EWR Bug?

[Klaiber]

There seems to be an ongoing bug with EWR within the mission editor.  The EWR sites do not appear to fully work in multiplayer.

All/most EWR sites will work in single player on either REDFOR or BLUFOR.  And they will also work in multiplayer when you are the host/client.

However, when you're a client joining a server, the EWR in the Comms > F10 menu will no longer show the callsign name or number, merely the unit type (e.g., EWR 55G6).  And additionally, while you can radio to them, they will not respond.

Full disclosure, I have not tested this in the newest update from today, but the problem was persistent within the previous versions of DCS going back until this Spring 2024 or earlier.

I'm aware of a reported bug regarding the EWR AN/FPS-117.  I'm unsure if this was ever resolved: 

And I'm also aware that some BLUFOR JTAC / EWR callsigns have been reported as broken, which makes me wonder if these problems are all interconnected.

 

If someone has been able to get EWRs to work in multiplayer, please let me know your process.

Thanks in advance for you time and efforts.

[streakeagle]

I just realized that this is happening.

I have been using EWR as AWACS GCI for public server missions for years and had no problem.

But now, the AWACS menu may or may no show their correct call sign but always defaults to 124 MHz.

I have not found a work around.

[Klaiber]

On 9/22/2024 at 8:10 AM, streakeagle said:

I just realized that this is happening.

I have been using EWR as AWACS GCI for public server missions for years and had no problem.

But now, the AWACS menu may or may no show their correct call sign but always defaults to 124 MHz.

I have not found a work around.

I'm so glad that it's not just me. Thought I was going crazy.

[Gierasimov]

9 hours ago, Klaiber said:

I'm so glad that it's not just me. Thought I was going crazy.

Can you check if radio assist / easy radio got turned on? For me it get's turned on when I use DCS launcher. 

However, not using launcher anymore, I still have the ATC and AWAC radios default to some weird frequencies in older missions, created when radio assists were ON,  If I don't use DCS launcher, have the radio assists off (I options) and create new mission EWR / AWACS / ATC works as it used to.

[streakeagle]

The radio menu is working correctly when I host the multiplayer mission on an actual client/game installation.

But, when joining the same mission hosted on a dedicated server, the radio menu is broken.

Something is going on with the dedicated server.