Hurricane coolant leaks possibly not modeled correctly.

[FeuerFliegen]

I was playing a single player mission today, in a VVS Hurricane.  I got shot by a 109 and sustained a coolant leak.  I didn't realize it at first; I thought it was a fuel leak, as I would have gone straight back to base had I known.  After 20-25 minutes of flying around and noticing that my fuel gauge had only gone down a normal amount from flight time, I examined the leak closer and saw that it was the bright white coolant leak that is a different color from a fuel leak.  I then had to fly 90km back home to base, including climbing from 500m up to about 4000m.  Not once did my engine run hot; nothing like when I get a coolant leak in any other plane.  After I landed, I 100% confirmed that it was a coolant leak, as it was steaming out of the radiator, opposed to a liquid pouring out onto the ground like a fuel leak would.

 

So I'm pretty sure that there was a bug that was not actually removing any coolant from the system.  Any other plane would have overheated pretty quickly after a few minutes of leaking.

 

I recorded a clip for a minute or so after I realized this, if you need a .trk file.

 

I was not using any simplifications in the game, such as unbreakable, invulnerability, etc.

[LukeFF]

Yes, we absolutely need the track file and associated mission for the team to look into this.

[the_emperor]

Yak-9 can don the same trick

[FeuerFliegen]

17 hours ago, LukeFF said:

Yes, we absolutely need the track file and associated mission for the team to look into this.

 

Here it is.

11.2025-06-30_02-34-30_00.rar

[FeuerFliegen]

@LukeFF

 

The same exact thing happened to me in a Spitfire Mk.IXc

 

It was even on the Normandy map; very hot outside air temperatures.

 

Here's the track for that one.

11.2025-06-30_02-34-30_00.rar

[FeuerFliegen]

Ugh...  I'm 98% sure it's the same issue with the Mosquito.  I just flew over 180km with a coolant leak.  I didn't fully realize it until I landed because there were several fuel leaks, but once I landed I could see the hot steam evaporating at the engine.  I thought I saw the coolant leak when I first received damage, but after traveling for over 100km, I was able to rule that out (or so I thought) because my engine temps hadn't changed, and both engines were equal in temperature (only one engine received the coolant leak).

In my opinion, this is a really bad issue... talk about an unfair fight.  And it also makes me wonder just how many planes this affects.

Edited September 20 by FeuerFliegen

[Bilbo_Baggins]

10 hours ago, FeuerFliegen said:

Ugh...  I'm 98% sure it's the same issue with the Mosquito.  I just flew over 180km with a coolant leak.  I didn't fully realize it until I landed because there were several fuel leaks, but once I landed I could see the hot steam evaporating at the engine.  I thought I saw the coolant leak when I first received damage, but after traveling for over 100km, I was able to rule that out (or so I thought) because my engine temps hadn't changed, and both engines were equal in temperature (only one engine received the coolant leak).

In my opinion, this is a really bad issue... talk about an unfair fight.  And it also makes me wonder just how many planes this affects.

 

I've noticed this a good while ago with many of the machines all doing the same. Brought it up here and sure enough, nothing was done.

 

Very in disappointing and obvious issue.  Blown water coolers don't do anything. 

[FeuerFliegen]

1 hour ago, Bilbo_Baggins said:

 

I've noticed this a good while ago with many of the machines all doing the same. Brought it up here and sure enough, nothing was done.

 

Very in disappointing and obvious issue.  Blown water coolers don't do anything. 

 

It's even worse that some planes do, giving a very unfair advantage.  If I shoot a 109 and it gets a coolant leak, all I have to do is keep him busy for a few minutes and it's over.

[FeuerFliegen]

Just happened AGAIN for the Yak-7B.  I'm starting to think it's only a small minority of planes that even have coolant damage/leaks modeled properly.

 

I have another .trk if you need it, but I think it should be pretty easy to research at this point.

[Bilbo_Baggins]

15 hours ago, FeuerFliegen said:

Just happened AGAIN for the Yak-7B.  I'm starting to think it's only a small minority of planes that even have coolant damage/leaks modeled properly.

 

I have another .trk if you need it, but I think it should be pretty easy to research at this point.

 

Yeah they always harp on insisting for the tracks but it's so bleeding obvious it's not funny. It's a glaring and fundamental error; wish they'd just fix and be done with it. 

[LukeFF]

Guys, this is how the QA process works with our team. Between all the work being done on multiple projects, there isn't the time to chase down all these reports of one thing or another not working if there isn't a track file provided. Not only that, these files allow the team to pinpoint exactly where there might or might not be a problem. 

[Aapje]

1 hour ago, Bilbo_Baggins said:

 

Yeah they always harp on insisting for the tracks but it's so bleeding obvious it's not funny. It's a glaring and fundamental error; wish they'd just fix and be done with it. 

 

In reality people are often extremely bad at accurately describing the issue, and the issue can also be with stuff happening elsewhere in the mission, that the player is not even aware off. And people report issues as bugs that are not bugs. Etc.

 

They are not asking for no reason, but because it makes it much more likely that they can quickly and effectively investigate the issue.