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Muffalicious wrote:Oh, OK, lets have everyone stop what they are doing and attend to WarA needs.
Dude, its not ALL about you!

SuperSheep wrote: As Grendel has already mentioned, making the fusion bug work like the fusion bug without the packet bursting would be not only very unpredictable but would be subject to countless complaints. Either too much damage is applied, or not enough. Who's going to say what the correct emulation is? You? Bunyip? Us?

Foil wrote:For the players here who are good enough to periodcially pull off an intentional fusion-bug multi-kill, which one would give you the most advantage:

- The faster firing rate of the Pyro or Phoenix (essentially giving more chances to land the shot)?

- The larger Tank tri-fusion (essentially increasing the odds of the shot boundary including multiple ships)?

Testiculese wrote:Oh, I thought the charge mattered.

Krom wrote:Comparing the fusion bug to the omega bug isn't even remotely fair, the omega bug is almost random, you have no idea when it will hit and when it won't. The fusion bug is 100% reproducible and VERY predictable, they are almost completely different from each other even if they are both related to how the D3 engine handles damage. If you get rid of the packet bursting but preserve the effect of the fusion bug, nobody would be complaining here.

Krom wrote:And Ferno, that reply at Grendel is because he managed to take complaining about BP microwave to an all new all time low. If BP MW is enough to disconnect you from a server, that server must have serious connection or processor issues. The idea that microwave is enough to flood out a server is just plain stupid.

WarAdvocat wrote:And Grendel never said it would be unpredictable if you tried to emulate the RESULTS. His objections are that it's pretty much an instant kill if you apply flat damage. He wants his slight chance to escape I guess.

if FBF = 1 then
call FBFIX()

 tag causes unpredictable, chaotic behavior.

WarAdvocat wrote:Actually, it only takes one BP with rapidfire to crash me if I have weapon effects enabled. Haven't tried it with the new card, but I'm sure it's the same.

code for optional fusionbug

if FBF = 1 then
call FBFIX()

Apparently the

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 tag causes unpredictable, chaotic behavior.[/quote]

I inserted that into the source code, compiled, and it didn't work.  :P 

I guess you didn't read or forgot my previous statement. The fusion bug is integrated. This is the only way to do it efficiently and effectively.

I'll tell ya what. You and Krom bang your heads together and come up with legible C++ code with a basic algorithm you'd like to emulate the fusion bug effects.

After you've spent several months banging this out and testing it, we'll do another poll and see how the masses like it. Then, if we get a consensus, we'll implement your "new feature" and of course make it optional.

No, I'm not being sarcastic. You're welcome to come onto the Von Clan Teamspeak anytime to ask questions and we will be more than glad to point you to the proper resources to get this all put together.

Money! wrote:Why are you guys arguing? Nothing is gonna change...

Money! wrote:Na man, I mean that the changes have been made. SS has definitely helped out alot. But he isn't going to do anything more. That's what I mean by nothing is going to change.

If (fixfbug = 10)
{
fixfusionbug;
givebunbunskillz;
}

WarAdvocat wrote: givebunbunskillz;

Duper wrote:Personally, I would think that as a fusion moves over or through an object, it deminishes in power. like a hurricane passing over land ..er.. sorta. So a triple blob from a tank moving through a group of 5 ships, let's say, would/should have conciderably less "umf" than when it was first fired.