[FIXED INTERNALLY] F18 HUD Symbiology Broken after update 12-Sept

[yngvef]

Every time in multiplayer when a client that took off from the ship with an F/A-18 lands on land, his plane bounces up and down through terrain when seen by other players.

 

The bug then becomes persistent and the server has to be reset.

 

Couldn't see if this had been reported before.

[yngvef]

And just to clarify, we're talking enormous bounces. Hundreds of meters up and down, disappearing under ground before reappearing again, rushing up into the air.

 

The bounces never stop it seems.

[Banman]

[MISSING TRACK FILE] F18 HUD Symbiology Broken after update 12-Sept

 

My HUD symbiology with the dot in the ASC circle, as well as the target diamond and direction of target's travel arrow indicator on the OD of the ASC circle is jumping all over the place since I just updated. I jumped in the Instant Action Mission of 8 vs 8 in the Caucasus map to see if the radar would stay locked on to a target after doing a crank to try to evade the Mig 29's long range shot. Seems like the radar is now worse. I'd be glad to post a track file if I can find where it is stored. If I'm not the only one having this issue you may not want to update.

 

Also that mission is extremely difficult when you tell the fight to "Jettison Weapons" which makes them drop their external tank and only the 3 in your flight actually do it. None of the 4 in the second flight respond so their turn radius is compromised. Then once you are hit and you look at the other aircraft in your flight and only a few of your filght have even launched on the enemy and usually only 1 missile. I'd think in a "real life" 8 vs 8 EVERYONE would launch at least one of their AIM 120's, if not both WELL before the merge.

Edited September 12, 2018 by Banman

[Raz_Specter]

Yes I am experiencing the same problem. Also experienced unable to select 9X - display said 7M0 and wouldn't change - i checked control mappings all ok, re spawned on the boat and was able to select 9X after launch

[Crew Dog]

Erratic Radar Behaviour in Latest Update

 

Both myself and my wingman, Mithandra (C/S 59_Specter) experienced a major change in the radar behaviour in the latest update. While we were both able to lock onto targets, once locked, the HUD symbology would constantly "dance" and show the target jumping around, would continuously swap between targets, and would drop and reaquire target lock on a nonmanoeuvering target. I will include my track, but it will not be very helpful as it shows that my target that I did have locked is not locked according to the track, and I crash, which I did NOT do according to both the actual flight and TacView. I have also included a link to the TacView file as evidence.

 

Link to the TacView file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KaDpfVzgIqD4uOtU0QhtWpxvsr5X9FKo/view?usp=sharing

 

Link to the .trk file, not sure why it's not showing up: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DeP49UMIbKAiYPbS-kltXOcxBsh08DqT/view?usp=sharing

Edited September 12, 2018 by Crew Dog
added link to share .trk file

[Crew Dog]

I've recorded another track, flown in the AIM-120 instant action mission, this track shows the radar behaviour better

Radar Test.trk

[Precog]

Yep...im getting some weird radar behaviour as well, including the dance mentioned above

[boscoh]

Same behavior described above. It's easily reproducible. Track attached with AIM-7. It seems the radar actually loses lock for a very small amount of time, because this behavior makes the AIM-7 miss most of the time. Also seems to happen more when target is maneuvering.

aim-7-rdr.trk

Edited September 13, 2018 by boscoh
Attached track

[TBear]

same here

[DrummerNL]

I confirm this bug as well.

[104th_Maverick]

We need a track for this my friend.

 

 

The next time you see it happen please leave the MP server and submit the track here so we can take it further.

 

 

Thanks!

[Talonx1]

We’ve seen this since day one w the hornet. Any ship that takes off from or traps on the carrier bounces if you try to land on an airfield. Its so consistant it was assumed to be a known issue. (The player in the bouncing plane doesnt notice anything, just others that observe it)

[104th_Maverick]

We know about it.

 

 

We need another track.

[Banman]

Can someone please point out the file directory location for Instant Action Track Files? I know where they are for Multiplayer but it seems they are in a different location for Instant Action Missions? For Multiplayer they are a (.trk) file name. Are they are different file name extension for Instant Action Missions?

Edited September 13, 2018 by Banman

[boscoh]

Can someone please point out the file directory location for Instant Action Track Files? I know where they are for Multiplayer but it seems they are different for Instant Action Missions?

 

 

Should be saved games/dcs/tracks

 

At the end of the flight in the debrief screen, at the bottom click Save Track and you can save it anywhere you want.

[Banman]

I only have my MultiPlayer .trk files there. No Instant Action files.

[NineLine]

This appears to be fixed internally now, thanks guys.