Need Testing - Gunsight goes black #3932

[clone9cz]

http://www.battlegroundeurope.cz/video/bugs/pziiih-gunsight-back-hole-2010-03-12-beta-v1-31-0-29.avi

BETA 1.31 Settings = High quality (ambient sound and music disabled)

WinXP32, Core 2 Duo 2.66, 4GB RAM

GTX280 16xAF, 8xAA, AA-Transparency Multisampling

Drivers 196.21

[GOPHUR]

Unable to replicate. Fired about 50 rounds.

Can you replicate?

[clone9cz]

I dont know condition yet ... replicated every online spawn for 3-5 short time only.

I was under fire usualy, but not every time and not under direct fire.

[hertz]

This may or may not be related; was firing into Sedan at a target from a hill looking downwards (coincidence, Same as clone9cz?) but using a Stuart when I got a black screen. Normal gunsight view returned after pressing my gunsight view key a couple of times.

http://www.zen50026.zen.co.uk/temp/SShot12.jpg

[GOPHUR]

Hmm. Were you in gunsight view when firing?

[hertz]

Hmm. Were you in gunsight view when firing?

Fairly sure I was in full zoom and and firing at the time.

[DOC]

We'll need a lot of feedback from players in ATGs and tanks hitting other tanks (this is the easiest shooter to target scenario where we might seperate it out from hits and kills) because this appears to be a very spasmodic or random thing, we need a of testing to:

a) isolate it

determine the criteria of replication

thanks everyone

[hertz]

Bit more follow-up.

Happened again tonight to me and to Snale both in Stuarts.

Only seen it happen when firing on an enemy. Not seen it happen otherwise.

Possibly when you make a hit on the target, perhaps for the first time or making a kill. Snale said he got a kill message at the same time as his.

Might also happen with the turret machinegun - can't be too sure yet, but shot a sapper and thought I had a black screen but was kinda juggling driving and gunning rapidly.

Tank target in screens below was a PzIIIH (confirmed by driver).

Will test some more.

Before and after screens...

[clone9cz]

I have some basic questions for investigation:

- Are you under fire by AI or something when gunsight goes black ? (N part of Sedan is under fire by AI on W river side, but usaly hit trees)

- Is possible replicated black sight in off-line ?

I was recorded some video with black sight, but without fire.

[hertz]

I have some basic questions for investigation:

- Are you under fire by AI or something when gunsight goes black ? (N part of Sedan is under fire by AI on W river side, but usaly hit trees)

- Is possible replicated black sight in off-line ?

I was recorded some video with black sight, but without fire.

- No, not under fire by anyone.

- Never seen this offline.

Just had black screen in a PzIIIH online. Was in full zoom main gun view.

Sequence of events is...

1. I start shooting at and hit a Sherman

2. I get a kill message on the player (green in chat in beta)

3. Sherman moves about a bit more

4. I shoot some more until the Sherman explodes then...

5. I get a black screen for a second or two

5. Screen returns to normal without me pressing anything

[DOC]

Nice clear replication method, that's the kind of thing we always need as the basic substance of all reports. thanks!

Post more if you find out more.

[clone9cz]

OK, eat this.

1. I was using gunsight on PzIIIH only

2. DOC's Sherman M4A2 shot at cyberate's PzIVG and hit

3. Hit animation started

4. ALL got a system message "SYSTEM:Kill-A-Rat: Customer Serviced! cyberate laid to rest by DOC" (yellow in chat in beta)

5. I get a black screen (next frame or 30ms after system message) for 2s on my PzIIIH

6. Screen goes normal with PzIVG hulk in fire instead cyberate

not replicated like this scenario:mad:

[clone9cz]

http://www.battlegroundeurope.cz/video/bugs/gunsight-goes-black-2010-03-22-beta-v1-31-0-30a.avi

and DOC shooting

http://www.battlegroundeurope.cz/video/bugs/gunsight-goes-black-2010-03-22-beta-v1-31-0-30b.avi (this video was recorded after oficial end of open beta test, server was locked with very low pop)

Edited April 12, 2010 by clone9cz

[GOPHUR]

OK, ticketed #3923.

[GOPHUR]

Coders asking for reproduction in current beta. Unable to replicate.

Also, I've not seen this in hundreds of test hours BUT I don't crew a lot.

[GOPHUR]

Bump for retest.