AtA and AtG Issues (Newb)

[Jimbolya]

I'm posting this here because I'm not sure if it's a software / bug issue just yet. I'll list out the items I noticed last night during my flights:

 

1. CCIP no longer functions after using CCRP (I could have that second acronym wrong). I attempted to use non-CCIP bombing just to try it out, and now I can't get back to CCIP when using dumb bombs.

 

2. Laser guided munitions won't fire. I'm assuming I'm doing something wrong here. The laser locks up and I do see the LR in the HUD under TV. However, no matter what angle, speed, or alt the missiles won't fire. I've even attempted to hold down the fire button, but still no response. Same with TV guided weapons.

 

3. AtA missiles won't fire. I watched the tutorial and hear all the same tones and I am in AtA mode, but the missile won't fire. Same situation as above in #2...regardless of speed, alt, and AoA.

 

Cheers ~

Edited January 8, 2014 by Jimbolya

[Jimbolya]

Well - I did find a tutorial and found that as far as the laser guided stuff goes the big circle needs to go over the little circle to align the laser, but as far as the air to air stuff and the loss of CCIP I haven't found anything yet.

[esb77]

I'd suggest going back to the manual and making youself a checklist of the procedures for firing the weapons that are giving you trouble.

 

The thing is that one missed step will cause problems, and there are enough steps that without watching you fly it's hard for more experienced pilots to guess what you might be missing or doing in the wrong order.

 

I have a whole pile of weapons employment checklists that I made when I was learning DCS aircraft, probably buried somewhere in my desk now because I no longer need them. I found that making them and having them around was a very good learning aid.

 

One thing is that for some of the weapons, and this may be the case for the AA missiles, you need to press the firing key/trigger and hold it for 1-2 seconds, a quick press and release won't fire. Probably to prevent accidental firings.

 

I don't think there's a selector for CCIP/CCRP in the Su-25T in DCS world, just a matter of if you're diving steep enough for the pipper to show on the HUD it's CCIP and CCRP otherwise. I could be quite wrong on that though cause it has been a very long time since I bombed anything in the Su-25T.

If you were using the CCRP with Shkval and autopilot turning off the Shkval and the autopilot will get you back into normal CCIP/CCRP mode.