DaleHawerchuk Posted December 21, 2023 Posted December 21, 2023 I'm training a buddy for AAR (F18). I did a simple open mission on my own server, take off a CVN and head out for refuel. Every time we hit the tanker, my buddy does not see the drogue coming out. I tried: - Having him do the initial call. - Doing the initial myself. - Aborting and having the other guy call it. Every time it is called, either by him or me, I see the probe coming out but he does not. I tried with both a S3 and a KC-130 with the same results on multiple occasions this week. He's literally right next me in formation Flight with me and does not see it. Is it a bug or I have to configure something in the editor for MP usage of tankers??? Thanks!
rob10 Posted December 22, 2023 Posted December 22, 2023 Check what he has installed for mods. A bunch of mods are causing weird issues like this with the current patch.
DaleHawerchuk Posted December 22, 2023 Author Posted December 22, 2023 No mods whatsoever, fresh install! Should have specified
Flappie Posted December 22, 2023 Posted December 22, 2023 @DaleHawerchuk Please include a short DCS track showing your issue. ---
DaleHawerchuk Posted December 23, 2023 Author Posted December 23, 2023 Invisible Drogue - Host.trkInvisible Drogue - Client.trk See attached for track files. I created a new simple refuel mission today to make sure my other mission file was not corrupted. Same thing happened. The Host track is mine (VR mirror 1280x768), we get by the S-3, I make the call to the tanker and it drops drogue. The Client track is from my buddy (same track but from his perspective). As I make the call the drogue comes out for me, but not for him, he always sees the drogues stowed in the pod... Has someone else experienced this before??
DaleHawerchuk Posted December 27, 2023 Author Posted December 27, 2023 Update for this. I found out a partial solution to the problem. It seems the drogue won't come out for whoever is not hosting on initial "Intent to refuel" call, but will do on clear precontact. So: Initial "Intent to refuel" call: drogue is deploying and visible by host only, whoever called it. For other players it remains stowed in the pod. "Ready precontact" call: drogue is already deployed for host. For other players. Once "cleared contact" call is sent from tanker, the drogue starts deploying from the pod. I don't know if this is normal but it is definitely weird. In the track I sent above I did not get to the cleared contact part. 1
Flappie Posted January 7, 2024 Posted January 7, 2024 The probe should only be deployed at "cleared contact". Thanks for your investigation. Issue reported. 1 2 ---
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