New cloaker bug?

Smaug · 2003-07-15, 05:20 AM

Ok this has recently happened to me several times in the last 2 days. The first time it happened one of my squadmates told me that my head and holstered gun were glowing red, and I was cloaked. I turned off and turned on cloak and it went away. Then it has happened atleast 2 more times, just some random friendly guy has told me that my head and gun are glowing red. I dunno if the enemy can see me like this but I hope not. Anyone else gotten this bug?

Mr1337Duck · 2003-07-15, 06:05 AM

The bug happens when you use darklight and you're cloaked. No fix yet, just don't use darklight, get surge instead.

Trebor95 · 2003-07-15, 12:02 PM

I also see cloakers when emerging from spawn tubes.

It was weird I spawned and you know that light that accompanies your spawn, well it brightened everything up and for a micro second the cloaker shimmered, so I went and killed him with my supressor.

Not fair tbh.

Sandman · 2003-07-15, 12:20 PM

its not a new bug, its been around for awhile

sniper4evr26 · 2003-07-15, 12:45 PM

this was supposed to be fixed in one of the patches but when i am sniping or just zooming in more tha 2x i can see cloakers as if i were using darklight

Madcow · 2003-07-15, 12:52 PM

Originally posted by sniper4evr26
this was supposed to be fixed in one of the patches but when i am sniping or just zooming in more tha 2x i can see cloakers as if i were using darklight

What they fixed was the ability for a stationary infil to be visible through a sniper scope. They haven't even addressed the problem of how easily a crouch walking infil shows up through the scope, and I doubt they will. Infil curse it daily.

1024 · 2003-07-15, 01:18 PM

They really need to fix all these bugs pertaining to cloakers. I mean, out of all the different kinds of players in the game, we've got it the worse.

We have to deal with the DL bug, snipers able to see us easily, not to mention all the other bugs everyone experiences daily, like the door bug, etc. And now this?

PLus, we don't even got any armor, but i think we all realized that when we put on the suit, but when you got a sniper hitting you from 150+ meters or a MAX running around DLing when you can't tell, it's just wrong.

Smaug · 2003-07-15, 01:25 PM

Originally posted by Mr1337Duck
The bug happens when you use darklight and you're cloaked. No fix yet, just don't use darklight, get surge instead.

I am BR18 so I have 3 implants :P Dlight surge and Audio amp. Ok moving on I didn't know this was an old bug but I have been using cloaker for atleast 5 days and used dlight the whole time and this is the first time it has happened to my knowledge. Also all of you talking about the seeing cloakers in scopes bug, thats not what I was talking about.

Madcow · 2003-07-15, 01:45 PM

Originally posted by 1024
PLus, we don't even got any armor, but i think we all realized that when we put on the suit, but when you got a sniper hitting you from 150+ meters or a MAX running around DLing when you can't tell, it's just wrong.

I don't mind getting sniped from a distance if I'm running. Heck, I've sniped a running infil and it's pretty stinking hard to do if they're running directly across your screen and not at an angle. Getting constantly sniped while crouch walking is complete BS though. I can be crouch walking past 4 guys that don't see me but the guy 150 yards away takes me out.
I actually got sniped while surging the other day with my infil, and the guy didn't have an angle on me at all. I sent him a tell letting him know it was a great shot, he deserves props for hitting that.
The darklight bug has been going on since close to the beginning if not the beginning, though, and that seems pretty unacceptable to me. I don't know how hard that seemingly tiny fix could possibly be.
In regards to Smaug's post, I've had issues for a while with how visible I am at certain times. I haven't had a glowing head or anything, but I'm clicking into 3rd person view in every lag in action to make sure I'm still not visible. More than a few times I've checked 3rd person while I'm stationary and I can see my outline clearly. If I uncloak and then cloak again it fixes itself. For some reason that bug hasn't begun to bother me even a fraction as much as the others.

Diviant · 2003-07-15, 01:47 PM

I've noticed this bug w/ friendly infs, but not w/ enemy infs. But, I never turn off darklight when I spot a friendly inf, so I wouldn't know if it works w/ enemies.

I do agree, though. Infiltrators have a hard job already, what w/ darklight and infiltrating a base w/ 30+ enemies. Now there's all these bugs out that make it even harder, and yet SOE see's no need to stop adding new content, and fix some of the oldest bugs in the game.