ME Scrambles Aircraft Locations

[GeoS72]

I found a very unusual bug while using the Mission Editor. I painstakingly placed Client aircraft on 2 bases in the Persian Gulf map, saved my work, then returned only to find the Client aircraft in different locations.

Has anyone else seen this? Any recommendations to prevent this from happening again?

Here are some screen shots to document the problem. Please note, I didn't take a screen shot of the base when I first aligned the aircraft because I didn't know there was a problem.

Screen shot named, "PG-Bandar_Lengeh Before" shows the arrangement of aircraft when I re-opened the ME.

Screen shot named, "PG-Bandar_Lengeh After" shows the arrangement of aircraft after the problem was fixed.

This problem occurred after I closed DCS then reopened it at a later time. I also noted that another group was also re-arranged without my knowledge. That error was fixed without much fuss.

[GeoS72]

I suspect this problem occurred after shifting waypoints for each of these aircraft groups.

[Exorcet]

I've seen something like this before. It should be mostly harmless, if you check the parking spots of aircraft, they should still match their intended positions and spawn properly in the mission, so I think it's just a visual bug.

I have never tried to see how it acts with ground parking or clients though. You should try to recreate the problem and launch the mission to see how severe it is.

[GeoS72]

@Exorcet, unfortunately, this bug is more than just a visual anomaly. In this circumstance, the aircraft were placed using the "Take Off from Ground Hot" option. This caused the aircraft to spread out and when a client spawns, the aircraft start location matches the scrambled location.

If the aircraft were placed using the "Take Off from Parking Ramp" option then they should start from specific parking spots. I haven't seen a problem with the Parking Ramp option.

Thanks for chiming in and providing some feedback!

[Flappie]

I witnessed a recent ME bug which reverts the mission to a previous version. Do you think that could be what happened to you?

I have no idea how to reproduce this bug, but it's reported. If it happens to you again and you discover how to triger it, please report back here.

Edited September 1, 2022 by Flappie

[GeoS72]

Flappie,

I don't know. I do not use the autosave function so I manually save my progress frequently.