Merl destroying itself in vehicle plant

Harm · Post by **Harm** » 06 Sep 2005, 12:26

When an enemy is nearby the vehicle plant merl starts firing before it left the plant, the rocket is fired and explodes inside the plant. Merl is destroyed.

Harm · Post by **Harm** » 07 Sep 2005, 08:05

no one had this prob?

you guys should try it

Kuroneko · Post by **Kuroneko** » 07 Sep 2005, 08:06

Harm wrote:no one had this prob?

you guys should try it

Make sure it leaves the plant. Viola.

colorblind · Post by **colorblind** » 07 Sep 2005, 11:40

It should do that automatically imho. See this thread: http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2135

SY, please fix this "bug" soon!

Harm · Post by **Harm** » 09 Sep 2005, 14:55

Kuroneko wrote:
Harm wrote:no one had this prob?

you guys should try it
Make sure it leaves the plant. Viola.

what I mean that the merl gets into combat mode before it left the yard, that way it starts firing away

hrmph · Post by **hrmph** » 09 Sep 2005, 21:31

Vehicles tend to get stuck in factories, espescially if your waypoint is north of them. This definitely needs to be addressed as well.

Harm · Post by **Harm** » 12 Sep 2005, 15:58

I will say it one more time.

It has nothing to do with vehicles getting stuck. Its happening the moment the merl is driving out of the plant. If at that exact moment an enemy is inside the merls range it starts firing. Since the rocket leaves the merl before the merl left the plant it explodes inside the plant, killing the merl.

10053r · Post by **10053r** » 12 Sep 2005, 22:25

Right, but MERLS killing themselves in the factory is just a symptom of a larger problem. The larger problem is that units who are given orders in the factory will not queue those orders after the "leave factory with fire state temporarily set to hold fire" command. This gives rise to a whole host of undesireable behaviours, including MERLS blowing themselves up, and units getting stuck in factories.

Somebody with 1007 developer skillz fix this for us poor pleebs?

Min3mat · Post by **Min3mat** » 12 Sep 2005, 22:56

1007 skills? i.e. loot skills? dont u mean
1337 skills? i.e. elite/better than the rest skills?

FireCrack · Post by **FireCrack** » 13 Sep 2005, 17:17

if you control a merl and fire right away the missile will launch before the bay is opened and it is raised casuing it to explode within the launch bay.... well, probably not exactly like that, but whatever...

Kuroneko · Post by **Kuroneko** » 13 Sep 2005, 18:23

Min3mat wrote:1007 skills? i.e. loot skills? dont u mean
1337 skills? i.e. elite/better than the rest skills?

zomg, i r teh l337 l0073r

Now thats out of my system...

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Merl destroying itself in vehicle plant

Merl destroying itself in vehicle plant