Stowaway on UT2k4 vehicles

Post by **Shadowstar** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 8:50 pm

Dunno if anyone found out about this yet, but it's possible to ride UT2k4 vehicles that are being driven by someone else, even if there isn't a passenger seat. To see this in action, play ONS in the demo, and hop onto one of the fans of a manta and wait for a bot to enter the vehicle. When he flies off, you'll be along for the ride, unless something knocks you off. In MP, you can load up 2 people (3 with driver) onto the manta and use it as a personnel transport. It's also great if you manage to land on an enemy vehicle with an exposed driver. You can shoot the driver and take over the vehicle.

TKATK · Post by **TKATK** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 9:51 pm

I have had 5 people mantas,2 in the middle,2 on the fans and 1 in the seat

its seriously hard to evade rockets without squishing or throwing everyone down

Post by **Shadowstar** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 6:41 pm

Hehehe, someone has to get a pic of a bunch of people loaded onto a manta... Beverly Hillbillies go high-tech...

NeoNight · Post by **NeoNight** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 10:40 pm

yeah I usually do that if I can get to the vehicle before someone drives off I would carry a Avril with me to try to shoot down other vehicles while am on. Thought sometimes I fall off when that happens.

Iceboy · Post by **Iceboy** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 3:00 pm

Gotta love recoil!

I gotta try riding roof-rack on some of these!

ReKleSS · Post by **ReKleSS** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:16 am

If you feel like more stupidity (not that riding on vehicles is really stupid, but anyway... ) try getting a manta on top of a raptor (the jump ability helps), then working together to lift the manta to the top of the tower or something :p It can be done without a person in the manta, but it requires a lot more skill on the part of the pilot. Dunno if there's a practical use for this, but it's fun anyway.
-ReK

jb · Post by jb » Tue Feb 17, 2004 12:42 pm

ReKleSS wrote:Dunno if there's a practical use for this, but it's fun anyway.

Ohhh A massive death from above move

Post by **Shadowstar** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 7:14 pm

Hehehe -- get a Goliath up there...

Ph33r my Sky Tank!

Isotope · Post by **Isotope** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 8:32 pm

This way, you can kill any vehicle, simply by jumping on it and shooting. With scorpians, you can even take out da pilot.

Post by **Shadowstar** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 9:31 pm

That's the idea. And it works, too, cuz vehicles dominate the battlefield. It's nice to have a way to deal with it if your team steals all the rides.