Tank + physics glitch

[Warhawk]

this is fairly minor yet still annoying i was dodging [by myself] a tank throwing a log around [on versus mode] and then he hit it i ran backwards cuz it was fairly far away and then it rolled beside me on an angle and it was moving but super slow [which wouldn't hurt you as it was going so slow] and a root managed to touch and incap me instantly i was like omfg as i was then steam rolled by the log and tank

[darkmessiah]

Well, if a car was slowly being lowered on your head, do you think you'll be fine or will your head explode?

Logs are VERY heavy, not the usual 5 pound paperweights you usually see on your desk after the lumberjack gets his way with that poor trunk.

[Warhawk]

except it wasn't in the air and it was a root that tapped me not the log itself even if it hit me with the base it was just rolling so slow it would just hit your chest and you could just climb on it or jump back and you wouldn't all of a sudden be down bleeding to death no longer being able to run or shoot your gun. and when i say very slow i dont meen as it lands rolling at you. Like a snail could be going faster then this log after friction got it

[darkmessiah]

Where did you get hit?

If you got hit in the chest, you could have been impaled.

If you got hit in the back, it could have taken out your spinal cord.

[Warhawk]

like it nicked my arm and it was facing the wrong way to impale me :/

[darkmessiah]

I see, it probably knocked off your arm then, you're lucky the game doesn't have survivor gore, or you woulda died in real life.

Call yourself lucky, mister!

[Warhawk]

lol, id eat my pills grab the arm and heal it back on somewhere else lol. and like a second after I horibbly died from my arm being tapped the last shot of my slow pistol killed the tank I had been shooting :/

[UKMD Elmo]

except it wasn't in the air and it was a root that tapped me not the log itself even if it hit me with the base it was just rolling so slow it would just hit your chest and you could just climb on it or jump back and you wouldn't all of a sudden be down bleeding to death no longer being able to run or shoot your gun. and when i say very slow i dont meen as it lands rolling at you. Like a snail could be going faster then this log after friction got it

Solution: Stay the hell away from logs. Done.

[DGXdead]

anywho ya i think there should be SOME velocity to build up before it incaps u. even damage would more suitable then instant incap u know. hell all other games do have a physics momentum for damage. y not l4d?
but ya it actually just might be a balancing thing

[MindStalker]

We also don't have lightcones.. Get over it. This game has basic physics in order to run on older machines. The programming involved in making a twig off the log impact differently than the rest of the log is serious. Get over it, have some fun.

/ITS LOG, ITS LOG
//Its big its heavy its WOOD!
///It better than bad, its GOOD!

[Stupoider]

He's saying a root hit him, not the entire freakin' log.

[LordBhorak]

Where did you get hit?

If you got hit in the chest, you could have been impaled.

If you got hit in the back, it could have taken out your spinal cord.
You're not taking into account the force and counter-force. If I push you very very hard, but very very slow, with only my fingertip, I won't impale you, but you'll be pushed back unharmed. It's the same thing with acceleration and deceleration... if a car starts to move and you sit in the car, you won't get crushed, but you'll move with the car. But if the car accelerates to a speed of 100km/h in 0.1 seconds, you might feel the impact...