bugs in new version

RoadKill v3.4 wrote:

texture file doesn't make sense to me (not an coding expert but)
they should still show up on the radar if it was just a texture problem correct ?
I had an ultima go off in a 'base' and it didn't blow everything up so thats working I'm sure the Engs appreciate that

......I ditto his remarks....then again i also ditto the non-coding part too..

Yeah Sents NOT being killed by ultimas (post wave 2 ) Is very helpfull..

....(the sents go first..then the Engis.. then the blocks..suddenly the base turns into a death funnel...)

SO yeah....Makes engis happy for sure..

..Thanks!

Micron(Micron) wrote:

It definitely was not a poison issue as it was wave 12 when it happened the second time, I still had well over 100 shield at the time that I died.

Let's keep an eye on this one. When it happens again, it would be useful to know

What hit you. Was it a titan rock, or poison, or a warlord etc

What were your approx figures for shield and health before and after the hit (I think it shows you your shield and health after you die?) e.g 100 shield 50 health hit by warlord rocket down to 70 shield 35 health.
This does not just have to be when you die. Any damage you get should show us what is happening. I'll look myself as well.

Well, I know from experience that 'invisible' monsters that don't show up on the radar is due to either:

The files not being on the server
Pointing to a wrong version in satore
File was not uploaded to a redirect (if you are using one)

But I have HAD instances where a variation of a warlord, although supposed to have the metal skin texture on, it uses the default skin, the regular warlord's..

Same goes with the Elite Mercenary...Just to be sure, check the package from which the monsters' skins at being pointed to.

Just popped in the game a for a bit for one single game..gotta say : I love it (changes to engineer s that is..)
Why post that on this forum?..

A bug:
Shieldblast aliases doesnt seem to work and just acts as use..(much when the bind cant 'find' the artifact..thinking the name got changed..) This ALSO explains why Wonko cant 'use' his perhaps..cus he may have just tried the bind..which I know he too uses.....may have just thought ti wasnt there..(actually i scrolled through my artifacts like...3 times b4 i actually saw it...o.0..thats why i bind it..

)

So is the shield bind still applicable..if so what is it, please?
Other wise ..I saw the same name sent bug..

...(they dont ever score thou...the score goes straight to their owners it would seem..o.0..) But otherwise great build..

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While the first part might be true, I am 100% positive that I don't have the blast artifact. I think szlat alredy found the problem and fixed it and its waiting for the next build.

I think you are right on the bind though, once I tried it it activated my rod (the artifact currently selected). Se yes, I think it only works as "use".

Today I just managed to loose health without loosing any shield. The shield was at 150 and I lost around 100 health, the shield did not drop a bit though. I think it was a bunny, are those supposed to ignore shields?

Looking into it a bit further, it seems that whether a shield absorbs some of the damage or not depends on the damagetype.

So Ultima (including bunnies), Poison, megablast, ion painters, redeemers and getting crushed bypass the shield.

The shield does stop Lightning rods, Retaliation, Assault rifles, Bioglobs, flaks, links, minis.

So, it looks like most monster damage should be stopped by the shield, except the bunnies.

I don't think this was mentioned before: Sometimes my eng spawns something, I don't get the timer countdown. It seems that I still have to wait for the same period of time (I can't spawn another thing right away), I just don't see the timer counting. I did not notice any pattern when this happens, it looks randomly. I'd say its 20% likely to happen. Does it happen to other engineers too?

This was the same in the previous build too (and before my stats reset too).

Wonko The Sane wrote:

I don't think this was mentioned before: Sometimes my eng spawns something, I don't get the timer countdown. It seems that I still have to wait for the same period of time (I can't spawn another thing right away), I just don't see the timer counting. I did not notice any pattern when this happens, it looks randomly. I'd say its 20% likely to happen. Does it happen to other engineers too?

This was the same in the previous build too (and before my stats reset too).

I have seen it as well, but I have no idea what causes it. There are other problems in the HUD as well, sometimes the names disappear etc. I think Monster Masters get it as well.
I'd be grateful for any suggestions as to what causes it. I think it may be to do with spectators monitoring you.

Yeah I get the count down missing too ...pretty random...(usually after spawn...otherwise will stay for certain until my nx spawn..o.0) HUD prob with engi's not having names on artifacts?.....I never had that ..medics yes..but not my engi.....not that common i guess...

So are the binds all off it seems?..
Aliases[38]=(Command="SelectShieldBlast | OnRelease ActivateItem",Alias="SBlast")

Is my shield blast....now and b4 the change..no longer working?..

When you see sentinels on the scoreboard, are there player's names missed off?
It may be that sentinels always get added to the list, but it knows it only has n players, so just displays n names.
However, if a player gets added after a sentinel, I wonder if it shows the sentinel instead of the player.
I think the list is sorted according to score, so players with above zero score will get displayed instead of the sentinels, which always have zero?

Sentinels get added after some new player joins (it can be a bot too). None of the players that were on before are removed from the list (unless a bot leaves because a new person joined), but the actual person who joined is not on the list yet. So I've seen peoplee who just joined actually play alredy and not be on the list, but there was my sent on the list. Somehow in a few moments the sent leaves the list and the new player gets there.

As for the n-part, I don't think that its simply the case of trying to show n things on the list because there are n players. I've seen only one player join and both zneers' sentinels on the list (so there were n+1 objects in the list and n players playing).

I hope this makes any sense, I could explain this a lot better in my language. :]

Thanks for the feedback, and your English is excellent.

A little update, if it can give you any clues on the bug. Today there was some player, who was there all 16 waves but was not on the score list 90% of the time. He was a new player and had negative score all game. I think the 10% of time he was on the score might be because at that time, there were no normal sentinels built (at least I did not see any, but I am not sure, it was the colawars map, hard to be sure...).

Might be bug: If you are an engineer and have shield regeneration, when you sumon a pet, it has shield regeneration too. And it spawns with full shield.