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[1Exitar1]

I was just in a match on Vitric Station and I'm in my light mech. I'm on top at the bridge and jump up to see what's there. I immediately get shot with SRMs. When I land, I pop a UAV and it shows NOTHING! Not a red blob, not targets... nothing! When I had jumped up, I saw 5 or 6 targets on their side of the bridge. Nothing is shown from my UAV!

Now, you might think this is just a one off or I might be mistaken. This happens every single time on that map. I played 4 matches on there today, 3 of them I was up top. I popped a UAV each of those 3 times and none of those times showed a target.

[Saved By The Bell]

It cant see through... etc.
And stealth mechs, dont forget.

[1Exitar1]

So, it's not going to show the 5 or 6 mechs up on top? There were 2 mechs on the left arch of the bridge and 1 on the right and at least two on the flat part before the arches. It detected none of them. I'm not even concerned about the one that was showing up on seismic directly below and towards the center of me.

[Saved By The Bell]

Ok, it was bad UAV-maker.

[Gorgo7]

Same issue.

[TheCaptainJZ]

I think you're gonna have to back this up with video to show the exact location of the UAV and enemy mechs. It's possible some geometry is blocking it (UAVs are LoS) and it's even possible there's a bug of an invisible wall or something. But that's going to need some visual proof, especially for the devs to investigate. iirc, UAVs also have a specific range (I don't recall what it is) so it could be possible to launch them too high in the sky.

[crazytimes]

I think the range is a sphere as well. If you're up high and jumping, it's possible some people can get out of the spherical range without being out of the usual 2D "circle" it seems to detect. Especially if you have not invested in the UAV range skill nodes.

Edited by crazytimes, 08 September 2023 - 10:33 PM.

[martian]

1Exitar1, on 04 September 2023 - 05:15 PM, said:

I was just in a match on Vitric Station and I'm in my light mech. I'm on top at the bridge and jump up to see what's there. I immediately get shot with SRMs. When I land, I pop a UAV and it shows NOTHING! Not a red blob, not targets... nothing! When I had jumped up, I saw 5 or 6 targets on their side of the bridge. Nothing is shown from my UAV!

Now, you might think this is just a one off or I might be mistaken. This happens every single time on that map. I played 4 matches on there today, 3 of them I was up top. I popped a UAV each of those 3 times and none of those times showed a target.

1Exitar1, on 04 September 2023 - 08:25 PM, said:

So, it's not going to show the 5 or 6 mechs up on top? There were 2 mechs on the left arch of the bridge and 1 on the right and at least two on the flat part before the arches. It detected none of them. I'm not even concerned about the one that was showing up on seismic directly below and towards the center of me.

Gorgo7, on 05 September 2023 - 09:21 AM, said:

Same issue.

I think that the situation was like this:

1. Drac Dragon (1) approaches to the bridge and launches UAV (2).




2. UAV scans the surrounding area (3).




3. However, the massive overhead conduit (4) blocks the view of the aforementioned UAV and creates the blind angle for its camera. (5).




4. Steiner Zeus (6) is standing on the other side of the bridge, hidden in the UAV's blind spot.



I think that something like the situation shown above happened in your game.