Aircraft callsigns for playable groups don't work correctly if flight number has more than one digit

[McCallaway]

If an aircraft group has a callsign with a flight number on multiple digits, interactions with AI ATC/AWACS/Tankers wont work correctly, or at all.

Not necessarily a big deal, though in some cases this seems to cause problems to activate a tanker or get info from an AWACS.

For example:

With test aircraft is an F-14B plopped in a empty mission, cold at the ramp in Anapa. Test procedure is to plug external power, turn on the radio on 250 (Anapa frequency) and requesting startup. Results are as follow:

Callsign Enfield-9-1 => message out is spoken as Enfield-9-1 => Anapa answers with audio

Callsign Enfield-10-1 => message out Enfield-1-1 => Anapa answers with audio

Callsign Enfield-19-1 => message out Enfield-9-1 => Anapa answers with audio

Callsign Enfield-20-1 => message out Uzi-1-1 => Anapa answers with audio

Callsign Enfield-50-1 => message out Ford-1-1 => Anapa answers with audio

Callsign Enfield-75-1 => message out Pontiac-5-1 => Anapa answers with audio

Callsign Enfield-79-1 => message out Pontiac-9-1 => Anapa answers with audio

 

Callsigns with flight number over 80 (tested with Enfield-80-1, Enfield-81-1, Enfield-99-1, Enfield-100-1, Enfield-101-1) => there is no message out ==> Anapa responds with no audio (only text is shown). It's in this last case that some users reported inability to interact with a tanker.

 

[McCallaway]

SO far we have observed the issue with:

=> F-14A ; F-14B ; F-15C ; Mirage 2000C ; MiG-29S ; Mirage F1BE ; Mirage F1CE ; Mirage F1EE ; SU-25T ; SU-33 ; A-10C II

Strangely, the F/A-18C doesn't seem affected.

Other airframes not tested.

[McCallaway]

So apparently this was corrected in todays hotfix under "Error in wMessage::buildSpeech() ("F-15E - Communication issues with high-digit call signs, support high digits  callsigns)". Tested it in the F-14B as well. And in the F/A-18 even though it was almost ok already.

I'm talking to myself but oh well.

 

Edited April 12, 2024 by McCallaway

[Flappie]

1 hour ago, McCallaway said:

I'm talking to myself but oh well.

No, you're not. Thanks for your feedback.