fixed internally Offset Aimpoint 1 triangle below ground despite setting altitude way above ground

[Moonshine]

despite the changelog listing things as fixed, the issue as described in this post, the triangle indicating the position of OA1 is showing up below ground, despite its altitude being set correctly. track attached 

Offset-Aimpoint-location_bug.trk

Offset-Aimpoint-location_bug2.trk

Edited March 10, 2023 by Moonshine
second track attached, this time using caucasus

[Lord Vader]

Hi @Moonshine

I am seeing the issue in your track. I am raising this internally. 

Thank you for the report.

[karpiyon]

[BIGNEWY]

Hi please include a short track replay example so we can check it. 

We do have an issue reported with a negative value problem. 

thank you

[karpiyon]

What I did was to pause the sim (since I saw the same behavior when it was not paused).

I selected wp2, this is the one I am attacking which is selected above.

set OA2 2000ft, 5deg, 2000Ft

set OA2 2000ft, 5deg, 100Ft

What you see in the above images can be considered a 'track' since the sim is paused.

If you still need one I can set it.

 

 

[BIGNEWY]

It looks like it is related to the previous issue and we are looking into it. 

thank you 

 

Post merged 

 

[twistking]

I deliberately did not post this as a bug (yet), because i'm not super confident that i completely understand the intended usage and function of the Offset Aimpoint.
I think the OA was broken from first implementation some years ago and the corresponding Matt Wagner video was very vague about the OA, probably because of that.
From my understanding the OA is used if the target is f.e. obscured by weather, to have a different point at known relative location to point the TGP or FCR to in order to either confirm the original target, or to have a fix from an onboard sensor in case of INS drift (probably more important pre GPS).

However... whatever i do in game, the ordnamce will always drop on the TGP's pointed location, even if the TGP is pointed at the OA.
Proper target is in TGP: Check! Switch to OA1, OA position is in TGP: Check! Drop ordnance: Hit on OA position instead of target proper.
Also i have trouble designating two different OAs. OA1 will overwrite OA2 and vice versa.

I strongly suspect this is just utterly broken and nonfunctional, but since this seems to be roughly the state in which the feature launched some years ago, i want to unironically ask, if it's maybe just me not knowing how to do it properly and not knowing how to get any use out of this feature.
Thanks.

[Moonshine]

This is still the case. And nothing in the patchnotes. Its about time the viper gets some serious bugfixes. Long overdue.

[BIGNEWY]

We have a tweak coming in a future update. 

thank you