Invisible tanks

[lwh]

Hi.

I like the game, but the half or fully invisible tanks will probably drive me away from it eventually.

Pretty sure it only happens online. Mostly it's the tanks turrets that are invisible. Sometimes it's just the body though, and sometimes it's both.

The only information I've found on the forums here suggested it's related to packet loss, but the in-game display said there wasn't any.

I'd have to do more testing to provide more definite information about the problem, but maybe someone knows something about it and can tell me what, if anything, I can do about it?

Thanks.

Edit: Just found a picture in the 'Camouflage?' thread in the bug report section.http://www.redorchestragame.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7459

 

[myzko]

Lol, sometimes some of my teamates are invisible, it's often MG'ers that are deploying tho..

 

[MrBunsy]

Have you fiddled with the Netspeed setting? I remember in UT when that got set too high things like the tank turrets didn't appear. Might not be that though.

 

[lwh]

Thanks for the suggestion Mr.Bunsy. I have the game set on 'Modem' with 'Dynamic Netspeed' checked, and still have the problem. If they're the lowest settings I can use, maybe the 56k connection I have just isn't up to it.

 

[vascrats]

Any new info on this?

Any new info on this?

Is any new informaiton available about this issue? I started playing online recently and ran into the missing turrets. I also have 56k at this time and also think that may be the cause as practice mode is fine. So far I have only seen this on the Arad map where there are many tanks on the map at once. 4-5 tanks on other maps seem o.k.

Has anyone with High speed internet seen this issue?

 

[Zetsumei]

visibility things are the first things you loose when packets are getting lost, either because your bandwidth ain't enough so not everything can be sent to the client, or because the server/client cpu is lagging, or something in the network section is struggeling.

 

[18Bravo]

I've got cable and had this happen to me occasionally, but it only happens to me on large tank maps like Orel.

 

[ro50pc]

, maybe the 56k connection I have just isn't up to it.

I cant fathom the game working properly on that. I frequently am on the road and end up playing in hotels where bandwidth/speed is variable. I can say for sure that a quality internet connection is critical for smooth game play.