Renko Posted March 12 Posted March 12 (edited) As the title says the AAR is broken right now because there is a problem with the Race-Track Pattern. If you open an old mission you will see that a Tank has the Race-Track Pattern active for a waypoint, under Perform Task. But if you create a new flight and go to Perform Task and Pattern, there is no option other than Orbit. There is no more a Race-Track option available. So that brokes the behaviour of AI. Easy to reproduce, no need for a track. Just go to for example the Instant Mission "F-16C - Caucasus - Air Refueling.miz", and you will see that as soon as you start the mission the Tanker will go in some wild turns, instead of doing a race-track like it did before. This broke all of DCS Refueling missions that uses that Edited March 12 by Renko
razo+r Posted March 12 Posted March 12 30 minutes ago, Renko said: As the title says the AAR is broken right now because there is a problem with the Race-Track Pattern. If you open an old mission you will see that a Tank has the Race-Track Pattern active for a waypoint, under Perform Task. But if you create a new flight and go to Perform Task and Pattern, there is no option other than Orbit. There is no more a Race-Track option available. So that brokes the behaviour of AI. Easy to reproduce, no need for a track. Just go to for example the Instant Mission "F-16C - Caucasus - Air Refueling.miz", and you will seenull that as soon as you start the mission the Tanker will go in some wild turns, instead of doing a race-track like it did before. This broke all of DCS Refueling missions that uses that No bug, racetrack option is still available at any waypoint except the last waypoint. So in your case, you selected the last waypoint. Racetrack is not available there, as it needs a follow-up waypoint to racetrack to. If you select the DP/Waypoint 0, racetrack option is available. 1
Renko Posted March 12 Author Posted March 12 1 hour ago, razo+r said: No bug, racetrack option is still available at any waypoint except the last waypoint. So in your case, you selected the last waypoint. Racetrack is not available there, as it needs a follow-up waypoint to racetrack to. If you select the DP/Waypoint 0, racetrack option is available. Ok, i see thanks for the info about the drop down menu Still the bug stands, because the wrong behaviour is there. Easy to test with the mission i said
MemphisBelle Posted May 8 Posted May 8 (edited) On 3/12/2025 at 11:41 AM, razo+r said: No bug, racetrack option is still available at any waypoint except the last waypoint. So in your case, you selected the last waypoint. Racetrack is not available there, as it needs a follow-up waypoint to racetrack to. If you select the DP/Waypoint 0, racetrack option is available. The OP is right (@renko), the Racetrack Pattern appears to be broken. Despite the penultimate waypoint was selected as start point for the Racetrack, the Tanker flies to the last Waypoint and remains in a circular Waypoint there...thats definitely a bug. Yet have to check without Mods. Do you know if this behavior has already been reported @BIGNEWY? I´m asking if there´s a reason known already why it sometimes works and sometimes it doesn't. On a current Mission it does not work, and on a test scenario with only 1 Tanker set on a Racetrack it works. There must be a reason for that behavior. Edited May 8 by MemphisBelle BlackSharkDen | BSD Discord | DCS Tutorial Collection
Pizzicato Posted May 9 Posted May 9 (edited) 21 minutes ago, KevinAu said: You can’t have a racetrack start at the ‘penultimate’ waypoint. The function needs one more waypoint after that to define the length and direction of the racetrack. Surely that would be the ultimate waypoint (assuming that it isn't set to "landing"), no? Edited May 9 by Pizzicato I guess deleting your post is easier than admitting a mistake. i7-7700K @ 4.9Ghz | 16Gb DDR4 @ 3200Mhz | MSI Z270 Gaming M7 | MSI GeForce GTX 1080ti Gaming X | Win 10 Home | Thrustmaster Warthog | MFG Crosswind pedals | Oculus Rift S
KevinAu Posted May 9 Posted May 9 Yes, I deleted a second after posting when I realized ‘penultimate’ actually does mean second to last instead of last. Congratulations, that was very fast on your part. To be honest, I haven’t seen any such issue in the racettack function, even though I do have a tanker set up with racetrack as a penultimate waypoint in one mission. As many say here, post a .trk please.
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