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#1 Spare Parts Bin

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Posted 21 April 2018 - 05:22 PM

My first couple of FP games were laggy/glitchy.

We were playing as Defenders on the Canyon map not Canyon Network. My second wave. My HUD disappeared. I say what I thought was an enemy IS Hunchback advancing. I began firing on it. It fired back. Thought I had it dead to rights. A light shows up and shoots me. I return fire. The Hunchback downs me. The game mentions the player's name in blue. I just got team killed. The chat breaks out into nastiness via text and Voip. I explained that I thought I was targeting two fast moving enemies not friendlies.

We now are down my Storm Crow P with UAC-10, twin SRM-4s, and a trio of ERMLs, a heavily damaged Hunchback IIC, and a moderately damaged Clan light. If this situation had not happened I feel we would have won 43 to 38 with a partially damaged Omega.

What happened here? How did it appear these friendlies were enemies? Why did my HUD take a crap when I needed it? I am angry, embarassed, and confused.

Edited by Spare Parts Bin, 21 April 2018 - 05:23 PM.


#2 Katrina Steiner

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Posted 21 April 2018 - 05:52 PM

I was just in a QP match and the same thing happened. Friendly is showing as an enemy and killed our teammate. Everything went south at that point. Name calling, cursing etc. I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't witness it myself.

Strange things are afoot at the Circle K...

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Posted 21 April 2018 - 06:03 PM

Closest thing I can suggest is accidentally touching ;

This turns off your HUD's Friendly IFF readings.

#4 Katrina Steiner

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Posted 21 April 2018 - 06:17 PM

This friendly mech had a red icon above him. The ; turns off all icons.

#5 Tarl Cabot

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Posted 21 April 2018 - 06:24 PM

Wait, today is NOT April the 1st...

Spare, edit your post then full Editor and change the Subject Line.. adding Friendly have no or red icons ..

Edited by Tarl Cabot, 21 April 2018 - 06:25 PM.


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Posted 21 April 2018 - 07:07 PM

Thanks folks. Seems I was involved in a glitch that left me with no friend or enemy identifiers.

I hit F7 on my 3rd wave and my HUD returned with red and blue identifiers.

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Posted 22 April 2018 - 09:14 AM

I had this problem of the HUD disappearing with Faction Play two years ago. Discussion with PGI revealed that my old computer no longer met the minimum requirements to play Faction Play matches. A new computer solved the problem and i have not had any recurrence since.

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Posted 22 April 2018 - 11:04 AM

View PostGreygor 727, on 22 April 2018 - 09:14 AM, said:

I had this problem of the HUD disappearing with Faction Play two years ago. Discussion with PGI revealed that my old computer no longer met the minimum requirements to play Faction Play matches. A new computer solved the problem and i have not had any recurrence since.


My computer is less than 1.5 years old. Hope this is not the beginning of the end.





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