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[CallMeKatie]

Hey everyone,

Been playing about with the Lancaster recently but I find that the aircraft doesn't draw in until you're quite close, meaning you can't really see other Lancs from a distance but when you get close they suddenly pop into view. Other heavies such as the Halifax don't really seem to have this problem. Any ideas?

[Draken]

I did a testing using the Cassie modpack , on a 1920 x 1080 screen .
It seems that the Lancaster becomes suddenly a single dot at a distance of 2.40 , while the Halifax becomes smoothly a dot at about twice this distance :

[SAS~Storebror]

Yes, the Lancaster 3D model has no LODs and LOD0 visibility is set to max. "800", which apparently translates to a visible distance of 2.4km.


Mike

[Draken]

Regarding the fact that the Lancaster was designed to be used by night , this visiblity flaw is not so significant , because even at close range if would be difficult to spot it by night .

[Dimlee]

I just checked in Wikipedia my archive of X-files.

H.G. Wells, the author of The Invisible Man novel (and real inventor of the technology) joined efforts with Roy Chadwick in the late 1930s.
B.XX low visibility variant (a.k.a. "Wells Wonder") of Lancaster has been developed by Avro in ultimate secrecy. A limited number were produced and successfully operated as a force of one squadron over the Continent in broad daylight - driving enemy radar operators mad.
Some historians claimed that many nervous breakdowns of Fuhrer in 1945 were caused by a B.XX circling above the Reich Chancellory at a low altitude and playing one particular rude song through the loudspeakers (engine noise was muffled by another secret invention of Mr. Wells).
https://youtu.be/pKp6uD1JAdc?si=8WgjdWkWdrnZBN3f

The files on B.XX were supposed to be opened to the public together with Ultra files in 1974 but descendants of H.G. Wells objected and sued the British Government for (allegedly) not paying royalties.
Fifty years later, the legal battle continued...
When mysterious objects filled the night skies of the U.S.A. before Christmas 2024, some observers claimed to hear the unmistakenly snobbish roar of Merlins. Some said they heard the song but opinions were divided on lyrics content. Was it "Rule, Britannia", "I'm the Walrus" or "Merry Xmas Everybody"(by Slade)? Not the "Y.M.C.A" certainly, so rude.

[Matz]

Did a fact check - this is absolutely allegedly true