[0867] Fallujah West - U.S.M.C. - Destructible Fencing Causes Vehicles to Fly (Minor)

[M.Warren]

Test Location: Dedicated Server
Map Name: Fallujah West
Map Size: 64
Map Grid Reference: Grid: G5 Sector: 7 (LAV-25 Incident) and Grid: F1 Sector: 4 (HMMWV Incident)
Kit/Weapon Name: N/A
Vehicle Name: HMMWV, LAV-25

Description:
Upon driving around with [bD] bahlye the other day, he had identified the issue that vehicles have a tendency to be thrown into the air due to an impact with a certain particular fencing. They appear to be generally tan in color, with barbed wire on top and a coarse meshing which is easily seen through and designed of tubular metal rods.

If I recall correctly, we had tried to ram an identical fence with an Iraqi Insurgent Technical. However it appears not to have the same issue. It could have been a singular circumstance where it had not taken place properly as well...

At any rate, these fences need to be checked out in a fashion that is more in depth.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enter a U.S.M.C vehicle, preferably a HMMWV or LAV-25. M2 Bradleys have not been checked for this error.

2. Locate a destroyable fence as shown in the screenshots. They appear to be generally tan in color, with barbed wire on top and a coarse meshing which is easily seen through and designed of tubular metal rods.

<Note: Other fencing types made of wood and/or solid metal do not appear to have this situation. Although a firm check again would be in order as well. I hadn't had the time to test all situations thoroughly... This is simply because I am unable to get the Dedicated Server to rotate to the map I wish to test.>

3. Align the vehicle with the fence as broadly as possible, then proceed at high speeds and utilize the boost capabilty if the vehicle has one.

4. Upon collision with the fence, it should collapse. However, the vehicle you're utilizing should be launched into the air. The intensity of the impact will cause the vehicle to be launched higher.

Video Evidence:
N/A

Screenshot Evidence:
1. West Fallujah - U.S.M.C. - LAV-25 Aerial Flip
<Note: The above picture is an animated .gif image. It may require several moments to load on certain connections.>

2. West Fallujah - U.S.M.C. - HMMWV Aerial Flip 1


3. West Fallujah - U.S.M.C. - HMMWV Aerial Flip 2


4. West Fallujah - U.S.M.C. - HMMWV Aerial Flip 3


5. West Fallujah - U.S.M.C. - HMMWV Aerial Flip 4
<Note: As you can see... This didn't end well.>


Video Card:
ATI Radeon X850XT AGP 8x 256MB

Graphics Settings:
Display Mode - 1024x768 @ 75Hz
Overall Quality - Custom

Terrain - High
Effects - Medium
Geometry - High
Texture - Medium
Lighting - Medium
Dynamic Shadows - Low
Dynamic Light - Low
Anti-Aliasing - Off
Texture Filtering - Low
View Distance Scale - 100%

[Rudd]

At any rate, these fences need to be checked out in a fashion that is more in depth.

I wonder if they could just get the collision mesh to just disappear as soon as the model is destroyed.

[fuzzhead]

Not a huge deal, most experienced drivers know not to smash into these fences, but yea should get fixing somehow, like I mentioned earlier I think rhino attempted a fix but dunno if it got commited or if it was succesful.

Either way its low priority (and one of those comedy moments haha)

just fyi a bug marked as major would be something like:

- CTDing a client.
- lagging the game to point of being unplayable.
- an asset that is unuseable / severely fubar and that asset is required in order to make the mission playable (ie: the huey on jabal not being able to take off the deck).
- major exploit / cheat.
- etc

[M.Warren]

Fair enough. Although, I thought a flying 20-30 ton APC was alarming enough to be considered a Major issue. =P

[fuzzhead]

its been in the mod for 2.5 years i think we can live with it for one more release