Decaying corpses clear smoke

[Harrod200]

Noticed this on Mestia, a quick search didn't come up with anything;

When looking 'through' a decaying corpse, smoke around it's outline is effectively cleared, giving a clear line of sight through it.

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Will try to get a better screenie later if that's unclear.

[LtSoucy]

well i never saw or even heard of this problem. Very strange. The devs will come on later iam sure and ask more questions. Also welcome to the PR forums.

[blud]

It's a known issue, that I think people would be wise not to abuse.

[LtSoucy]

ya i wouldnt becuase they can see u to.

[Harrod200]

ya i wouldnt becuase they can see u to.

From a little testing, you only see through the smoke if there isn't a 'wave' of it between you and the corpse. So you can indeed see enemies, but they can't see you.

I think proving a person is using it would be pretty hard, but it's still a dirty nasty glitch and people exploiting it should be forcibly castrated with a rusty butter knife.

And thanks for the welcome

[LtSoucy]

no prob^ as u will find out the PR forums are a tight group of people and alot of us play with each other on the servers. ur welcome into my squad anytime. And so u know my Xfire is cationjonathan. And yes i would not us the glitch becuase its a unfair thing abut hey its war.

[Sgt.NightFire]

so thats the reason i always get shot in the head while there is a smokescreen infront of me

[Outlawz7]

Well, only time you could really abuse this, when the corpse is standing...

[S.P.C-[Reality]-]

Well, only time you could really abuse this, when the corpse is standing...

and it happens many times. like when you kill someone on the machine gun.

[hx.bjoffe]

Well, only time you could really abuse this, when the corpse is standing...

Well, how about here... ?



This is one of the best abuses i've found of the exploit, in addition its almost impossible not taking advantage..

[Clypp]

One solution would be to get rid of decaying corpses. Transparent bodies look silly anyway. I assume they are a result of a bug?

[blud]

Well the idea of having the corpses stay longer, is just because it's realistic and cool. I like it because you can verify kills easier (like if you trek up some mountain and there are the dead bodies). Plus the original idea behind it I think was to make it so when you kill someone, they don't just fakely disappear a little bit later, and by staying around longer, the chances of anyone seeing them disappear is reduced, because likely the killers have moved on by then.

The transparency is a feature in BF2 apparently, that one becomes noticeable when you keep the corpses around.

My idea is to "keep the corpses for 60 minutes instead of 2 minutes" but then delete them after 2 minutes. That way they will still be solid when they disappear - but I have no idea if this is possible with the code, and even if it is, it very well might be too expensive to do.

[TiroAfila]

Hey captain, go over there beside the ladder and shoot yourself in the head. Ill cover you....

[GruAncH]

Hahaha I reckon the body odour of the dead corpse negates the smoke hahaha..
But seriously having the bodies stay solid till the end of the round would be awesome some areas on some maps would be like the scene from 300 pile up the corpses boys.

[pasfreak]

why do they have to be transparent? why can't we just have bodies on the ground?

[Harrod200]

Kinda a big revive (found this bug through the 'your first post' thing in OT), but it still exists;