What happened to the aircraft HUDs since the latest Arma2 patch?

[henrique_rp 10]

Hello guys,

After updating to the latest patch I took Arma2 for a little spin and was surprised to see that the crosshair had been removed in all the aircraft and in some others the entire HUD had been eliminated.

Is this a bug from the latest patch?

I also have Operation Arrowhead and in this other game all of them have their HUDS drawn the way they used to be.

I am going to post some screenshots to illustrate the problem.

This is what the crosshair looks like now in Arma2:

A-10

If you download it and zoom in to 100% you'll actually see that the crosshair is comprised of 4 pixels. =(

F-35

And now this is what these same aircraft look like in Operation Arrowhead:

A-10

F-35

Note that the HUD in the A10 is OFF because the aircraft engine is also turned off. I left it as off, because the crosshair in Arma2 is so minimal that with the HUD on it'd be invisible. I also took a screenshot with the HUD on, but that would exceed the image limitation per post, so if someone wants it, I can post those ones too.

On the other hand, the HUD in the F-35 is ON in both screenshots, and that's to show that it was entirely removed from Arma2, and the only thing left was the 4-pixel crosshair.

I ran both games completely vanilla for this situation and no mods were enabled.

Summing it up, is this something that was changed post-1.07 patch? If not, is there a way to change it back the way it used to be?

Thanks beforehand for any help. =)

[kylania 568]

Were you in Veteran mode with the crosshairs turned off?

[henrique_rp 10]

Were you in Veteran mode with the crosshairs turned off?

No, I am playing both Arma and Operation Arrowhead on recruit with crosshairs enabled. It's not only the crosshair that was changed into a 4-pixel-large tiny box, but the HUD on the F-35 was completely wiped out, as you can see in the screenshot.

In Arma2, the SU-34 is the only aircraft that retained its crosshair the way it was before the patch.

If you have Arma2 and have updated to the latest patch, would you care to hop into these aircraft just to check it out? :ok:

[kylania 568]

I can once I get home, only have OA at work. :)

[Kristian 47]

turn the engine on. that should show the crosshair in plane's HUD

[henrique_rp 10]

Just to illustrate a little bit further, these are two other SS from that same batch.

This is another one from the A-10:

And now a zoomed in view showing the ACTUAL crosshair we have with this aircraft.

After checking all aircraft which should have a crosshair drawn, these were the results:

BLUEFOR:

A-10, AV8B and AV8B (LGB): HUD visible. Crosshair replaced by the 4-pixel version.

F-35: HUD completely removed. Crosshair replaced by the 4-pixel version.

AH-1Z: Unaltered. Crosshair is still there the way it should be.

OPFOR:

SU-25: HUD visible. Crosshair replaced by the 4-pixel version.

Ka-52, Mi-24 and Su-24: Unaltered. Crosshair is still there the way it should be.

turn the engine on. that should show the crosshair in plane's HUD

Unfortunately that won't help since crosshairs are not engine-dependent. Only the HUD is.

[Takko 10]

That is really not fine!

[arthur666 10]

In the AH-1Z, I have no crosshairs or aiming-dot whatsoever. The AH-64 and Ka-52 have no crosshairs for FFARs. Something is definitely wonky with the huds, introduced since AO.

[c0mmanderKeen 10]

I can partially confirm this, tested KA-52, F-35, A-10 and AH1Z.

Crosshairs were present in both the choppers, but absent in both planes. In OA, crosshairs are there but absent when using free look which makes sense I guess.

In OA I dont have any crosshairs in the KA-52 when piloting with manual fire.

Edited July 20, 2010 by c0mmanderKeen

[zilfondel 11]

I've having this issue too - my F35 is impossible to aim its gun. I don't have a hope in hell in hitting anything with the F35 without even a gun sight.

Oh wait, I have a 1 pixel dot for the gun aim site. But at 1080p resolution, I can barely see it, and since its green, its invisible most of the time. Is there a mod to change it?

Edited July 23, 2011 by Justino

[wipman 1]

Hi, i can't tell about the other planes rightnow but the F-35B (a F-35A prototype in reality) don't have a crossair or HUD on the ArmA2 since the ArmA2 v1.04 at least; it never had it.

I think that the A-10 and AV-8s have it for me, but im not sure rightnow. Let's C ya

[xman1 10]

Hi, i can't tell about the other planes rightnow but the F-35B (a F-35A prototype in reality) don't have a crossair or HUD on the ArmA2 since the ArmA2 v1.04 at least; it never had it.

I think that the A-10 and AV-8s have it for me, but im not sure rightnow. Let's C ya

I found the in game crosshair on the aircraft broken in its alignment anyway and you can't hit anything with it.

And BTW, it is the F-35B. F-35A has no VSTOL capability.

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