Fox-2's not giving LA or tone unless in longitude scan.

[stdsk]

Attached MiG29 files below.

MiG29 fog off.trk MiG29 fog auto.trk MiG29 fog manual.trk

[okopanja]

23 minutes ago, stdsk said:

Once you play/replay a miz/trk.file with fog set to auto, other miz/trk.files seem to be also affected. You can't change the fog settings unless restarting DCS.

This is correct conclusion, but again not sure if it is a fog thing. I was able to activate the condition by trying to connect to contention which was 100% occupied, I did not even get to the lobby of the server. Just plain rejected connect attempt was enough to trigger the condition and only on this server! Maybe there are others as well, since this may very much have to do with their settings on server or with the mission file itself (I am not sure if attempt to connect results in immediate miz file download, or only after the server accepts it).

Whatever the root cause is, it is safe to state that FC3 avionics of flanker/fulcrum get screwed up permanently.

At all this time e.g. FIO mode works just fine, you get the tone. Missiles also track the target.
I did make a full repair(slow) + cleanup including disabling any of the mods, and it still behaved the same.

[Ironhand]

4 hours ago, okopanja said:

This is correct conclusion, but again not sure if it is a fog thing

It could be, if the server mission had fog set to “auto” and others you tried didn’t.

[Ironhand]

@okopanja So I checked the Syria and Caucasus TRK files you posted. The mission file in both have fog turned off. I have fog turned off in the ME as well.

An observation:

If I create a mission, I can fly it as many times as I wish and IR missile seekers lock onto the target as they should. If I run one of your TRK file and, then, try to fly a mission created on my machine, they no longer lock as they should. If I remove all elements that the TRK recording adds and fly it as a standard mission file, IR missile seekers will not lock in neither your mission nor one I created.

 

[okopanja]

No mentioning in release notes:

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/changelog/release/2.9.12.5336/

[okopanja]

Looks like we got a fix, can anyone else confirm?

[sleestak]

22 minutes ago, okopanja said:

Looks like we got a fix, can anyone else confirm?

I just tried the Caucasus track where I could not get LA prior to the patch and I am now able to get LA. It does look like there may have been a fix in the patch from today. Hopefully everyone's results are the same! This was really frustrating, so hopefully it's now corrected.

[okopanja]

10 minutes ago, sleestak said:

I just tried the Caucasus track where I could not get LA prior to the patch and I am now able to get LA. It does look like there may have been a fix in the patch from today. Hopefully everyone's results are the same! This was really frustrating, so hopefully it's now corrected.

I just used the missiles on contention on 2 guys, no problem PR.

[Ironhand]

Wonder if the issue was somehow related to the IR missile/flare fix in the patch.

[IvanK]

Its been a while since I dabbled in FC3 aircraft. Should I be getting acquisition tone with the R73 and R27ET locked on by either radar/EOS or Shlem ? Currently I only get acquisition tone in Longitudinal mode.

Edited July 14 by IvanK

[Pavlin_33]

On 7/14/2025 at 12:28 AM, IvanK said:

Its been a while since I dabbled in FC3 aircraft. Should I be getting acquisition tone with the R73 and R27ET locked on by either radar/EOS or Shlem ? Currently I only get acquisition tone in Longitudinal mode.

I don't think so, but it is how RL one works.

Thats's why we have to rely on 'LA'.

[IvanK]

So IRL anytime an Aphid,R73 or R55 is locked regardless of the method used to get the seeker head looking at the target I would receive Seeker Lock on tone ?

[okopanja]

On 7/17/2025 at 10:37 PM, Pavlin_33 said:

I don't think so, but it is how RL one works.

Thats's why we have to rely on 'LA'.

In DCS you get Tone only in longitudal. IRL you would hear it the seaker locks. Especially usefuly in shlem (which also has more nore symbology than in DCS, see ka50).  

[Pavlin_33]

6 hours ago, IvanK said:

So IRL anytime an Aphid,R73 or R55 is locked regardless of the method used to get the seeker head looking at the target I would receive Seeker Lock on tone ?

Yes

FC3 equivalent of this is the "LA" on the HUD: in range + locked

Edited 16 hours ago by Pavlin_33