Static object problems...

[Ian_cf-18]

I've been playing with the mission editor for a few days and have been experiencing some weird bugs. To name a few:

 

1- Certain buildings simply will not show up depending on the country they are assigned to (ex.: Comms tower, Military staff building). The editor allows me, for example, to put the object in the mission, but when I load it up it is absent, and when I get back to the editor the object is on the map, but without a type (empty menu).

 

2- Certains ground vehicles do not appear as static objects (ex. a M818 assigned ot Germany) but can only show up when placed as normal active ground unit. Otherwise they have the same behavior as described in 1) above.

 

3- I place two Mig-31 with a GAI task, along with a 1L13 EWR unit, but the Migs take-off even before anything is in the air to intercept...?:confused: My aircraft is still on the runway more that 600 km away, out of the EWR range and on the ground! The migs take-off and seem to fly around with no particular waypoint.

 

As this happened to anyone before?

 

Finally, a quick question: what launcher unit does the Dog Ear radar go with?

 

Thanks for your help!

[Brit_Radar_Dude]

The Dog Ear doesn't go with any launch unit. It is not part of a particular SAM system in the way that the radar(s) of the KUB, BUK, S300, Hawk,Patriot are.

 

So what use is it? The Dog Ear search radar provides target cueing (ie. a heads up) concerning potential targets to any nearby short range SAM/AAA systems (eg. Strela, TOR, etc). I am sure I have read posts on the forums stating that this behaviour is modelled in Lockon. You might want to use the Mission Editor to set up an experiment to test whether this is true............

[Ian_cf-18]

Brit,

 

Thanks for the info... I'll try to see if it's modeled.

 

As for the other bugs, anyone seen them or maybe I am doing something wrong?

[iceden]

Iva made many many missions and never seen that issue. Sounds like a corrupt meinit or something have u tried to re-install?

[Ironhand]

Okay. I'll bite. You are pressing the F12 key to view static objects. Right? F7 is for active ground units (the kind that can move and shoot back). Just a thought.

 

Rich

[MBot]

I can confirm bug no. 1.

[Gazehound]

Bug no.3 has also been repeorted, it was caused with the last patch. Dont use GAI with EWR/AWACS or they know where any enemy is immediately.

[Ian_cf-18]

Thanks for the info guys...

 

Ironhand wrote:

Okay. I'll bite. You are pressing the F12 key to view static objects. Right? F7 is for active ground units (the kind that can move and shoot back). Just a thought.

Yes I can confirm that they are definately not there because I even switch to the roaming camera to go where the objects should be and they are not there... I'll try to reproduce take a screenshot next time.

 

Gazehound wrote:

Dont use GAI with EWR/AWACS or they know where any enemy is immediately.

If I don't use them with AWACS or EWR, how then can we use this type of task? I thought GAI was made especially to scramble fighters as soon as bandits were detected on radar... that's the nuance, I didn't expect them to detect me when I'm still on the tarmac!!

 

Brit:

Btw I haven't had the time to check on your guess there. Will try to do that soon.

[Ironhand]

 

Ironhand wrote:

 

Yes I can confirm that they are definately not there because I even switch to the roaming camera to go where the objects should be and they are not there... I'll try to reproduce take a screenshot next time.

Okay then. This is one that I haven't heard of. And I've never experienced it myself. So unfortunately I have no ideas.

 

Rich