What if 2 tanks with SR collide

jpenguin · Post by **jpenguin** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:30 pm

In rabbit-hunt, what happens when-

1. 2 hunter tanks both have Steam roller collide
2. a hunter with stem-roller collides with the rabbit with steam-roller

ts · Post by ts » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:51 pm

The slower tank will survive in general. I do not know what happens when both tanks have exactly the same speed (e.g. due to physics drivers).

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:10 pm

I awalys thought they both went boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **L4m3r** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:11 pm

They both should die, but lag generally prevents that. Usually the tank that dies is the one approaching the other tank, and if there is a head-on collision, the slower one usually lives (as ts said).

Code Red · Post by **Code Red** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:40 pm

Interesting Topic. I never thought of that. Im gonna go try this right now with my friend! xD

Amoeba · Post by **Amoeba** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:02 am

An interesting question, sounds like one I'd ask (I ask weird questions). I checked it with Ratfink, it appears whoever picked up the SR flag first will crush the other tank.

Post by **joevano** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:09 am

Amoeba! wrote:An interesting question, sounds like one I'd ask (I ask weird questions). I checked it with Ratfink, it appears whoever picked up the SR flag first will crush the other tank.

And Ratfink gets his expertise from where? The game has no concept of who picked up what flag first, so that cannot be the answer.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:31 am

It's really whoever's update gets to the the other tank first. The client checks for SR death when it does movement updates.

So it really isn't something that can be plotted or predicted, it will vary with many conditions (FPS, lag, fung shue), The networking system doesn't have a case to handle this specific case, if it did, it would have the server arbitrate the kills and destroy both tanks.