Strange stock tracker bug

Lanzfeld · 07-02-17, 10:39 PM

Sometimes when I play in the sub and I have the sonar Autocrew OFF I will still get some contacts that seem to automatically get a tracker assigned.

Wildcat · 07-03-17, 03:25 AM

You're probably not seeing a bug.

You're probably seeing the ambiguous contact.

When you add a contact you detected using the Towed Array, two contacts will be added to your map depending on the platform you're in. The TA sensor has no way of knowing which contact is the real contact so you need to turn your ship and travel a small distance to determine the real one.

The real contact will not change its bearing much but the ambiguous contact will shift bearing the same number of degrees your ship turned.

I think this especially happens in the FFG platform.

Lanzfeld · 07-03-17, 08:42 AM

Thank you for the information but that's not what I'm talking about. I will have a contact on the waterfall and with auto crew off sometimes a tracker will be assigned without me assigning it

Wildcat · 07-03-17, 01:36 PM

can you take a screenshot of this?

what is the name being assigned to the contact? i.e. Sierra, Echo, etc.

I can't think of many reasons for this to happen other than an ini file corruption or maybe an interface or input problem, your autocrew is probably turned on or momentarily turning on. Check that you're not accidentally hitting a hotkey to turn on the autocrew, it is possible that it's turning on and off instantly if you hit the wrong key or accidentally click the autocrew tab on the top left of the screen.

It's also a possibility that your screen resolution is some how getting messed up and your mouse cursor is being automatically placed in the top left of the screen, this would result in some occasional glitches. DW's handling of modern screen resolutions and aspect ratios is not great. Try running it in Windowed mode and see if this still happens (google for instructions on how to run in windowed mode)

07-03-17, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lanzfeld

Thank you for the information but that's not what I'm talking about. I will have a contact on the waterfall and with auto crew off sometimes a tracker will be assigned without me assigning it

Sometimes in stock DW when you try to assign a contact, it will only do so when the SNR value is high enough, which means it will only assign a contact a 1min or so after you've clicked.
I've seen it happen from time to time.

A-Ganger · 07-14-17, 10:55 AM

I see the same issues with this.
Yesterday I had all crew turned off yet Sonar would start creating contacts and saying it without me doing it..
ALL crew was off?

Maybe this is what "kramxel" is referring to.

Like when you have a contact, click to assign a number, nothing happens (can't assign contact #) then a while later Sonar reports a contact?

07-02-17, 10:39 PM	#1
Lanzfeld Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New Tripoli, PA Posts: 994 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	Strange stock tracker bug Sometimes when I play in the sub and I have the sonar Autocrew OFF I will still get some contacts that seem to automatically get a tracker assigned.

07-03-17, 01:36 PM	#4
Wildcat Engineer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 215 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	bug can you take a screenshot of this? what is the name being assigned to the contact? i.e. Sierra, Echo, etc. I can't think of many reasons for this to happen other than an ini file corruption or maybe an interface or input problem, your autocrew is probably turned on or momentarily turning on. Check that you're not accidentally hitting a hotkey to turn on the autocrew, it is possible that it's turning on and off instantly if you hit the wrong key or accidentally click the autocrew tab on the top left of the screen. It's also a possibility that your screen resolution is some how getting messed up and your mouse cursor is being automatically placed in the top left of the screen, this would result in some occasional glitches. DW's handling of modern screen resolutions and aspect ratios is not great. Try running it in Windowed mode and see if this still happens (google for instructions on how to run in windowed mode)

07-03-17, 03:25 AM	#2
Wildcat Engineer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 215 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	You're probably not seeing a bug. You're probably seeing the ambiguous contact. When you add a contact you detected using the Towed Array, two contacts will be added to your map depending on the platform you're in. The TA sensor has no way of knowing which contact is the real contact so you need to turn your ship and travel a small distance to determine the real one. The real contact will not change its bearing much but the ambiguous contact will shift bearing the same number of degrees your ship turned. I think this especially happens in the FFG platform.

07-03-17, 08:42 AM	#3
Lanzfeld Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New Tripoli, PA Posts: 994 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	Thank you for the information but that's not what I'm talking about. I will have a contact on the waterfall and with auto crew off sometimes a tracker will be assigned without me assigning it

07-14-17, 10:55 AM	#6
A-Ganger Sparky Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 158 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	I see the same issues with this. Yesterday I had all crew turned off yet Sonar would start creating contacts and saying it without me doing it.. ALL crew was off? Maybe this is what "kramxel" is referring to. Like when you have a contact, click to assign a number, nothing happens (can't assign contact #) then a while later Sonar reports a contact?