Spotting enemy aircraft (online)

[ATAG_Snapper]

Originally Posted by JTDawg

Hey m8 we dont do it on purpose!!! i have to turn up my volume for each person (so if i didn't answer ) I probably really didnt hear or understand what you were saying or might have thought you were talking to someone else, I fly with cockpit open there is alot of noise ! Maybe next time direct your question to a certain player , or who is taking off at manston , More than happy to fly you around the map an show you where everything is at !! Let me turn up my volume So a hunting Dawgs invatation! let me know!!

You're off the hook, JT. You weren't flying that night; Redroach's comment was directed at me, as it should. I'll keep an eye and hopefully he'll join us again when I can welcome him properly.

[Redroach]

dunno who the exact perpetrators were
After I exited CoD I noticed a message on my TS that my mic was too silent or something - so maybe some work is needed by me, too

[JTDawg]

Originally Posted by Redroach

dunno who the exact perpetrators were
After I exited CoD I noticed a message on my TS that my mic was too silent or something - so maybe some work is needed by me, too

Thats cool , also on new maps fighting much higher now !! 13500 to 18500 but they were there everytime, normally as i see french point flying out of manston ,there they are between my 12 an 2, an huge formation 12 to think 20 bombers salute

[Redroach]

Hey, I edited my conf.ini to get rid of that display bug and I can play smoothly with it on. However, I'm not quite sure if that solves all the display issues.
On the one hand, I was finally able to detect a flight of AI Ju88 on ATAG, pretty far out, just 2x2 pixels or so per contact at a Full HD resolution - I was actually proud of myself
On the other hand, there are times when I follow Chain home instructions of vectoring into f.ex. a flight, still over france, at angels 14, 7 elements, and take updated information into account, and I just see nothing! Or, I see flak over Hawkinge all the time, but I fail to spot any plane being anywhere remotely near the flak explosions, after circling and looking hard for quite some time.
Maybe it's really me, that's entirely possible now - for sure.
But, if there are any more known sighting bugs, preferrably fixable, let me know please ^-^

[Redroach]

Okay, now I'm genuinely confused. After reporting above that I could track a formation all the way, quite the opposite was true yesterday.
After the usual lack of success following "chain home" instructions, I followed the type of report that is reported in big yellow letters in the middle of the screen ("Ju88s have been spotted over Calais, heading west".
To my delight, I could make out a formation, consisting of about 25 elements, followed by another one, also around 25. I hooked myself on the trailing formation, only to see all the dots de-spawn, pretty far out. Then I went for the leading formation and the same happened... after a while of frustration, one of those "ghost" formations apparently bombed their target (completing a blue objective) and I could make the formation out again, only to have it despawn again
This is really another game-breaking bug! I'm annoyed big time...again

P.S.: I wondered what was the difference between this experience and the one in the post before. And I think the formation on the post before was escorted by a human player, in contrast to yesterday. Could it be that the code only considers KIs with human friendlies in the vicinity "real"?

[ATAG_Snapper]

These are indeed "ghost" formations which are a major glitch in this sim. Many of us have wasted much time, fuel, and strategic positioning chasing these things all over Kent and the Channel. My understanding is that they are like mirages, reflecting the existence of true formations somewhere else on the map....only to disappear like ghosts as you approach. I have encountered single contact "ghosts" as well, but less frequently. The absence of defensive flak is the only real clue, but obviously you have to close on this ghost formation anyway to witness that aspect. Frustrating and confusing to all of us.

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by Redroach

Okay, now I'm genuinely confused. After reporting above that I could track a formation all the way, quite the opposite was true yesterday.
After the usual lack of success following "chain home" instructions, I followed the type of report that is reported in big yellow letters in the middle of the screen ("Ju88s have been spotted over Calais, heading west".
To my delight, I could make out a formation, consisting of about 25 elements, followed by another one, also around 25. I hooked myself on the trailing formation, only to see all the dots de-spawn, pretty far out. Then I went for the leading formation and the same happened... after a while of frustration, one of those "ghost" formations apparently bombed their target (completing a blue objective) and I could make the formation out again, only to have it despawn again
This is really another game-breaking bug! I'm annoyed big time...again

P.S.: I wondered what was the difference between this experience and the one in the post before. And I think the formation on the post before was escorted by a human player, in contrast to yesterday. Could it be that the code only considers KIs with human friendlies in the vicinity "real"?

Blimey Red,

Have you just discovered the ghost dots? They've been here since the beginning.. probably the worst thing for me apart from the create new launcher crash

[ATAG_Snapper]

Originally Posted by Ze-Jamz

Blimey Red,

Have you just discovered the ghost dots? They've been here since the beginning.. probably the worst thing for me apart from the create new launcher crash

I believe Red has many 1946 hours under his belt (along with other sims), but has just recently joined us online in CoD. He is in the process of discovering the, ahem, occasional blip that we've been enjoying all this time. For some strange reason, I doubt Red has spent the requisite 50 hours of reading time that is required to go through all the bug reports since March, 2011! LOL