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[The_Angry_Tank_Commander]

I was in my T28 Defender when I spotted an Emil not moving nor was he behind cover or doing anything. I shot him twice and on my third shot he vanished.

 

How is this possible? Is the spot and hide that screwed up???

[Endtastic]

I suppose replay does not exist, and it it does you can only provide us with some random screenshots. Am I right?

[net4force]

it's called 'Mad games'.

[gallabru]

it's called 'viewrange'

 

Although, there has been at some point a mechanism when an unspotted AFK player was automatically destroyed when he was last tank in game. It was never clear (to me at least) what were the conditions to get that.

[Mjr_Leicht]

Upload the replay to wotinspector and look at the replay you’ll see he was probably near the limit of your view-range and backed up out of it or went behind cover...

 

Want to know more?

These links will help...

http://forum.wotblitz.eu/index.php?/topic/30165-spotting-and-camo-mechanics-guide/

http://forum.wotblitz.eu/index.php?/topic/47868-spotting-mechanisms-of-wotb-a-paper-by-frodo-nifinger-updated-list-13-2019/

 

 

[The_Angry_Tank_Commander]

https://map.wotinspe...&platform=blitz

 

Replay.

[The_Angry_Tank_Commander]

Mjr_Leicht, on 12 January 2021 - 02:03 PM, said:

Upload the replay to wotinspector and look at the replay you’ll see he was probably near the limit of your view-range and backed up out of it or went behind cover...

 

Want to know more?

These links will help...

http://forum.wotblitz.eu/index.php?/topic/30165-spotting-and-camo-mechanics-guide/

http://forum.wotblitz.eu/index.php?/topic/47868-spotting-mechanisms-of-wotb-a-paper-by-frodo-nifinger-updated-list-13-2019/

 

 

He never moved nor did I. I was waiting on my third shot to load when he just vanished.

[Widd1]

You were obviously not spotting him yourself, he left the view range of your teammate as he/she probably moved. It’s just the spotting mechanics.

 

[The_Angry_Tank_Commander]

Widd1, on 12 January 2021 - 02:52 PM, said:

You were obviously not spotting him yourself, he left the view range of your teammate as he/she probably moved. It’s just the spotting mechanics.

 

It's very strange how I can plug two shots into a stationary tank and it just vanish.

 

I don't understand how the tank is not qualified as being spotted by me while it is being shot.

Edited by The_Angry_Tank_Commander, 12 January 2021 - 03:16 PM.

[gallabru]

My interpretation.

When you are shooting, he is at 268.158 m. Your view range is 266m. I suppose that the ActionX spotted him at 42s (or so), not you. When climbing, the Emil is still in LOS of the ActionX but from 50s, or so, on he loses sight on him. Around 1 min, 9s later, its camo resets and he becomes invisible to you. He becomes visible again when the Tiger II spots him around 1'08".

 

Thumbs up for sharing the replay.

[The_Angry_Tank_Commander]

gallabru, on 12 January 2021 - 03:26 PM, said:

My interpretation.

When you are shooting, he is at 268.158 m. Your view range is 266m. I suppose that the ActionX spotted him at 42s (or so), not you. When climbing, the Emil is still in LOS of the ActionX but from 50s, or so, on he loses sight on him. Around 1 min, 9s later, its camo resets and he becomes invisible to you. He becomes visible again when the Tiger II spots him around 1'08".

 

Thumbs up for sharing the replay.

I find the spotting and hiding very strange.

[Endtastic]

The_Angry_Tank_Commander, on 12 January 2021 - 04:40 PM, said:

I find the spotting and hiding very strange.

Might be worth to check such videos out: https://www.youtube....?v=P7WBstbZJt8. I also recommend this guy: https://www.youtube....?v=YIAwi_hTEzg. You don't have to speak Russian to understand his videos.

[Mjr_Leicht]

gallabru, on 12 January 2021 - 03:26 PM, said:

My interpretation.

When you are shooting, he is at 268.158 m. Your view range is 266m. I suppose that the ActionX spotted him at 42s (or so), not you. When climbing, the Emil is still in LOS of the ActionX but from 50s, or so, on he loses sight on him. Around 1 min, 9s later, its camo resets and he becomes invisible to you. He becomes visible again when the Tiger II spots him around 1'08".

 

Thumbs up for sharing the replay.

 

The_Angry_Tank_Commander, on 12 January 2021 - 03:40 PM, said:

I find the spotting and hiding very strange.

thanks for sharing, @Angry  and nice analysis @gallabru, I had a look at the replay and it looks like you said he was outside the view-range..

I appreciate it’s strange but it’s how it works... 

[cooldriving]

But even if he is out of the range, he would still be able to blind shoot him, if he wasn't moving

[The_Angry_Tank_Commander]

cooldriving, on 12 January 2021 - 07:36 PM, said:

But even if he is out of the range, he would still be able to blind shoot him, if he wasn't moving

I've found that sometimes damage is not given even though the tank loses HP.

 

Endtastic, on 12 January 2021 - 03:51 PM, said:

Might be worth to check such videos out: https://www.youtube....?v=P7WBstbZJt8. I also recommend this guy: https://www.youtube....?v=YIAwi_hTEzg. You don't have to speak Russian to understand his videos.

Thanks for the links. I'll have a look.

 

[Endtastic]

The_Angry_Tank_Commander, on 12 January 2021 - 08:55 PM, said:

I've found that sometimes damage is not given even though the tank loses HP.

 

Thanks for the links. I'll have a look.

 

Do not hesitate to check some of his other videos, he shows how to pen red areas and similar interesting stuff.

[Just_merpug]

If you run the replay in Map Inspector, you can choose "Display" from the menu on the left, and from the submenu choose "Spot". This shows who's spotted on the red team and by whom. Quite useful.

[MarsIsBrightTonight]

The_Angry_Tank_Commander, on 12 January 2021 - 07:55 PM, said:

I've found that sometimes damage is not given even though the tank loses HP.

 

Thanks for the links. I'll have a look.

 

Definitely not, if you shoot blind and do damage, your commander does not speak and the damage does not show (it feels right IMHO).

If you shoot blind and kill, IIRC the only indication is in the general battle chat e.g. Marsisbrighttonight [OBB} >>> Hiding_Red_Tank [CLAN].

[wednesdayarecrud]

MarsIsBrightTonight, on 17 January 2021 - 08:40 AM, said:

Definitely not, if you shoot blind and do damage, your commander does not speak and the damage does not show (it feels right IMHO).

If you shoot blind and kill, IIRC the only indication is in the general battle chat e.g. Marsisbrighttonight [OBB} >>> Hiding_Red_Tank [CLAN].

Mars is right, it does not show at the time. But if you hit them blind, it shows up when you next see them or you can see it at the end in the summaries.

 

And Mars is also right about the blind kills. If it uploads, this short video shows me shooting at where I knew the WZ was ... two or three shots later you can see the graphic pop up in orange. One dead WZ.

 

 

[wednesdayarecrud]

I guess the video (8 seconds) didn’t load. 
 

Here are three short spaced screen snaps. About to fire (apparently at nothing). Shell on the way. Boom dead WZ and you still can’t see it.

 

As a side note, JgPz IV on adrenaline ... wow it pumps out shots. One every 3.4 seconds.