Commanders, Watch Your Waypoints!

SniperSkunkSniperSkunk Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7644Members
in NS General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">A poor WP messed up my aim...</div> I tried to post this to the bug forum, but it doesn't appear to be in there... so I will at least post it here, as a warning to commanders who may not realise the severity of this bug.

I was a marine today, our team was doing very well; we had taken one hive, taken out a 2nd, and were slowly working our way up the tech ladder to snag that third one. I had HA/HMG and was running fire support for the team, when I noticed something odd. The commander gave me a 'defend that target' waypoint that I couldn't find. I thought nothing of it, until I tried to walk backwards, away from a skulk...

<a href='http://users.sisna.com/khyron/screw.jpg' target='_blank'>http://users.sisna.com/khyron/screw.jpg</a>

The comm had accidentally waypointed me to protect myself, and the waypoint blocked my view. Since the waypoint 'lags' slightly behind my position, it was only visible when I moved backwards. But, the same thing happened when I aim 'up'...

<a href='http://users.sisna.com/khyron/screw2.jpg' target='_blank'>http://users.sisna.com/khyron/screw2.jpg</a>

Commanders, please try not to do this. It seems to only happen with HA, which is (I think) taller than normal marines...
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  • CrazedMonkOnaMissionCrazedMonkOnaMission Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7429Members
    no, its happened to me lots of times without HA.
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  • SniperSkunkSniperSkunk Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7644Members
    Ah, this is the first time it happened to me, but it really messed me up. I was having trouble in combat... would have /kill'ed myself but that would have wasted the 50 RP for HA/HMG =/
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  • J2pcJ2pc Join Date: 2002-12-05 Member: 10485Members
    so ask your comm to give you a new (move?) waypoint
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  • SniperSkunkSniperSkunk Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7644Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--J2pc+Jan 15 2003, 04:13 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (J2pc @ Jan 15 2003, 04:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->so ask your comm to give you a new (move?) waypoint<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Actually, in the first you can see me asking for one <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> But even so, I was hoping to find out if that particular bug could be fixed, as it saves the marine and the commander time...
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  • MedHeadMedHead Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11115Members, Constellation
    He selected you, then right clicked you, therefore asking to bodyguard yourself.

    I do that to people when I feel like being evil, or when they aren't listening... only when we're playing to have fun, not win.
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  • Silver_FoxSilver_Fox Spammer Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 34Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    its a guard waypoint

    if you click on a marine, then right click on him, he will be ordered to guard himself...

    then that nice little icon will be above his head <b>forever</b>!!! muahahaha

    er, well, till he gets a new waypoint.

    happens with all load outs too, not just HA
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  • ShockehShockeh If a packet drops on the web and nobody&#39;s near to see it... Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9336NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    I love it when NS fecks up, and you manage to give a "Build structure @ Waypoint" command to a hive <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • ignotignot Join Date: 2002-10-30 Member: 1762Members
    Dunno what you mean.
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  • Kid-AKid-A Join Date: 2002-12-17 Member: 10908Members
    now if you marines stood still it might not happen. This is the usual cause for this. Although if you weren't heres another possibility.

    In this particular case a comm may have tried to get a load of other marines to follow you. and had to select you in order to do it. Sorry thats life. Ask for a new waypoint it should be all better when 1.1 comes along.
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  • ShockehShockeh If a packet drops on the web and nobody&#39;s near to see it... Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9336NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Well, if we'd <b>stood still,</b> usually we were trying to avoid being turned into Skulk doggie food. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
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