Wobbly/Drunk Interceptors

This is as best as I can describe it… I first started flying inty’s when the game first came out and loved them, since I came back I cannot fly them at all. They wobble and are really inaccurate with their movements. I constantly run into asteroids where before I could fly through the eye of a needle (not really, but you get my point)

 

What’s changed? Why is this happening? It’s not latency, framerate issues or mouse sensitivity. It isn’t the auto-alignment OR basic/expert mode. I’ve tested ALL of these.

 

Is anyone else afflicted with this problem and more importantly: how do I fix it?!

 

Frigates and fighters fly perfectly fine but inty’s suck to fly.

something like [this](< base_url >/index.php?/topic/19797-o-inertia-issues/) ?

 

response I got was:

 

 

About your problem, it could be a problem related to your connection. the connection test had quite high pings. >400ms is way to much to play. 150ms is critically. may have a look on the ingame ping. press f11 to see it. it will be displayed in the bottom left corner if you are in battle.

 

so it looks like the problem is on our end and they can’t do anything about it …??

a few other people have got this same issue and workaround for it is to fly in expert mode. it reduces the wobble, still there but manageable.

Sorta kinda? I can fly in a straight line but if I try ANY maneuvering, it acts as if it were a boat. It overcompensates for the turn and then wobbles to and fro. Flying straight is fine but as anyone who flies inty’s knows, your power is in your speed and maneuverability. Makes it almost impossible to fight and in addition, one of the inty’s best weapons: the plasma arc, is impossible to use against anyone but immobile frigates, because you can’t aim them to save my life.

I’m relegated to flying frigates and fighters majority of the time. My wobbling only happens when server is under heavy load ~1,200 online. During off-peak periods my interceptors fly normally. Your issues consistent even when few people are on?

I’m relegated to flying frigates and fighters majority of the time. My wobbling only happens when server is under heavy load ~1,200 online. During off-peak periods my interceptors fly normally. Your issues consistent even when few people are on?

 

I’m not sure, I’ll test it out at 2am~ or so and see how inty’s fly then. 

one of the inty’s best weapons: the plasma arc, is impossible to use against anyone but immobile frigates, because you can’t aim them to save my life.

Ohh, how wrong you are. Plasma Arc on frigates is childs play. I’v been even tackling Tacklers, and other inties who think they are fine hiding behind that beacon while capturing it. You can aproach enemies practically invisible, just dont use your afterburners when close by. You can even plasma arc command ships in dogfights, when they are counting on their special module instead of afterburners.

 

That ability is much more than killing frigs. I would even argue that using it on frigs other than snipers is somewhat waste of cooldown.

Sunder … his ship is wobbling hence the difficulty in using plasma arc. same thing for me.

This is as best as I can describe it… I first started flying inty’s when the game first came out and loved them, since I came back I cannot fly them at all. They wobble and are really inaccurate with their movements. I constantly run into asteroids where before I could fly through the eye of a needle (not really, but you get my point)

 

What’s changed? Why is this happening? It’s not latency, framerate issues or mouse sensitivity. It isn’t the auto-alignment OR basic/expert mode. I’ve tested ALL of these.

 

Is anyone else afflicted with this problem and more importantly: how do I fix it?!

 

Frigates and fighters fly perfectly fine but inty’s suck to fly.

it is look like slow internet connection.

Sunder … his ship is wobbling hence the difficulty in using plasma arc. same thing for me.

Ops, my bad!  :facepalm:

And I thought I was just plain bad at using interceptors.

 

I fix that by tapping Ctrl once (you’ll go into a different camera mode), and then you’ll find your inty flying in a straight line again. 

what is Ctrl bound to? I’ve changed mine around dunno what default Ctrl does …

what is Ctrl bound to? I’ve changed mine around dunno what default Ctrl does …

 

The free view camera.

Ohh, how wrong you are. Plasma Arc on frigates is childs play. I’v been even tackling Tacklers, and other inties who think they are fine hiding behind that beacon while capturing it. You can aproach enemies practically invisible, just dont use your afterburners when close by. You can even plasma arc command ships in dogfights, when they are counting on their special module instead of afterburners.

 

That ability is much more than killing frigs. I would even argue that using it on frigs other than snipers is somewhat waste of cooldown.

 

 

Sunder … his ship is wobbling hence the difficulty in using plasma arc. same thing for me.

 

Yes, this. Think of trying to aim that plasma arc but when you put YOUR crosshair (the little circle) on the enemy ship, instead of your ship ALIGNING to that, it wobbles (as if it is a boat and overcompensating) and it does this 2-3 times before it finally rights itself.

 

it is look like slow internet connection.

 

No, it’s not. Tested, I average from anywhere from 20 to 100 ping, which is well within the norm.

 

And I thought I was just plain bad at using interceptors.

 

I fix that by tapping Ctrl once (you’ll go into a different camera mode), and then you’ll find your inty flying in a straight line again. 

 

Testing this now. :edit: Didn’t work.

 

 

 

Also, I flew an ECM inty today for the first time (I never liked them when the game first came out) and it doesn’t have this problem. It was a Jericho inty, and the inty’s I have issues with are both Fed. (Hawk and Swift)

 

This also makes it impossible to use Microwarp engines because it tries to right itself and shoots off in another direction, NOT in the way I am aiming or trying to aim the ship… Ugh.

 

It’s almost as if they cut the rotational speed of interceptors in half or something. My fighter spins faster than these things do.

 

 

:edit#3: Where is the stats for YAW in the ship specifications? All planes (and spaceships by extension) have ROLL, PITCH, and YAW. There’s no stat for the latter.

 

 

:edit#4: Yeah, this doesn’t happen with the other factions interceptors, only Federation. Maybe it’s to do with their higher speed? I don’t know but something about the fed inty’s feels off and wobbly.

Also, I flew an ECM inty today for the first time (I never liked them when the game first came out) and it doesn’t have this problem. It was a Jericho inty, and the inty’s I have issues with are both Fed. (Hawk and Swift)

 

This also makes it impossible to use Microwarp engines because it tries to right itself and shoots off in another direction, NOT in the way I am aiming or trying to aim the ship… Ugh.

 

It’s almost as if they cut the rotational speed of interceptors in half or something. My fighter spins faster than these things do.

 

 

:edit#3: Where is the stats for YAW in the ship specifications? All planes (and spaceships by extension) have ROLL, PITCH, and YAW. There’s no stat for the latter.

 

 

:edit#4: Yeah, this doesn’t happen with the other factions interceptors, only Federation. Maybe it’s to do with their higher speed? I don’t know but something about the fed inty’s feels off and wobbly.

 

I’ve flown intys from all three factions (R6 Imperial recon, R6 Fed recon, R4 Jeri ECM) and they all wobble. But yes the ECM’s wobble is the least pronounced, and the Hawk… dear me, I think an actual pilot would have died of motion sickness. Might be due to the speed of the intys: Feds have the fastest, though I’m not sure about the speed difference between ECMs and recons.

 

This? If it is, it’s a connection issue. I had torrents on, hogging up all the bandwidth and my ships just start to flip out like mad. When I stop the torrents or restart the connection, it’s fixed.

yea that’s me (minus the music, minus the torrents)

Happening to me recently too, have been getting 400 ping all the times which makes flying inty or fast fighter unbearable…

Happening to me too, my normal ping in game is 170~230 (looks high, but the game runs smooth) and after the update my ping up to 320…and the ship goes drunk.

 

edit: My internet connection is ok.

yea that’s me (minus the music, minus the torrents)

What’re you smoking, the music’s just fine xD

 

 

Also, I’ve not noticed any of said lag, lately. Seeing as I fly Ceptors 80% of the time, I still haven’t found any of these issues, that vid is around 2-3 weeks old, iirc, it was right after the Ceptor buff.

mine started 0.8.1

 

same ping same connection as before … ping is high but connection quality, bandwidth is good.