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Well, I didn't know about these problems so far :) Give me a recording plus a screenshot or an exact time index pinpointing the occurence of the problem and I'll see what I can do. Yes, the fact that the server can't record is a factor that works against me here, but the one sure thing is that without a recording, my hands are tied.
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I knew that there was something wrong with that sentence I wrote as an explanation. :P

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ok i go to the middle ------------------>



then a 180 turn ------------------------------
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                                          <---   
I go back and try to grind again as soon as possible 



so then ---------------------------
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                            ^      |                                
                            ^------
back to the wall I went to the middle





and then-------------------^---------|
                           ^         |
                           ^ <-------    
SMACK I´m in my first wall and I´m dead. I´ve made these 10000000            
times already and that´s my problem with Tigers Classic      
                                               
Hehe I was doing this for the first time and I´m sure you could make this more professional but perhaps it helps to understand a little. :roll:

EDIT: The wall length backwards is probably much shorter. That should be a pretty fast turn.
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AH, tripple bind right, single bind left :) Works fine for me on Classic Play. Maybe you just have to increase your outgoing network rate? The rate control was buggy in 0.2.7, in 0.2.8, that was fixed, so now maybe the fourth turn command is delayed in the queue. Edit: no, that's probably not it. The trick continues to work for me even with the minimal output rate.

Again, a recording of such an incident would help.
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You know, now that he mentions it, I have the same problem. And you know I don't even double bind. It's just the act of boxing back onto your own tail—left, left, left, touch it, right. It is most dangerous at the beginning of a round, but it can happen at any point. I had dismissed it as an annoying variation of bounce and/or the awful ping I get there.
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Post by spirit »

Phytotron wrote: It's just the act of boxing back onto your own tail—left, left, left, touch it, right.
Yep indeed.

Could it be cause I double bind with 2 keys on the keyboard and 2 on the mouse?
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Post by spirit »

So, I´ve made a screenshot.
As you see I´m turning back and slammed through my own wall.
That didn´t happen with 2.7.1 I used for ages.
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Post by Lucifer »

If it happens on bugfarm, yell BUG when you see it, and describe the bug. :)

If it happens mostly on Tigers, I'm going to have to say there's not much that can be done. They're still running 0.2.6 with some custom stuff, I think. So you're kinda screwed there....
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Post by spirit »

Lucifer wrote:
They're still running 0.2.6 with some custom stuff, I think.
That´s what half of this thread is all about but as I said: It didn´t happen with 2.7.1 so there has to be something wrong with 2.8 as the Tigers Classic settings haven´t changed, right?

And exactly this is the reason I don´t play any more on Tigers since I use 2.8. now. :x
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Post by Lucifer »

Actually, my response was intended for a different thread, I just got the two confused. Pay no attention. :)

Yes, if you can get a recording of it, please post it.
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Ahhhh, ok, of course, that bug, in conjunction with 0.2.7.0's policy of strictly executing the turns the same way your client sends them, is quite fatal. I've seen it once or twice, and I know what basic design flaw (currently unfixable) causes it, but a recording would still help.
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Post by spirit »

z-man wrote: but a recording would still help.
How? Sorry. :oops:
Where to put it? Sorry. :oops:
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Post by wrtlprnft »

Under windows there's a start menu for creating a recording. It'll appear on the desktop, all you need to do is zip it and post it as an attachment to a post.
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Post by spirit »

Thx I´ll try.


EDIT: Ok I made one with my digicam. LoL looks kinda stupid but perhaps you can see a little what I meant. :P

EDIT 2 : EW! The Extension mswmm is not allowed.

EDIT 3: Ok zipped now. Enjoy! :P
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Er, I'll get one for youse.

EDIT: Here it be. I captured two instances of it, both at the very start of the round. You'll have to wait through a couple rounds between them, though—the second especially, because, well, you know how people play there. Also, uh, during the recording I made a couple comments of my own unrelated to this particular thing. You can ignore them if you want. (One of them may be an example of my "stick and skip," but I'll get a separate, more sufficient recording for that, eventually.)
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Post by spirit »

Phytotron wrote:Er, I'll get one for youse.
Heh! Just wait a second. Do you want to tell me my video wasn´t perfectly done? :P
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