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4 years ago
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Vehicle call-in via B-Key does not work on PC / Origin

Playing on PC / Origin. When trying to call in a vehicle using the B-key, after selecting the vehicle, the selection of the drop area is only displayed for a split second and then disappears. This leads to being unable to spawn vehicles using the B-key. Issue is present since the first launch of the client on 12.11.2021 (early access), and persists until now.

Additionally, after the menu glitched as described above, I am not able to open the B-menu or Q-menu for several seconds (simply nothing is happening when holding B or Q).

Vehicle call-in does work as intended using the Q-menu / Communications menu (holding Q, selecting "vehicle spawns available" (not sure about the exact label), then selecting a vehicle and a drop area).

I have not encountered any other reports about this bug yet from my friend group as well as online.

  • Hey @EA_Leeuw ,

    I tried to attach a video file of my issue, unfortunately .mp4 format is not allowed and i have no more time left in my lunch break to download something to convert it to a .rar.

    I have to admit one thing - while testing / recording this, I noticed the issue was, as ever so often, between the screen and the chair.. (kind of)

    The issue occurs when holding down the B-key the entire time while selecting a vehicle (then, selection of a drop point instantly disappears). Now, if you hold the B-key to open the menu, then release the B-key, and then do the selection of a vehicle and a drop point, everything works as expected. This is also the reason why it was working with the Q-menu (one actually has to release the Q-key to confirm the selection and open the vehicle call-in menu). @creageaeon You might want to try this as well, maybe we are talking about the same "issue", maybe about something different.

    Anyways, I have to say, this is not the behaviour that I expected - after all, I assumed that it was bugged out for almost two weeks.

    Maybe you want to look into this anyways, since the current implementation might be a bit misleading / unintuitive - it would be great to have it in future so it works as well while holding down the B-key continously while selecting a vehicle and a drop point.

    Thanks a lot for taking the time to reply, and sorry for wasting some time here by reporting a bug thats not really a bug - rather a misunderstanding of the functionality / controls on my side!

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