Exploit Or Bug

haPihaPi Join Date: 2003-04-16 Member: 15556Members
edited November 2003 in NS General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">skulk vs electrified rt</div> sorry if this has already been mentioned,

i just want to bring it into the light..

ok the easiest way to replicate this bug is at "miasma" above teh res point on teh roof munching down...

you dont get harmed by electricity..

same applys for atmos, room with things, generator, ventaltion .. etc etc.. basically if theres <b>an electrified res point against a wall </b>and u go onto teh roof slowly creeping your way down the wall, there is a small angle which u can attack the res point without getting electrified...

anyone else see this happening?

/* note: dont flame, i have already done searches on this topic...
i just thought it should be something brought out in the open so it can be fixed in teh next patch..
*/
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  • rknZrknZ Join Date: 2003-10-23 Member: 21885Members
    This was abundant in 2.0 but in 2.01 I thought it was fixed...

    (Yes it was an exploit)

    Can you still do this in 2.01, has it been almost completely fixed apart from 1 spot???
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  • UGLAndrewUGLAndrew Join Date: 2003-04-25 Member: 15823Members
    it's a bug <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Kid-AKid-A Join Date: 2002-12-17 Member: 10908Members
    Was it a fully updated server?
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  • taboofirestaboofires Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9853Members
    If it's a bug, and you can use it to your advantage, it's an exploit.

    This was supposedly fixed in 2.01, unless the shock radius doesn't work quite right upward (and it should, check the funny pics thread to see a flying onos being zapped in the underside).
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  • KaliasKalias Superskulk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2560Members
    edited November 2003
    You can still exploit the RT's by biting from out of range and above, yes. It's just slightly more difficult than before, I expect electricity range will be increased again... (Meh...) though I live in hope that they just switch it to zap when bitten. (Marine micro bases look bloody silly <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->)

    Oh, and yes, it is an exploit.
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  • sloesloe Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18968Members
    zap when bitten is a much more ideal solution to the problems at hand. when i'm a marine taking on a bunch of skulks and theres an electrified rt by, i'll play ring around the rosie with it and all the skulks coming after me will get hit while I reload. cheap as hell.

    this would fix the electrified-tf-in-base-with-all-your-****-around-it lameness (hi HAM)
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  • LucidLucid Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10534Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--sloe+Nov 4 2003, 12:28 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (sloe @ Nov 4 2003, 12:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> zap when bitten is a much more ideal solution to the problems at hand. when i'm a marine taking on a bunch of skulks and theres an electrified rt by, i'll play ring around the rosie with it and all the skulks coming after me will get hit while I reload. cheap as hell.

    this would fix the electrified-tf-in-base-with-all-your-****-around-it lameness (hi HAM) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I think these are some intended uses for elec tf's and RT's, not lameness. Doesn't really work anyway. Elec sucks if the aliens do normal tech.
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  • Mythr1lMythr1l Join Date: 2003-01-26 Member: 12772Members
    u can also do it at west access on tanith.
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  • MMZ_TorakMMZ_Torak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 3770Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Lucid+Nov 4 2003, 02:33 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Lucid @ Nov 4 2003, 02:33 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--sloe+Nov 4 2003, 12:28 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (sloe @ Nov 4 2003, 12:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> zap when bitten is a much more ideal solution to the problems at hand.  when i'm a marine taking on a bunch of skulks and theres an electrified rt by, i'll play ring around the rosie with it and all the skulks coming after me will get hit while I reload.  cheap as hell.

    this would fix the electrified-tf-in-base-with-all-your-****-around-it lameness (hi HAM) <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I think these are some intended uses for elec tf's and RT's, not lameness. Doesn't really work anyway. Elec sucks if the aliens do normal tech. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Not only that but clustered buildings are bile bomb bait. Why call out people for doing things you can't figure out how to counter? It's not their fault you cry cheap when outsmarted.

    <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • uranium_235uranium_235 Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9478Banned
    edited November 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--MMZ>Torak+Nov 4 2003, 02:05 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MMZ>Torak @ Nov 4 2003, 02:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Lucid+Nov 4 2003, 02:33 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Lucid @ Nov 4 2003, 02:33 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--sloe+Nov 4 2003, 12:28 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (sloe @ Nov 4 2003, 12:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> zap when bitten is a much more ideal solution to the problems at hand.  when i'm a marine taking on a bunch of skulks and theres an electrified rt by, i'll play ring around the rosie with it and all the skulks coming after me will get hit while I reload.  cheap as hell.

    this would fix the electrified-tf-in-base-with-all-your-****-around-it lameness (hi HAM) <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I think these are some intended uses for elec tf's and RT's, not lameness. Doesn't really work anyway. Elec sucks if the aliens do normal tech. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Not only that but clustered buildings are bile bomb bait. Why call out people for doing things you can't figure out how to counter? It's not their fault you cry cheap when outsmarted.

    <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    'cept bile bomb only harms buildings about 1 in 20 times. Furthermore, if there's anyone defending, or any turrets, then the point is moot because bilebomb sucks so much range-wise anyway.
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  • MMZ_TorakMMZ_Torak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 3770Members
    As long as you are on the same plane (standing on the same level) as the building you are attacking BB works fine. It is only borked when your are trying to attack from above and below.
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  • sloesloe Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18968Members
    i can't figure out life.
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  • BogglesteinskyBogglesteinsky Join Date: 2002-12-24 Member: 11488Members
    this isnt the place to find out. we are just a clueless as you.

    Bilebomb does do some damage when you are above the structures. There was a gorge in the vent in reactor room bile bombing down and she (yes, a female NS player) took out the TF from up there. Took a long time though
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