AI Su-27 will drop lock and make its missiles intentionally miss (on a running target, no chaff!)

[Max1mus]

Title says it. AI Su-27 will intentionally drop the lock on maneuvering targets, without any notch, chaff or ECM involved. Well within perfect killing conditions

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The fact that they are all soviet variants with severely inferior missiles already makes them bad enough, this bug just nails the coffin shut.

Until this is fixed, my recommendation to singleplayer pilots fighting OPFOR: If you fail at the task of just flying straight at them and shooting them with missiles and somehow end up being chased: just flare and do a barrel roll, maybe go low. You will be entirely invincible to their missiles.

Edited April 27, 2021 by Max1mus

[Ironhand]

And the closing rate in the chase situation was?...