I’ve recently started playing BMS again, and I’ve found the AWACS to be unusually quiet in the campaign. So, I decided to test it in the BARCAP training mission#18 as well as making a BARCAP/SWEEP mission of my own.
In my results, the AWACS(channel #6 -Comm plan, DTC saved) didn’t warn me about contacts unless I requested it(Both request picture and vector to threats are fine), check-in on #6 didn’t work neither, though It gave me a radar contact call once on #5. I could be as close as getting in a merge and still not receive a single call from it. The weird thing is, it will start giving the flight calls as soon as I quit the flight and the AI takes cover. Everything becomes fine when I join as the wingman too.
It seems to me that a player leading a flight could bug out the AWACS somehow. Any advice on what can be done? Thanks!
Update# 1: After some inquiries, I learned that this issue has been in BMS for so many years and it’s considered normal. To the future new players, you will either have to spam ‘request to threats’ or learn to build up your mental SA via other means.