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[Kaeseblock]

There's a really weird bug I'm getting with my CPLT-C4 and it's definitely reproducaple (sometimes I get it 2-3 times in a single match).

When does the bug appear?
When I loose my locked on target shortly before my LRMs fire.

What happens?
It's hard to track since everything happens barely inside / just outside the cockpit view and you usually see nothing (especially no LRMs starting from your misslepods) or just a rain of not-exploded LRMs showering down from somewhere.

I've got 2 theories about what happens...


Theory 1:
The LRMS start with a 90° angle to my torso. So basically they are starting / try to start through the sides of the misslepods and head off to a better place in space.

Theory 2:
Another theory I came up with is that the protective caps of the misslepods don't open and "stop" all LRMs inside their tubes. Afterwards they simply "break" through the misslepod during the "this-freaking-LRM-hit-something-below-180m" animation.

Conclusion:
It's pretty annoying if you try to shoot an enemy in front of you and you pierce yourself / the wall next to you (which appears to have happend at least once) with nonexploding LRMs that... well... could have severely hurt / killed the enemy...

The faster this bug is fixed, the better.

[Caboose30]

This happens to me, in any LRM bearing mech. If I lose a lock the second I fire, the LRMs take a left and go on vacation.

[Kaeseblock]

I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one getting this bug.

Concerning that this bug appears independently from the mech-type, this pretty much disproves theory 2.

[Snib]

Kaeseblock, on 10 February 2013 - 08:17 AM, said:

Theory 1:
The LRMS start with a 90° angle to my torso. So basically they are starting / try to start through the sides of the misslepods and head off to a better place in space.

Confirming this, seen it happen to other mechs.

[sycocys]

If I am understanding what's happening correctly I think this may have something to do with the bug where you grab a target and it's way off in the wrong spot. Like something goofy is happening with shared targeting.

[LordDante]

try using a ac/20

[Kaeseblock]

Just got the bug again.
The LRMs departed into the sky between 10 and 11 o'clock with a nice grin on their warheads (didn't change my torso direction for the past 10-20 seconds).

Conclusion: the starting-angle isn't fixed to 90°.

[Zora]

wow had a similar issue with my comando d2 firing streaks in an angle <90 degrees
and killed myself (no overheating or splash damage)

[sycocys]

Wait a second - go into detail and explain exactly what is happening Kaeseblock.

Maybe I am mis-understanding what you are getting at.

[Kaeseblock]

sycocys, on 11 February 2013 - 12:31 PM, said:

Wait a second - go into detail and explain exactly what is happening Kaeseblock.

Maybe I am mis-understanding what you are getting at.

1.) Lock on a target
2.) Press the fire-button for your LRMs
3.) Target is lost
4.) Watch your LRM depart into a random direction (usually about 90° to the mech-torso, in my case usually to the left; as described in my post above, in some cases the angle is smaller than 90°)

2.) and 3.) usually happen around the same time.

EDIT:
@ Niko Snow: done

Edited by Kaeseblock, 12 February 2013 - 01:57 AM.

[sycocys]

Mine seem to track to where ever it thought the target was.

[Mad Elf]

Mine go off at about 60 degrees to the right of my aim-point; they fly fine and pile into the landscape (or, once, a friendly mech!) with the usual damage. Although it's been a couple of weeks since I last saw this bug... only with my Cat (2x ALRM-10), never my Stalker (3x LRM-15).

LordDante, on 11 February 2013 - 07:46 AM, said:

try using a ac/20

Try trolling on a different board.

[Lee]

Niko Snow, on 11 February 2013 - 03:08 PM, said:

Please take part in this known issue poll: http://mwomercs.com/...at-sharp-angles

That poll is very unclear. What exactly does this mean?

"LRMs frequently take a sharp angled flight."

Does that mean they hook in a specific direction when locked on? Does that mean they launch high above a target then drop >90 degrees onto its head? The only oddity I've seen with my LRM 60 Stalker is that sometimes a few of the volleys will drop >180m into the ground in front of me if I lose lock mid-launch.

[sycocys]

All i get is something similar to Lee. I've yet to see them do anything but a faceplant when I lose lock right before I fire.