9 replies to this topic

[Capnflintlock]

...cause missiles to fire randomly out of the chassis when cooked off? I could have sworn, that I saw missiles on several occasions, shooting out in random directions when an ammo explosion occurred. Did this used to happen, or was it just me seeing things?

[Hellboy561]

I'm not sure, i can't remember seeing that. Would be epic to see though. Could have just been a staggered explosion that you saw maybe? Like the explosion traveling from the LA > LT > CT or something?

[Phoenix Gray]

I wish to see the flailing body of my opponent flung from his cockpit. As it is written, so devs let it be.

[Zypher]

Yeah, there used to be visible ammo explosions, now you just see X components destroyed shortly followed by player X killed player Y. Not sure why they removed it, maybe to improve performance.

Edited by Zypher, 13 March 2013 - 06:24 AM.

[Urdnot Mau]

Since i play on low settings i think i couldn't see the ammo explosion effects, but i remember seeing on youtube a video from an ammo explosion and the effects were very cool. Shame that they removed it.

[stjobe]

Capnflintlock, on 12 March 2013 - 10:52 PM, said:

...cause missiles to fire randomly out of the chassis when cooked off? I could have sworn, that I saw missiles on several occasions, shooting out in random directions when an ammo explosion occurred. Did this used to happen, or was it just me seeing things?

I don't think I've ever seen that, and I've been playing since August.

[Egomane]

There are still ammo explosions in the game. I see them from time to time.

Missles flying from the torsos though, I have never seen.

[M4NTiC0R3X]

I don't think they would ignite the way you describe... they would blow up at once 'n you'd take all the damage in one central area, for missiles. No I can't recall them ever doing that, however it would be way cool if they could add seperate animations for ammo explosions.. so for instance if your anti missile // machine gun ammo blows up you see tons of the bullets (shrapnel) go flying and for missiles a truly big explosion that forces the 'mech heavily to one side.

Oh yeah, thanks for the ideas!

Edited by M4NTiC0R3X, 13 March 2013 - 06:51 AM.

[Zypher]

I cannot find any videos on the previous animation because I believe it was only in closed beta in which video footage wasn't allowed to be posted at that time. Ammo explosions still happen but at a distance, it's not quite as noticeable now because they removed the visual effect of missiles chain reacting from the detonation in multiple directions.

It was awesome, one of the few things that stuck out in my mind when I first joined the closed beta. This missiles would actually loop and go off in crazy erratic directions, like a pack of bottle rockets that were unintentionally lit.

[LordBraxton]

Graphics and effects were all better at one point in Closed Beta, I think they have been scaling back the effects so more people can handle the game