Disappearing Aircraft

[nrshida]

About one in ten aircraft I shoot down simply 'wink out of existence', no explosion, no debris, no pilot-less plane flopping downwards, no sound they just disappear. Then I notice the message in the buffer.

If I recall correctly this also happened before the new damage model.

Is this a known bug or perhaps something to do with my graphic settings?

[Slash27]

Total particle reversal. It's the uber awesomeness of the Ki-84 that makes your enemy implode on a molecular level.

[nrshida]

How do you know that I mostly fly the Ki-84? 

Also happened with a Bf109G-14 (30 mm only) and yesterday with a Spitfire Mark IX twice.

[Slash27]

Happened to me tonight but I've seen it a lot. Does it seem like it only happens in a large furball?

[MachFly]

It does happen sometimes.

[zack1234]

 

[nrshida]

Not only a large furball, happened twice 1 on 1 that I remember distinctly with no one else around. Can't be tracers, been turning those on and off lately. Wonder if it's specific plane types. Brewster and G-14 at least have departed this virtual world with not even a whimper.

[caldera]

I've seen that more than a few times.  Really is a letdown to see a Spit XVI just vanish instead of break into tiny pieces. 


edited after coffee kicked in.

[BulletVI]

Yes take a look at your graphics card and check you sound settins in game. As when i bought my neew PC i had same problen i had to setup the graphics card and adjust in game sounds till i could hear everything 

[nrshida]

Alright Bullet, how's you, me old cocker?

Ah graphics settings, I'll take a look. Weird that I mostly get an explosion though. Not too much to ask for after a decent fight, as Caldera says, lol.

Pretty sure now that it is when you hit the fuel tank.

[BulletVI]

Im good bud but yeah its true i did have to look into my graphics settings and update them aswell and look at the sound settings in aces especially the ones that are linked to the in game enviroment sounds i.e planes bullet hits and such

[Dr_Death8]

Could it be a lag issue where the one machine it happened already and it bliunked out of existence on the others??

[curry1]

I have an overkill computer for this game and it happens to me nothing to do with the computer performance.  It has to do with the unreliable-ness and magic of the internet.

[BiPoLaR]

Alright Bullet, how's you, me old cocker?

ummmm   

[warhed]

This happens all the time to me, seems when if I land a 30mm near the cockpit, they either do the normal pilot wound instant death, or just simply disappear.  Not usually a bother unless it's a high angle snap shot, and I think I lost sight of them when I come around.  Then I fly like a maniac trying to pick the visual back up until I notice the kill in the text buffer.