since the update (4.4.28) my controls have been freezing anytime I have a visual of more than two enimies. i have had minor lag problems in the past but have never found the game to be unplayable. I have recalibrated my conrols numerous times to no avail. can someone please fix problem or advise

Ghostrider1

GHOSTRIDER1 wrote: since the update (4.4.28) my controls have been freezing anytime I have a visual of more than two enimies. i have had minor lag problems in the past but have never found the game to be unplayable. I have recalibrated my conrols numerous times to no avail. can someone please fix problem or advise

Ghostrider1

I just had exactly the same. The controls would lock up for a second or two, or permanently until I crashed or was shot down. Handling was fine until more than one or two opponents were on screen or there were a lot of bullets flying about. Then it would start to freeze or delay. The previous update made playing more difficult, but it was sort of possible to live with. This update seems to literally make the game unplayable as you can lose control at random moments, usually when you need it most.

Also, the frame rate still slows down a lot when smoke or flame is on the screen, although the handling has improved.

I am using a first gen ipad, with everything switched to settings for older and slower devices. I tried reinstalling the app to see if that improved matters, but it did not.

Yep its the same on android.
Yes those smoke trails make it unplayable now.shame used to be a great game too.I will rarely bother playing now.lets hope Z puts in an option to switch them off.

That was happening to me too I would be in the middle if the planes shooting around it I was just about to shoot somebody down and my plane freezes up it makes gameplay very difficult

J4ff wrote: Yep its the same on android.
Yes those smoke trails make it unplayable now.shame used to be a great game too.I will rarely bother playing now.lets hope Z puts in an option to switch them off.

I thought this was what was going to be done, but instead we seem to have this automatic graphics recognition feature. I don't know if it's this that is throwing the controls out but it seems a good bet.

There were other problems, like the lethargic behaviour and odd on-ground handling which seem to have been fixed, and respect and thanks to Z for sorting this out. But the controls issue is a biggle. I just hope that we don't get into a cycle of updates to fix one problem creating a worse one.

I agree there are some other minor problems but the the smoke is to have kind of a problem,I was play with masuri and I shot him and then I was right in back of him ready for the shot but then he started going up and down and up and Down and the smoke from his plane was making me lag by the way nice game I shot him down once!

$. $ wrote: I agree there are some other minor problems but the the smoke is to have kind of a problem,I was play with masuri and I shot him and then I was right in back of him ready for the shot but then he started going up and down and up and Down and the smoke from his plane was making me lag by the way nice game I shot him down once!

I'm not sure I'd describe the intermittent complete loss of control as 'minor', but the smoke is still a big issue. Very disappointing as this was the main thing that needed fixing and if anything it's now worse.

Any update on solutions to control failure and smoke lag for ipad 1 yet?

There is a thread somewhere only about a week old cundall about apple issues , zup mentioned that the new updates won't work well on iPad 1 I can't remember the reasons why

Farcanal wrote: There is a thread somewhere only about a week old cundall about apple issues , zup mentioned that the new updates won't work well on iPad 1 I can't remember the reasons why

I saw that, thanks. I think it was due to some feature of the ipad 1 that meant certain graphic features slowed things right down, but zup did say he would include an option to switch the smoke off (which he had promised before but didn't include in the last update).

The frozen controls problem seems to be wider than ipad 1 though - I've seen Android users complain of the same issue. (Earlier this evening players of a game of Destroy the Zeppelin may have seen me flying pointlessly in a series of loops until someone had the grace to shoot me down and put me out of my misery. At that point the game crashed too, and I didn't bother going back).

I really don't want to gripe constantly about this - on the other hand, gameplay has been ruined for me, so I want to make clear what the problems are in the hope they can be fixed. Otherwise I'll have to bid dogfight goodbye, which I really don't want to do.

I hear you cundall I too fear my ipad becoming obsolete ( iPad 2) but I enjoy the game and the people so much I will upgrade to a new machine if I have to , especially if its dogfight elite !

iPhone 4 here with the same issue. I'm very close to giving up on this game which I really don't want to do.