BUG: Cargo names in 1.5.2 are not shown in the F6 menu ...

[FlightControl]

Hello DCS,

 

A couple of bugs with CARGOs in DCS version 1.5.2. Please use the attached mission to simulate these bugs and resolve...

 

Four cargos are shown within the simulator from left to right:

- Food Boxes (100 kg)

- Beer (200 kg)

- Sling Load Cargo (150 kg)

- Destroy Cargo (1000 kg)

 

A couple of bugs with CARGO:

 

BUG 1 - Cargo dissapears from the F6 list once it is selected and the player switched to a new client.

 

BUG 2 - The Cargo names are NOT listed in the menu F6 list. Only the weights are listed.

 

BUG 3 - the function :inAir() is not working for static objects.

 

BUG 4 - the function :destroy() is not working for cargo static objects.

 

 

 

 

How to simulate BUG 1 and BUG 2:

 

1. Select helicopter "Test 1" (Choose Slot)..

 

2. Select within the helicopter the radio menu, and then F6 -> four cargo items are listed.

 

BUG 2: Where are the names of the CARGOs????

 

3. Select within the helicopter the first cargo to be sling loaded.

 

4. Now exit the helicopter and switch to helicopter "Test 2" (Choose Slot).

 

5. Select within the helicopter the radio menu, and then F6

 

BUG 1: ONLY THREE cargo items are listed now. It should be four..

 

How to simulate BUG 3:

 

1. Select helicopter "Test Sling Load" (Choose Slot). -> A continuous test should be shown what to do ...It also shows the height of the cargo.

 

2. Select the radio menu and F6 (Cargo) and then select a cargo to sling-load with weight 150 kg. (Smoke signal should come out of the selected cargo).

 

3. Attach the cargo to the helicopter and lift the cargo from the ground.

 

BUG 3: the lift of the cargo is measured by the :inAir() function, which is not working ...

 

See the code below:

 

local Cargo = StaticObject.getByName( "Sling Load Cargo" )

if Cargo then
   CargoAirborne = [b][color=Red]Cargo:inAir()[/color][/b]
   CargoHeight = Cargo:getPosition().p.y
   if CargoAirborne then
       trigger.action.outText( "Cargo is airborne!", 1 )
   else
       trigger.action.outText( "Cargo is on the ground ... Pick it up and slingload it. Cargo Height = " .. CargoHeight, 1 )
   end
else
   trigger.action.outText( "Cargo not found!", 1 )
end

How to test BUG 4:

 

1. Select helicopter "Test Destroy Cargo" (Choose Slot).

 

2. The cargo named "Destroy Cargo Test" should be removed from the simulator and it should not be visible anymore.

 

BUG 4: the Cargo seems to be removed from the simulator, but it is still visible ... strange ...

 

 

Hopefully these bugs can be properly tested and resolved within DCS World 1.5.3.

 

kind regards,

Sven

2016-02-07 - BUG - Cargo Selection.miz

Edited February 7, 2016 by FlightControl

[FlightControl]

I've updated the first post with more CARGO bug reports and added a mission to simulate these bugs... So that it can be tested later once resolved and to prove that these bugs are real ... To be honest, CARGO seems to be a bit messed-up at the moment...

 

Hopefully it will be better in DCS world 1.5.3.

 

kind regards,

Sven

[BIGNEWY]

Thanks for the PM svenvandevelde,

 

1.Cargo dissapears from the F6 list once it is selected and the player switched to a new client. reported #29235 ( we have this reported if the client crashes, but it is the same i.e client is removed from aircraft)

 

2.The Cargo names are NOT listed in the menu F6 list. Only the weights are listed. reported#32151

 

3. the function :inAir() is not working for static objects. reported#29501

 

4. the function :destroy() is not working for cargo static objects. reported#29501