investigating Mission 14 { PSBLE Spoiler }

[Palmtask]

I have ran this past this certain point in the past but seems since update . I am not being called for CSAR as no shootdown occurs. 

 

Edited July 14, 2024 by Palmtask
Last issue was me new issue

[baltic_dragon]

Interesting.. anyone else experiencing this?

[Valinor17]

I had all comm triggers cease after Spartan make their bomb run on 1 out of 2 full run attempts so far and all 3 skip attempts. Going to make another full run attempt to see if I can get the mission going properly again.

AAR is also bugged. After Olive is done, tanker immediately retracts line when I connect up.

Another bug but with an easy work around. Tomcat gets stuck on carrier deck trying to get to CAT 1. Fortunately, the player is in the leading double parked position next to CAT 1 so an easy work around is to move out of the way immediately to the left as soon you have can before the Tomcat tries to taxi to CAT 1. This bug is occurring in other campaigns where an AI is parked by CAT 1 and completely bricks the mission from the start.

Edited July 21, 2024 by Valinor17

[Valinor17]

Rolled my client back to 2.9.5.55918 to finish the mission. Still got the AAR refuel bug but the rest of the mission played out fine. Lots of extra tension consistently monitoring fuel but doable. Choose to tank first on the way out to avoid bug, Olive successfully plugged after me. 

Edited July 21, 2024 by Valinor17

[Palmtask]

Tried again tonight. Same issue. I have the F14 that gets stuck on CAT1 if you do not move he will eventually go. No issue for the first refuel. But once again Spartan makes the run RWR lights up then they are done back to sea. Spartan 24 25 leave . Spartan 21 and 22 orbit, No shoot down. 

 

I went back to the boat . Strange thing at 1930 mission time the choppers started heading to the crash site as the CSAR was on. They had been circling at the coast. 

Edited July 23, 2024 by Palmtask

[baltic_dragon]

Hey! Yes, the issues on the boat are known and started happening after last update. I think we'll need to wait for taxi directors and things to be sorted out by ED... I could try to fix this for the next patch, but it is very likely that it will all get broken again with the taxi directors, so I'd rather try to put everything in order when they arrive. I've seen them in action and things work much better on the deck with them - guess current issues are linked to their WiP status.

[JesterIsDead]

On 7/14/2024 at 7:15 AM, baltic_dragon said:

Interesting.. anyone else experiencing this?

I am seeing this too- skipped AAR and listening to Spartans- no shoot downs, no call for CSAR. 

[winz]

Same for me, I didn't do the AAR skip. But after Spartans drop their ordnance I don't get the CSAR call.

 

Hats off to campaign creators for fighting this sisyphus battle with bugs ...

Edited August 4, 2024 by winz

[baltic_dragon]

Yeah, story of my life...

[Berlerker]

I'm getting the same bug, The first time I played the mission it worked fine. But I just tried it twice and I'll get up to small arms off left and then nothing at all will happen. The helos will push but hold in a circle off the coast.

[baltic_dragon]

Can you try in the shorter version of the mission (it shouldn't take long) and let me know if it happens again?

[_Spad_]

Tried to fly this mission last week and same problem. SAR mission is never triggered and it looks like all the GR4's made it through their bombing run unscathed.

[baltic_dragon]

I'll have a look. Running the whole campaign again and updating all the missions to remove SPACE BAR presses etc. so it should be ready and working well for the next (not the imminent) patch. It also looks that something changed with the taxi directors which will require some additional work.

[Aerovenator]

Any news on this? Tried it today ( with the shorter mission - starting after AAR) but no SAR mission 

[baltic_dragon]

Will check and let you know shortly

[Jakes]

Ran this mission now. Only a few minor issues but nothing that breaks the mission.
Shoot down and everything happened as per normal.
nullA few steps to try:
 

The No.1 Rule with DCS Campaigns... If you have ANY mod that is NOT purchased from the DCS Store, it will probably cause issues.

SRS and OpenKneeboard(Mostly VR users) seem to be ok, as we test these missions using both.

Make sure to remove any and all mods before flying campaigns. (Check out OVGME, I use it daily and it works well)

 

If you have no mods, or if removing all mods still does not fix the issue, take the following steps(Test after each step):

1) Delete fxo and metashaders2 folders in your saved games. Can get gummed up with old files.

2) Rename you DCS Saved Games folder, run DCS and let it create a new one. Close DCS and then just copy the Config folder from the old to the new so you don't lose your bindings and also copy your logbook.lua from saved games mission editor folder, that way you don't lose campaign progress.

(Some mods can write to places like your scripts folder in your saved games location as an example. Also seems to help sometimes even if you never run mods at all)

3) Do a full deep repair of DCS to clear up any unwanted stuff in your main game folder.

 

Some settings to check:

1) If you have easy comms enabled, disable it.

2) Under Gameplay options, make sure the tick box on the bottom right for "No force from mission, use mine" is NOT ticked.

3) Try disabling TacView under special options. It can cause issues, usually performance, that can lead to bugs if your cores are overloaded/too busy and it misses a trigger point due to that.

[DimSim]

Appear to be having some issues with M14.

Long version. No problem with Olive refueling first, per other thread. No problem with SAR mission called.

I spot a camp and say I will attack. 

After that,  no further events or communications occur, friendly flights fly in endless circles.

It is possible I've messed something up and also possible the camp I spotted is the wrong one, this one is close to the crash site with towers and parked trucks.

EDIT: After watching another player on YouTube, I see the enemy camp I triggered by F10 was not the one I spotted, so the mission was likely waiting for me to attack a different location.

Edited March 27 by DimSim

[Viking 1-1]

Since the last update the CSAR mission is not triggering for me anymore 

Played the mission last week and all was fine, but I screwed up at the outpost and went down in flames 

Tried the mission today twice, and the Brits never get hit.

[DimSim]

Replaying the short version, after the first spot checkpoint, most audio and text messages disappear. Just get the F10 I/R display without any idea what was actually said. Selecting repeat last doesn't help. Not sure what went wrong this time. I blindly selected F10 Okay and the mission progressed a bit further, but no more audio or text.

[baltic_dragon]

Got to love DCS updates that break missions...

[Blackhawk163]

I should have saved the track for this mission. I broke it by simply looking to see how the Tornado gets shot down. By observing the encounter, the manpad misses the Tornado, and after that you just fly around and nothing triggers. 

[baltic_dragon]

@Blackhawk163 Really? Wow... that is next level of FUBAR then.. though there should be a safeguard that makes the Tornado explode anyway just to avoid such issues. I will double-check what is happening there.