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Smoke and light flares not visible when viewed through some CSLA windows
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Description

In some CSLA buildings, window glass causes smoke and light flares to be invisible when viewed through it. This presents balance and gameplay issues when using these buildings - for example, a player might see through a smokescreen by using one of these windows, or be unable to spot an approaching vehicle with its lights on.

Buildings discovered where smoke and light flares are invisible:
land_csla_shed_ind02
land_csla_panelak_2p
land_csla_apub_01

Buildings discovered where smoke and light flares are visible in front of the glass on heavily patterned windows:
land_dom_o2i_02
land_dom_o2i_03_v2
land_dom_o2i_03_v3

This list may not be complete.

Details

Severity
Minor
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Operating System
Windows 10 x64
Category
Visual-Structures
Steps To Reproduce
  1. In the Editor, place a smoke grenade module somewhere in view of a window in one of the mentioned buildings.
  2. Move the camera inside the window and look at where the module is through the glass. Note that the smoke is invisible.
  3. Set the mission environment attributes to nighttime.
  4. Place a car in the same area, facing the window, with this setPilotLight true in its init field.
  5. Place a playable unit inside the building, looking out through the window. (Spectator cam will also work if you don't want to run around in and out of buildings to test them all)
  6. Start the mission and look at the car through the window glass. Note that the light flares from its headlights are not visible.

Event Timeline

NikkoJT created this task.Aug 20 2022, 9:39 PM
NikkoJT renamed this task from Smoke and lens flares not visible when viewed through some CSLA windows to Smoke and light flares not visible when viewed through some CSLA windows.Aug 20 2022, 9:50 PM
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Lukyy changed the task status from New to Acknowledged.Sep 1 2022, 11:52 AM
Lukyy added a subscriber: Lukyy.

Thank you for the report, we'll look into it.

Lukyy changed the task status from Acknowledged to Awaiting internal Testing.Sep 1 2022, 12:07 PM
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