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Re: strange stuff....
Posted By: g rDate: 5/25/01 11:59 p.m.

In Response To: strange stuff.... ([Tycho?])

: Twice I

: have seen moving enemies dissappear, only to re-appear after a second or

: two in the spot they moved to. I guess this is clipping in some form, but

: i found no reason for it.

Yeah, that's just a graphics renderer bug. It shows up when a lot of sprites are on the screen at the same time.

I find that Juggernauts will disappear most frequently, often immediately after they've shot a couple of missiles.

: I have also seen INVINCIBLE troppers! In one level (ill post that when i find

: out which one it is) you can "activate" a tank,
: [...]

This is an engine bug. Again, too many active sprites for the AI bit to handle, so they're still there for the renderer (the sprites the AI is plotting a course for aren't in your active view range), but the computer's not paying attention to their wakeup events.

Uh, so, my commentary here is basically specualtion, but it's reasonably informed speculation (based on tinkering with memory settings for Marathon and a whole lot of play time).

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                 Re: strange stuff....g r 5/26/01 12:01 a.m.
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