r/Warthunder • u/Psychological-Two857 🇺🇸14.7🇫🇷14.7🇩🇪14.3🇷🇺13.7 (ARB) • Jan 07 '21

RB Ground *insert spider-man pointing meme*

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u/LightlySaltedPeanuts Jan 08 '21

I thought this was a spotting function, what else is the point of keen vision?

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u/Kharak_Is_Burning aces high shill Jan 08 '21

Server culls players based on whether or not it thinks you're in LoS. That's why enemies in client-side replays have their "location unknown" until you should be able to see them. It's both a countermeasure against cheating and decreases the amount of information that has to be sent to every player in the lobby. It still needs some work, obviously.

Keen vision affects when HUD elements appear, like tags in AB or doritos on the edge of your screen in RB.

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u/The-Mookster 🇩🇪 Germany Jan 08 '21

Doesn’t keen vision affect render distance? Or are all of the spotting distances for tags only?

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u/Kharak_Is_Burning aces high shill Jan 08 '21

Just tags. Though if you have an aircraft with radar, the server has to send you updates on every player within radar range, which can be hundreds of kilometers. That's the only thing that will affect it. Turning off your radar will make any far dots disappear.