animeweebman Posted March 8 Posted March 8 (edited) Was making a mission for fun with a lot of SAMs and aircraft, and I noticed the initial volleys of the S-300s I placed were self-destructing shortly after launch. Some missiles make it through, but even missiles launched after the aforementioned missiles that did keep going still self-destruct. I think I saw somewhere that this issue can happen when the launcher doesn't have line of sight to the target, but all of the incoming aircraft are flying at above around 10,000m, and the terrain is pretty flat. Attached is a Tacview file that demonstrates this (missile launches start ~2:23) and the mission file itself in case it is user error. Tacview-20240307-021646-DCS-SAMfun.zip.acmiSAMfun.miz Edited March 8 by animeweebman fixed formatting
Solution Mad_Shell Posted March 8 Solution Posted March 8 It is probably because the aircraft that are being targeted begin to jam the S300 when they get the RWR launch warning. The S300 loses the lock and the missiles self destruct. Set the AI ECM option to "never use" and see if it fixes the issue.
animeweebman Posted March 8 Author Posted March 8 1 hour ago, Mad_Shell said: It is probably because the aircraft that are being targeted begin to jam the S300 when they get the RWR launch warning. The S300 loses the lock and the missiles self destruct. Set the AI ECM option to "never use" and see if it fixes the issue. That has helped and a lot more missiles are no longer self-destructing, but I'm still noticing that some are. I do also see that some of the aircraft start maneuvering when the missile launches start, so could it be the case that those aircraft are breaking the radar lock? If that is the case, then you're solution was exactly what I was looking for.
Mad_Shell Posted March 9 Posted March 9 (edited) 17 hours ago, animeweebman said: That has helped and a lot more missiles are no longer self-destructing, but I'm still noticing that some are. I do also see that some of the aircraft start maneuvering when the missile launches start, so could it be the case that those aircraft are breaking the radar lock? If that is the case, then you're solution was exactly what I was looking for. Yes if they manage to break the lock with maneuvers the missiles will self destruct. Edited March 9 by Mad_Shell
animeweebman Posted March 10 Author Posted March 10 12 hours ago, Mad_Shell said: Yes if they manage to break the lock with maneuvers the missiles will self destruct. That answers it all for me then. Thanks!
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