Oh my God, ahah this is scary !
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Those are the eyes of a simulator tester!
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Defiantly the eyes of a MSFS Air Traffic Controller !!!
Well, apart from keeping this thread alive, with an occasional post, there is not a lot more that can be said about the missing baton issue.
We all see it.
It use not to exist, but turned up about SU6 or SU7 when the LODS were being messed with.
It clearly shows up and displays error in the Dev Console, which hints as to what the cause it.
and Finally, there seems to be NO acknowledgement for Asobo that the issue even exists, let alone any announced plans to address it.
And SO WHAT if she drops her baton â she still has arms !!
It not as if they drop off as well ⊠she can still direct planes
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Hate to say, not fixed for me. Done two flights today in the A32NX, EGLL-EGPH and EGPH-EGLL. Baton missing both times.
Didnât fix it for me either.
Same here, baton still disappears.
Safety equipment is still scarce here in St. Helens, Tasmania, despite losing two more co-workers to prop related accidents just this week.
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It doesnât seem like they fixed it in the next upcoming update. If Iâm wrong, Someone correct me.
Nope youâre right, itâs still broken. But itâs far from being the biggest issue so it doesnât bother me that they donât prioritize this for now.
Itâs indeed not the biggest one but it tells a thing or two how bugs are handled overall. This is one of the few bugs that got recognized in the forum and isnât lost in Zendesk-country. This should be a rather trivial fix that wonât affect other parts of the game yet itâs surprising how long itâs been open already.
The issue arose when LODs were changes a few SU ago.
It looks like a LOD issue, but is probably a symptom of a much bigger issue with LODS, that to fix, may be considerable work.
If this is so, then think of the Missing Batton, as an indicator, of when and if LODs issue get addressed.
Funny enough, for me, the wands are both in the marshallerâs hand until I get closer.
Once itâs close enough for the marshaller to start waving, one of the wands just disappears.
I investigated a bit this issue, because I was curious to understand what was happening.
- Both batons are in the same 3D model, so we can say that this is not a LOD issue with the model or both would disappear, even if it looks like one. We can also say this because, when LOD makes a model appear/disappear, it quickly fades in/out, and here, the baton just suddenly disappears.
- Right Baton disappears no matter which animation is playing, so this is not an animation issue.
- It seems that it only occurs with some Marshaller models (Woman Summer model?), but I still need to try to trigger them all (this topic for example shows a Man Winter model and the Right Baton is present)
After playing with the Dev Mode a bit, it turns out that the Right Baton suddenly gets in the exact same position as the Left Baton:
Both battons are properly placed:
Moving the camera a bit makes the Right Baton to move at the same position as the Left Baton:
Why does it happen only when the camera gets closer? Iâve still no ideaâŠ
Does it help? Maybe not but Iâm sure Asobo could fix this in a wink. 
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Great diagnostic work â well done.
I feel like trying out this VDGS mod to replace the ground marshall and their missing baton.
Overview | MSFS Visual Docking Guidance System (nool.ee)
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I think I figured it out.. you have to land at an airport that can afford for their crews to have two batons. 
This was at Palm Springs.
(Yeah, one of the wands disappeared when I got closer - I just needed a little fun today.)
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Wait.
So what you are saying is that the Right baton is actually thereâŠit just moves to the Left hand and that both batons are in the left hand?
SU5 was when it started
OK so in fact, the baton 3D model has both batons at the same place, coordinates 0,0,0. Then, in game, the left baton doesnât move and the right baton moves to the right hand coordinates.
For a reason I still canât explain, with all the Female 3D models, as soon as their LOD changes, the right baton goes back to the 0,0,0 coordinates, hence is perfectly merged with the left one.
There is no issue with any of the Male models so far, and thatâs why some of us thought it was fixed.
I looked for two days why this behavior is happening ONLY with the female models but didnât find the culprit so far.
Anyway, Iâve a fix incoming while waiting for Asobo to properly tackle the issue:
