need track replay F16 HAD dies if too many lock/unlocks without firing

[ACME_WIdgets]

Around 4 or 5 HAD lock/unlocks without firing HARM will cause HAD not to work, cannot see cursor/unlock/lock targets..

[TobiasA]

Am 1.11.2023 um 03:26 schrieb ACME_WIdgets:

Around 4 or 5 HAD lock/unlocks without firing HARM will cause HAD not to work, cannot see cursor/unlock/lock targets..

Are you using it to slew the TGP? I came across a similiar issue lately.
- First, the TGP will sometimes assue a 180° inverted position and look directly at the opposite direction when assigning a target. Stowing (STBY) and putting it to AG again will solve the issue. Haven't been able to reproduce it. If you see coordinates moving like crazy and some surface of your airplane, even though you should have clear view to the target, this might be the case (can be verified by looking at the TGP from outside view). Have seen this happening sometimes but... I have bigger headaches in 2.9 than just this so I didn't invest the time.
- Second, a designation on the TGP sometimes prevents locking a contact on the HAD. I haven't been able to reproduce this either, but it can be solved by making the TGP SOI with DMS down, and pressing TMS down twice to leave POINT and AREA mode, DMS down once more to return SOI to the HAD and then locking the contact. Unclear if POINT TRACK might inhibit the HAD from locking a target once the TGP is no longer SOI but... Who knows. I rarely use point track. A good habit is to cancel out any offsets by TMS down twice on every sensor, followed by CZ when coming off the target. If you want to come back, use a markpoint.
- Third... Sometimes the HARM doesn't take designations and won't accept a handoff. I have been able to solve that by switching to another weapon (STRAFE might probably work if you don't carry any other AG ordnance than HARM), or switching power to the HARM. However, this is pretty rare, and I haven't been able to reproduce this in an isolated case either. But... I haven't seen it in 2.9 so it might be fixed.
Since I almost exclusively fly Multiplayer, I almost never have the option of saving a track that isn't a lot larger than the forum limit. Those are usually around 100mb or larger... And thus not usable. If you can recreate the issue in singleplayer and can save a smaller track showing the problem, this would help. If not, then it will probably never get looked at.

We need a bit more information than "it doesn't work" to effectively solve that issue.

[Lord Vader]

Hi @ACME_WIdgets

We do require a track of that happening in order to understand what is going on. 

Please try to replicate the situation in a short track. It would be really helpful.