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[Xaat Xuun]

for some reason while being shot from all sides, My mech can not move, it just stands there.

is this normal behavior for the mech getting hit ?

eta: I understand being legged will slow you down, but not a full stop, and can't twist or turn, I mean I'm in a full locked frozen, only thing I can do is move my arms up and down, and not shut down, if I was I couldn't move my arms up or down
No walls either, or rocks

it's like I was in a trap, and rooted to that one spot

Edited by Xaat Xuun, 17 September 2016 - 03:12 AM.

[Tier5 Kerensky]

Well it should not effect.

[Roughneck45]

No, not normal at all.

The only in game explanation is that you were stuck on terrain or a mech was standing next to you blocking your path.

Do you have any controllers or other peripherals hooked up to the computer, and is it happening consistently or was it just one match? Are you using throttle decay?

Edited by Roughneck45, 17 September 2016 - 05:18 AM.

[Mighty Spike]

maybe chat window open infight? it happens sometimes in fight situations pressing wrong button and opens chat window. enter close window . maybe?

Edited by Mighty Spike, 17 September 2016 - 05:57 AM.

[TooDumbToQuit]

I got stuck a few times last night and also could not move because a teammate was behind me blocking me.

I've seen times normally when being hit very hard or with loads of LRMs that I and others cannot do anything for a second.

[Xaat Xuun]

the chat window sounds logical, but I didn't see a chat window open, and I could still move arms up and down.

so with a mech standing behind you would also stop from turning ? kinda believe that may been the case, since the last match I was just in the enemy was using me as a shield, and I couldn't even turn, I could twist and move arms, saw him after I was dead,
that may be it . . hmmm why doesn't that work when I do that to them, they always seem to walk away.

there was one time (today also) warping/teleporting was so bad I was warped between a wall and something else, couldn't move, just stuck there, but the enemy could shoot me dead, which they did
guessing something else, looked to me like I was half way into the wall, just figured I was warped in so hard I was wedged in.
that match was warping hel, one moment I'm looking at the enemy next they were gone, and I was standing faced into a wall or rock, then suddenly I'm back out and there is the enemy with a clear shot, where I pressed the fire button to only shoot a rock or wall, and on cool down, I'm in front of the enemy . . bad day . . bad day

[Nightbird]

Sounds like you pressed "TYU' by mistake. The chat typing box isn't large, you can miss it if your mech is exploding.

[TooDumbToQuit]

One was in the desert where they have those weird rocks. The Mech ahead of me went around on this ledge and it seemed like a good firing spot. He moved forward and I tried, and got stuck. I tried to move through a couple of times, I'm catching fire now so I try to back up and there is a teammate right behind me. Finally, he moved back so I could move.

What i try to do if following another Mech is 1) do not get too close and 2) watch his legs etc and to see quickly when or if he backs up.

[Koniving]

Even if a mech blocks you in you can turn.

The only time you'd lose all movement keys is if a joystick is interfering, dying battery on keyboard, or connection issue (you'd teleport if the latter).

There is one other case where it may happen:. Low spec or specifically low processor or low ram.

Low ram would be more likely as low processor would be far worse than lack of moving.

Last time I had a low ram issue though I'd fall through the map on battlefield 3 any time a 24th player joined the match.

[Unnatural Growth]

I'm also suspecting a low spec pc is the culprit. I'm running the game on a half fried potato myself, and my FPS is abysmal most of the time. It seems worse since I came back from a 6 month break from the game. Don't know if they did anything to change the graphics optimization, but it's definitely worse now.

When I'm really getting hammered, my FPS drops to the teens, and sometimes I get completely stuck. Basically the same symptoms you describe.

[TheCaptainJZ]

Could be network congestion preventing the server from getting your movement packets, but you'd be able to tell since all mechs would be lagging or teleporting along with weapons fire.

[The Basilisk]

Xaat Xuun, on 17 September 2016 - 02:56 AM, said:

for some reason while being shot from all sides, My mech can not move, it just stands there.

is this normal behavior for the mech getting hit ?

eta: I understand being legged will slow you down, but not a full stop, and can't twist or turn, I mean I'm in a full locked frozen, only thing I can do is move my arms up and down, and not shut down, if I was I couldn't move my arms up or down
No walls either, or rocks

it's like I was in a trap, and rooted to that one spot

When your mech gets legged it will full stop for a moment before it starts limping around, this can feel like a freeze for a split second.
But besides beeing unable to target straight and true you should be able to move normaly even if you are in a Locust getting hit with a Gauss (which absolutely should not beeing the case realy)

Edit: but there are a lot of odditys around since the rescale and especialy the cyclops patch.
Things like a short lag or freeze just before you put your croshair over any mech....noticable loading lags when LOD textures of certain objects or mechs change some animations completely getting out of control like wildly twisting and turning and flailing mechs that die by....say MGs or smal lasers or other smal weapons that react like KRONOS itself kicked their nuts up to orbit or something.

Edited by The Basilisk, 18 September 2016 - 01:18 AM.

[Xaat Xuun]

just happen again, same map, BUT . . this time I see what was holding me, my feet were wedged in, causing me unable to move,
not sure how that could happen, getting stuck like that but unable to get out, foot was just jammed in a wedge

[The Basilisk]

Xaat Xuun, on 18 September 2016 - 01:30 AM, said:

just happen again, same map, BUT . . this time I see what was holding me, my feet were wedged in, causing me unable to move,
not sure how that could happen, getting stuck like that but unable to get out, foot was just jammed in a wedge

What kind of mech did you pilot ?
L, M, H, A ?

[Rogue Jedi]

I have been stuck on/in terrain a few times, I could still twist/turn the torso and fire weapons, I just could not turn the legs or move forwards/backwards

[Xaat Xuun]

The Basilisk, on 18 September 2016 - 01:54 AM, said:

What kind of mech did you pilot ?
L, M, H, A ?

both times Heavy

Rogue Jedi, on 18 September 2016 - 02:08 AM, said:

I have been stuck on/in terrain a few times, I could still twist/turn the torso and fire weapons, I just could not turn the legs or move forwards/backwards

yeah this second time I could twist.

it was next to one of those tanks.

I was like . . "Crap, not again", but when I went into death view, I noticed the foot location, how it was pinned.
I'm suspecting same thing, but my death view wasn't the same as this last time, so nothing was clear. if the mech had jump jets might had got my self out of that situation, probably still would had died any ways, was in a bad spot and the other mechs had a better angle on me, but then again they wouldn't had if I didn't get my foot stuck.

if I remember to, I'll go into that map in training grounds and try and recreate it, then report the location if I can recreate it

[Mighty Spike]

ironnightbird, on 17 September 2016 - 09:31 AM, said:

Sounds like you pressed "TYU' by mistake. The chat typing box isn't large, you can miss it if your mech is exploding.

happened accidently often to me,in the first times i started to play again after coming home from Hospital. Thought: wtf??? its a easy kill but cant mooove AAARGH!!!!..then i saw, okay ,thats why fu### chat is open . since that i have the chats on 7,8,9. jelped a lot to remove chat from the buttons around w a s d

Edited by Mighty Spike, 18 September 2016 - 03:50 AM.

[JigglyMoobs]

Movement can feel laggy when you are under heavy fire due to lowered frame rates on your computer. This can be especially bad if you are getting shot by lots of missiles.

[Xaat Xuun]

had the whole can't move thing happen again, but I looked at chat first thing, and sure enough I had some how hit the key that opens chat. At least this time I wasn't getting nailed from all sides.

I have no idea how I hit those keys, I had moved the 'All' chat key, because a few times, I hit that thinking I hit the "team" chat key.
did that once, . . yeah .. then removed bind . . till after the match to bind another key for 'All'

So it's most likely, I had hit one of the chat keys.
Honestly I was having a hard time believing, I did something like that, but seeing it happen and catching it time . . I'm pretty sure that's what happen . . still don't want to believe it


Thanks everyone

[Rogue Jedi]

I had that happen to me a few times years ago, so moved the chat keys to F1, F2 and F3 so I could still easily reach them but it is almost impossible for me to accidently hit them while in combat