AH fireball trails

[Krusty]

Not a bug report, since I don't know if it is one. Not a hardware post because I don't know if it's hardware related (could be game code could be software, could be hardware, who knows?!?!). I'm putting this in the main forum because I want to ask other players if any of them experience it as well. Later, if I find any info out, I will post in either bug or hardware forums.

When you're attacking a set of bombers and have more than 1 of them on fire, do you ONLY see one fireball trail? Do the others disappear?

They do for me. They have for me since fireballs were introduced. Rarely I'll see 2 fire trails on the same plane, but almost never will I see fire on the drones when the lead is on fire.

Often it kicks in and out, periodically. It's done this across several PC upgrades, so some of the hardware has changed along the way.

Does anybody else have this problem? It seems that SOME folks (on vox range in game) can tell the drones are on fire, because I've had to ask on range if they were all on fire and others have said "yes" before. Am I alone in this issue?

If you HAVE experienced this, have you made any observations about what might be causing it?

[Lusche]

I do see the same. Sometimes there a two firetrails, sometimes the second one seems to kick in 10-30 seconds later, or sputtering intermittendly.

[WMLute]

I too see the 2nd fire trail sputter off/on.

Also bombers on fire = HUGE FPS drop (for me anyway).

Anyone else?

[SlapShot]

I usually never survive long enough to do that type of damage, and if I do survive, my windshield is covered with oil (and blood) so I can't see anyways.

[FBplmmr]

fires really wreck my frame rate as well.

both bombers and building fires have this effect.

[Zazen13]

Yup, same here with regard to fire rendering and dramatic fps drop. I have a pretty beefy machine too..

[Krusty]

Not counting FPS drop, just talking about the fireballs disappearing/reappearing. Separate from the FPS drop, do you see multiple trailes?

[Speed55]

Sometimes I see a delayed reaction on multiple fireballs, especially on the drones.  Wastes alot of ammo at times when it does happen.

[TalonX]

I dont get a FR drop with the buff on fire...  Since I like to watch them FRY, I don't usually kill the next one until the last one is gone, I guess.

I have killed many 3 plane formations and can't recall seeing two burning at once.

Obviously, I need to do some experiments.

Buffs - beware

[SteveBailey]

I get the sputtering fireball effect... no effect on FR

[detch01]

I get steady fires, never seen more than two though. No frame rate hit from fires but a massive one from oil/fuel trails.




asw

[AKDogg]

I have alrdy got entire bomber formations burning on both wings.  Yes they sometimes sputter and sometimes they disappear.

[thrila]

I get a large frame rate hit too, my PC is nothing special, assumed it was only me which this happened to.

[LYNX]

Originally posted by Krusty
Not a bug report, since I don't know if it is one. Not a hardware post because I don't know if it's hardware related (could be game code could be software, could be hardware, who knows?!?!). I'm putting this in the main forum because I want to ask other players if any of them experience it as well. Later, if I find any info out, I will post in either bug or hardware forums.

When you're attacking a set of bombers and have more than 1 of them on fire, do you ONLY see one fireball trail? Do the others disappear?

They do for me. They have for me since fireballs were introduced. Rarely I'll see 2 fire trails on the same plane, but almost never will I see fire on the drones when the lead is on fire.

Often it kicks in and out, periodically. It's done this across several PC upgrades, so some of the hardware has changed along the way.

Does anybody else have this problem? It seems that SOME folks (on vox range in game) can tell the drones are on fire, because I've had to ask on range if they were all on fire and others have said "yes" before. Am I alone in this issue?

If you HAVE experienced this, have you made any observations about what might be causing it?

I to have similar happenings with regard to knowing if the drone is on fire BUT my work around is to look at the drone from the rear quarter of my plane.  Seems to be able to see the fires from that perspective.  For me anyways.

[Krusty]

Hrm.. it's sounding more like a code issue than a hardware one.

Maybe it's tied to distance and LOD (rear quarter usually means you've pulled away a bit)?