Aircraft don’t render until they’re very close, and they almost completely disappear beyond 1 km. They used to appear as black dots in the distance, but now the sky looks empty. I asked around in chat, and several other players are experiencing the same issue. At the moment, Sim mode is nearly unplayable — except for PvE — since you can’t spot enemies or friendlies from a distance.
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Something with spotting dots definitely changed. I dont get dots at all anymore in sim or realistic tests. Realistic the targets do seem to be slightly more visible, but not as a dot just as if the planes render slightly sooner. About 9km I get a slight silhouette.
It seems like black dots aren’t working as if you’re using zoom where the dot goes away and you just get the ‘realistic’ silhouette.
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Conrails still render thankfully, so winter stalingrad and company are functional but I’ve definitely seen a P-51C dive below contrail altitude and just… disappear.
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not a bug but a feature
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Sim doesn’t even work for xbox. Downloading client status.
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Everyone in Sim is experiencing fuel starvation errors, missiles often fail even on direct hits, and radars won’t lock properly.
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this is a huge problem, its doubly so when aircraft have a camera meant for tracking air targets like the f14
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Same.
Something is definitely off about spotting planes.
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sim is tiring as hell man, some updates it works great and some updates are cancer, and gaijin never directly fixed anything
I am seeing many people complaining about this in discord communities too. I hope this is not one of those bugs that go unfixed for years.
I’ve seen similar Sim aircraft detection bugs after past updates — they were usually patched quickly. Hopefully this one gets fixed soon too. Given the number of reports, it shouldn’t go unnoticed.
is there any bug report about this one? I haven’t seen any.
I am still not sure about what is the exact problem here, or I’d have raised a bug report already.
I don’t think Gaijin accepts vague bug reports without specifying the exact details.
I’ve already submitted a bug report myself, and I’m sure the devs are seeing the complaints, including discussions like this one. Also, a small update just dropped — maybe it’s the patch.
Just tested it — fuel starvation and spotting issues are still not fixed. Not sure what the update was actually for.
Raised a bug report for this. Give it a bump guys.
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/Ju1vFZNRaOY4
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