Pneumatic Drill Bug [Archive]

Patrick_

28 Jan 2007, 00:59

I'm using v3.6.26.5, and in the saved game attached, at the 14:58 mark, using the pneumatic drill doesn't operate properly. The terrain is slightly affected, but the worm below isn't touched, and the worm operating the drill goes nowhere.

Deadcode

28 Jan 2007, 03:19

Thanks, Patrick. This is a known issue, in fact (see under "Playability issues" under "4.0 - Known issues" in the readme). The cause is that when a worm is auto-placed, it is "floating" 65535/65536th of a pixel above where it would be if it landed from a fall or jump; walking does not change this. The worm doing the drilling was "floating" just a bit too high to reach the worm it was trying to hurt.

Vercetti

28 Jan 2007, 04:45

I posted a replay of this in 2005 with the same three words in the thread topic: Pneumatic Drill bug? (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=23074)

It's funny seeing another example in a real game.

Deadcode

29 Jan 2007, 09:37

Haha, indeed!

Just for kicks, here's the first time I ever saw the drill glitch.