Killing vehicles through hanger walls?

[Reaper90]

I know I've shot buildings many times before with a tank, and whether HE or AP, and my round always impacts the outside wall of a building that is "up" and does not penetrate or go through, and certainly was not (I thought) able to hit a vehicle inside said building (hanger).

So a few days ago I'm inside a VH in an M4/76, and a T-34 shoots through the center of the wall of the VH, not through a door opening, and 1-shot kills me. The VH was fully "up." I saw the round come through the wall, dead center, and hit me right in the side. OK, so maybe he couldn't see me through the wall, and it was just a lucky shot. Maybe he could see me, but how?

And is an AP round supposed to pass through the wall of a hanger that is "up" and be just as lethal on a target inside?

I was filming and can host and post film if this is something that is not supposed to happen and the person on the other end was "up to something." If it is possible given the game as it is designed, then disregard.

What say You, AH GV experts?

[IrishOne]

i couldn't hit the VH, much less the gv parked inside of it...

[guncrasher]

if you notice ap rounds will go thru hangar walls and impact the other side of building.  I have never gotten a kill because mine dont go thru, but I have watched plenty of other people shoot at hangars and notice the round going thru and impact on the other side of the base.  I believe he rounds stop when they hit the wall.

semp

[Reaper90]

if you notice ap rounds will go thru hangar walls and impact the other side of building.  I have never gotten a kill because mine dont go thru, but I have watched plenty of other people shoot at hangars and notice the round going thru and impact on the other side of the base.  I believe he rounds stop when they hit the wall.

semp

I always thought that was a side effect of lag and perspective.. i.e., I've seen AP rounds from friendly tanks go through an enemy tank, keep going, and hit the ground well past the enemy tank, but still kill the enemy tank. The guy behind the gun doing the firing saw the hit sprite, but I saw the round keep flying. I only saw the enemy tank die once the server told my computer the round hit and killed it.

But you're saying AP rounds will go through buildings and remain lethal to targets on the other side?

[AWwrgwy]

I don't think it's supposed to work.

Back with the old city you could shoot through the blown up buildings and it was specifically changed so you no longer could with the new city.

I say bug.



wrongway

[DERK13]

killed a gv parked in an indestrucable one time with a 1000k bomb 22K up. Im pretty sure its possible if you can destroy a hanger then you can destroy whatever is in the hanger, walls or not

[dirtdart]

The real bummer is when the auto ack streams rounds at you through buildings, always thought that was a bit weak IMO.

[icepac]

Splash damage from HE rounds affect a certain radius regardless of what is there.

This is why HE round or bomb can kill a chuted out person hiding in the map room.

[Tigger29]

IMO this is either due to a bug exploit, or flat out cheatINg (most likely the first).

Regardless, you should email the movie to HiTech and let them deal with it.  Unfortunately you'll never know the outcome of their investigation (unless you see on the list in a future patch "Fixed a bug that allowed rounds to pass through the hangar") but talking about it on here will only get the thread locked.

I do know that HiTech doesn't take cheating attempts lightly and if that IS what was going on they WILL handle it.  I completely agree with their policies regarding this and how they handle it.

[guncrasher]

I always thought that was a side effect of lag and perspective.. i.e., I've seen AP rounds from friendly tanks go through an enemy tank, keep going, and hit the ground well past the enemy tank, but still kill the enemy tank. The guy behind the gun doing the firing saw the hit sprite, but I saw the round keep flying. I only saw the enemy tank die once the server told my computer the round hit and killed it.

But you're saying AP rounds will go through buildings and remain lethal to targets on the other side?

havent seen a tank killed in this fashion, but many times i have seen the round go thru the building and hit ground on the other side.  which brings up another question if the round goes thru the first tank can it kill another tank behind it?  has anybody seen it done?

semp

[OOZ662]

The rounds going through buildings is simply a visual effect of the game. The round hits the building and stops at the first surface, but everyone who didn't fire said round sees it soar off until it hits the ground or vanishes out of range. Sort of the same deal with how AA-tanks can pretend to keep shooting after their turret is destroyed; if you're in a Wirble or Ostwind with a destroyed turret, hold your trigger down anyway. You won't see anything happening, but everyone else in the area will see tracers streaming out of your guns. Great diversion tactic if you stop your engine.

[Scotty55OEFVet]

i couldn't hit the VH, much less the gv parked inside of it...

[Flench]

WHAT !!!

[hotard]

I've noticed many times when flying over towns being hit, that gv's rounds go through the buildings and beyond, though the building does take damage. (usually takes a 2 HE rounds to kill a building)

[hitech]

Welcome to the world of different space time continuum.


The person who shot the round has the real one, it will not pass threw a building.

Everyone else sees a fake representation of that round that can not collide with anything but the ground.

HiTech