What is wrong with my tracks?

[Barnstormer1126]

OK so, I just had an epic SU27 v 3 F18s guns only dogfight, and I want to vidcap the track to send to my friends....only....

 

When I play the track, I'M still doing everything I did, I'm on rails....but the enemy planes aren't. So like, even though I died in the actual fight by colliding with the last F18 cuz we got too close, in the track I end up getting shot down after a short while, and it ends up looking like I'm shooting at nothing, because the F18s are actually flying around, not following a recording, so they aren't where they're supposed to be....I'm super upset, because this is one of the best fights I've had and I'm gonna be SO ripshit if I can't vidcap it....:mad:

 

Anyone else have this issue?

[Barnstormer1126]

Addendum: Yes this has happened before, but not ALWAYS, and I can't tell what the trigger/catalyst is for the bogeys going off rails in the track....and starting the track over doesn't fix it (I had thought it was because I was changing views during the recording, but apparently not because it happens even when I just let it run and touch absolutely nothing)

[Barnstormer1126]

Addendum 2: I have the Steam version, idk if that makes a difference >_>

[feefifofum]

Hey barnstormer.

Unfortunately, if the track doesn't save properly there is no way to salvage it as far as I know.

 

I've had this happen to me a couple of times as well. Sorry about your bad luck.

[johnv2pt0]

Accelerating time will screw up your tracks too

[Art-J]

Tracks in DCS are not recordings but just mission files, played again with saved player's and AI's input overlaid on top. And since running the simulation again with perfect bit-to-bit accuracy is not possible, they always play a bit different.

 

The more units involved, the longer the mission, the more variable combat - the less accurate the replay is. And, as mentioned above, using any time acceleration makes things even worse.