BUG: Unable to exit drone if detection meter is rising whilst using optic camo | Forums

[jnews29]

So, I was playing to complete the 2nd weekly challenge. I was scaling the cliff while trying to recon the place using my drone, only that as the camo kicks in, the sniper by the tower spots me momentarily whilst I let the drone fly. However, it's only momentarily, and the sniper returns to minding his own business. Because of said brief moment of being noticed however as the camo kicks in, I was unable to repack the drone no matter how much I press the drone key (Default "Z"). So I attempted to recreate the the moment, and it seems to happen when one gets momentarily noticed whilst launching the drone while optic camo slows the detection time. Here's a streamable link video of me attempting to recreate the glitch.

https://streamable.com/x6lvh (this link is here since ubisoft forum's video link posting doesn't support streamable yet)

My recreation attempt only works for a few seconds but it's enough that it's noticeable that I am pressing the Z key but I don't exit the drone (represented by the repeated button press sounds but to no avail), and I only did this because the first time this happened, I spent a full minute attempting to exit the drone.

PC Setup: The standard entry-level build of my regular cyber cafe
Core i5-8400
GTX 1050 (Updated to driver ver 418.81)
8192MB RAM
W7 64-bit

[UbiGabrinth]

You seemed to eventually be able to exit the drone. Could you tell us what method you used to do so if the z key wasn't working?

Thanks for reaching out about this!

[jnews29]

I was able to exit the drone because the sniper noticde me again since his LOS while he is on lookout duty will occasionally not be obstructed by the tower walls - which would count as being slowly noticed by an enemy mook, which consequently forces me out of the drone controls so I get a chance of being able to move out of the way or dropping from crouch to prone to conceal myself further.

You're welcome, and thanks also for taking in the feedback.

[jnews29]

Though I have yet to see if other normally forced exit methods will work, like actually activating the drone's powers that causes it to be destroyed (C4, Medic, EMP), or causing it to be too far from me. Also, sorry for the typo.

[UbiMorning]

Thanks for that information jnews29! We will pass it on.