solved Mission 3 Bug

[DavidBlizzard]

2 Things. First really small. Kneeboard says I have two bags of fuel, when I have 3. 2nd is when the convoy is moving into the town, I said I would destroy them. Hit the lead guy with my MAV. Wingman said 3 left. Then dropped a gbu12  on the group of 3, killing the first two in the column of 3. Wingman said one left. Leaving only the trailing vehicle. Decided I was far enough from the town, and proceed to kill it with guns. The mission didn't progress after that. Didn't register I killed the last one. Could just be DCS not registering the kill, because I don't recall getting a kill message on screen. I figured I would relay this anyways. I'll try again this weekend. 

[baltic_dragon]

Must be a DCS thing, trigger-wise all is fine in this mission.. let me know how your second run goes.

[DavidBlizzard]

Totally my fault. I didn't realize there was a 5th vehicle behind the group of 3. Mission progress as normal. My bad. 

[baltic_dragon]

Thanks for letting me know!

[Dsaniel]

I'm in M03 and nothing happens after I contact weasel after attacking the convoy.

Edited September 7, 2024 by Dsaniel

[baltic_dragon]

Thanks for the report. Honestly, I have no idea why it happens to some people (for majority it works fine). Do you have any unofficial mods installed (aircraft, VAICOMM, voice attack etc.)? Also, try to run a repair. I had a few reports like that but majority of players didn't encounter this bug and I cannot reproduce it on my end (works fine every time). Let's start troubleshooting with mods, as these may have huge impact on DLC campaigns. Let me know.

EDIT: @Dsaniel I just saw that I updated this mission already but it didn't make it for the last patch. I added additional safeguards and as of next patch it should be working fine.

Edited September 7, 2024 by baltic_dragon

[Dsaniel]

OK, I was having some issues with my HOTAS vibration too so today I decided to completely reinstall DCS, I removed my previous DCS install (which shouldn't have been a problem since it was the openbeta, which is a different directory, but I still wiped it), I also deleted my saved games\dcs.openbeta directory. I reinstalled DCS WITHOUT any plugins/addons (no tacview, no SRS, not buttshaker software) and absolutely no mods (the only things I copied from my previous installation was the input directory and the campaigns progress). With this clean installation I tried again, same result, nothing happens after "send it".

I'm happy to help debugging this issue, I'm just not sure if DCS provides any debugging/logging tools. I can go for a desktop sharing session too if you want.

 

Edited September 8, 2024 by Dsaniel

[baltic_dragon]

If you are on discord, please hit me up, happy to send you the updated version of the mission to check.

[Andrei]

There is a bit of a conceptual problem with this setup. 

I went for killing the convoy on my own. 5 vehicles, so expended-65 and both -12. Leaving two vehicles for the gun.

After all I should have been able to declare Winchester and let -2 enjoy her thing. But no joy, JTAC kept working as if I had my loadout there.

Edited September 8, 2024 by Andrei

[Dsaniel]

It worked! Thanks a lot @baltic_dragon

Edited September 9, 2024 by Dsaniel

[baltic_dragon]

That is because there are limits to what I can do in a story-driven campaign. My bad with the scenario where player engages is I didn't put in a warning NOT to use GBU-12s. I'll do that for the next update (too late for this one). If you choose to engage together, then your character clearly states what weapons will be used. So you have a valid point there, I'll update it.

[Istari6]

Aha!  I just came here to report the same issue with Mission 3.  Glad it's already been caught and will be updated in next patch.  I did the same as Andrei - saved my wingman and engaged the convoy on my own, expending 2 x GBU-12 and my D Maverick.  Then finished up with guns.  I was totally stuck when we contacted the JTAC and he wanted me to drop GBU-12 on the tank.  So I flew home and landed after my wingman dropped the GBU-38.  

[Tophatter14]

Just wanted to check- it sounds like this issue happens if player uses a GBU instead of LMAV on the first attack of the convoy.  Is this in the next update/fix?  Just happened to me like above.  Ghost says "send it" and then...nothing.  

[baltic_dragon]

Correct - I didn't envisage player using bombs on trucks, which creates problems but also will make you fail the later part of the mission. At this stage I'll probably just add a note saying that you should not use the GBUs at that part of the mission, but I'll have a closer look at the triggers and voiceovers that I have and maybe will be able to find a more elegant way out. Working on it & thanks for the report!

[baltic_dragon]

It is more complicated, as I didn't envisage using the GBUs against the convoy. I'll have to find a good solution for that, as even if the mission progressed, after you dropped the GBU-12s so early you will get stuck later on. This is entirely on me, obviously missed a course of action that players might take. 

[Gr_Chris]

With DCS version 2.9.9.2474 the AI flight Weasel 2-1 does not start taxi. They stay parked with the taxi light on. This mission used to work just fine a couple of DCS versions ago. Anybody experiensing anything similar?

[Gr_Chris]

59 minutes ago, Gr_Chris said:

With DCS version 2.9.9.2474 the AI flight Weasel 2-1 does not start taxi. They stay parked with the taxi light on. This mission used to work just fine a couple of DCS versions ago. Anybody experiensing anything similar?

Disregard last transmission.... All Syria campaigns are broken right now... waiting for ED patch.....

[baltic_dragon]

Unfortunately. Good news they are all internally fixed. I love having to spend hours to fix some other people's mistakes, LOL