Drone camera breaks on multiplayer aircraft lock – MSFS 2024

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All aircraft

ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:

As soon as another multiplayer aircraft is locked onto in MSFS 2024, the camera view goes completely haywire. This has been happening since the very first day of the MSFS 2024 release (see video). I had already reported this issue here: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/bug-drone-view/677487

I know this might not affect a large number of users, but it is crucial for me. This is one of the main reasons why our team, and probably other teams performing airshows, have not switched to MSFS 2024 for these types of flights, which is unfortunate. I would at least like this bug to be officially logged.

Videos showing the issue:

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

Every time I lock onto another multiplayer aircraft.

REPRODUCTION STEPS

  1. Launch MSFS 2024.
  2. Join a multiplayer session with at least one other aircraft.
  3. Lock onto another aircraft.
  4. Observe the camera view going completely unstable.

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Bug Drone View when locked onto another aircraft
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That’s important. Please repair!

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Voted ! Make MSFS 2024 Camera great again ! ^^’

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Voted too! o7

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:
Lock Drone to Next/Previous target and Attach Drone to Next/Previous Target doens’t work.

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?
Yes

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

100%

REPRODUCTION STEPS

  • Set keybinds for drone functions
  • Switch to Drone Camera
  • Move drone to other player/AI
  • Try to lock on

YOUR SETTINGS

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What peripherals are you using, if relevant:
Xbox Series X controller

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?
No

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Lock Drone to Next/Previous target and Attach Drone to Next/Previous Target doens’t work properly… movement is jumpy.

I would like to reopen this previous bug as its still occuring on 2024 SU4.
The drone used to be capable of attaching to another aircraft, be it AI or another multiplayer. The bindings are:
ATTACH DRONE TO NEXT TARGET
ATTACH DRONE TO PREVIOUS TARGET
These bindings do work, but the resulting drone movement is not smooth, but jumps in intervals. Makes for terrible cinematograpy :face_vomiting:
In 2020 this attached drone shot ws butter smooth, and didnt affect the movement of the third party user aircraft that was being followed.
see attached video.

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

All the time.

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. Switch to Drone Camera

  2. ATTACH DRONE TO NEXT TARGET or ATTACH DRONE TO PREVIOUS TARGET

  3. profit

YOUR SETTINGS

default, no camera plugins

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sweet! thank you @DementedCorn327 for combining these topics/bugs. Glad to know there is still an open bug for this!
Lets all get it fixed!

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