Trouble changing weapons...

(amazinglarry) #1

Lately on some servers, most noteably a shrub server (where I first noticed it) I’ve been running around and throwing out health packs to myself and whatever and then I see a wounded ally with a covert ops (for example) about to gib him out, so I take out my MP40 and kill the covert op before he gibs my teammate, and I switch to my needle, kneel and raise… only… the whole switching to the needle and raising part doesn’t happen…

So I stand over the guy, trying to figure out what the hell the problem is… and I even LOOK at my keyboard and press “5” and nothing happens… now I’m slamming on the fucking button and still, nothing happens, I still have my MP40 out.

This has happened to me about 2 times to that degree in the past week.

Another thing that has been happening sometimes is I’ll go to swtich my weapon and nothing will happen… and I’ll have to hit the button like 1 or 2 more times again for anything to switch. It’s really really annoying. Anybody else had this problem? Suggestions? Here… :beer:

(BoneZ) #2

Just a guess, but maybe you ran out of needles, you actualy have a limited supply, 10 at the start and 12 after some EXP levels. You get em back with ammo packs i think but you can still run out sometimes.

(Boeiend) #3

or u were playing smg soldier? :slight_smile:

j/k …

it sometimes happens that u dont switch to pliers but to gun when trying to fuse a mine which, if u cary a loaded rifle gren, can be quite a pain in the ass.
Also the pistols are quite annoying aswell coz when u press reload u have to w8 with shooting till they are loaded, if u press fire before it will stop reloading. And as i play with drwgun0, only a small sound tells me when im able to fire again.

(Bongoboy) #4

That’s right, BoneZ, needles are ammo, and you can run out of them. You can get them from ammo packs (in fact one of the Field Ops class rewards is to dispense an extra needle per ammo pack). I know it doesn’t make a great deal of sense that Medics can just somehow create medic packs but have to be supplied with revive syringes, but hey, war is hell.

So, AmazinGLarrY, you probably are just running out of syringe ammo. I bet it doesn’t happen in the last map of a campaign, 'cos you’ll be a l337 uber-Medic by then, supplied by similarly l337 Field Ops. :slight_smile:

There was a very irritating bug that afflicted Engineers. As you describe, Boeiend, you’d plant a landmine, keep the mouse button pressed and instead of switching to your pliers to fuse it, you’d switch to your primary weapon and fire it (often a rifle grenade, at your feet, bang, die). We thought we’d completely cured ET of this bug with the last server patch. Has it happened recently to you, or back in the bad pre-patch days?

:moo:

(Sick Boy) #5

This still happens, but it always seems to be when an enemy is nearby :???:

Another weaponchange bug is as level 4 soldier it takes 2 keystrokes to take out smg first time after spawn.

@AmazingLarry, if it happens when you’re not out of needle ammo, maybe you need a new keyboard (“now I’m slamming on the fucking button”) :bump:

(blushing_bride) #6

i thought this was just me being shit, glad to know it’s a bug (hugs bug). Also to amazinglarry you mention slamming the 5 key, maybe you broke it. i broke my ESC kep by using it too much

(fattakin) #7

Yup - definately still happens - Usually a quick press of the pliars key will get them out - Has been resposible for a few key losses defusoing fueldump dyna :frowning:

(Fwuffy Kitten) #8

I sometimes have a problem whipping out me trusty binoculars too. Only seems to happen rarely though. Very frustrating to be hammering away on the ‘B’ key with all that power bar and no way to rain down fiery death upon those nasty bad guys that want my pants.

Anyone ever encounter the same problem? (The binocular one, not the pants one)

And yeah, that ‘mine + rifle grenade = death’ bug is a… er… bugger.

(amazinglarry) #9

Yea I didn’t quite go into full detail as I should of, because I thought I might confuse some people…

To clarify, what happens is when this is happening, I can’t go past my grenades on the number keys… almost like I’m playing as an SMG soldier, only a few minutes later I’ll have all my abilities back again.

I probably could use a new keyboard too… but just to show you that it works… “5” hahah. Yea so anyways… maybe there’s a bug with Shrub that switches you randomly to an SMG soldier… cause I have noticed ONE time when after being killed (halfway through a map) I’ve come back as an SMG soldier… died… and come back as a medic. Without messing with anything in the menu/limbo.

Maybe I’m just insane too… :beer:

(damocles) #10

but just to show you that it works… “5” hahah

Come on, own up. How many times did you have to press the 5 key to get that one up? :poke: