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Moving Vortec
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:30 pm
by {UI}Bald_Yew|MyU
I have noticed while playing invasion in both UT2k3 and UT2k4 that occaisonally after someone throws a vortec in a group of monsters the vortec and the monsters will go zipping away in a random direction.
Is this a bug, an 'enhancement', or is there some way to stear the vortec?
(Note: The 2 main Invasion servers I play on run both the Chaos and Excessive mods.)
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:46 pm
by Kaboodles
It was weird. I was playing Chaos CTF on Face3 with some bots, and I picked up the Gravity Vortex. I went over near the front of their base, and launched the Vortex right in front of their main base entrance, which was at the front. I started lobbing standard grenades into the vortex to see if they would fly around like the Phoenix bombs in that pic you had a while back. Then, all of a sudden, the vortex just flies upwards to about 100 ft and dissipates, taking several body chunks and with it. I stood there for 6 seconds trying to figure out, and then some bot killed me. I have used the Vortex several times, but this is the first time this has ever happened to me. Is this supposed to happen?
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:02 pm
by TKATK
it seems like the opposite of what was plannned(vortex moving rockets)
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:04 pm
by jeditobe1
Once it fires up.. the vortex itself should not move. That said, fast moving projectiles (and players) can and have been known to orbit it.
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:15 pm
by Kaboodles
Yeah but this time the Vortex shot straight up into the air and dissipated.
It was AWESOME!
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:37 pm
by TKATK
if you find out how to do it,then CTF players would cattapult theyre flag carriers around with that(no FF servers)
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:43 pm
by Isotope
I was able to put a vortex under a couple bulldogs for the same effect.
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:24 pm
by Shadowstar
Well, the vortex isn't exactly a controlled phenomenon. Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to leave that in, after all, a vortex that occasionally exhibits highly unusual or random behavior isn't all that unrealistic.
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:44 pm
by neolith
Shadowstar wrote:Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to leave that in [...]
LOL!
ChaosUT - We create new features from bugs!
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:46 pm
by R.Flagg
It wouldn't be the 1st time.
(not to be taken as endorsement for this particular idea, though)
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:53 pm
by TKATK
it would be a nice thing to see a list of bugs
it would actually be a good idea to leave it in,chaotic
too bad the headless runners were removed
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:07 pm
by Kaboodles
How about you allow weapons to remove limbs while the players are still alive? They can run around with their health constantly dropping until they get a health pack and grow it back!
And how about locational damage? Shots to the arm should hurt a lot less than headshots or crotch-shots!
And could you make it so that Vortexes interact with each other? Like two Vortexes orbiting each other and colliding to create giant Mega-Vortexes!
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:10 pm
by TKATK
Alive limb removing-Im-Poss-Ible
Directional-wouldnt fit chaos too much imo
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:14 pm
by Kaboodles
How is it impossible? It worked with headshots, right?
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:46 pm
by TKATK
well,if i remember correctly thats impossible