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[TRIK]

I could do with a few tips... abit of help?

i get the message enemy aircraft in sector j12, i know where j12 is but then it says angels 1 point five im guessing this is the altitude but is 1.5 1500 feet or 10500 feet, also i see alot of what looks like to be a bomber formation, quite a few black dots and then when i get there i fly almost through the dots n they disappear?

[SEE]

No problems here with HL.

1. What advantage is there using HL rather than just connecting using the Client option?

2. I take it that I can still use ventrillo with HL (didn't try it as it was very quiet on HL).


TRIK. The ghost formation is a known bug (seems to have evolved too - as I flew closer the distant dots suddenly became full size ac (just a few hundred metres away) for a brief second before dssappearing.....

Altitude info is in meters when messaged across the screen and Angels 1.5 is 1500ft but if I have that wrong someone will soon correct me!

[klem]

Originally Posted by TRIK

I could do with a few tips... abit of help?

i get the message enemy aircraft in sector j12, i know where j12 is but then it says angels 1 point five im guessing this is the altitude but is 1.5 1500 feet or 10500 feet, also i see alot of what looks like to be a bomber formation, quite a few black dots and then when i get there i fly almost through the dots n they disappear?

Angels 1.5 is 1,500 feet, its thousands of feet times the number of Angels.

The dots are known as Ghosts or Phantoms. Its a known bug which I think is the residue of a formation that was flying when a submission was loaded in (you can run a mission and then load another mission into the existing mission). I think the dots are the positions of the old mission aircraft. Best way to see what it really is is to go to max zoom and look for an aircraft shape. When you are getting nearer the dots they should take on shape. Its a pain but I think the fix is in the pipeline..... sometime.

[SNAFU]

I spend some time now, trying to figure out the phantom`s origin and what I came to the conclusion, that they are lag caused.

The game seems only to render what is in your sight range. You can easily proof that by the extrenal camera. All objects out of sight are there and you can switch with the camera onto them, but they are not rendered. The moment they come into your viewing distance, they appear.

During escort missions I often notice that the formation of bombers remain at the positions they were the moment they get out of your sight range. So when you return and try to catch up with them, they first appear as phantoms. If you wait a while, they suddenly warp away to the position they actually are and that is often far away and out of sight. This repeats until you PC as interpolated the position and they become real dots.

So I assume all the phatoms are planes, that are actually from former rendered positions extrapolated positions of planes. The calculation of the real place takes some time and the more planes there are, the longer it takes and so is what you see, always lagging behind, what is actually happending, due to this "render-and-calculate-only-what-is-in-sight" method.

It is best seen with the slow ships. Just place enough AI vessels somewhere and start out of viewing distance. They will appear as dot, where you placed them and at some point they will warp to the position they have sailed to in the time and where they are actually.

I hope this gets sorted out, especially because you have no chance to simulate something that gets somewhere close to the real battle. In the missions I made for our training server I used up to 24 He111 in a formation, + the 12 109 Escorts and the 18 Interceptors. I have little phantoms on our sever, but the AI is lagging around like hell, if you get closer and the scene is getting hot. Some AI are even flying backwards...

[klem]

Thanks for that SNAFU, has that theory been reported to the devs?

[SNAFU]

Well, it`s just a theory, I assume the programmers know the real cause.

[ATAG_Bliss]

Hmm I don't think HL is the problem. I connected earlier and it appears there are groups of static aircraft spawning in at certain times (basically loading on top of the same group of planes over and over again) I'm pretty sure you timed out because of the amounts of aircraft. We need to have a way to despawn them every mission or given enough time I think everyone would time out.

I've restarted it and put my mission back up for the time being. I'll talk to spinfx and see what he has to say. I wonder what Monday will bring with regards to MP

[klem]

Just for info, it was very slow to load last night.

[Deutz]

Hello, sorry for my english language, i'm belgian and speak french

i'm new player on Cliffs (but many years on Il2).
I try your server for the first time. I was lucky, the flak alert me and i found one wellington alone (however not credited).

I have questions:
1.It's possible too activate chat in fly?
2. How can i refly after landing? I must do quit the server ...
3. My real nickname is JV69_Devau or JV69_Teddevau but on game my name is Deutz (My name on IC forum). Can i change and take my nickname?

Thanks.

[klem]

Originally Posted by Deutz

Hello, sorry for my english language, i'm belgian and speak french

i'm new player on Cliffs (but many years on Il2).
I try your server for the first time. I was lucky, the flak alert me and i found one wellington alone (however not credited).

I have questions:
1.It's possible too activate chat in fly?
2. How can i refly after landing? I must do quit the server ...
3. My real nickname is JV69_Devau or JV69_Teddevau but on game my name is Deutz (My name on IC forum). Can i change and take my nickname?

Thanks.

For Chat hit 'Back Quote' the key immediately below the Esc key (I think thats true for your keyboard, its the one marked `
Type your message and hit Enter. You will need to click back into the game screen to leave the Chat window or all your keypresses will go into the Chat box.

To refly Select an airfield and an aircraft (if there is a choice) and click Create, just as you did the first time.

You can change your Steam profile name. Either open Steam and select Steam... Settings or Right Click on the tray icon and select Settings. Select the FRIENDS Tab. It should show Profile Name as Deutz. I think you change it there.