Why does Ghosting occur on servers?

[hc_wolf]

Thanks Adonys. Very good explanation. Thanks everyone.

[Ze-Jamz]

I gave up last night due to these dots..I've never had so many as I did last night..in he space of 20mins flying between 4-6k I came across single, doubkes, formations and formations and even a single above it mimicking a fighter escort..

I gave up counting after 96 ghost dots... and not much fun

[5./JG27.Farber]

Yea it gets damn annoying when you about face 3 or 4 times to find nothing...

[Ze-Jamz]

Lol I done that last night 4 times to 4 different bomber formations in the space of about 6-7 mins..each formation had around 10dots..

I don't know what's changed cuz its never been this bad for me before and it was never single or doubles before only formations

[Robo.]

That makes sense adonys. Thanks for that post mate. It is very annoying indeed to lose your alt to dive on formation when they pop. With practice, you can actually recognise 'good' contacts from ghosts as ghosts have bigger dots and they usually fly too fast for a bomber group. Also, good hint is when you report a massive formation on 3 o'clock and your squadmates see nothing.

What Farber says is also true - despawn script. No issues for me either in the multisquad campaign.

otoh - he's not right with de Havilland FMs, they have been changed quite a few times and it was not possible to fly them like now in the older betas. The RAF overheating characteristics are changing constantly and rather randomly - just for the record.

[5./JG27.Farber]

Thanks for clearing that up Robo. I dont fly red, the gauges are all funny.

[IvanK]

So if this Ghosting thing is a Net Synch type thing, does a means exist to force a re synch to get everyone seeing the same thing ?

I presume this is the same reason you encounter aircraft with the gear down visually but clearly performance wise its retracted ?

[billeinstein]

Ghost BF 109 E-4 B with Icon on:

[billeinstein]

If u fly near, u'll find no aircraft is there. But the Icon is still visiable...

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by IvanK

So if this Ghosting thing is a Net Synch type thing, does a means exist to force a re synch to get everyone seeing the same thing ?

I presume this is the same reason you encounter aircraft with the gear down visually but clearly performance wise its retracted ?

Yes, Think your right about the landing gear

Unfortunately as there is no dedicated multiplayer server tool I get the impression that these de-synch's are caused by steam...