View Full Version : SOS for vechiles
Excalibur77
2003-08-03, 10:38 PM
Or sphere of squashing i like to call it.
I think every vechile has it.. its just not public. I am constantly being squished as a vechile drives by..when iam no where near it..or think yes i succesfully avoided it.. but no.. splat..
Anyone else annoyed at this..
:cool:
FlakMan
2003-08-03, 10:48 PM
I'm tired of getting hit by people who don't know how to drive
andrewcool
2003-08-03, 11:09 PM
Do you got any screenshots of this?
WritheNC
2003-08-03, 11:31 PM
I think its cuz that all the hits are calculated client side, so you can get run over very easily by someone, even though to you it looks like you are out of the way.
Excalibur77
2003-08-03, 11:47 PM
Ahh i see.
its a bitch is all when you re-spawn.. tire marks are really hard to wash out. :D
Eliaas_Demens
2003-08-03, 11:49 PM
It's not nessicarily the client side calculations, it's the hit box. The tanks(the magrider especially) are well known for their huge hit boxes. I personally can't speak from experience vs the Mag, but I dodge Vanguards all the time - only to be pulverized.
Katanaboy
2003-08-04, 12:07 AM
no, its not the hitbox, it is the client side hit detection. Very often, when piloting a vehicle, if on MY screen my target slips to the side, they wont get hurt. but if on MY screen i hit them, it automatically kills them, regardless of what is on THEIR screen. I've sometimes missed people by mere inches in my magrider, so i know it doesnt have a large hitbox.
Spider
2003-08-04, 12:19 AM
What katanaboy said.
The fact is ladies and gentlemen a 28.8k'er in a tank is danger for everyone...
Oh and a friend of mine got run over in his magrider... the harrasser that hit him had a 1 minute lag... Poor Taal... Poor poor Taal...
Nixon
2003-08-04, 12:31 AM
Well... then it's time to nerf everyone on dialup. Whose with me? :nazi:
Excalibur77
2003-08-04, 01:06 AM
Down with dialup
yay for broadband. Get with the times people. High speed all the way..and Wtf is up with you if you play on 28.8k?????
i mean seriously. 56k, if you insist on dialup.
*me hugs adsl & cable modem.
slytiger
2003-08-04, 01:48 AM
There is no such thing as a place for 56k in future online games.
FlakMan
2003-08-04, 02:15 AM
Originally posted by Nixon
Well... then it's time to nerf everyone on dialup. Whose with me? :nazi:
I've been anti-narrowband ever since I got my cable
Sentrosi
2003-08-04, 04:07 AM
Easy for some ppl to say everyone should get broadband, but do you realize how much $$$$ the TelCo's and Cable Companies would have to shell out to get everyone on broadband? THat money won't be coming from their pockets, it'll come from the subscribers. I already pay $45.00/month for my service. It's not cost effective and if you're next arguement is to tell them to move to the city just to play a game, you're brain needs to be nerfed.
I have broadband, but I don't go wielding it around everyone like some inflated phallic symbol. Sick and tired of ppl saying things they don't understand.
/rant
niplan
2003-08-04, 06:53 AM
Hey!! i played on compuserve 56k I have every right to wear my roadrunner status symbol badge now, Represent foo =P
Trebor95
2003-08-04, 07:28 AM
In my deliverer at full speed I once did a run past a tower, I crushed 1 VS but the second one dodged and I didn't hit him!! He was about half a meter away on my screen ans he died. Hpwever other times I hit a person and he simply slid off the bumper.
Its a bit hit and miss (pardon the pun) as to what yourun over :(
niplan
2003-08-04, 10:35 AM
I ran over a stelther about 5 times, back up then ram em again, and then i sat on em. it was like a rock i couldnt kill him.
00AgentDuck
2003-08-04, 10:56 AM
One time there was this vanu that I couldn't kill no matter what. I think this guy was seriously laging because my comp wasn't, everyone but him was running around like normal. So in my marauder I hit him and think I ran him over, but he's still standing there. I try about 6 more times and he still didn't die and my maraurder's getting somewhat hurt from crashing into his rocklike body. Then I got out of my marauder and started blasting him with several rounds of my gun and he wouldn't die. I had to reload about 3 times before finnaly another near by vanu saw me and killed me.
Cauldron Borne
2003-08-04, 01:06 PM
I think there is a 'box' around every object in the game. have you ever noticed that you could aim slightly (about 5-6 game inches) to a side of your atrgt and the retical is still red?
kidriot
2003-08-04, 05:34 PM
i enjoy getting run over by invisible magriders
Revolver
2003-08-04, 05:52 PM
Originally posted by Sentrosi
Easy for some ppl to say everyone should get broadband, but do you realize how much $$$$ the TelCo's and Cable Companies would have to shell out to get everyone on broadband? THat money won't be coming from their pockets, it'll come from the subscribers. I already pay $45.00/month for my service. It's not cost effective and if you're next arguement is to tell them to move to the city just to play a game, you're brain needs to be nerfed.
I have broadband, but I don't go wielding it around everyone like some inflated phallic symbol. Sick and tired of ppl saying things they don't understand.
/rant http://www.student.smsu.edu/s/san232s/hardfunnypics/ownedtank.jpg
Queensidecastle
2003-08-04, 06:01 PM
Katanaboy is totally correct. Also it has been pointed out before but there should have been a server only for the dialup users. Yes, you are 2nd class citizens :p
Lonehunter
2003-08-04, 06:44 PM
Originally posted by Excalibur77
Or sphere of squashing i like to call it.
I think every vechile has it.. its just not public. I am constantly being squished as a vechile drives by..when iam no where near it..or think yes i succesfully avoided it.. but no.. splat..
Anyone else annoyed at this..
:cool:
It's the size of the vehicles hit box. Just like on some vehicles, if you shoot about a foot away from them they'll take damage.
FliggenMan
2003-08-04, 07:01 PM
A VAngaurd has a vertical hitbox of over 2 meters high. No matter how high u boost with a vanu MAX, it does no good.
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