Multiplayer

[SAS_Storebror 979]

Thanks Rapidus.

So far the crash appears to be an isolated incident, I've yet to see it happening again.

 

Mike 

[-DED-Rapidus 550]

@SAS_Storebror, Yes, I also had falls on 1CGS normal, so we are in the same boat

[SAS_Storebror 979]

Thanks @-DED-Rapidus, good to know 😉

Greetings to @-DED-Rapidus_Server 😎

 

Mike

[TEEWURST 0]

Brief description: coop mission, friend couldn't spawn
Detailed description, conditions: 

i was hosting a coop server for me and my friend, for a couple hours we tried to get it working, which we eventually did. He wanted to spawn in as a bf 109 f4 but it said that he is already spawned. He could start his engine, but he still saw the briefing and spawn selction screen. I flew over the spawn area but couldn't see any plane. When i shot at the spawn area he could very well hear all the shots.
Additional assets (videos, screenshots, logs):-
Your PC config data (OS, drivers, specific software): Windows 10, newest drivers, 

[SAS_Storebror 979]

On 4/17/2020 at 6:39 PM, SAS_Storebror said:

So far the crash appears to be an isolated incident, I've yet to see it happening again.

 

Just for the record, during the past month the server locked up 5 times in total.

Every time the reason was unknown but the result was the same:

Server load looked just normal (in contrast to the crashes we've witnessed long time ago when the CPU load would always be 100%).

DServer.exe becomes unresponsive.

Server is listed ingame, but you cannot join it - click on it, and you get back to the server list within a split second.

 

Mike

[LLv34_Temuri 731]

Brief description: Fake_vehicle with spotter causes heavy load.

Detailed description: On our Finnish VirtualPilots server, we introduced a target type that includes a fake_vehicle that has the "spotter" functionality on with 15 km radius. This seems to create an increasing load whenever there are enemy planes in the spotter area. See attached image.

Edited May 19 by LLv34_Temuri
Fake_vehicle not block

[SAS_Storebror 979]

Wow... interesting report, thanks for the heads up.

May I ask whether you know what those "chat log" lines in the log are about? Can't remember having seen such before.

 

Mike

[LLv34_Temuri 731]

1 hour ago, SAS_Storebror said:

Wow... interesting report, thanks for the heads up.

May I ask whether you know what those "chat log" lines in the log are about? Can't remember having seen such before.

 

Mike

Actually, might be caused by my own booboo of using a single spawner for multiple objects, let’s see.

 

Chatlog entries are the campaign application sending messages to the game and forcing the chatlog writing.

Edited May 19 by LLv34_Temuri

[SAS_Storebror 979]

Ah I see, thanks for the info and good luck with fixing that spawner 😉

 

Mike

[=RS=ddrake1984 6]

Brief description: hosting a multiplayer game with a friend and all he gets is the lobby screen, he cannot choose a plane to fly 
Detailed description, conditions:

I am hosting a coop game for myself and my friend/s, they can join the server but they cannot see anything (lobby screen). for the record he was able to select a plane once out of a dozen attempts of us restarting the server / rebooting our computers, not sure what the magic combination is, but we cannot seem to get this to work anymore and need assistance please.
Additional assets (videos, screenshots, logs):
Your PC config data (OS, drivers, specific software):

Windows 10, no specific software or drivers.

[DD_Sheriff 1]

Hi, same problem here .. I just posted another question. Like to know if you have solved this one yet .. cheers.

 

[=RS=ddrake1984 6]

On 6/4/2020 at 7:53 AM, DD_Sheriff said:

Hi, same problem here .. I just posted another question. Like to know if you have solved this one yet .. cheers.

 

Hi Sheriff, sadly no update, same issue last I checked, Ill try again since my reformat last week and report back

[DD_Sheriff 1]

Yes ,, thanks for reading .. still cant nail this problem ... seems intermittent. If I find something I will share ... cheers

 

[LLv34_Temuri 731]

Brief description: Map victory is sometimes triggered on mission start.

Detailed description: On our Finnish VirtualPilots' server, the dserver sometimes goes into a state where, after the mission has loaded, victory is triggered automatically as if the other side's team points were reduced to zero.

Your PC config data (OS, drivers, specific software): Windows 10, AMD Ryzen 3800X, 16 GB 3200 MHz DDR4

[-DED-Rapidus 550]

2 hours ago, LLv34_Temuri said:

Brief description: Map victory is sometimes triggered on mission start.

Detailed description: On our Finnish VirtualPilots' server, the dserver sometimes goes into a state where, after the mission has loaded, victory is triggered automatically as if the other side's team points were reduced to zero.

Great, sorry for the sarcasm, how am I supposed to look for a problem? Give me a mission, video recording of the process to start.

[LLv34_Temuri 731]

7 minutes ago, -DED-Rapidus said:

Great, sorry for the sarcasm, how am I supposed to look for a problem? Give me a mission, video recording of the process to start.

Will do, once it happens next time. (Saying this will now probably fix the issue.)

Edit: But for the time being, I only have the first log file of that happening: http://stats.virtualpilots.fi:8000/static/LogWithVictory.zip

Edited June 11 by LLv34_Temuri

[[OZAPFT]_Wurstlschorsch 1]

Brief description: Friends can't join anymore since 4.007

Detailed description: Before the patch I hosted a lot self-build dogfight missions (from the in-game menu, not dserver) for me and 3 friends. Since the update it simply doesn't work anymore. They can click on my server, they get a loading screen, they get a notification that some files are downloaded. But as soon as the loading screen is finished they get thrown back to the dogfight-server menu without any error message. I double checked my firewall and port-forwarding, I reinstalled the whole game, I resaved my mission editor files, I even created new missions. Nothing works.

I am thankful for every hint that might help.

 

<EDIT 14.06.2020>

I tested to host a lot of other games, where I also need port-forwarding. Every single one works! I also tested if I can reach the specific IL-2 ports with a different software , so I know they are definetly not blocked by my router and/or firewall. They aren't.

I also changed the ports in the Options/Multiplayer Menu to some others that work perfectly with another game.

Still nobody can connect to my server.

 

There is only one weird thing I figured out:

In TCP_VIEW for almost every program the local and remote address is <the dynamic name of my pc>.

But for IL2 its <the dynamic name of my pc>.mshome.net   

Does somebody know what this actually means?

 

Thank you in advance for any help. cheers.

 

 

<EDIT 14.06.2020> ---> PROBLEM SOLVED!

 

It really was a problem with DNS. It's still strange though, because no other game has this problem, but in the end it wasn't that hard to solve.

If you have VPN / Virtual Machine / Docker stuff on your computer, il-2 can apparently change your IP address to a remote/virtual one and nobody can join you.

In such a case you just have to go to OPTIONS / MULTIPLAYER and look at the list of available IPs. 

Then you have to manually(!) type the correct one (local address of your machine) into the field USE IP. 

At least this fixed the problem for me.

 

 

(Sorry if I might not explain it correctly, but I am really not a network specialist)

 

PC config data: Windows 10, GTX1060 6GB (446.14), 16 GB 3200 MHz DDR4, Il2BOS-Steam Version

Edited June 14 by Nihilion

[Ala13_UnopaUno_VR 321]

Brief description: invisible plane, multiplayer server (finish virtual pilots)  v4.007c

Detailed description: around 30 players online.
Already in the same base on the ground I do not see my partner, and we make signs like putting lights, or shooting into the air, we start recording the track and then check it, and I ask him to shoot me and collide with me, at no time I see tracers, but if impact effects on my plane, and its mowing in the field ...

 

tracks:

 

1- https://www.dropbox.com/s/z3ijqwdudavqb61/pilot A.rar?dl=0

2- https://www.dropbox.com/s/vqgw4dmz4f45uj4/pilot B.rar?dl=0

Edited June 23 by Ala13_UnopaUno_VR

[VBF-12_Stick-95 931]

The invisible plane bug has been around for several years but I have never seen this iteration of it.

[Loupingh 0]

On 6/23/2020 at 10:57 AM, VBF-12_Stick-95 said:

The invisible plane bug has been around for several years but I have never seen this iteration of it.

+1

 

[315_R2r 17]

In the multiplayer on the Finnish VirtualPilots' server have notice a map icon bug - usually it shows the near by to targets/af planes number and tanks number as well....

Yesterday I have notice that nevertheless that the target camp has been attacked by 2 Tigers on the map there was no icon for tanks next to the target camp icon.

Same happen today just last mission.... Have the track file but in the track file you do not see the map - I know, will try next time to make some screen capture recording but just giving you information that there is such a bug.

 

If it should be in different section, please move that post there....

 

Edited June 26 by 315_R2r

[LLv34_Temuri 731]

Brief description: Invisible planes, multiplayer server (Finnish VirtualPilots)

Detailed description: There should be at least one or two 262s and 110s on this track next to me.

 

InvisiblePlanesAtAirfieldTrack.zip

[LLv34_Temuri 731]

Brief description: Invisible planes, multiplayer server (Finnish VirtualPilots)

Detailed description: There should be at least one FW 190 A-5 on this track next to me. Recorded on July 9 2020, version 4.008.

InvisiblePlanesAtAirfieldTrackPt.2.zip

[LLv34_Untamo 304]

8 minutes ago, LLv34_Temuri said:

Brief description: Invisible planes, multiplayer server (Finnish VirtualPilots)

Detailed description: There should be at least one FW 190 A-5 on this track next to me. Recorded on July 9 2020, version 4.008.

InvisiblePlanesAtAirfieldTrackPt.2.zip 889.75 kB · 0 downloads

 

My point of view to this bug event:

dogfight.2020-07-09_21-26-27_00.zip

[Retnek 389]

As I wrote - logs are available, just let me know. (Add-on due to comments: the plane was visible in tacview and in the records - so it's not the usual "invisible-plane-bug" where the planes are invisible even in the log-Files until the moment they fire. I'm still shocked I wasn't able to detect that plane - see pictures. Anyhow - it seems to be no good example for the usual "invisible-plane-bug" )

 

And another one on a guns-bug I never had before and never heard from:
https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/21490-finnish-virtualpilots-dynamic-war/page/71/?tab=comments#comment-974886

Edited July 18 by Retnek

[=LG=Kathon 1511]

Brief description: Weapon mods bug

Detailed description, conditions: Other weapon modifications are available despite limiting it in aircraft configuration in "Available Mods" section. Check screenshots.

Additional assets (videos, screenshots, logs):

Configuration: only 1 and 2 mod should be available to select/deselect. Mod 4 should be selected and locked (not possible to deselect it)

 

But in game mods 1, 2 and 4 are available.

 

Test mission.

WM_Test.zip

Your PC config data (OS, drivers, specific software):  not relevant

[-DED-Rapidus 550]

@=LG=Kathon, the problem is that the specified modifications in "Available Mods" do not have priority over the list of "WeaponMods"? do I understand the problem correctly?

[J99_Sizzlorr 341]

The death penatly timer isn't triggered when a pilot gets captured. Also the re flight timer doesn't trigger when being captured.

 

That leads to captured pilots can refly again right away. While pilots that finished the mission in their own teritory will wait until the re flight timer is over, and pilots that died have to wait for the death penalty timer to be over.

[J99_Sizzlorr 341]

Maybe there is a possibility that we can have seperate timers for being captured and being dead? I mean death is terminal whilst capture has the possibility to escape or get exchanged...If we had sepetrate timers for these events it would make the missions more divers...

[-DED-Rapidus 550]

On 8/26/2020 at 7:52 PM, J99_Sizzlorr said:

Maybe there is a possibility that we can have seperate timers for being captured and being dead? I mean death is terminal whilst capture has the possibility to escape or get exchanged...If we had sepetrate timers for these events it would make the missions more divers...

Thank you for your answer, the problem is clear and discussed.

[J99_Sizzlorr 341]

I also noticed that the refly penalty timer isn't working as it is supposed to be. If you have it set to 5min, then you only have to wait for the reflight penalty timer to pass when you finish mission during that first 5 min of your flight. After that 5 min the reflight penalty has no effect anymore.

[-DED-Rapidus 550]

@J99_Sizzlorr, I didn't forget about your report, don't worry.

[J99_Sizzlorr 341]

Hi Rapidus, I am not worried that you forget my report. The re flight penalty timer is a different timer than the death penatly timer. And it turns out to not work as it is supossed to be.

[J99_Sizzlorr 341]

Brief description: Yesterday I experienced a sound bug in multiplayer. 

 

Detailed description, conditions: When I landed my S.E.5a at the airfield Lealvillers my engine started to sound like an anti aircraft artillery

 

Additional assets (videos, screenshots, logs):

 

 

 

Your PC config data (OS, drivers, specific software):  Windows 10 (1909), last Realtek HD Audio drivers, ASRock Mainboard, I9 9900K @3.6Ghz, 32 GB RAM, GeForce 2080 super.

[Beebop 358]

You'd think the engines were loud enough without sounding like AA.

 

Sounds like the timing is off.  Try advancing it.

Check that the cylinders aren't getting too much fuel.  Lower your mixture.

Is the distributor cap damaged or cracked?  Try replacing it.

Replace the spark plug wires.

😄

[-DED-Rapidus 550]

20 hours ago, J99_Sizzlorr said:

Brief description: Yesterday I experienced a sound bug in multiplayer. 

In this case, we really need a track. the location and quantity of anti-aircraft artillery is unclear from your video.

[=LG=Kathon 1511]

On 7/28/2020 at 3:15 AM, -DED-Rapidus said:

@=LG=Kathon, the problem is that the specified modifications in "Available Mods" do not have priority over the list of "WeaponMods"? do I understand the problem correctly?

@-DED-Rapidus in general yes.

The Available Mods filter makes modification enabled or disabled. 

WeaponMods makes modification checked or unchecked. 

 

So it should be possible to make modification checked and disabled so player can't uncheck it. But because of the bug every check modification (in WeaponMods) is automatically enabled regardless of the Available Mods filter. 

 

In general Available Mods filter is useless because even if it's empty (you would expect no modification is enabled) all modification can be enabled if WeaponMods is configured properly. 

[[DBS]TH0R 529]

Brief description: Sound bug - gunner constantly firing, bombs going off nearby sometimes inaudible.

Detailed description: See supplied track, around 3:30 minute when the attack begins my gunner opened fire on the plane on our 6OC. After that, and until my shot down and bail out I heard constant firing noises as if the gunner was firing non stop. Both audible in the track and in the video link below:

 

Track: 8xBf110_soundbug_gunner_firing

 

@ 11:30 minute mark:

 

 

There were a lot of planes and ground targets at this location on Wings of Liberty server.

Edited September 8 by [DBS]TH0R

[J99_Sizzlorr 341]

On 9/8/2020 at 2:45 PM, -DED-Rapidus said:

In this case, we really need a track. the location and quantity of anti-aircraft artillery is unclear from your video.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n7je3atsswo330c/tracks.rar?dl=0

 

I can't hear the flak sound bug in the tracks though....

Edited September 13 by J99_Sizzlorr

[-DED-Rapidus 550]

@=LG=Kathon, I'm sorry, but activating the mod takes priority over filters, if the author of the mission so intended, then this is his right.