135: Fix Knife Hits

[theonlypwner]

Fix Knife Hits by darinm223
Issue 135 posted to Google Code on 2013 Jun 30 at 23:19:56

Current status: Acknowledged
Current labels: Type-Defect, Priority-High, Effect-Gameplay, Usability

darinm223 on 2013 Jun 30 at 23:19:56:

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Get the knife/sword
2. Try to knife someone
3. Watch in horror as the knife passes through the enemy, doing no damage

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
At close range, using a knife/sword will do no damage

What version are you using? On what operating system?
2.5.8/Windows Vista

Please provide any additional information below.

theonlypwner on 2013 Jul 6 at 19:47:39:

It's called "lag" and probably only happens online.

However, I'm not sure how I can improve the knife hits. It already does multiple hit checks.

Summary: Fix Knife Hits (was: Knife does no damage at close range)
Labels: -Priority-Unset Priority-High Effect-Gameplay Usability
Status: Acknowledged

[theonlypwner]

The "short shotline" hit detection could be replaced with new intersection methods.

Currently, knife hits are detected by intersecting multiple shot lines with 2 cylinders (torso, legs) and a sphere (head). We could intersect a plane with a cylinder/sphere and check if the intersection is a valid knife hit (check the angle and distance).

[theonlypwner]

This issue is postponed to 2.6.4; otherwise, there will not be enough time to release 2.6.3 by tomorrow.

[theonlypwner]

The current knife hit works, so this issue is being demoted in priority and no longer has a milestone target.