was unsuccessful.   As I said, I’m still pretty green so I’m using the invincibility and unlimited fuel options just so I can get the practice without having to restart should I get shot down or run out of fuel.   Could this be the issue?   

It shouldn’t, but could be, DCS AI can react in unexpected ways to changes.

If your on stable then that could be the issue. DLC campaigns are written and tested in the Open Beta version. This version gets all the latest updates first and also our Campaign fixes. Stable doesn’t get these until sometimes months later.  So it could be a DCS change has impacted the way AI reacts which they have fixed in open  beta but not yet in stable. It’s hard to know. As I run only in openbeta, all I can say is that at this end running in open beta with no mods and running the campaign as intended it all works. If you want to change to openbeta there are videos out there showing you how to do it.

If you’re still green, as you say, I strongly advise you to get Tacview. It will allow you to analyse what happened in a flight so you can learn much quicker. Also great for me as I can check exactly what happened. The DCS track system unfortunately is not reliable.

Hope this helps.

[Mistermann]

On 5/15/2023 at 3:13 AM, Badger633 said:

If you’re still green, as you say, I strongly advise you to get Tacview. It will allow you to analyse what happened in a flight so you can learn much quicker. Also great for me as I can check exactly what happened. The DCS track system unfortunately is not reliable.

100% agree with Badger633 on this one, @Metalwerx.  Tacview is invaluable in giving you a post flight view into what happened when.  Its a great tool.  Another tip for you - record your flights.  I record every DCS flight with software called OBS (Open Broadcast Software - https://obsproject.com/).  I am not affiliated at all and its free. 

I now have recording of every flight that I can go back on and see what I did right/wrong, etc.  Since this is recorded from my vantagepoint, I can see exactly what I was doing in the cockpit and what the instruments were telling me - tacview cannot do this.  Coupled with tacview, I have a great system to learn from.  Added bonus, my squadmates all use this same tool and we post our post mission videos for all to see.  Its neat seeing my jet/helo from my wingman's perspective.

Welcome aboard the obsession that is DCS!!

Edited May 16, 2023 by Mistermann

[Hotstepper]

Hello,

I can confirm that is probably a bug.
If I have equipped the NVGs, STING will not detach.
Without NVGs STING detach normally and attack the Migs at his target Point.

I have tried this multiple times and the behavior was every time the same.

I am on the OB.

By the way, it is a very good campaign. The difficulty slowly increases. A little bit to much A2A in my opinion. But I will replay it.

 

Greetings from Germany.

Hottie

Edited September 29, 2023 by Hotstepper

[Badger633]

12 hours ago, Hotstepper said:

Hello,

I can confirm that is probably a bug.
If I have equipped the NVGs, STING will not detach.
Without NVGs STING detach normally and attack the Migs at his target Point.

I have tried this multiple times and the behavior was every time the same.

I am on the OB.

By the way, it is a very good campaign. The difficulty slowly increases. A little bit to much A2A in my opinion. But I will replay it.

 

Greetings from Germany.

Hottie

 

Hi

Not had this behaviour when I’ve flown it.  Will try again. Are you running any mods they do impact things in unforeseen ways. Glad you enjoyed the campaign

Edited September 30, 2023 by Badger633

[Hotstepper]

Hi Badger,

no. I am not using any Mods. Only Vaicom Pro. But I never ever have had any problems with it.