Current implementation of the igla launcher has it function exactly like the stinger. If lock is disengaged it still flys towards the target regadless if its the player tossing the launcher aside or the missle veing flared.
All the anti-air launchers are useless. Flares ditch them and missiles seek themselves into the nearest wall or mountain anyway. The painting mechanism is worthless too. counter to any antiair is just to fly low. planes and helicopters have free reign in the hands of any half decent pilots.
Not just that sometimes he trows a way the launcher just after fiering witch is just bs because you cannot maintain lock. Also if flares are poped you cannot reaquire the target like your'e suposed to because the igla missile just flies straight into a flare and explodes. I tried really hard and not even once i managed to reaquire a rarget that poped flares.
They also blow up if the vehicle drops under the "below radar" altitude. Which is worse than the stinger, which will stay locked on.
I suspect IGLA is coded to act like the player is constantly making new locks, and the missile will continue to guide only if it's on target and there's nothing else that would prevent a lock. It's why they constantly explode if there's trees in the way, or if the vehicle goes to the under radar altitude.
It makes them useless compared to stingers, which are already awful.
