I think I might be the cause of it...

Pretender · 10-29-2007, 10:29

As we all know, these days item switching is restricted to a certain amount per second (2 I believe?)

now, a while back (before that update which implemented that), I discovered a dangerous bug, that I reported to MA (never recieved any compensation for it though). They must have thought that limiting the amount per second for item switching must do the trick (which it did I think, havnt tested as of late).

hereby the support case:

21 Jun 2007 You wrote:
Hello,

I found an serious bug just a little while ago (aproximinately 30 minutes).

this bug, when executed properly, allows me to use an high dmg weapen (for example marber bravo) with the reload of an fast gun (for example korss h400 (L))

(those 2 weapens have been used to test the bug)

now, as to what happened.

I was killing some feffoids just north of zychion citadel, when i accidentaly, after tagging an creature, noticed that my marber bravo was reloading way to fast.
I found that weird, so i investigated as to what happened.

basically, the bug works like this:

equip the high dmg weapen, (make sure both weapens you are using are on the quickbar), next, press the button for both the high dmg weapen and the fast weapen at the same time.

if executed correctly, the high dmg weapen will fire, however, also have the reload of the fast weapen, allowing the executor to quickly change to another weapen and repeat the proces. (if you shoot with the fast weapen you will not do any dmg. however, if you quickly change back to the high dmg weapen again, you can repeat the process.)

I am quite sure this is an serious bug, as it for example, allows strong creatures to be killed very easely without any effort

regards,

26 Jun 2007 Entropia Support:
Hi,

Thank you for your report. We have not received any similar reports, but we have forwarded the issue to members of the design team for further investigation. Any irregularities found will be adjusted automatically. Please follow the Support News section of the website for further information and developments.

Thank you for your patience.

Regards,
Entropia Support

26 Jun 2007 You wrote:
ok, glad to help out. if you need any help with it, ill be glad to help out.

regards,

27 Jun 2007 Entropia Support:
Hi,
Thanks a lot again. We will come back to you if we have more questions. In the same way, please, do not hesitate to contact us again.
Regards,
Entropia Support

Argh non Ral · 10-29-2007, 10:38

Eh... I never experienced this working (but always tapping like hell my marber and freandd when laggy)

However the Überfast marber 'feeling' is still exist after the VU.
I have seen in during teamhunt with other avatar.

The Marber stucks in hand for a few shots but only for the animation.
The damage caused is from the other gun.
The user will not notice any diffrent.

Pretender · 10-29-2007, 10:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Argh non Ral

Eh... I never experienced this working (but always tapping like hell my marber and freandd when laggy)

However the Überfast marber 'feeling' is still exist after the VU.
I have seen in during teamhunt with other avatar.

The Marber stucks in hand for a few shots but only for the animation.
The damage caused is from the other gun.
The user will not notice any diffrent.

the thing was, i managed to get it to work to allow marber to have only 1.2 second orso reload instead of ~4 and yes, to do dmg aswell.

chaps · 10-29-2007, 10:43

hmm, just tested this myself. must be a very precise keypress because i never managed to acheive it.

Pretender · 10-29-2007, 10:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaps

hmm, just tested this myself. must be a very precise keypress because i never managed to acheive it.

just be really fast (helps to have them mapped next to eachother) however im not sure if you still have the possibility to use the dmg of the 3rd switch.