Jester SA calls

[markturner1960]

Will Jesters SA calls be worked on in Jester 2? Currently, they are not much use, basically telling you where the bandit was a few seconds ago and no directional calls. It would be great if we could get some calls that accurately positioned the bandit allowing for a delay in looking and more importantly his direction , IE, Bandit 2 o’clock crossing left to right, or left hand turn, etc etc…….

[bonesvf103]

Hey Mark!

I think you and I talked about this over the weekend in that it appears Jester's calls are all queued, like a laundry list of events that he has to go down and say in order.  So that call that the bandit is at your 7:00 even though you now see him in front of you in the HUD is very delayed and annoying.  I generally don't trust anything he says unless we're straight and level and there is not much else going on outside in our airspace.

v6,

boNes

[markturner1960]

Indeed and that is what prompted my query here! We live in hope for Jester 2! Would be good if someone from Heatblur could maybe comment.....? 

[IronMike]

Yes, they will be improved. But some disconnect will remain if a player maneuvers erratically or too fast during a call start, that can displace the bandit by any amount of degrees and aspect while the call is still happening. That all happens in half a second. A human would recognize that, pause, and then update his call. Whether this level of intelligence will be possible for 2.0, or rather 3.0, we'll have to see.

[markturner1960]

Cool and understood. I would have thought based on speed and trajectory of both planes, it should be possible to extrapolate a predicted position more accurately and direction / vector would be even easier. Thank you Mike!

Edited December 20, 2023 by markturner1960