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AAMs Won't Fire? - 2/3/2017 4:21:10 PM

jcole983

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Not sure what's happening but I can't get either my AIM-9s or 120s to fire on an incoming set of vampires. When I selected the auto-engage option, nothing happened except that my F/A-18s intercepted and sprinted behind the cruise missiles without firing. I tried the manual attack option to assign specific weapons to the target, but nothing happens when I click to allocate a weapon to the target. SAMs from my CSG also don't engage the vampires. Is this intentional or some sort of glitch?

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RE: AAMs Won't Fire? - 2/3/2017 5:25:41 PM

wild_Willie2

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Something is wrong with your save, I cant open it.
I would suggest you re-save and re-submit.

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RE: AAMs Won't Fire? - 2/4/2017 1:52:17 PM

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Yeah this save isn't working.

Normally you can troubleshoot why things won't fire in the manual firing dialog. It it can't the reasons will be listed there.

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RE: AAMs Won't Fire? - 2/4/2017 2:43:00 PM

Eggstor

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I can't open the save either, but I can offer some guidance. If you're trying to intercept the YJ-91/AS-17 with AAMs, you can't until it drops below 36,000 feet because its 2000-kt speed at/above 36,000 feet, as well as its 80,000-feet cruise altitude, is outside the AMRAAM's intercept envelope (max target speed 1950 kt/max target altitude 65,000 feet). Further, its speed through its entire flight profile is faster than what the Sidewinder can handle (max target speed 1350 kt). The other anti-surface cruise missiles should be interceptable, though the Sidewinder can't quite catch the Sunburns.

As for the SAMs' inability to fire, that is a known issue with ground/surface-based missiles requiring a datalink not having it. That should be fixed with the next service release.

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RE: AAMs Won't Fire? - 2/7/2017 1:26:04 AM

jcole983

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I can't open the save either. And none of my autosaves in the scenario will open. I'm wondering if this is an issue with the scenario instead of the weapon functionality?

The vampires were at 30ft 0.76M, should have been within reach of AIM-120s and they were showing as green and ready to fire in the manual attack option.

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RE: AAMs Won't Fire? - 2/7/2017 1:03:17 PM

Eggstor

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That could be. The database version that scenario uses is 445, while the current database version is 447.

My best guess is something odd happened to that particular playthrough. Did you notice any error messages before things went haywire?

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