Joint Voluntary Invisible Planes Testing Initiative

[Han]

Hello everybody!

 

As we announced earlier, we start the work on huge post-BoM tasks that were postponed before.

One of these tasks is finding a cause of 'invisible planes in multiplayer' issue.

Problem is, it is not possible to reproduce this issue in the office or in beta testing with few testers. Because of this, this task can only be attempted by reverse engineering a huge amount of code that governs aircraft object creation in multiplayer.

 

We have found one of the possible causes of this problem and fixed it, but now we need to check if it enough, and we need your help for this. If you play multiplayer a lot and are willing to participate in this test, please do the following:

 

1. Download this archive with experimental executable:

 

Unpack it into the folder: \bin\

Don't use the regular shortcut, Steam or our launcher button, run this new executable instead: \bin\game_invisible_planes_fix_test\Il-2test.exe

 

2. Play in multiplayer as you always do, but please pay attention if you spot 'invisible planes' - you can hear their sounds, see various effects (dust, shots fired, smoke) with the plane itself being invisible. In addition, a special message may appear in this game version if it detects an invisible plane: "INVISIBLE NET AIRPLANE DETECTED!". Telemetry data will be saved to special file \data\!_SendMe.log

 

3. So if you spot an invisible plane or see this special message in multiplayer, please do the following:

- leave multiplayer server and exit to main menu of the game

- exit the game

- ZIP the log file \data\!_SendMe.log

- post a message in this thread briefly describing a situation where you encountered an invisible plane (server name, time of day, etc.) and attach this zipped log file.

 

4. If you don't encounter an invisible plane or see the special message until Monday, February 8th, while playing multiplayer, please also post here and mention how often you saw this issue before. Please also make sure that !_SendMe.log file is empty (zip and attach it if it doesn't).

 

Therefore, we'll know on Monday either that the issue has been fixed for good or we'll have the log files we can use to find additional causes for it.

We'd like to thank all who will participate in this test in advance.

 

P.S.

This experimental executable also contains some new changes that will be in next 1.108 official update, for example corrected fineness ratios with retracted flaps for LaGG-3, La-5, Yak-1 and IL-2 (P-40 isn't ready yet) and fix for track playback crash (older tracks won't be playable unfortunately). Please don't discuss these changes in this thread to make it easier to manage.

 

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who submitted the log. We're working on the fix, it's possible there will be a next test on Monday. Thank you!

[Habu]

Han, i have an error with the exe as soon i run it. See screenshot enclose.

[6./ZG26_Gielow]

If I find out how to spawn an invisible plane I won't tell anyone

Edited February 4, 2016 by 6.J/ZG26_Gielow

[PeterZvan]

Tested yesterday 22:30 CET on WoL server - no issues noticed (no messages or visual problems). I played for about 1 hour.

[VBF-12_Stick-95]

Downloaded and tested in WOL today.  Will report back.

Edited February 4, 2016 by 12.OIAE_Stick-95

[PeterZvan]

I flew today just moments ago on Ded Random expert server.

I experianced strange artefacts mid air - they were stationary and some tracers coming from them at times.

 

I did not get any message and also the log file is empty - no update to it.

Attached a screenshot of the occurance.

 

2016_2_4__21_0_20.bmp

[PeterZvan]

I encounterd a first message just now - Server was WoL.

I was damaged flying back and smoking. Server was half full, nothing out of the ordinary.

Attached the log file.

 

 

 

!_SendMe.zip

[Willy__]

I dont know if its related or not, but more often than not I see some "UFO's" (for the lack of a better term) flying around.. I mean that I see some strange lights on the sky flying, sometimes they behave like planes (they move like they are flying) and sometimes they dont (they keep still in one place). Does someone have a similar experience ?

[PeterZvan]

I have just got another message - WoL server in a furbal.

Log didnt update however  - still the old content inside.

Also the sim crashed.

[216th_Jordan]

Yes, sometimes something seems to hang in the air, even saw tracers fired from a stationary point in the air (track got corrupted though I think, will recheck tomorrow). Whenever I encountered the dust/sound whatever objects they seemed to be stationary.

[Sneaksie]

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who submitted the log. We're working on the fix, it's possible there will be a next test on Monday. Thank you!

[VBF-12_Stick-95]

I tried to log in today using the il-2test.exe and it said I had to update the software.  Is the test software no longer in use?

[Habu]

As Sneaksie said, the test is over at that time, and could be back in a few days. The update message is not for public.

[71st_AH_Mastiff]

well I just had a 500sc bomb spawn as a hat on my head in the WOL server while I was in a BF110e2..