Missiles without plumes/trails online

[*Rage*]

Recently i've noticed that some missiles are fired without a launch flash/missile plume or smoke trail. This has happened very occasionally on pretty much on every online server in HL.

 

Note this is well within visual range......ussually at less than 10km.

 

Anyone else notice this?

[Shaman]

Anyone else notice this?

Yes. I've noticed this with my own R-77 and R-73 already, I was quite surprised. It does happen rarely though.

[*Rage*]

Online or offline?

 

I was thinking that it could be due to the server being running for a long time??

 

If other people have this issue then its unlikely that my installation has become corrupted.

[Pilotasso]

Ime geting shot at with R-27ET whose smoke trails were never visible.

[Fudd]

I fired a R-27ET yesteday on a single player mission, it was a visual range shot and there was no smoke trail.

 

Do ask me why I was firing an ET within visual range :music_whistling:

[Shaman]

Ime geting shot at with R-27ET whose smke trails were never visible.

Never visible?! You're talking about diffrent case then. I'd recommend reinstalling LockOn.

What original poster pointed out I've noticed happen very rarely, only online, and it was on last days when 504th server was going crazy (to many workhours or something). I was flying 29, firing my missiles at close range, and haven't seen any missile trails from them.

[Pilotasso]

I didnt mean never visible like all the missiles came always invisible. Just minutes ago somebody shot me an ET under 15KM and I never seen a smoke trail coming out. At that range even a sidwinder trail is quite visible.

[Frostie]

I seem to have the opposite problem, its like when I fire my missiles I get a feeling of exposure with the amount of smoke coming off them not to mention the flashing lights and hooter sound that must accompany them cos they dont hit a thing.

[Force_Feedback]

I think it has something to do with memory management, in Flanker, when you fires too many unguided rockets at once, their smoke trails would disappear as well. Just some optimization to reduce slowdowns caused by lots of missile trail renderings.

[Pilotasso]

No, my game perfomance is very satisfying and it still happens ramdomly.

[Force_Feedback]

No, my game perfomance is very satisfying and it still happens ramdomly.

 

Not with me, when I have bad fps/slideshow mode (for no apparent reason) my missile smoke disappears.

[GiGurra]

This happens all the time for me. About 50% of all 77s and ETs are invisible

[RvEPaploo]

it is happend when the guy who shotted , this missiles changed his payload and didnt save it.

 

pay attention , about ET you can see smoke but those missille is much faster then his smoke so you can see the smoke and take imediatly thos rocket on nose .

such an hard word lol

[*Rage*]

it is happend when the guy who shotted , this missiles changed his payload and didnt save it.

 

pay attention , about ET you can see smoke but those missille is much faster then his smoke so you can see the smoke and take imediatly thos rocket on nose .

such an hard word lol

 

I think the unsaved payload bug has been fixed. Rather this is intermittent lack of contrails for otherwise normal missile launches (ie launch warning if radar guided etc)

[Pilotasso]

I see this mostly from enemy missiles but I had ocassions where my own ET's also go smokeless.