Awacs issue
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Hi fellas.
I am flying in Israel Theater campaign (singleplayer) in Red Line scenario. I tried several different missions but there is no Awacs on the air. Is it normal? Thanks. -
@Forester1 Maybe it got shot down already? Have you tried adding an AWACS package yourself?
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@unkindled I think that is not possible(being shot down) because I am talking about first day and first missions of the campaign. There should be another trick but what?
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Are you on the correct frequency? Did you ensure your DTC is loaded correctly?
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@Forester1 first and foremost… does the ATO show that a bird is airborne, and on station? If you join the AWACS squad, are there flights scheduled??
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@Forester1 Does the campaign even have an AWACS?
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If you load your campaign/TE into WDP you can see what time AWACS/Tanker is on station (though the name does not always match).
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Wouldn’t AWACS be listed in briefing already ? , along with tanker , ecm support
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@dumba Something I’ve noticed tonight in Balkans…
BMS , game, DELETED both awacs and 1 jstar which were already in air… still plenty of patrol time. E3 over Slo and E2 in Adriatic.Seems really there’s something fishy/buggy with awacs/elint code.
I was on long sead mission , had awacs support, BUT… landed , end mission , … both awacs and E8 gone … missing on map. wtf?
I have both saves , before and after, … no, they were NOT shotdown, or end of patrol, even have VHS and awacs is on station all the time till landing (my).
Even PACKAGES do not exist in ATO list in the last save - something is broken. - gone, deleted… nothing you can do.
This needs to be reported to @Mav-jp - if not alredy.
—maybe , it is day1>day2 switch , both awacs and jstar are transferring patrol to day2 … ZULU (not local) … maybe
–just compared 2 saves with mc… package 1556 originated as AEW … in new save it is HAVCAP … so AEW designation along with awacs flight was deleted and package changed to havcap. but havcap flights remained in package - but they are missing escort target in stp … like awacs flight was “wiped” from history
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E3 and E8 had Havcap , E2 did not (manually created awacs mission on 23:43 - till next day)
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E3 and E8 packages renamed to HAVCAP with only escort flights remaining inside (without target) … E2 package and flight wiped entirely
–sorry but that is a bug and jstar is also affected, seems not related to havcap
------edit, new info
Ok , replayed the same mission, same old save, same 2hr flight, … … guess f*** what.
All ok now , all awacs and jstar “survived” … even ran with mono/xlog for the heck of it., vhs …
But now is ok.
So much about “isolated case” , so… guess not much help if not reproducible.
But fyi !!! take a peek here and then… if awacs or jstar strangely missing … eg not shotdown or ran away… this can happen , I witnessed myself.Cheers
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I found the same thing last night. First AWAC flight for the campaign deleted itself after 15ish minutes on station. It wasn’t shot down or aborted, it simply disappeared. A replacement didn’t generate until after the first was due to come off station. Minor bug with fairly major consequences (a mig 23 of all things sent me home on a SAR mission haha)
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@lew0984 True, exactly this.
Even squadron strength (number of planes) … typical 4 planes for E-3 squadron , … remains unchanged.
So, there is no “loss” , as this number is not reduced when awacs “flights disappear” . - so the plane itself is not lost , just kinda “reset”
Seems just awacs/jstar flight(s) are deleted/wiped like they never existed. - even escort (havcap) subsequent flights don’t know “who/what” they escort. LOL
- because they “miss a parent” - it was a “AEW” package , … now is “HAVCAP” package because first remaining flight/plane in broken package has the havcap mission
Yes , it is a bug … a medium-big one , or the enemy is doing some time-machine experiments.
But, as said above, sometimes it kicks in , sometimes not … now , just to hunt it down - cause …
(I guessed it could be day1>day2 switch, when awacs/elint patrol begins previous day, … so , for some reason it reset when encounters day2 … as there are some counters … ah, for ressuply, ato packages/flights generation etc… but it would be better not to guess to much here, as… it is a long list )
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@lew0984 said in Awacs issue:
I found the same thing last night. First AWAC flight for the campaign deleted itself after 15ish minutes on station. It wasn’t shot down or aborted, it simply disappeared. A replacement didn’t generate until after the first was due to come off station. Minor bug with fairly major consequences (a mig 23 of all things sent me home on a SAR mission haha)
I believe this is fixed in U1