Ah, I thought so. A lot of people say that Firebug shines in hallways because the flame penetrates entire groups, but in my own experience the flamethrower has no penetration at all.
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Ah, I thought so. A lot of people say that Firebug shines in hallways because the flame penetrates entire groups, but in my own experience the flamethrower has no penetration at all.
As far as I know the Patriarch used to burn infinitely before the update, so you could just spray him once with the flamer and he would've eventually died from the burning damage.
After update he will still be set ablaze but he will burn only for a short while, instead of forever
If that makes any sense.
After update he will still be set ablaze but he will burn only for a short while, instead of forever
If that makes any sense.
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Yeah, i notice no penetration when i use the flamethrower. Fire jumps from specimen to specimen via contact, but for some reason doesn't ignite them when they walk over it and it's on the ground.
Really? I myself tend to find I ignite entire pools of enemies effortlessly. Admittedly I always drag my aim about to ensure I cover maximum surface area as possible when I fire... but mass ignitions seemed dead easy to me regardless...
From what I read here, glancing blows allow the flame to go through (though of course they also do much less damage and are not guaranteed to ignite), but if you hit a zed dead-on with 1 or 2 flamethrower ammo, the zed will stop the flame tendril.
So dragging your aim across a group will give the illusion of penetration, but in reality only the flames that did not directly hit the lead row will reach the back if I understand correctly.
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Ah that makes sense. Seems right when I really think about it. Still, not really a big enough hinderance for me to be concerned about it
Ah that makes sense. Seems right when I really think about it. Still, not really a big enough hinderance for me to be concerned about it
I actually really wish the Firebug had penetration with the flamethrower, it'd be a good buff for him.
I remember this, that was fixed long time ago.As far as I know the Patriarch used to burn infinitely before the update, so you could just spray him once with the flamer and he would've eventually died from the burning damage.
After update he will still be set ablaze but he will burn only for a short while, instead of forever
If that makes any sense.
He should now burn with the same duration as all other zeds.
To clarify the flamethrower's penetration, the flame is always stopped by hitting something (actor/wall).
The only thing that penetrates is the hit radius which is around 3 meters. The projectile himself is not penetrating.
About the armor system, I don't understand the xpawn/kfpawn ShieldAbsorb() function, if someone can explain I will add it.
I only know: if Armor points > 75% of the damage, 75% of the damage will be absorbed into armor and 25% taken into health.
I think it's odd how inexpensive the ammunition for the MAC-10 is, considering incendiary bullets would be quite hefty on the wallet, no?
I think something very important should be added regarding Hunting Shotgun:
Primary fire = 6 pellets for each shell (= 6x2 = 12 pellets total for 2 single shots)
Secondary fire = 10 pellets for EACH SHELL (= 10x2 = 20 pellets in the doubleshot)
At least according to this thread:
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Primary fire = 6 pellets for each shell (= 6x2 = 12 pellets total for 2 single shots)
Secondary fire = 10 pellets for EACH SHELL (= 10x2 = 20 pellets in the doubleshot)
At least according to this thread:
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You forgot to include the Hand Cannon's penetration stats... or is that just the primary weapon's you were writing about?
Back working on this document after long break, a big update (a lot of things changed lol) will be ready very soon.
I cannot find why the alt-fire shoots 2 time or something like that but Im pretty sure this is correct, thanks.
That's was removed before the first release because of the lack of space, I will try to add it with smaller font maybe I can add 2 columns, thanks for suggestion.
Both hunting shotgun fire mode have now a number of 10 projectiles, which is very odd ^^
I cannot find why the alt-fire shoots 2 time or something like that but Im pretty sure this is correct, thanks.
Probably I dont know, this will be added anyway
Phada, I made a thread about specimen mechanics about a month back. Feel free to use any of the information in the updated pdf.
http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=49922
Also, Xienen changed the hunting shotgun pellets to be 10 for both single and double barrel blasts. This means firing single twice shoots 20 pellets as does 1 double shot whereas before, it would be 12 vs 20.
http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=49922
Also, Xienen changed the hunting shotgun pellets to be 10 for both single and double barrel blasts. This means firing single twice shoots 20 pellets as does 1 double shot whereas before, it would be 12 vs 20.
This .pdf was so helpful in helping me put together stats for the as-yet unposted shotgun suggestion.
Thanks mate, well worth doing, fair dinkum
Thanks mate, well worth doing, fair dinkum