[BUG?] ALT needle stuck at 0

[ataribaby]

Sometime when I boot DCS and start cold start mission with F-14 ALT needle is stuck at 0. Number rollers works ok, just needle is stuck. When restart mission needle starts to work.

Edited August 12, 2019 by IronMike

[RaisedByWolves]

I get this randomly. Also I checked, system failure is unchecked in options.

[ataribaby]

Yup same, no random failures set here. Thanks for confirm.

[Tinkickef]

I have had this too. Particularly on NTTR map. I have not had it for a week or so though. I thought I was missing some switch in the cockpit, particularly the power switch in front of the lighting panel, but on further reading that turned out to be for the ICLS and nothing to do with altimeter slaving.

Edited August 11, 2019 by Tinkickef

[Eagle7907]

I got this the other day as well. I can’t remember the conditions when I discovered it was broken. Sorry.

 

 

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[IronMike]

Tracked. If you guys could narrow down when it occurs it would help a lot. Or if you could save a track when you experience it. Thank you.

[Reflected]

Tomcat altimeter shows zero

 

EDIT: MERGED (IronMike)

 

 

I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, but when I do a cold start, I can't get the barometric altimeter to work, only the radar altimeter. I can remove the standby flag alright. But it still shows 0 feet, and the needle doesn't move even if I change the pressure. Could you please advise?

 

Thanks!

Edited August 13, 2019 by IronMike

[draconus]

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=247360

[fl0w]

I think this is a quite rare bug for people to post about, that or HB may not be able to completely replicate the issue without them seeing some form of video or track to interact with. I will see if I can test this and send a track their ways. :P

[RaisedByWolves]

how do you upload a track? I saved one of this happening

[draconus]

how do you upload a track? I saved one of this happening

When replying on the forum in advanced mode, there is button Manage Attachments, browse for the file then click Upload, wait for it to upload, Submit Reply. If the track doesn't want to be attached try to zip it first. If too big, search Internet for file upload method and just paste the link to a file.

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

I've also seen this happen, seemingly ad random. I'll try paying more attention to possible explanations...

[RaisedByWolves]

When replying on the forum in advanced mode, there is button Manage Attachments, browse for the file then click Upload, wait for it to upload, Submit Reply. If the track doesn't want to be attached try to zip it first. If too big, search Internet for file upload method and just paste the link to a file.

 

Ok thanks. I’ll try uploading later.

[ataribaby]

It happened to me today

 

here is track

 

http://www.prekladytextu.eu/DCS/F-14_no_alt.zip

[Wavehopper]

It happens to me every time there's a hot start on the cat.

[Hamilton]

It happens to me randomly with PG map (Instant Action Case I mission).

[ataribaby]

Here is video of problem

 

[Paterajkov]

Same Problem but...

 

I have the same issue with the Alt needle. However, this happens only on initial launch of an F-14 mission after starting DCS. If I exit the mission and restart it, the problem goes away.

[Hamilton]

It happens also in Case I (Instant Mission) Caucasus map (Altimeter needle stuck at 0 ft).

[FeistyLemur]

I've had this happen multiple times on Mission 2 of the caging the bear campaign tonight, right at spawn it would read zero on the carrier deck, moving the dial would do nothing and clicking the little flipper on the right would do nothing to the left and get stuck with a STBY flag if flipped right.

 

 

I tried exiting the game and doing a repair and it was working when i went back in, not sure if the repair is to thank.

[Moafuleum]

It happns quite often to me. I would say every second mission. It can happen any time (regardless of hot sart on ground/air or cold start). Interestingly, the RIO altimeter works still fine, only the one for the pilot is borked.

[IronMike]

We believe this could be simply a loading issue (hitting slower systems rather), failing to initiate it during mission loading, we're not sure yet. We'll keep looking, thank you for all the reports in the meantime.

 

If you don't mind, could you repost here using the bug form from the stickied thread in this forum section? Like that we might find common circumstances, etc that might help us look in the right place. Thank you.

[MPK]

This happened tonight to me for the first time. This was on the GAW server, first flight after loading DCS:

 

 

 

 

I tried watching the track file afterwards, but the altimeter worked perfectly in the replay.

[Bearfoot]

I've mentioned this before in another thread, and was told that it could be an issue with memory less that 12GB. However, I have 16GB. It occurs in all maps. It occurs in a number of missions (including e.g. the Case I training missions). But is very difficult to replicate --- I cannot pin down the circumstances. However, almost always a simple restart fixes things.

[Spiceman]

I saw it yesterday when I ran Cage The Bear Mission 1.