Multiplayer catapult bug

[RDN_Garrett]

If there are players on catapult 1 and 3, when the third player hooks the bar on catapult 2 he will not be fixed. The player will be able to move along the catapult with a jagged animation. Also he will not be able to leave the catapult, as the game will first let him move away from it and then "pull" him back

When I get a chance to do it in multiplayer again, I'll try to drop off the track. 

I will also attach a screenshot of an example of how the animation hangs.  (The plane in the screenshot is not the one attached to the catapult)

[Gun Jam]

is it the same issue as this? In my experience the crew wont respond to an aircraft pulling up if a tomcat is occupying 1 of the 2 spots.

 

 

[Stearmandriver]

Probably. My guess is that all these issues with both player and AI aircraft getting stuck on the cat in multiplayer are related.  (My subjective take is that it seems improved but not fixed after the last update... I've still seen AI logjams at the cats shutting the boat down.)

Unfortunately, the same cycle seems to play out:

1.  Users report the bug. 

2.  A community mod states that a track is required. 

3.  Tracks are provided. 

4.  Community mod states that they cannot reproduce the bug, and cannot view multiplayer tracks.  But that's where the problems occur...

... so the vibe from ED right now seems to be that this is simply unfixable, because their own recording tools are unable to record bugs in multiplayer for later analysis.  Or perhaps it would just take more resources than they care to devote to it. Either way, the final step: 

5.  Problem goes back to being ignored by ED and cursed by the rest of us, until a new report is made on the forum. Then GOTO 1.

Edited April 20, 2022 by Stearmandriver

[Predator-78]

What a bad story ... we're always back to square one. By the way, where did the recently advertised updates of the supercarrier go?

[EricJ]

21 hours ago, Stearmandriver said:

Probably. My guess is that all these issues with both player and AI aircraft getting stuck on the cat in multiplayer are related.  (My subjective take is that it seems improved but not fixed after the last update... I've still seen AI logjams at the cats shutting the boat down.)

Unfortunately, the same cycle seems to play out:

1.  Users report the bug. 

2.  A community mod states that a track is required. 

3.  Tracks are provided. 

4.  Community mod states that they cannot reproduce the bug, and cannot view multiplayer tracks.  But that's where the problems occur...

... so the vibe from ED right now seems to be that this is simply unfixable, because their own recording tools are unable to record bugs in multiplayer for later analysis.  Or perhaps it would just take more resources than they care to devote to it. Either way, the final step: 

5.  Problem goes back to being ignored by ED and cursed by the rest of us, until a new report is made on the forum. Then GOTO 1.

 

At least they're making an effort. Before they didn't do too well with bug reporting and made me kinda upset too. But sometimes they can't reproduce and doesn't say that they're not making an effort. I've noticed some topics have it reported and they will get to it.. sometime.

[DmanGIV]

I do know if somebody is in the landing pattern and already established communications with the ship. The deck crew won’t do any launch procedures until that aircraft has recovered..

[tmansteve]

This is similar to my problem except that when a player tries to hook up, he bounces and that's it. Locks up

Edited August 22, 2022 by tmansteve

[Mangrove Jack]

On 4/9/2022 at 5:52 AM, Garrett3422 said:

If there are players on catapult 1 and 3, when the third player hooks the bar on catapult 2 he will not be fixed. The player will be able to move along the catapult with a jagged animation. Also he will not be able to leave the catapult, as the game will first let him move away from it and then "pull" him back

When I get a chance to do it in multiplayer again, I'll try to drop off the track. 

I will also attach a screenshot of an example of how the animation hangs.  (The plane in the screenshot is not the one attached to the catapult)

Yes I have had that a couple of times recently (maybe in last 6 weeks, in Stable Version) in MP both times on Cat1 but not sure if there 3 or 4 of us in mission. Soon after mission start the artefact was in place on Cat 1. When I got to it, my aircraft bucked and blew up (only dawned on me after the fact). After selecting new slot no issue. Also no one else in mission came across it.