https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/eNrUWoS2jHb2
It seems to be a Su39 specific issue
Nevermind, you can also abuse this on the aim7p
Even the F-18A with aim7m
damn so its a wide problem across tech tree.
well that happens when update come out
Nice to know that eventually we figured out the problem, on another point, Su-39 has some advantage using this bug to guide radar-guided missiles using the ESM search mode because the Kopyo-25 radar is set on ESM by default, you don’t need to have an anti-ship missile to be able to use this mode.
Yes, and its the lowest BR aircraft that can abuse it.
Just killed a phantom with a 50km launch with the F18A by somehow guiding the missile with ESM. Top down launches are not reliable and the “lock” breaks. Wonder if chaff does anything to it.
MiG-29M with R-27ER HOBS using ESM
Switching to ESM also keeps TWS soft locks and is possible to launch fox3’s that way. But you cant switch target in ESM mode
+1
Today, while flying in a MiG21-2000, head on Su-39, I was also hit by a radar missile without warning on the RWR
Insane bug
I did a 4 kill match in an uptier while abusing this bug. The replay keeps showing that I have my radar enabled but I switch to ESM after locking, then I track where the target is with the missile lock indicator, before deciding when to launch.
(the replay doesnt show when I switch to ESM, but I did manually on the replay for the sake of explanation)
After running out of sparrows, I still abused the ESM bug to keep a stealth track on a guy to launch an orbital Aim-9L into him without him noticing any RWR pings
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Wait , just a quick question, where are you from?
And , wtf gaijin , supid bug
I wonder if it works with Fox-3, forcing the DL?
Want test @HighRiskNoReward ?
Sure
I just played it and enemies have 0 clue lol
Apparently, in custom matches it gives track, and launch warnings. But normal matches I think not. At least I certantly did not with the su-39 case.
I have no way of knowing if the guys I killed with the F-18A doing the ESM trick were just not reacting, or not receiving actual RWR warnings
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ESM giving DL , insane
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tbh i dont think this has as much to do with ESM as you guys think, in replays the radar on the su-39 seems to always point in a single direction no matter what direction the vehicle is point, even though from the player’s perspective the radar is functioning as normal
like maybe the esm is the reason the missile guides as normal but i suspect that its instead some kinda of client server desync with the radar, i dont have an f18 with esm to test them at all either
but you dont need to screw around with ESM at all the achieve the effect of the radar sitting in one place in the replay and not properly locking the target to guide the missile, at least for the su39
There is a pre made loadout in the premium F-18C early which has both AIM-7P and ARMs so you can still test it.