Bug - Fade HUD locked + No Damage

Saint_Thoth

Shoulda got a screen shot, but I suppose a description will suffice...

Since the latest patch... Whenever I go Fade, the HUD locks (shows health with no armor, which never changes, and energy stays locked at 100%), the mini-map player location icon stops updating, and, most importantly, I can't inflict any damage (on stationary structures or otherwise). It's not just that the HUD isn't reporting it, there's actually no damage being done. I can move about and blink, however, and, despite the health/energy indicators always being maxed out, I can die, and run out of energy.

This only applies to the Fade, SFAIK. It does not apply to the Skulk, Gorge, nor Onos. I'm not sure if it applies to the Lerk, but I've not bothered evolving to Lerk since they took the spores away until late game, and it thus became just a flying skulk, useless outside of an elite's hands.

RoflcopterV22

Does the console say anything? ie: LUA errors when this occurs

Does it occur on every server you go to, including explore mode and the such?

Saint_Thoth

It applies to all the servers I've been on thus far, and in explore mode. Need to check the console for errors - uno momento on that. I'm guessing some sort HUD init error...

Saint_Thoth

Update... I'm also noticing the Evolve meter stays up, locked at 100%


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And yes... Massive script errors - something about the double jump detection failing:


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Hrmm... Maybe time to verify integrity or something...

(Edit: Nope, integrity checks out.)

PS. I'm also noticing I can't select a map, other that Summit, in explore mode... Think the same is true for bot practice (though it's locked on Descent).

Confused

Howdy,

The obvious are you running mods questions aside.

Does this only happen in explore mode? Or is it all the time?

Can you post log.txt and dxdaig?

JCD

What bugs me in this SS is that Doublejump is not in the game anymore with Build 250.
Please verify your game integrity.

Saint_Thoth

As I've said, I've verified integrity. And, as I've said (and screenshotted no less), yes, it does this in explore mode (ie. all servers all the time). No, I've no mods. I do not see a "log.txt" in the NS2 folder set.

edit: In response to JCD's comment, I tried deleting and redownloading (verifying) the entire LUA folder, to no avail.

JCD

Ah sorry haven't read your text well enough
The log.txt is located in %appdata% (put that in your explorer window press return) and then navigate to the NS2 folder

Saint_Thoth

Ah, thanx (by the gods I miss the Days of DOS when our games were self contained in single folders)...

Onos sized log file:
http://www.thothie.com/ns/log.txt (713KB)

edit: Looking at the log, and the related script file ( GUIFadeDoubleJumpHelp.lua ), I wonder if I could just comment out the procedure (seems to be just a help pop-up).

if not self.doubleJumped and player:GetHasDoubleJumped() then
        
            self.doubleJumped = true
            HelpWidgetIncreaseUse(self, "GUIFadeDoubleJumpHelp")
            
        end

Would I get VAC banned for fuxing with the LUA scripts?

JCD

No you won't get banned but it won't work due to consistency checking.
I'm looking through my file but I can't really find the function for "GetHasDoubleJumped"

Saint_Thoth

Damn.

I think the fact that there is no such function is exactly what it's complaining about.

Meh, could almost fix this myself, if not for the consistency check.

Maybe... There's a file somewhere that tracks what help tips I still need to see, and if I can flag it so it thinks I've already seen this one... Bleh, it'd still hit that conditional block though. Hrmmm... Is there a dynamic casual LUA somewhere I could add the function to? (Just a blank function?) I suppose I could do it as a mod, but then it'd only be good on my own server.

JCD

You could try to disable the tips.
I think every lua mod will get killed by consistency

IronHorse

It has been fixed for next patch, thanks!
You can disable hints in the meantime

Saint_Thoth

D'oh, disable tips, yeah, that would be the obvious solution, wouldn't it? (When the only tool you have is Hammer.exe, every problem starts to look like a .bsp sorta thing.)

Yeah, that fixes it. Thanks for the help!

I'm surprised more people have not been reporting this though - especially with all the new greens this sale weekend. Though I have heard one or two remark about how much the Fade "sucks" - so maybe they have the issue, and just don't realize it.

Worm

It is happening to me too. I havent been able to go fade without problems since the patch.

Fandore

This happens to me too, I don't know why but I have tried three servers now so I know its not that, its a bug for sure.

JCD

Disable the hints like said above then it should work.