BETA PATCH v.1.08.18956 - Bug thread

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles

I noticed today that killing someone's pilot doesn't award you a kill in game.

Example:

Shot a spitfire and he crashed -> got points
Shot a spitfire and killed pilot -> didn't get any points

In single player?

Edit: Forget it, i just saw you guys are talking about multiplayer. It's a user-made script to clean shot-down aircraft from the server.

Originally Posted by III/JG53_Don

You're right Ive flown the He 111P. Erroneously I was assuming that this is true for both variants without checking it, fault on my side!

So the He 111P needs to be checked again regarding the gyrocompass. The little plane inside the gyrocompass should indicate the actual heading with its nose! Right now it is sometimes the planes back or just a completely wrong heading (depending on the actual heading)

Took me some time on ATAG to find the right direction because the indicator keep switching around while I just wanted to fly to the coast from Tangmere, it was sooo confusing After making it to the coast I could clearly see that the comp. is wrong atm.

The problem is that it whatever you set the waypoint marker to, it animates 180 degrees backwards.

However, the plane in the compass should not indicate actual heading all the time. Coming from IL2:1946 a lot of people are confused with this, because most of the instruments were simplified. In CoD they are more detailed and many get confused.

The German repeater compass displays your heading at the top of the compass (the 12:00 position). As you turn around, the outside ring rotates and you read your heading off the top position. The little plane icon in there is a heading selector, not your heading indicator.

It's easier with an example. Let's say you are flying due north, heading 0. At the top of the compass you would see 0 degrees. The plane icon is irrelevant to this.Now, let's say you want to turn to your next waypoint which is due east, heading 90.

If you map keys to the functions "course setter increase/decrease" you can rotate that plane icon. You press the course setter increase key and the on-screen text will indicate the course setter's degrees as you increase the desired heading to the right, you repeat this until it reads 90 degrees. However, the little plane icon moves to the left. Why? Because the plane icon shows you how much you need to turn and in which direction, in order to achieve the heading you selected.

[III/JG53_Don]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

The problem is that it whatever you set the waypoint marker to, it animates 180 degrees backwards.

However, the plane in the compass should not indicate actual heading all the time. Coming from IL2:1946 a lot of people are confused with this, because most of the instruments were simplified. In CoD they are more detailed and many get confused.

The German repeater compass displays your heading at the top of the compass (the 12:00 position). As you turn around, the outside ring rotates and you read your heading off the top position. The little plane icon in there is a heading selector, not your heading indicator.

It's easier with an example. Let's say you are flying due north, heading 0. At the top of the compass you would see 0 degrees. The plane icon is irrelevant to this.Now, let's say you want to turn to your next waypoint which is due east, heading 90.

If you map keys to the functions "course setter increase/decrease" you can rotate that plane icon. You press the course setter increase key and the on-screen text will indicate the course setter's degrees as you increase the desired heading to the right, you repeat this until it reads 90 degrees. However, the little plane icon moves to the left. Why? Because the plane icon shows you how much you need to turn and in which direction, in order to achieve the heading you selected.

hm are you sure abouth that? I always set the outside ring as the heading selector and used the plane icon as my current heading indicator which always worked in CloD in all german planes perfectly fine, because the little plane SHOWS my actual heading in game whereas the outside ring dont rotate at all as long as you dont press the "course setter increase/decrease" buttons. I mean this makes just totally sense that the little plane icon illustrates your planes ACTUAL heading.... and NOT your desired heading. The desired heading is illustrated by the 12:00 position because this is the heading you want your plane icon (which is basically your plane) moving in to
FACT is atm in CloD: As soon as you press "course setter increase/decrease" you rotate the little plane-indicator as well as the whole outside ring which turns as well in the same direction. EVERY other german plane works right now totally fine in this aspect except for the He-111P.

I am in game right now with the He-111H and if I turn my aircraft, the little plane shows my actual heading whereas the outside ring stays at North 12:00. If I press "course setter increase" the outside ring rotates to the right together with the little plane with my actual heading. This works the exact way in the Ju-87, Ju-88 and Bf-110. When this little plane points to W, i fly West, to E, i fly East and everything inbetween. Once again the outside ring stands perfectly still

The He-111P on the other hand is exactly reversed regarding this plane indicator. I fly East, the plane indicator points to W, i fly West, the plane indicator points to East, i fly Northwest (315°), the little plane points to 45°NE. The mouse overlay on the other hand shows the right heading all the time (look at my screenshot i posted before: the mouse overlay says 321° which were right, but the little plane icon points to NE)