reported Contrails going invisible depending on FOV

[Wyvern]

Basically what's in the title, video attached, can make a Trk, but i think its simple enough to reproduce:
put a plane at Contrail altitude, look at it, zoom in and out in F1 view. The contrails start to disappear and appear at certain FOV.

In this case it is an E-3, at 35k ft, less than 20NM away

Edited May 25, 2024 by Wyvern

[okopanja]

having the same issue here. It was not like this before back in 2.5 and 2.7. Unsure if it started happening with 2.8 or 2.9

I wonder if it happens in VR as well?

[Wyvern]

From what I've been told, yes.

[Hobel]

Am 25.5.2024 um 11:40 schrieb okopanja:

having the same issue here. It was not like this before back in 2.5 and 2.7. Unsure if it started happening with 2.8 or 2.9

I wonder if it happens in VR as well?

see it in 2D too

[okopanja]

32 minutes ago, Hobel said:

see it in 2D too

You meant: 3D? (no 3D glasses on my side)

[Czar66]

Same here in 2D. Contrails disappear at not so high FOV value and at distances that are not that far.

[Vakarian]

This is an age old issue, happens in all modes. Same thing happens if you change your view rotation instead of FOV. For example if the contrailing object is to your 3 o'clock, if you looks straight ahead you might see contrails in your peripheral view. However, when you turn to look at it, contrail dissapears.

[Gribbstar]

11 minutes ago, Vakarian said:

This is an age old issue, happens in all modes. Same thing happens if you change your view rotation instead of FOV. For example if the contrailing object is to your 3 o'clock, if you looks straight ahead you might see contrails in your peripheral view. However, when you turn to look at it, contrail dissapears.

Yep my guess is it seems to render a square around your location and the furthest parts of the square are the diagonal corners, with you looking at the middle of one of the straight edges. Therefore when you turn your head to look at a corner, the distance you are rendering at gets shorter and the contrails (plus other stuff) vanish.

Just my uneducated observations, could be wrong.

[LOW_Hitman]

This happens ins VR too and also sometimes from left to right eye. One lense is showing the trail - other lense not.

[dresoccer4]

yep i just discovered this too and reported it but it went in wishlist lol. looks like this bug has been around a while

 

[a1133620002]

It‘s a still existing problem, which makes huge problems in a2a engagement 

[Wyvern]

yup

[LizardKingYB]

I play on 3440x1440 and issue still exist (

[Aries144]

This also affects missile launch trails, like with the SA-2. This affects gameplay and really needs fixed.

[Schmidtfire]

It needs to get fixed. I can't tell how many times this has caused confusion, especially in multiplayer when players on different FOV levels calling out a contrail or smoke trail
from a missile launch.