Any update on the tracks that have been submitted regarding the weak wing structure issue?

[[F.Circus]sith1144]

Hmm, could it perhaps be available as a server setting? It makes a degree of sense to disable it for WW2 planes, where it's generally secondary armament and the combined rate of fire is tremendous (though I'm not sure it's that much higher than the jugs 8 .50s?) But for WW1 rates of fire are lower, there's less guns per plane, and it's the main type of armament.

 

Additionally, i thought it was said when DVD was introduced that it only applies to hits you can directly see get inflicted or that land on your plane. Has this been changed, given the concern that everyone on the server would need it?

 

Don't get me wrong, I applaud the teams commitment to performance, but I also would still like to see a way to get machine gun DVD working for WW1 and possibly small coop events.

[[F.Circus]MoerasGrizzly]

17 hours ago, Regingrave said:

At first that gave me a bit of jumpscare. ?

But it's fine, decals for small caliber hits are disabled in Multiplayer for the sake of network optimization, although cannon hits (like Bekker AC) should be working fine. 

That could not be the best thing for the FC gameplay, but lack of decals is better than plenty of lags: imagine something like Hurricane with 12x0.3 spraying everything around with bullets — that would create a headache for everyone on the server trying to receive positions for dozens of hit decals.

Anticipating the obvious question of whether this optimization can be disabled exclusively for the FC planes — unfortunately no, checking on whether this decal can be drawn or not depending on the plane will hinder network performance as bad as drawing it anyways.

 

Just tell the engine that all WW1 machineguns are actually cannons

[US103_Baer]

Idk. Server resources seem limited enough as it is and dvd, while nice, doesn't seem like a must-have. 

DM fixes are non-negotiable though and must come first. 

[No.23_Triggers]

13 hours ago, US103_Baer said:

Idk. Server resources seem limited enough as it is and dvd, while nice, doesn't seem like a must-have. 

DM fixes are non-negotiable though and must come first. 

Total +1.  I'd rather have generic visual DMs appearing on planes that have a more reasonable physical DM than have planes continue to fall apart instantaneously with pretty new DVD holes in them 

[US41_Low]

Thank you devs for the dm fix. Much appreciated.

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

Agreed.  Thanks for the wing fix.  Much improved game play.

[ST_Catchov]

Now I'll never become a Feldwebel. I shoulda flown them fokkers when I had the chance.