Some strange Heretic behaviour

[Pinky's ass]

Has anyone noticed that Maulotaur's flame line attack can cross every surface even at different height, including water (technically impossible), without losing its damage factor? Is this wanted or is this a bug?

[CaptainToenail]

I think this happens becuase it has the FLOORHUGGER flag, it will not stop at raised platforms, I suppose it's a bit like when you noclip up a ledge

[Pinky's ass]

That explains a lot but nothing about water crossing. It's quite unrealistic, isn't it?

[CaptainToenail]

Well, the water is just another animated texture, there's nothing to stop it losing fire damage

I wouldn't question anything in Heretic, it's magic! Since when was Heretic about realism

[Gez]

Reminds me that I was wondering if it was possible for terrain to affect projectiles. I wanted to make Strife's incendiary grenades burn for a shorter time when the flames are on water. (They'd still burn, though. White phosphorus is nasty that way.)

[Project Shadowcat]

Has anyone noticed that Maulotaur's flame line attack can cross every surface even at different height, including water (technically impossible), without losing its damage factor? Is this wanted or is this a bug?

The Maulotaur is just very, very awesome that way.

[Amuscaria]

Maybe he uses greek fire? It burns even hotter in water.

[TheDarkArchon]

It's quite unrealistic, isn't it?

Yes, because Heretic is otherwise a completely realistic setting.

[Darsycho]

Since when was Heretic about realism

Good job. You get a cookie.

[Pinky's ass]

Since when was Heretic about realism

Never. Heretic is a fantasy game but that fire looks very odd. Can this be a feature suggestion?

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a simple "no" (or "yes") is appreciated, i don't want get weird replies about my questions

[XutaWoo]

Making some projectiles not be able to pass certain terrain? That's a good idea, although having the minotaur's fire not cross water is something you'd have to do if that got in.

[Wills]

This is intended behavior. Why on earth would you want a feature suggestion to change this?

[Phobus]

You can make projectiles not cross terrain. It's called NOCHANGEFLOORPIC or something a bit shorter, which will stop anything from putting itself outside of it's floor flat. I've used this for my LandCarrier's engine projectiles... sadly this isn't entirely foolproof, as it means they can "jump" areas of flat that are less than their radius (which in their case is about 192, so they are quite capable of hopping up the walls outside of MAP01, for instance).

[Pinky's ass]

This is intended behavior. Why on earth would you want a feature suggestion to change this?

Since when you have Heretic?

You can make projectiles not cross terrain. It's called NOCHANGEFLOORPIC or something a bit shorter, which will stop anything from putting itself outside of it's floor flat. I've used this for my LandCarrier's engine projectiles... sadly this isn't entirely foolproof, as it means they can "jump" areas of flat that are less than their radius (which in their case is about 192, so they are quite capable of hopping up the walls outside of MAP01, for instance).

Uhm, should programmers add that flag to the Maulotaur?

[Enjay]