V.14762 BETA Errors

[baronWastelan]

Originally Posted by csThor

Not exactly new, either, but any kind of AI flown fighter (even your own aircraft if you activate autopilot) has a messed-up aiming point for the weapons. I've tried this with Hurricanes, Spitfires, 109s and 110s and all of them are aiming slightly above the target -and that means without deflection and with deflection. In the latter case the AI pulls too much lead and frequently misses its target. This way hits become the product of coincidence.

There are different skill levels configurable for AI. Believe it or not it's a feature. Start a thread in Gameplay subforum with your usage questions rather than in a bug reporting thread, please!

[csThor]

Originally Posted by baronWastelan

There are different skill levels configurable for AI. Believe it or not it's a feature. Start a thread in Gameplay subforum with your usage questions rather than in a bug reporting thread, please!

I am quite aware that the AI can be configured, thank you very much.

My statement stands - even set to Ace with insane shooting skills the AI will aim too high (and often enough above the wingtip) and waste so much ammunition that it ain't fun. A rookie who wouldn't hit a barn from the inside, yes and well, but an ace?

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[baronWastelan]

@csThor: your subjective observation is not a V.14762 BETA Error. Please stop spamming this thread.

Back ON TOPIC:

I agree with Cpt Farrel on the new aircraft reflections. Even though I understand it is probably "by design", the problem is that the "shinyness" appears to be constant regardless of the amount of weathering. Ideally the "shinyness" would be reduced as the weathering is increased; if that isn't feasable, then I would prefer the new look to be abandoned for now, in favor of the previous look.

[csThor]

You can stow your accusations of spamming. This is a valid issue that needs to be sorted, regardless if it is connected with the current BETA or the gamecode itself. And who gave you any authority here? Thought police, or what?

[Tiger27]

Originally Posted by baronWastelan

@csThor: your subjective observation is not a V.14762 BETA Error. Please stop spamming this thread.

Back ON TOPIC:

I agree with Cpt Farrel on the new aircraft reflections. Even though I understand it is probably "by design", the problem is that the "shinyness" appears to be constant regardless of the amount of weathering. Ideally the "shinyness" would be reduced as the weathering is increased; if that isn't feasable, then I would prefer the new look to be abandoned for now, in favor of the previous look.

Baron, seeing as how you are so keen on trying to keep this thread on topic regarding bugs from 14762, please apply this to yourself, this isnt really a bug but a design choice/preference, in my opinion csThor's comments are more relevant even though not a bug from this Beta it is a bug that needs fixing, the shinyness (sic)is a feature believe it or not and although it may need tweaking it is not a bug.

[Phazon]

I'm not sure if this is an ongoing bug or intentional.

With all animated cockpit controls assigned to an axis (throttle, joystick etc), their animations are not smooth or 1:1 to the input being recieved. It looks like the animation drops frames and it looks awkward especially when its 60+ FPS.

The funny thing is if I drag a throttle or other control using the mouse, its animation is smooth as I would expect? Why aren't all the animations smooth when using joystick axis controls as it is in other sims with fully 3d cockpits?

[Blackdog_kt]

The FM is the same in both cases because the mirror was not retractable. Turning it off is just for gaining some FPS, similar to IL2:1946.

[baronWastelan]

Originally Posted by Tiger27

Baron, seeing as how you are so keen on trying to keep this thread on topic regarding bugs from 14762, please apply this to yourself, this isnt really a bug but a design choice/preference, in my opinion csThor's comments are more relevant even though not a bug from this Beta it is a bug that needs fixing, the shinyness (sic)is a feature believe it or not and although it may need tweaking it is not a bug.

Thank you very much for your agreement to keep the thread on topic. Luthier posted:
"V.14762 BETA Errors
Please post your beta errors here"


I didn't say it was a bug, that's your lack of reading comprehension. I stand by the point made by Cpt Farrel that this new reflection visual introduced in 14762 BETA is erroneous in the way it applies a gloss or "shinyness" equally to a 0% weathered A/C as to a 99% weathered A/C. We don't know whether or not it is by design because to my knowledge the feature hasn't been described by luthier. If you have reliable information that shows that RAF would apply several coats of wax to a weather-beaten A/C with paint flaking off in order to polish it up to an "air show finish", then we will all understand that it is not an error and be happy to see the ever-present shinyness.

Additionally we have as many reasons to believe the AI is operating within its design parameters which luthier has already stated is slated for revision. This is clearly not a "bug" [sic] nor an "error" introduced by 14762 BETA.

Thanks again for helping to get this thread back on topic!