Bug? AA missiles locked on jets 800m above
FXM and Wildcat AA missiles seem to be ignoring vertical distance.
I found a video reporting this issue
https://twitter.com/5thbrams_empire/status/1632250810578112516?s=46&t=sa4BKPdV0502X4VB307dXg
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Also haven't seen it myself yet. But it might be a bug. If someone has more clips of this, feel free to share.
- @EA_Leeuw It happens all the time due to lag compensation and overall slow engine response.
I've got locked 900 above the ground, hundreds of meters behind mountains etc. Nothing you can do I had the same issue, I could be stalling due reaching height ceiling and still get locked on from ground, but it doesn't seem consistent tho
If I'm parachuting down from a high altitude transport I'll sometimes SOFLAM on my way down.
That may create the appearance some unusual lock behavior. Someone with a FXM could likely do the same. This could possibly explain some of the unexpected locks.
Though the video shows something else going on. I believe I've experienced it a few times operating the SOFLAM. In 20hr+ of SOFLAM'ing I recall a dozen or so cases where I locked onto a target beyond the supposed 450m+ range. Very rare in my experience. No idea on what triggers it or how to recreate it.
I've also experienced the opposite problem. I can have a clear line of sight on a vehicle (no flares) well inside the range, but it will refuse to lock
This may either be a bug or something that was introduced in the patch intentionally, but not mentioned in the notes.
Either way, after testing in portal on PC I can confirm that both FXM and Wildcat AA missiles are ignoring height as seen here: https://youtu.be/amGWCzop18I
I fly the jet A LOT and can confirm that wildcats can sometimes lock onto jets from a distance exceeding 1000 m. Will post clips later.
I vaguely recall that the flak guns in BFV got an update similar to what's being described here.
The 'range' was changed from a dome to a cylinder
I've had a number of instances where Wildcat missiles have locked from 700m +, and that was pre-patch. Stingers sometimes locking beyond their stated range as well.
At flight ceiling and the horizontal distance between wildcat and jet is also very long here - so looks like wildcat is locking on from >>> 1 km away
Clearly at flight ceiling (so about 1-km high) and yet wildcat locking not onto my jet
Also, doesn't make much sense for jets to become stuck at the flight ceiling for over 10 seconds
