[INVESTIGATING] Datalink Issues

[nighthawk2174]

Me and a friend have been flying the jeff for a couple of dozen hours in MP and have noticed some weirdness with the datalink:

 

 

- Some targets never show up. It is not uncommon for some targets just to never how up on someone's datalink. You can see them, have them STT'd yet the other person doesn't see them on their HSD.

 

- Sometimes a target you have either in TWS, SAM, or even STT won't show up on your own HSD.

 

- In addition to this when it does show up there are times when the position of the target and heading is not what it really is. It differs from the radar, often quite drastically.

 

- Some targets just stop updating. Even though their being seen by someone in the network such as an AWACS their position will just stop updating for quite some time. Usually ending with it fading off of the datalink.

 

-Something else we've noticed is that occasionally a target would be getting regular updates but then just disappear off the data even though they are being targeted by someone else.

 

- We've also noticed some targets just take forever to get their position updated, far longer than it should. Other times they just disappear as noted above this more concerns that someone has a bandit in TWS or STT yet on my HSD it may be 5-10 seconds between updates.

Edited January 28, 2020 by uboats

[shaHeen-1]

I noticed today that I wasn't getting other planes on data link. I returned from sortie, saw that I was in SLAV nes mode. I switched to master nes mode and suddenly the rwr lit up like a Christmas tree. Was surprised I managed to fight and get back through all that mess. Try and see if it helps you.

[nighthawk2174]

Yeah if the host goes down the whole network goes down. But I was the host and was observing all of this. Same observations even with other people hosting.

[shaHeen-1]

This was how it was from the start. No targets since I took off.