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..

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.

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?

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?

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