Laser pointer beam is invisible if object view distance lower 526 meters and player direct laser to the air
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If player has an object view distance less than 526m the beam from laser pointer will be invisible if aim to the air
Other players will see your laser (most likely while have a longer object view distance)

checked on stable and prof/dev

If you aim at the land, sea, or an any object the laser will appear

↓ 526 meters of object view distance

↓ 525 m

Details

Severity: Minor
Resolution: Open
Reproducibility: Always
Operating System: Windows 11 x64
Operating System Version: 22H2
Category: Other

Steps To Reproduce

create a night mission, add player with laser poiter on weapon and NVG
start mission
look weapon to the air
enable IR laser and NVG
exec setObjectViewDistance [526,50]

→ make sure that you can see beam

exec setObjectViewDistance [525,50]

→ you can not see the beam

Event Timeline

TRAGER created this task.Jun 1 2023, 12:18 PM

honger added a subscriber: honger.Jun 1 2023, 12:44 PM

TRAGER updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 24 2024, 8:39 AM

That is because view distance is based on the center of the object. And the beams center is in its center, so far away.
Though max beam length is 1000m, so it really should be 500m.

Just up your view distance please 🤗

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