Logs do not match in game display

[PatrickAWlson]

I want to differentiate between what I know and what I think might be happening ...

 

I know that mission logs frequently do not record who shot down a plane.  Frequently.  Did I mention, very, very frequently.

I know that it is entirely possible for the after mission display to show victories that are not recorded in the logs.

I know that the logs are spit out real time as a sequence of events.

I know that if the plane limps away and crashes later it will be recorded as a loss without a victor.  I think this is fine.

I know that players have reported seeing planes shot down and not having them recorded as victories.  This is what I would like to see improved.

 

I think that there is a cross thread timing issue that causes the log to be spit out before all of the relevant information is available.  Therefore no victor.

I think this is why sometimes the logs are accurate and other times they are not.

 

Proposal: Instead of debugging a complex timing issue please spit out a set of summary logs when the mission is finished.  At that point all of the information has been collated so no timing problems.   Simply generate a summary set of  the AType:3 events.