Mission objective bug, no LGB lock possible
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Hi fellow sim’ers,
a few minutes ago I flew two missions. In Mission one I had to destory a Bridge. The secon mission was to destroy an underground factory. The site consists of 2 Bunkers and the factory itself.
When I am one Minute away I cant get a lock on and bridge in the first and on the bunkers in the second mission. But when I target a building in the city next to the factory a lock is done with no problems.
The only option I had was using the FCR with the steerpoints, but this was fairly imprecise. Neither the bridge nor the factory got hit when using FCR in GM mode.
Laser ARM is ON, Master ARM is ON, Laser Mode is on CMBT, TGP is on, A-G in CCRP, right steerpoint acquired, target is according to the briefing an recon details etc.Have I encountered a possible mission bug? I tried the LGB Training mission where one has to destroy the harbour. I did everything as I learned and it worked flawlessly.
Looking forward to your helpRegards
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I don’t understand why you want to lock it.
Do it in AREA track, POINT track is not needed. -
Thank you for your advice Sir How come that on other TGTs Point track is possible?
To me, it also looks nice if I know that my systems are “on” the target^^
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As I understand it Point Track requires a distinguishable point. So for example, you won’t be able to lock up a runway because the system isn’t able to find a point to lock onto. Try locking onto the base of a building where it meets the ground and maybe try a different magnification, I am guessing if you are zoomed into an area without any distinguishable edge/corner that may cause a problem for you.
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Bridge objectives are not flagged as point-trackable. Current version, you’ll never PT a bridge.
The small buildings constituting the Underground Factory objectives are point-trackable, so as suggested maybe you need to zoom in closer on TGP to get a lock.
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I have mastered it thanks to your information But now I got another thing that I would like to know more about.
When doing OCA or ordinary Air Strikes the GBU-10 (both iterations of it) for some reason seem to be drunk.
When I use point or area track the pickled GBU-10 doesn’t hit the assigned target. When the timer hits zero I don’t see an impact. The
counter just flashes briefly. Again for settings: Laser is in CMBT Mode, Master Mode is PTR, Master Arm on, TGP on etc. -
…correct laser code?
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record an ACMI and you will see why it is missing. more than likely it is missing the basket due to being lased too early, or too late, or you are too high, or the laser is occluded relative to the seeker’s LOS.
hits with LGBs of all types should be fairly reliable. if you are getting consistent misses something is up with your methodology.
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Bridge objectives are not flagged as point-trackable. Current version, you’ll never PT a bridge.
The small buildings constituting the Underground Factory objectives are point-trackable, so as suggested maybe you need to zoom in closer on TGP to get a lock.
It has something to do about some bridges not being 3d objects ?
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It has to do with fairly nice modeling of how RL IR systems can behave…some things you just can’t “lock”, or can’t lock reliably under a given set of conditions…so figure out a work-around. Just like in RL.
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I have mastered it thanks to your information But now I got another thing that I would like to know more about.
When doing OCA or ordinary Air Strikes the GBU-10 (both iterations of it) for some reason seem to be drunk.
When I use point or area track the pickled GBU-10 doesn’t hit the assigned target. When the timer hits zero I don’t see an impact. The
counter just flashes briefly. Again for settings: Laser is in CMBT Mode, Master Mode is PTR, Master Arm on, TGP on etc.Try setting your counter to 99 seconds (it’s right under CMBT). Also, pickle right after the release cue bounces back up 1 tick. Also, try to fly straight and level during the release and after release bank gently away, say 15 degrees or so. Once they are coming off nicely then you can start pushing the envelope. If you are going fast and banking hard you can end up blocking your own laser with your own fuselage and-or ordnance hanging under your wing. Anyway, nice and easy is the place to start when working with LGBs IMO.
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It has something to do about some bridges not being 3d objects ?
I’m not completely sure to be honest. Perhaps someone could try editing a bridge objective to see if they can be made point-trackable. I’ve not tried it myself cos I have a real fear of screwing something I can’t fix
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Master Mode is PTR
Was PTR highlighted? If so the TGP fires only the IR pointer. With PTR not highlighted or BOTH selected the TGP fires the laser in the first case and IR pointer and the laser in the second case.
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PTR was not highlighted. I have tested the BOTH1 option now. Works just like the non-highlighted setting. Direct hit on target.
EDIT: Same Issue again. This time with an underground facility. But when doing the harbour training mission everything hits.
I assume something inside BMS messes up if you switch to your desktop too often After restarting BMS everything was just fine.
So there might be something that got messed because I did everything as usual (and could bomb any bridge or factory successfully) yet bombs fell short during the mission