Cant See Aliens As Commander

DartDart Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7865Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Im blind i tell ya</div> When playing as commander and i have motion sensor upgrade i cant see blips of moving aliens. Plus also when my marines can see aliens in view i cant see them on the map, im able to see alien structures just not the aliens themselfs.

Is this a bug or is the game supposed to be this way?
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  • Grey_GhostGrey_Ghost Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 8029Members
    I suffer from this very same thing. I know that other commanders see aliens just fine, but I only see marines firing at nothing. I can see alien structures just fine, but no aliens. I'd like to know what is going on.

    Grey_Ghost
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  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 2002-06-12 Member: 759Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Grey_Ghost+Nov 10 2002, 06:22 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Grey_Ghost @ Nov 10 2002, 06:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I suffer from this very same thing. I know that other commanders see aliens just fine, but I only see marines firing at nothing. I can see alien structures just fine, but no aliens. I'd like to know what is going on.

    Grey_Ghost<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Hey Grey_Ghost That was some good Cargo bay hive taking over in ns_nothing. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Well anyways.....

    For the few times that I commanded, I get the same problem.... I only see marines shooting at nothing. I can see the buildings just fine but no aliens.... Any solutions?
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  • DunsbyDunsby Join Date: 2002-08-01 Member: 1042Awaiting Authorization
    Same problem here, but sometimes i see one running past or something.
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  • TomodachiTomodachi Join Date: 2002-08-16 Member: 1175Members
    Dito and I still can't see them aliens even when I use Scanner Sweep. I can only see their structures.
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  • PlaguebearerPlaguebearer Join Date: 2002-03-21 Member: 338Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    I, too, have this problem.
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  • NecroNecro &lt;insert non-birthday-related title here&gt; Join Date: 2002-08-09 Member: 1118Members
    perhaps your not supposed 2 see them?

    also INGAME when your not commanding and you got motion tracking i don't see aliens. the motion tracking sprite goes on the hive but thats it.
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  • PlaguebearerPlaguebearer Join Date: 2002-03-21 Member: 338Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Yes, you're supposed to, Nec. As commanders, we should be able to see any alien a marine can see, and we should also see them as mobile blips on the minimap.

    I don't.
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  • whiskaswhiskas Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5020Banned
    yur not supposed to see them
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  • Grey_GhostGrey_Ghost Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 8029Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--whiskas+Nov 11 2002, 04:45 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (whiskas @ Nov 11 2002, 04:45 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->yur not supposed to see them<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The manual clearly states that the commander should see any aliens the marines see, or what aliens are around them rather.

    I have had one commander follow aliens around with attack waypoint orders even, but just the one commander so far.

    Grey_Ghost
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  • DarkSim2DarkSim2 Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 6965Members
    i can see them sometimes, but only when a marien is near by an the alien is in a crevas or a crack. once i even cliked on it to aleart my guys where he was cause he was on the celling. So it is possible to see them, but for the most part it doesent work. its prolly a bug
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  • JynxDaddyJynxDaddy Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8151Banned
    I have never seen a alien on radar , nor a hive or anything! not even as comm, only alien thing i get with marines, is seeing them when they are in front of me
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  • TerrTerr Arthritic Skulk Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7486Members
    I have hardly EVER seen any alien entity when in commander mode, except for the occasional sensor sweep revealing something. It's very patchy.
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  • BitchSL4PBitchSL4P Join Date: 2002-08-04 Member: 1062Members, NS1 Playtester
    Hmmm... this is a new one. So, you don't see the aliens in the commander map AT ALL?

    I suggest trying a game with one or two others where the alien and the marine stand side by side to confirm this.

    I *know* I don't have this problem. I see aliens both on the minimap as little red moving dots and in the commander view...

    -Slappy
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    This is a known problem, I am not sure exactly what it stemms from however I think it might have something to do with the fact that Flayra played around ALOT with the ability to see invis things

    The known bugs with this are:
    1) motion traking does not show up
    2) even with scaner sweeps and marines giving visual feed back the comander never sees squat
    3) it does not effect the aliens at all, not sure why


    however the drawinvisible (a server variable) comand will let comanders/marines see the motion traking, it also permanantly puts all marines on hive sight (so far as I have tested)
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  • GobyWanGobyWan Join Date: 2002-02-22 Member: 234Members
    I have the same problem, I can't see the aliens attacking at all, I see marines firing and buildings but I never see the aliens as commander. This seems to be widespread.
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  • DunsbyDunsby Join Date: 2002-08-01 Member: 1042Awaiting Authorization
    Is it a open gl problem or something? I use open gl, do people that use software have this problem?
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  • BacksliderBackslider Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3400Members
    edited December 2002
    !BUMP!

    ME TOO, this has to be the worst bug ever. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Great game though, keep up the good work.

    System Specs.
    GeForce2MX (Running OpenGL) (either res)
    P4 1.4GHZ
    128MB RDRam
    WinXP Pro
    Newest Nvidia drivers

    Please help, commanding is too hard this way.
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  • joevjoev Giving grief... With a smile. Join Date: 2002-07-20 Member: 977Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    This is a server specific problem on the Linux server.

    At a guess (actually not a guess at all.. I'm positive) you guys who are seeing this problem are seeing it on Linux based servers.

    F.o.R's server is win32 and hence the reason that Slappy doesn't see it.

    A simple test is for one (or all) of you to jump on to F.o.R underworld (I'm sure slappy can supply the IP) and see if you still have this problem. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    You'll also notice that the particle effects sometimes act mungy on Linux based server (e.g. the stream of 'smoke' from Res Nodes is much reduced versus Win32 servers).

    It's a known problem and presumably being worked on. (Flayra has had his rest now so I've got my whip ready... <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->)

    joev.
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  • BacksliderBackslider Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3400Members
    Thank you very much. Now to find a win server so I can practice Comm. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • FireStormFireStorm Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7390Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Silent But Violent+Nov 15 2002, 10:05 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Silent But Violent @ Nov 15 2002, 10:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Is it a open gl problem or something? I use open gl, do people that use software have this problem?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    No. The problem is that HL is not supposed to have entities visible only for some players and you have to cheat with that. Maybe the dev team did something wrong (delta.lst <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->)
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