Need help with Revanche mission 6

[JDUK]

Hi Chaps

 

I'm having a problem with mission 6 in the Revanche campaign - if anyone here has flown it and got a mission success, I'd be keen to hear how you achieved it.

 

I've flown the mission about 8 times now, and last night I thought I had finally cracked it, but no - I got neither a 'mission success' nor 'mission failed' - so I'm stuffed!

 

I know what I am supposed to do - attack the units that get put in by the Chinook flight, and make sure our convoy gets through.

The first problem is that it says there are four Su-25As in my flight, but in fact there are only two. Then there are lots of AA about and with the kind of weapons available to me, it means getting in close enough to ID the targets (at least 2 Strela vehicles and the odd Igla), and the wingman instantly ditches his load when we come under fire, and heads for home. So I am left to do everything myself. 5 times I eventually got shot down. Once I got a mission fail whilst flying and the convoy was miles away, so I've no idea why. Once I even ran out of fuel before the convoy had even reached the area where the enemy had landed! Just a kilometer from landing for fuel at Telek

 

Last night I got to the area before the Chinooks had offloaded and together with my my wingman, we downed all but one of them, who limped home damaged - so no troops landed and I even waited for the allied convoy to get to Telek before exiting, but again, no mission success.

 

I get the feeling I am going to have to hang back and wait until all the Chinooks have offloaded and left the area and then go in and kill everything with my meagre ordnance load (which wouldn't seem to be possible) on my own - maybe get reloaded at Telek once before the convoy arrives.

Edited October 8, 2013 by JDUK

[JDUK]

Hmm, no option to delete the post - so I'll just let you know that this has been resolved now - the answer was given at DCS in the files section (where the campaign file is located) by Winz, who updated the campaign for FC3.

 

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/358231/#postform

 

Thanks to him for the update and the answer.

 

So the AAR for this will be up on my website soon - now we can get on with the campaign! Great.

 

Deployment is continuing, too (AARs also up ) and soon I'll be doing the valley campaign for the A-10A and Vergeev payware campaign for BS1 and after all of that, I intend flying Cold War Warrior in FC2 and then we'll see if I have enough energy left for Georgian Oil War in the A-10C and Black Shark.

 

That's going to keep me busy!

Edited October 8, 2013 by JDUK

[+JediMaster]

Yeah, you have to be on the listen for missions that change mid-flight. I don't recall others offhand, but I've seen it many sims over the years.

[JDUK]

Yeah, I got that on the first flight - problem is that the troops that get put in by the Chinooks are very well guarded by air defences, too. As soon as they start shooting, your wingie drops all his hardware leaving you to carry the can. What I didn't know was that you can get a mission success without firing a shot.

 

As it turned out, I switched the load from rockets to a couple of tanks and 6 S-25s and just blasted the rockets into the general landing area from a safe distance. After the convoy had arrived on the scene and destroyed the two Strela SAM vehicles and the manpad-toting grunts, I went in again and hosed them down with the cannon.

 

The convoy only lost one vehicle, fighting through on their ownsome.

 

Was one really weird thing, though - when I told my wingman to RTB he started heading off over the mountains! Dunno where he was going (the scenic route, perhaps...) but it wasn't to either of our bases! Thankfully a "complete mission and RTB" call brought him back.

[+MigBuster]

My wingy is really poor at following commands - and when he does its normally a death sentence - its safer (for him ) sometimes to just let him follow me around in trail - (almost like a towed decoy  )

[JDUK]

I agree - that's a main reason for sending him home (though on this occasion he was useless anyway) - but what I do like using the AI wingmen for is spotting the enemy. Their "eyes" are much keener than mine!

Edited October 10, 2013 by JDUK

[JDUK]

Oh blow! Mission 7 is bugged! Can't complete it.

 

It's only a practice range mission, but it can't be done (you have to bomb a target at night, but it somehow gets blown up before you get there, so you can't do it and get a 'miss' even if your bomb is dead centre), so you can't continue with the campaign.

 

Going to have to do the rest of the campaign missions as singles.