Suggestion: Halt action at timer end


(DeadAlive) #1

I don’t remember this annoyance in the past. It seems like it may be something introduced in recent patches, but I could be wrong.

Many times now I’ve seen plants happen 1/2 to 1 second after the timer ends, so you get the win/loss banner at the bottom and then immediately after you get the verbal message, “C4 planted, defend it”.


(GatoCommodore) #2

you mean overtime?


(DeadAlive) #3

No, not overtime. The opposite. The round timer ends, and then the plant happens up to a full second after the timer ends, and you get a double conflicting message.

It’s letting people plant after the timer ends even though it doesn’t trigger overtime. I’m pretty sure it didn’t do that 6 months ago.


(Dagasawr) #4

@spaceboy is this on stopwatch ?


(DeadAlive) #5

It’s definitely Obj at least, and probably stopwatch too, but I don’t play that as much so I can’t say for sure.


(Dagasawr) #6

its because when the timer used to end then no one could move or interact but not at the end of the half/game you can move around and interact for a few seconds at the end of the match. so you can still finish planting but the game is already over.


(DeadAlive) #7

I don’t understand. When the timer ends, there’s no need for further interaction unless the plant happened before it hit zero and it goes into overtime. No overtime = no need for further action.


(SnakekillerX) #8

Its like Daga said…

They made it so there is an extra few seconds where you can still run around and shoot each other at the end of a match. Because of this other actions still work as well (like planting the bomb) even though there is no longer a point to plant, as the match is already over.

Personally I like the extra couple of seconds, but they do need to ensure the actor being interacted with for planting the bomb is removed/killed as soon as that timer hits 0 to limit confusion.


(Szakalot) #9

this is a great change, its nice to have those extra seconds to resolve a duel, get revenge, etc.

if OP doesnt want action: close your eyes and put your hands over your ears


(DeadAlive) #10

[quote=“Szakalot;c-218193”]this is a great change, its nice to have those extra seconds to resolve a duel, get revenge, etc.

if OP doesnt want action: close your eyes and put your hands over your ears[/quote]

It’s not the extra action in general. I like that, actually. It’s just the useless plant and verbal statement. The first few times I heard it I thought it was a bug and thought the team got robbed of a good plant.

Like Snake said, if they just remove that part it will alleviate the confusion / annoyance.


(Szakalot) #11

sure, though imo this is super low priority compared to all the other stuff that should be improved.


(Chilled Sanity) #12

LOL they should put a benny hill theme when that happens.

Edit: So many typos for such a short comment


(pumpkinmeerkat) #13

Low priority but I would assume an easy fix as well? A lot of HUD elements are already missing from that final few seconds.


(Szakalot) #14

Low priority but I would assume an easy fix as well? A lot of HUD elements are already missing from that final few seconds.[/quote]

there are a lot of ‘easy fixes’ that have been waiting for years now.


(DeadAlive) #15

Certainly. It’s a minor annoyance at best. Just add it to the pile. :slight_smile: