Escort and Anti-Ship single missions not working?

[BradenFTW]

Ok so for some reason whenever I load up an Escort mission I get as far as taking off and using Ctrl+N or whatever to skip to the action but all I get is a mission completed message and I complete the mission as 'outstanding success'

 

Is this because I fly escort missions with downloaded planes (F/A-18 Hornet, F/A-22 Raptor)? Or do I actually have to fly out the whole mission and not skip it?

 

My second issue is that with Anti-Ship missions, i can hit the ships perfectly with a Paveway LGB or an AGM Maverick or whatever but my problem is that the missile hits it but there is no explosion and the ship keeps chugging along like nothing happened. My stats indicate that I hit it but never damage it. What's up with that?

[+JonathanRL]

You need to have Strike Capable Aircraft as well as interceptors in your install for the Escort Missions. Do the Aircraft you are to escort show up? If so, download a modern Interceptor like MiG-29 Fulcrum or Su-27 Flanker.

 

The Anti-Ship issue is a collission lod thing, that begun with SF2: NA. One of the latest patches fixed it as far as I know.

[BradenFTW]

You need to have Strike Capable Aircraft as well as interceptors in your install for the Escort Missions. Do the Aircraft you are to escort show up? If so, download a modern Interceptor like MiG-29 Fulcrum or Su-27 Flanker.

 

The Anti-Ship issue is a collission lod thing, that begun with SF2: NA. One of the latest patches fixed it as far as I know.

 

Ok, so maybe it's just the plane I'm using, so I'll try and fix that. Also, which patch fixes it do you know? I might give March 2012 patch a try.

[+JonathanRL]

I do not know. I usually run with the latest.

[BradenFTW]

I do not know. I usually run with the latest.

 

Which is? July 2012?

[Lazarus1177]

You can use the radio commands to communicate with home base and check mission status.

[BradenFTW]

You can use the radio commands to communicate with home base and check mission status.

 

Yeah, I realise. I got the July 2012 patch and that fixed the issue with the anti-shipping missions but I have still to try the Escort missions. Seems like the patch fixed most of my problems so hopefully there aren't anymore issues..