4.11 General debugging

[sagittario]

Hi,
I noticed this inaccuracy:
The mission was a bombing with a U17-type configuration (see screen shot).
As you can see, the menu choice of weapons, the two guns are visible outside.
As before take off the two cannons are no longer visible (see screen shot).
Why?
I think that in the configuration U17 were removed the guns outside.
In this case the error is only in the menu screen to choose the weapons.

Thank you for reply.

[-=MadCat=-]

This is going to be a longer one and mostly not related to 4.11 directly, but as there is no other bug report thread I will post it here.

As we all are now required to fly with more attention to our engines and temperatures,
I noticed some things with instruments whereupon I (briefly) checked all cockpits.

The results:

A20:
- Carb Air Temp needles are free floating in the instruments (no attachment to a shaft)

F4F / Fm2:
- Oil Pressure runs counter clockwise
- Fuel Pressure remains low

F6F:
- Underbelly cowl flap "opens" to the inside
- Fuel Pressure gauge works as fuel quantity gauge (on that note I didn't find a dedicated fuel gauge)
- Oil Pressure goes off the limit all the way to maximum indicatable by the instrument

I-250:
- Free floating needles for Oil and Coolant Temperatures
- Oxigen Quantity needle missing

IL-10:
- Oil and Coolant Temperature needles free floating

P-38:
- Fuel needles flicker against each other when overlapping

P-51:
- Free floating RPM needle
- Compass needles flicker against each other when overlapping
- Altimeter needles free floating
- Carb Air Temp needle free floating

Pe-2 (110 + 350) + Pe-3 bis:
- Missing needle for Air Pressure

SBD:
- Oil and Fuel Pressure too high

Yak:
- Fuel Pressure needle low and not moving when engine runs
- (Yak-1B only) Fuel Pressure needle on the wrond side (ccw)

A6M:
- Fuel Pressure needle not moving when engine runs
- Oil Pressure goes all the way to max indicatable
- Oxygen Quantity 0 (maybe intended this way)

Bf109:
- Fuel Pressure low and not moving when engine runs

D3A:
- Fuel Pressure low and not moving when engine runs
- Oil Pressure goes all the way to max indicatable
- Orange lever to the left is translucent from the top, looks like its placed upside down, the bottom wouldn't matter to be translucent

Fw190:
- Fuel Pressure low and not moving when engine runs
- (A-4, -5, -6) MG warning lights are lit until nose ammo is empty (maybe correct, but in my eyes a warning light should indicate the other way around)

He111:
- Fuel Pressure low and not moving when engines run
- Oil Pressure goes all the way to max indicatable
- Bombsight elevation indicator on the LotFe runs the wrong direction (indicates 60° when bombsight actually faces straight downwards)

Hurricane Mk.I:
- No needle for Oil pressure
- Fuel Pressure moves with boost (maybe intended this way)

Ju87:
- Fuel Pressure low and not moving when engine runs

Ju88:
- Oil Pressure goes all the way to max indicatable

Mc202:
- Manifold Pressure needle rotates aroung the wrong axis (Y axis instead of Z axis (Z pointing out the instrument))

Ta152:
- Fuel Pressure low and not moving when engine runs


It may be quite likely that I simply misunderstand how some instruments work or what they are supposed to indicate (quantity wise).
Or if some things fall under the advise "please don't go by cockpit gauges, they aren't always accurate".
Please correct me if things in here are wrong either way !

Good day everyone !

[Phil_K]

I don't know if this has been already mentioned, but the behaviour of AI escort fighters needs looking at. When enemy fighters attack the bombers they are set to, they go into the same pull-away-and-get-altitude routine they do when they're on a normal patrol point - i.e. they leave the bombers to get blown out of the sky.

Makes all escorted missions unplayable really.

[sniperton]

Hi all, I put this here although it could also be categorized as a wish-list:

1. As complex engine management has become more crucial than ever before, a bit more technical info on flyable planes would be all the more welcome. (Type of propeller, RPM limits, recommended supercharger stages as per altitude, etc.) I'm sure most of these specs are known and used to model flight characteristics, so why not could they become common knowledge? (BTW, the old object viewer is completely obsolate at the moment, why not to use it for essential info?)

2. It has been reported many times that recorded tracks (also ntrk ones) do not show exactly what was showing in real time. Is there any hope/chance that it could be fixed?

3. I encountered similar problems in 'live' QMB missions. I experimented a bit with various fighters in a 4 to 4 situation, being all other settings equal for both parties. The planes were on AI, I only watched the combat from outside, then changed plane types, and repeated. On the 3rd or 5ft run I observed planes firing into the air while others, being a mile away, reported being shot at. I'll try to document this space warp with Fraps (since game-intern recordings are unreliable).

Anyway, thanks DT!

[Claymore]

Originally Posted by Whacker

I saw something recently that struck me as a bit odd.



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Black smudge on the right rear stabilizer? Dunno what that means... Damage? Partial damage? Complete damage, shot out (like the rudder)?

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Is it better like this ?

Originally Posted by sagittario

Hi,
I noticed this inaccuracy:
The mission was a bombing with a U17-type configuration (see screen shot).
As you can see, the menu choice of weapons, the two guns are visible outside.
As before take off the two cannons are no longer visible (see screen shot).
Why?
I think that in the configuration U17 were removed the guns outside.
In this case the error is only in the menu screen to choose the weapons.

Thank you for reply.

Hi !

It's not a bug, I experienced this "issue", which is not really one, in my Fw 190 & Ta 152 modpack, the MgFF of the Fw 190 A5 aren't loadouts like external Mg151/20 as on the Fw 190 A8, these are only simple meshes that you make appear-desappear in the java classes regarding the loadout you choose, as you can see it work perfectly ingame, that it's the most important thing, but not in the menu screen where you choose the loadouts because in it you see all the meshes, hidden or not, which compose the plane.

[jlan5031]

Has anyone noticed the tires on F4Fs. They look like AC skins look when they no longer fit the airplane. Any solutions, or ideas?
Thanks

[fruitbat]

Originally Posted by jlan5031

Has anyone noticed the tires on F4Fs. They look like AC skins look when they no longer fit the airplane. Any solutions, or ideas?
Thanks

umm, mine are fine

[jlan5031]

That's interesting. The tires are flawed, as I said, no matter what skin I add. The tail wheels are merely white, uncolored, outlines. Have you any ideas about causes or solutions?
Thanks for your response.

[jlan5031]

Just to add, the wheels affected are those, like the F3f and Buffalo varient that visibly retract into the fusilage sides. Also, many tailwheels have no color. I can't see a pattern with the tailwheels. I don't know where to look for a problem.

[Luno13]

Looks like something got corrupted in your install. You might have to uninstall and re-install.