Never seen this discussed before....
Must have been a hundred times I've tossed a grenade (i.e. heard the pin pop and SEEN the grenade fly) at the same moment I was killed. In MOST cases even though my grenade was shown flying through the air as I died, there is no explosion or resulting kills even when it most certainly should have landed in proximity to enemy soldier/s. Now occasionally, in the same exact same circumstances, I DO hear the explosion and/or get a kill as I'm laying there in limbo.
I don't understand how a thrown grenade so often simply disappears instantly upon my death and also why there seems to be little consistency in whether it actually explodes or not. If I saw it fly, then where the hell did it go?
I've no problem with the fact I may actually have been killed before I let it fly but in this case, why did the game bother to play the pin sound and display a flying grenade when in fact it will never explode. Is this just an animation bug that is out of sync with the game? Could it be due to server lag? (though I usally ping around 20 at most servers I play).
Any one else have any experience or opinions on this strangeness? It's really starting to drive me nuts.
Must have been a hundred times I've tossed a grenade (i.e. heard the pin pop and SEEN the grenade fly) at the same moment I was killed. In MOST cases even though my grenade was shown flying through the air as I died, there is no explosion or resulting kills even when it most certainly should have landed in proximity to enemy soldier/s. Now occasionally, in the same exact same circumstances, I DO hear the explosion and/or get a kill as I'm laying there in limbo.
I don't understand how a thrown grenade so often simply disappears instantly upon my death and also why there seems to be little consistency in whether it actually explodes or not. If I saw it fly, then where the hell did it go?
I've no problem with the fact I may actually have been killed before I let it fly but in this case, why did the game bother to play the pin sound and display a flying grenade when in fact it will never explode. Is this just an animation bug that is out of sync with the game? Could it be due to server lag? (though I usally ping around 20 at most servers I play).
Any one else have any experience or opinions on this strangeness? It's really starting to drive me nuts.
Last edited by ShotYourSix (2006-03-16 12:40:19)