Jester calling out stuff he does not have on radar

[markturner1960]

So I have noticed that Jester often calls out other traffic etc , yet when you ask him to lock one, the wheel says "no targets" ...

How can Jester see them if they are not on the radar? 

[razo+r]

He looks outside the window? Or on the RWR? 

[=475FG= Dawger]

In a mission I created with AWACS, Jester has given me a complete ‘picture’ including targets over 100 miles away. I just assumed he had a secret Batphone back there. 

[Zabuzard]

Jester spotting contacts far away is an unfortunate bug that is fixed in the upcoming patch.

For traffic callouts and similiar, he sees them visually indeed, and hence can't do anything with them on the radar until seen there as well. Similar for the RWR.

We are planning to inject these "external data" into his "radar mind" so that he can for example start adjusting his search pattern for it. Especially for AWACS callouts.

[eatthis]

30 minutes ago, Zabuzard said:

Jester spotting contacts far away is an unfortunate bug that is fixed in the upcoming patch.

For traffic callouts and similiar, he sees them visually indeed, and hence can't do anything with them on the radar until seen there as well. Similar for the RWR.

We are planning to inject these "external data" into his "radar mind" so that he can for example start adjusting his search pattern for it. Especially for AWACS callouts.

he calls stuff on the ground from 100 miles away, its actually an amusing bug lol

[Zabuzard]

he calls stuff on the ground from 100 miles away, its actually an amusing bug lol

Yeah. It happens when switching from a track condition back to the normal search condition. There is like one frame where the radar is accidentally permitting bad values to enter the flow, causing targets at greater distances to appear for a single frame - enough for Jester to instantly pick them up, lol

[eatthis]

12 minutes ago, Zabuzard said:

16 minutes ago, eatthis said:

he calls stuff on the ground from 100 miles away, its actually an amusing bug lol

Yeah. It happens when switching from a track condition back to the normal search condition. There is like one frame where the radar is accidentally permitting bad values to enter the flow, causing targets at greater distances to appear for a single frame - enough for Jester to instantly pick them up, lol

i just want a pint of what hes drinking lol