Missiles not locking

oni14128 · Post by **oni14128** » Wed Dec 19, 2012 4:28 pm

Came across a strange bug where even though I had 6 missiles loaded on hardpoints they would not lock onto anything. I hadn't been doing anything abnormal (i.e. the terrain walker mining laser bug) and when I died and had to reload everything worked fine. All of this occured in SP. Anyone else experience this issue?

Post by **Marvin** » Wed Dec 19, 2012 5:57 pm

Only if I've accidently disabled MDTS.

oni14128 · Post by **oni14128** » Wed Dec 19, 2012 6:42 pm

That was my first thought but the ships cannons were tracking just fine. Actually managed to finish the cap escort I was working on.

Post by **Vice** » Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:56 pm

There are several conditions that must be met in order for a missile lock to activate:

- Target must be in the COV.
- Target must be in range of the selected missile in hardpoint #1.
- Missile in hardpoint #1 must be a lock designated missile and be ready to fire.
- The environment you are in must allow for heat signature locks.

If any one of these conditions aren't met, a lock won't activate. You can also cycle your secondary weapons any time to swap to one with a lock condition or to test things if one seems to not be engaging a lock properly.

oni14128 · Post by **oni14128** » Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:11 pm

That's what was wierd about it, wasn't in any nebula, within 1000 decameters and loaded with exodi (think that's the proper plural for exodus).

Post by **Vice** » Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:39 pm

If you can catch it again, maybe take a screenshot of the nav console and of the target in the COV in HUD mode 2 and send them to me via e-mail. From there I may be able to pin down a cause and fix it if/as needed.