Seige Turrets In Lan Mode Not Working

Eidolon · November 2002

Been running command using Cheesey's bots, getting used to the controls and maps more than anything, but I've noticed that siege turrets aren't doing any damage to structures. They still kill aliens and players near them, but they're doing zero damage to towers/hive structures. This is just me farting around in hosted LAN mode, is there something I need to turn on to make these work? I can gague distance and find good placement points from the way it is, but it's bugging me that they don't work.

GoleX · November 2002

Which map? I have some problems with sieges on ns_eclipse not doing any building damage also.

Eidolon · November 2002

It was ns_nancy when I first noticed it, but then yesterday I noticed that fade acid wasn't damaging turrets. I don't know what the problem is still.

MonsieurEvil · November 2002

Uninstall NS, install NS 1.0 client. Try it out. If it occurs, install 1.01 server patch, try again. If it still happens, post here.

Tilkor · November 2002

Where can u get these bots?

Eidolon · November 2002

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Eidolon · November 2002

They're in one of the pinned topics in the general discussion board.

<b>General Discussion > Pinned: Bot For Ns :d </b>

Misfire · November 2002

I think someone posted about siege turrets sometimes doing 0 dmg to strucutures, think its a bug.

i tried searching for it but it seems to be deleted or something. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='sad.gif'>

FoxFlame · November 2002

I've seen this happen on several servers I've played on in the past few days. I don't recall exactly what versions they were running, but I'll keep it in mind to check from here on in. These servers all have the same following attributes (ie. if they have one, they have all)

<ul>Seige turrets do no damage to buildings
Grenades do no damage to buildings
Acid Rockets do no damage to buildings
Bile Bombs do no damage to buildings</ul>

All the above do however do damage to players. This makes it very easy for marines to pin down an enterance that a gorg has built in simply by building three siege guns near that location. The resulting indefinate blasts will destroy anything that wanders through that area but will never destroy the buildings. This is a double edged sword, but is very effective for protecting a hive if you seal it up completely and can only gain access it to it by way of movement tower or phase gate.

--Fox

cracker_jackmac · November 2002

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Misfire @ Nov 15 2002, 09:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>I think someone posted about siege turrets sometimes doing 0 dmg to strucutures, think its a bug.

i tried searching for it but it seems to be deleted or something. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='sad.gif'></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
hey wow, i use for that mp_drawdamage cvar!!!!

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hehehe, i'm just wondering, do you guys have it on?

Eidolon · November 2002

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MonsieurEvil @ Nov 15 2002, 02:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Uninstall NS, install NS 1.0 client. Try it out. If it occurs, install 1.01 server patch, try again. If it still happens, post here.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Just uninstalled and reinstalled up to 1.01 again. Tested it and they're still not working with the 1.01 patch on. I also noticed FoxFlames observation, it's not just siege turrets. Let me try it with just 1.0.

Update: They're working fine in 1.0 without the patch.

MonsieurEvil · November 2002

Thanks for the tests. Can you give us more precise info on your OS and hardware as well? Thanks.

This is probably the first bug I've heard from the community all week that we didn't already long know about. If we can duplicate it at least.

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Eidolon · November 2002

I'd be glad to give you any information that you think might help. I can give you a dxdiag or anything else you want. Just tell me what you need and point me where to send it.

Basic system info for my machine is:

OS:
Microsoft Win XP Pro, (5.1 Build 2600), Service Pack 1

Processor:
AMD AthlonXP 2200+ 1.80 GHz

Memory:
512 MB PC 2100 Ram

Motherboard:
ASUS A7V333
ACPI BIOS Version 1008

Video:
ATI Radeon 7200, 64 MB VIVO

Sound:
SoundBlaster Audigy

Direct X:
8.1 (4.08.01.0810)

All drivers are up to date as far as I know.

Edit:
Siege cannons are working for me in the 1.02 patch again. Not sure what changed in there, but they look good again. I'll do more testing and make sure grenades/bile is working as well.

Seige Turrets In Lan Mode Not Working

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