Anyone Have Trouble Wall-climbing Over Railings?

killswitch · August 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">They're made of teflon or something</div> I don't know if anyone else has tihs problem but if I try and skulk up a railing I always seem to stick to it or slide off it, but never over it. Anyone else get this problem?

Crisqo · August 2003

I assume it's a bug of some sort. To get over it you have to treat it like a wall so walk into it, look up, press forward, then your clear of your 1 foot "wall."

doommarine · August 2003

yes!.. it happens ALOT.. railing and ladders.. for some odd reason I can't climb over.. i get killed sometimes running from a marine and i try to run up a ladder but nooo i just hump it!
<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'> ahhh a ladder!

ShoCorez · August 2003

Eek, same here but I've learned to avoid all ladders and railings as if they were cursed! And would dearly love to have them fixed.

RaVe · August 2003

I dont climb railings,I jump over them <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

/me likes ns_lost for all teh railings me can jump ovar

Tarantula · August 2003

I think its because railings have little gaps in them.

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So, you are climbing, and unless you got enough speed to keep cathing the little bars inbetween and hoist yourself over, you'll slip.

bubbleblower · August 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Tarantula @ Aug 14 2003, 02:32 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I think its because railings have little gaps in them. </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Nah, those bars are just textures with transparency. It could be that the new update inadvertently treats certain brush entities different (like the ones that allow transparency), or it could simply be an error by the mapper, although I've noticed it on a couple different maps.

SoulSkorpion · August 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (killswitch1968 @ Aug 14 2003, 01:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I don't know if anyone else has tihs problem but if I try and skulk up a railing I always seem to stick to it or slide off it, but never over it. Anyone else get this problem?  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
I've noticed this, too, and I have no idea how to get around it. I avoid railings.

Phifth_Element · August 2003

For those of you who think that we just don't get "climbing walls", go to reactor room in Tanith. Try to climb up from the bottom to the entrance toward Waste/Cargo. When you climb up wall you are doing fine. It is when you hit the railing and you stop moving! It SUCKS! The other one is where the bottom of the ladder is UNCLIMBABLE. Mostly on new maps but not always. I seem to remember having trouble on the ladder up the elevator shaft at the west access corner on Tanith. If you jump up you can hit the ladder a little higher and then climb. But sometimes the gorge can't jump high enough! I had to build a structure at the bottom to have something to jump up on to so I coudl get on the ladder!

Sarisel · August 2003

There are many nasty spots on the maps where you'll have trouble with skulk, or other alien units too. There are unclimbable pipes and pipes, invisible walls and speedbumps. I don't know how these got past the beta testing stages.

Emoo · August 2003

uh none of u are mappers? u cant climb some objects railing, pipes and whatnot because they have a clip brush around them and skulks dont stick to clip brushs.

Error404 · August 2003

I've also had times when climbing a ladder as a skulk and getting stuck!!! Not really great, particularly when the marine that you've been trying to get away from, walks around the corner to find you there like a sitting duck.

Noble_Fade · August 2003

This happens all the time with me too, every rail(most of which are invisible to me on every map, dunno what's with that) I friggin climb up then keep sliding back down. It's very irritating.

Error404 · August 2003

Yeah especially when you see a parasited marine above you, and you go okay, I'm just gonna sneak up infront of him and jump up and bite his face off, instead you end up flailing around like an idiot, and marine goes 'heh, stoopid skulk', takes his time to aim, and puts a round inside you.

taboofires · August 2003

It's a map issue. There really isn't much you can do except find good ways around it. I wouldn't expect either a code fix or map fixes any time soon. The best thing mappers usually do to help with the problem is make a place right next to the ladder for skulks to climb.

Anyone Have Trouble Wall-climbing Over Railings?

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