Balloon Defense and Balloon Bust missions don't spawn any balloons???

[VR-Connected]

I have been using PCWG over the last few days and noticed that whenever I do a Balloon defense or balloon bust mission there is never a balloon actually... I just fight a few enemies on the way, go to the waypoint which is supposed to be the balloon (but nothing) and then just go back and land? I never see any balloons whatsoever like in the vanilla campaign. What am I missing? Could it be a setting that I adjusted that took out the balloons?

 

Thanks

[VR-Connected]

I literally did 10 more balloon missions and still nothing this is so confusing... I have no clue why balloons dont spawn. Im using PWCGFC btw. I can record a video next time if that helps

[PatrickAWlson]

I'll look into it

[VR-Connected]

I started  a new campaign with all default settings (except start on the ground) and still the same. I recorded a 2 minute video showcasing the bug in case it helps. You can see that when I'm 8km away from the balloon bust the waypoint disappears. And when I get to where the waypoint was, the next one just activates, no balloon nothing. I hope you can figure it out, thanks

Video Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v_JCvq0UZeDYNAYpxmwwHkIbMVuKKazt/view?usp=sharing

[PatrickAWlson]

I should be able to write a test case that verifies the balloon as being in proximity to the target.  PWCG does not create the flight and then put a balloon there.  It creates a balloon and then directs your flight there.  That is why no balloon is pretty odd.  One possibility is that the balloon is being killed by another flight.  Or it's just a simple bug like PWCG cleaning up an unneeded element that is, in fact, very much needed.

[VR-Connected]

I also just noticed that in other attack missions the target is red on the map but on the balloon mission it isn't red when I'm getting briefed just fyi

[PatrickAWlson]

That last is as planned.  Balloons are an air target and the AI will attack them without the need for an attack MCU.

[VR-Connected]

I see sounds good. I will check this thread daily to see if you found a solution to the issue. Also I tried it again to see if any other ai kills it but no, because in the debrief there is no mention of a balloon that got destroyed. When i normally destroy a random balloon in a mission it shows it in the debrief as "A Drachen of  was brought down by...".

[VR-Connected]

Any update on this?

[PatrickAWlson]

Yes - it's not done ?

[BrianPeppers2]

I had the same issue and the problem seems to be one of the simple config settings being set to low. I am not sure which one, but turning all settings to medium made the balloons appear.

Edit: Well it makes them appear in general. They weren't appearing at all for me on low, but I'm not sure if this fixes the mission issue.

Edited April 6 by BrianPeppers2

[PatrickAWlson]

On 4/5/2025 at 9:51 PM, BrianPeppers2 said:

I had the same issue and the problem seems to be one of the simple config settings being set to low. I am not sure which one, but turning all settings to medium made the balloons appear.

Edit: Well it makes them appear in general. They weren't appearing at all for me on low, but I'm not sure if this fixes the mission issue.

 

Thanks for the feedback.

[thehiddencheese]

Also having this same issue with the balloons mission and bomb infantry.