investigating SA EXP on surface designation incorrect

[Hulkbust44]

When you have a surface TGT and attempt to EXPand on the SA with the MAP enabled, the display just expands over and tracks with your aircraft rather than the designation. The use to be an issue for aerial tracks as well but ATM it works.

noEXP.trk

[MARLAN_]

After looking into it a bit, currently in DCS:

- EXP on air track -> Map layer zooms on ownship, but zooms link data on air track

- EXP on ground track -> Map layer zooms on ownship, and zooms link data on ownship

The map layer is clearly bugged and should be zooming on the link data, as seen with the expand on air track, it is still zooming the map data on ownship. Two completely different locations. This part of the bug shouldn't require evidence as it is simply a bug.

As for what it should be zooming in on, it should be zooming in on the designated track or point (we should be able to expand on empty space as well), in the case of this report, it should zoom on the ground track, not revert back to the ownship.

You can also see how when expanding on a ground track without the MAP enabled, nothing happens (aside from EXP being boxed) because it is incorrectly centering on your ownship (which is already happening without EXP) - turning on the MAP only reveals how the MAP layer is also bugged.

Evidence PM'd

SAEXP.trk

Edited December 23, 2022 by MARLAN_

[GumidekCZ]

What if EXP works really only around the cursor? So the usage may be as desribed in picture - just SA page magnifying glass, which you can slew around.

Edited January 11, 2023 by GumidekCZ

[Hulkbust44]

1 hour ago, GumidekCZ said:

What if EXP works really only around the cursor? So the usage may be as desribed in picture - just SA page magnifying glass, which you can slew around.

 

That's basically it, the problem with this post has to do with the EXP of the map being wrong.

[Hulkbust44]

@BIGNEWYWhat do you mean "pm evidence" ? 
Why don't you think this is a bug? It was working before a certain patch and the change was not announced, it is then a bug. This is an unintended change to the code that you are just inherently defending? Ask the team if they intended to change the SA EXP logic with the map enabled. 
This specific issue I reported a few years ago, it got fixed, and it now it's back.

[BIGNEWY]

pm evidence means that public evidence is required, please dont always assume it is me however. 

I have cleaned the thread please remember our 1.16 rule. 

We will take another look at this. 

thanks

[BIGNEWY]

Posts unhidden, please remember to link the source of any unclassified evidence in the future thank you 

https://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1321&context=utk_gradthes