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Torque 3D 3.5.1 grenade does not bounce

by Bruce Morick · in Torque 3D Beginner · 08/11/2014 (1:38 pm) · 8 replies

I downloaded the �Complete Torque 3D 3.5.1 zip package� from "http://www.garagegames.com/community/blogs/view/22624" and installed it on a Windows 8.1 system. I created a new FULL project, started the game, selected the �Lurker Grenade Launcher� and fired. The grenade does not bounce. On the webpage it states

The following changes have been made for T3D 3.5.1:

Fix for ballistic projectiles not bouncing (link)
Bullet physics applyImpulse() fix (link)
Revert trigger polyhedron change (link)
Update version reporting to 3.5.1 (link)

but it doesn�t work for me.

Did I do something wrong?
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Duion
#1
08/11/2014 (2:13 pm)
Maybe you used the precompiled version and maybe after the patch the precompiled binary did not get updated, just my theory.

Torque Owner Richard Ranft
Roostertail Games
#2
08/11/2014 (2:20 pm)
Yeah, I'm not sure - it worked fine for me yesterday, but I wasn't using the precompiled version either....

Torque Owner Nathan Martin
TRON 2001 Network
#3
08/11/2014 (7:45 pm)
Confirmed Torque 3D 3.5.1 build using master branch, and current development branch, sources using Full template project the grenade launcher does have bouncy grenades. I have not tried precompiled build however.


Torque Owner Daniel Buckmaster
T3D Steering Committee
#4
08/11/2014 (8:00 pm)
I tried to download the zip but it's being slow. We had trouble reproducing this in development branch, though it was reported. Maybe it's indeed a problem with the compiled version.

Torque Owner Richard Ranft
Roostertail Games
#5
08/11/2014 (11:08 pm)
Don't forget that if you lob that baby far enough it will "arm" and explode on impact....

Bruce Morick
#6
08/12/2014 (1:00 pm)
Well it looks like the compiled programs in the zip file are T3D 3.5 and not 3.5.1. I finally got around to installing the compiler on my new computer, fixing the DX pointers and compiled the code that came in the zip. Getversionstring now states 3.5.1 and the grenade bounces. So I guess the Full.exe, Full.dll, plugin.. files need to be updated in the zip file.

Nice to be able to ricochet the grenade again and blow myself up....

Torque Owner Richard Ranft
Roostertail Games
#7
08/12/2014 (2:22 pm)
lol - yeah, always nice to be able to commit virtual suicide, eh?

You know, bouncing grenades is a reason not to give AI units grenade launchers....

Torque Owner Daniel Buckmaster
T3D Steering Committee
#8
08/12/2014 (5:23 pm)
Thanks for going through that process Bruce - glad to hear it's just a zip file issue, though that's unfortunate. I'll message GarageGames about the oversight. If worst comes to worst, there'll be a new binary released with version 3.6. Which will happen... sometime... soonish?