jester is invisible

[draconus]

On 3/28/2025 at 7:39 PM, OLD CROW said:

I know perfectly well that this isn't a priority, and I'd bet an entire paycheck that it never was.

You still act like you didn't know so I'll reiterate. We're talking about fictional animated view of the RIO within the fictional comms menu (which is still functioning as designed). I don't know how it even got there in the first place, maybe from some artist's dream, but fortunately there is special option to turn it off. Have you noticed F-14 gets very little work since a year or so and there are some real bugs waiting to be fixed? It's reported, prepare for a long wait and move on.

[OLD CROW]

8 hours ago, draconus said:

You still act like you didn't know so I'll reiterate.

Let the developers respond. They are not your children that you need to protect. They are adults with responsibilities, and if they are asked uncomfortable questions, then they should answer as professionals.

8 hours ago, draconus said:

We're talking about fictional animated view of the RIO within the fictional comms menu (which is still functioning as designed). I don't know how it even got there in the first place, maybe from some artist's dream, but fortunately there is special option to turn it off.

"We" are not talking… "You" are talking… and that thing you’re trying to downplay was acknowledged as a bug report by them over a year ago, and to this day, it remains unresolved. Is that so hard to understand, or did you also have Mr. Newman as a teacher?

Besides, I don’t have to convince anyone of anything. The report process is simple: You come to the forum and submit a report. If the developers acknowledge there is a bug, then they should fix it in the best way possible. I couldn’t care less how they fix it, but what cannot happen is that, after more than a year of admitting there's an issue—and supposedly reporting it internally—they now come and imply that there are more pressing matters on the list and that this isn’t even worth a proper response that satisfies the customers who took the time to come here, report the issue, provide tracks, and have been waiting for a solution for over a year. There will always be an indefinite list of more important things to fix... ALWAYS.

8 hours ago, draconus said:

Have you noticed F-14 gets very little work since a year or so and there are some real bugs waiting to be fixed? It's reported, prepare for a long wait and move on.

If the module has other issues that you think need to be fixed prior, then, I recommend you submit other reports, and quoting a "wiseman": -prepare for a long wait, and move on.-

[MAXsenna]

Mmmm... I see the issue now. You can use it as cheat. No wonder why this thread hasn't received more action.  

[Tomcatter87]

I think this should be very easy to fix. If we can't have an animated Jester for whatever reasons, Heatblur could just put a static picture of him in the Jester wheel. Or nothing at all, should look better than it currently does. 

Edited April 2 by Tomcatter87

[Wingmate]

29 minutes ago, Tomcatter87 said:

I think this should be very easy to fix. If we can't have an animated Jester for whatever reasons, Heatblur could just put a static picture of him in the Jester wheel. Or nothing at all, should look better than it currently does. 

You can go into the special options and unselect animated jester menu and it will be more similar to how the F-4 Jester menu is.

[draconus]

44 minutes ago, Tomcatter87 said:

this should be very easy to fix

I guess you haven't read this:

 

[Tomcatter87]

14 hours ago, draconus said:

I guess you haven't read this:

 

I guess you don't understand what I meant. The jester wheel has a texture as a background. You could put a picture of Jester there, not animated. Or deactivate the non-working animated menu altogether and use the selectable non-animated one. Just as a temporary solution until someone finds the time to redo the animated jester. I doubt this would take "a full work day to code". And even if it did - imho it isn't really a viable argument that it takes work to fix something.

That being said, there are issues that annoy me more than transparent Jester and therefore should get more attention than this. Like the AI wingman's flaps being lowered and clipping through the fuselage as soon as the player calls inbound. Happens every. Single. Time. Reported and acknowledged a few years ago, doesn't seem to bother the devs either. 

Edited April 3 by Tomcatter87