corpse bug

Sandman · 2003-07-28, 10:42 AM

I have reason to believe there are 2 corpse bugs. The corpse bug has happened to me before, but ive been able to be killed. but then i hear stories of people that are corpses but can only be killed by splash damage. I was able to be sniped. anyone else think there are 2 corpse bugs?

Revolver · 2003-07-28, 10:54 AM

Yes, and this is OFN.

Sandman · 2003-07-28, 10:57 AM

old fucking news? (is that what ofn stands for?) well no one there said anyting about being able to be killed as a corpse as i have.

VecktorCorpus · 2003-07-28, 02:17 PM

The corpse isn't where the actualy person is. If you fire at the corpse, you're missing the person. That's why you kill them with splash damage.
It happened to me when I used adv regen and it put me at 101 health, or it might of had something to do with getting out of a harrasser. Either way, my squadmates tried to kill me so I could respawn because I'm not exploiting any bugs and they were shooting way to the left of me on the ground, which is where I guess the corpse showed up. But I was standing up and to the right.
I'd say look at where the corpse's feet are and shoot a little to left of them and up and you should hit the person. Haven't tried it though.
Also, for all the corpses that have killed me. Fucking log out and back in or something once someone tells you you're a corpse. Anyone who knowingly fights as a corpse and doesn't try to do anything to change back is a complete and total fuckhead.

Madcow · 2003-07-28, 02:30 PM

Originally posted by VecktorCorpus
The corpse isn't where the actualy person is. If you fire at the corpse, you're missing the person. That's why you kill them with splash damage.
It happened to me when I used adv regen and it put me at 101 health, or it might of had something to do with getting out of a harrasser. Either way, my squadmates tried to kill me so I could respawn because I'm not exploiting any bugs and they were shooting way to the left of me on the ground, which is where I guess the corpse showed up. But I was standing up and to the right.
I'd say look at where the corpse's feet are and shoot a little to left of them and up and you should hit the person. Haven't tried it though.

Your idea won't work, unfortunately. Because it's client side hit detection, them shooting at a blank spot on the wall (even if you're actually standing there on your screen) won't register a hit against you. If they shoot exactly where you're standing, your guy will make the sound like he was just shot but your health will not go down at all. The easiest fix that I've found so far is to jump off a tall ledge. Take a few hp hit, and as soon as you drop back to 100 or below you're fixed. Easier than deconstructing or recalling, and it keeps you on the battlefield. The real pain in the butt is whenever you use regen shutting it off at 99 or 100 to make sure you don't accidentally end up in that state again.
Mines can still hurt you when the bug is on, and coming too close to one of those will fix the issue as well but that's a bit more painful.
I got on a nice run the other night killing some VS and suddenly panicked that I had the bug because I'd gone far too long without taking any damage. While I was standing and asking nearby squadmates whether or not I was a corpse, somebody stuck a lasher in my back and gutted me. It answered my question at least.

StormRavn · 2003-07-28, 02:44 PM

it would be nice after they fix this issue though

FireWolf22 · 2003-07-28, 02:46 PM

I have Regen implant and hate this. Have seen quite a few peeps running around as corpses and don't care. Have been shot, hp doesn't go down. The easiest way to fix it is to stand on the vehicle pad and wait for a vehicle. The pad will kill you. Then you can respawn right away and be fully healed and ready to go. Also some people don't run around this way on purpose. Like Madcow it happens when you least expect it. I have tried to make myself a corpse to see if it happens all the time. It happens at random. I don't know why. Oh well. The real point of my post was the vehicle pad idea.

Wolf

jacob1044 · 2003-07-28, 03:09 PM

I think the problem is a combo of the Regen implant and the Empire bonuses received. Prolly ofn, but oh well.

When an Empire receives a +% HP bonus and players have the regen implant, the percent puts them at just enough to convince the client side that you are supposed to have 101 HP, and so the regen implant kicks in to give you 101/100 HP.

As you take damage, no HP is taken away from your meter, so to the player it looks like nothing is wrong. The client doesn't properly deduct the damage points b/c the HP is outside the domain of accepted values. The server however counts your damage, marks you as a corpse when you hit 100 HP damage but the client side doesn't agree, since you have 101/100 HP still.

...then you're a walking corpse.

Interesting things:
When this happened to me, my squad told me i "slid" along the ground (not walking).

One of our medics in the squad then came over to try and heal me. My corpse "poped up" (what the medic said) and my health bar went from 101/100 to 98/100 with one heal attempt.

So i'm thinking it's a combination of the Empire bonus and the implant that causes it which fits the "randomness", since Empire bonuses come and go with the population.

StormRavn · 2003-07-28, 03:30 PM

welll its a problem when you see people as corpse's in max units tearin people down as a corpse instead of reloggin or respawning they sit there and will kill 30 people before they actualy decide to respawn its a terrible exploit and should be addressed

Streamline · 2003-07-28, 09:15 PM

Boomer > corpse bug

Supposedly it works.

Sandman · 2003-07-28, 09:22 PM

Originally posted by FireWolf22
I have tried to make myself a corpse to see if it happens all the time. It happens at random.

Nope, wrong. i can reproduce it at any time. Im not going to say how though. It does use adv regen. And you dont have to be hurt at all for it to work.

nightcr4wler · 2003-07-28, 09:24 PM

I think Emerald went down to be ridden of the bug right? Don't know if it's back up since I'm cruising the boards for awhile but hopefully they fixed it, a rather annoying bug.

StormRavn · 2003-07-28, 11:06 PM

it would be nice to see the bug go away but alas there will always be bugs welcome to planetside beta hehe

Sandman · 2003-07-28, 11:32 PM

The fix for the corpse bug in on Test Server right now and we expect to release that patch this week.

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