How do I use anti air missiles in the Phantom properly?

Karroe

With the Sidewinder, I am able to use the lock/reveal target bind to lock an enemy aircraft, however, with the Sparrow, I am unable to do this, and using R to switch targets doesn't work for either of the missiles in my case, like it does for heatseeking & radar guided missiles in arma. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks! I can provide extra details if needed.

FUBAR

Havnt tried it yet, i will take a look when I get home, but did you try hitting ctrl R to turn the radar on if it wasnt already? Theres a way to change targets as well, I think it maybe be t or crtl t, but youll have to check the key bindings. Im also just going off of regular arma3 experience, not sure if its the same for pf

Karroe

Alright, thank you for the input, but this does not work with the phantom. After experimenting a little with friends, I found only the co pilot is able to lock guided weapons such at ATGMs, AAMs, and GBUs, which is problematic considering the pilot has control of the missiles by default. Through editing the pylons in the editor/zeus enhanced, you can give the co pilot these weapons, and the co-pilot CAN use the radar and gunner cam to lock things, meaning pressing R and T will work as it does in normal arma jets if you're in the secondary seat.

It's better to give the pilot dumbfire munitions such as unguided bombs, rocket pods, etc. And to give the co pilot your AA missiles, GBUs and ATGMs.

Dybra18

Hey guys...what about countermeasures? Pressing the dafault Arma 3 key does nothing form me, any luck?

AShyBiBlob

The Phantoms don't have CM's, meaning only way to dodge a fox is to maneuver.

CrackedPepper

The weapons with the f-4 work a little differently from normal jets in arma, but it's much the same as helicopter weapons. The pilot can have control over some, while the gunner, or "weapons systems operator" controls others. The pilot has ultimate authority and you can take direct control over the gunner's weapons by selecting "Manual Fire" from the scroll menu. When the gunner controls your missiles, I've found that you typically don't get a locking tone. You just have to tell the gunner to target something with T or R and then you're already locked and good to fire.