correct as-is Maverick order of priority

[Moxica]

Vehicles on roads are hard to lock on, because the maverick seem to prioritize telephone/power/lighting poles.
Should this be normal, or are someone pulling our legs?

[NEECH]

I know this pain all too well and I think it’s just the nature of the missile’s seeker. 
 

DCS – A-10C II TACTICS – Maverick Miss Lock

Edited May 27, 2023 by NEECH

[Caldera]

YES!

 

I have been struggling with this for quite a few updates.  It completely baffles me how an IR guided weapon (AGM-65D) will not first lock on to a hot and moving vehicle that is a big IR blob vice a fence post that is at or near ambient air temperature that visually is so small that it can not even be seen.  In fact, strangely prefers to lock on to the fence post time and time again.

This is like a sidewinder that locks onto a wingtip vice hot jet exhaust.

 

Unless the target is in the open, the best way to get lock is by slaving the weapon to the TGP that is perfectly sighted on the target.  Even then, it can pop off and lock onto a fence post.  This is even more baffling.

Oddly, the AGM-65H kind of sort of behaves in the same way.

 

Light poles anyone?

 

I am going with this is some kind of a glitch.  Unfortunately, pretty much ignored in recent updates.

Caldera

[BIGNEWY]

The seeker has no priority. It will simply lock the best contrast it can find. If that is the light pole or a bush, so be it. 

It is important to check the target you have locked

[Caldera]

Big,

I am trying not to be argumentative for the sake of being argumentative.

Did you look at the video that Neech posted?

Clearly, he is targeting a hot IR blob (over and over) and just as clearly the seeker is locking onto a "nearby something" with almost no IR blob.  This has happened often to me, and it makes no sense.

 

On 7/19/2023 at 9:25 AM, BIGNEWY said:

The seeker has no priority. It will simply lock the best contrast it can find. If that is the light pole or a bush, so be it. 

What contrast is it looking for, as it has to jump quite a bit to lock onto the "nearby something"?   The "contrast" it locks onto is virtually unseen by the pilot and at any rate much much smaller than the actual target trying to be locked.

It is important to check the target you have locked

Yes!  And over and over again...  You should find some time and try it yourself.

IMHO it seems to prioritize bushes, fence posts and / or light poles (even the corners of buildings). 

Intentionally?

 

Caldera

[BIGNEWY]

26 minutes ago, Caldera said:

IMHO it seems to prioritize bushes, fence posts and / or light poles (even the corners of buildings). 

If they have the highest contrast, its important to double check your locked target before firing.