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Opening doors while not standing directly in front of it.[message #309609]

Wed, 29 August 2012 09:46

Shinr

Messages:12
Registered:April 2012

Opening doors from the left or right side of the door, instead of opening while directly standing in front of it and most likely getting an interrupt.

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Private

Re: Opening doors while not standing directly in front of it.[message #315881]

Sun, 03 March 2013 23:28

Vince7403

Messages:142
Registered:February 2012

I would like to second this, as it really is the biggest hole in JA2's tactical simulation. My best friend, then a USMC lance corporal, tried to play the game and he found that the door handling was so bad that he started avoiding room-to-room combat altogether would instead level the entire building with explosives.

My guess is, implementing this would wind up also creating the framework for throwing grenades around corners without exposing the thrower's body, which would also be nice for flashbanging rooms. Both involve triggering an event from one tile away from where the trigger-ee is located - that's my intuitive understanding of it anyway. I'll defer to the real programmers on whether it's feasible.

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Sergeant

Re: Opening doors while not standing directly in front of it.[message #315997]

Wed, 06 March 2013 09:12

S3rialThrill3r

Messages:26
Registered:January 2012

I would also like to see this added in. Especially the ability to throw grenades without exposing yourself in the doorway. Anything that adds new tactical options (such as climbing through open windows) is a big plus in my book. In my opinion, new items are welcome, but most of the fun is in the combat, rather than playing around with numbers.

Also, if these features are possible, maybe one day we'll see a SWAT mod (yes please!).

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Private 1st Class

Re: Opening doors while not standing directly in front of it.[message #316001]

Wed, 06 March 2013 12:26

Vince7403

Messages:142
Registered:February 2012

Climbing through windows is already in, I think it's Shift + J.

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Sergeant

Re: Opening doors while not standing directly in front of it.[message #316018]

Wed, 06 March 2013 20:08

Flugente

Messages:3499
Registered:April 2009
Location: Germany

And even through closed windows, altough that will damage you a bit Smile

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Captain

Re: Opening doors while not standing directly in front of it.[message #316035]

Thu, 07 March 2013 10:01

S3rialThrill3r

Messages:26
Registered:January 2012

Yeah, I already know. I meant it as an example of an addition that really injects life into this game. I use it all the time. Especially when those pesky civilians stand in the doorways and the "switch places" function doesn't work. They should be glad I didn't place C4 on the other side of their bedroom wall.

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Re: Opening doors while not standing directly in front of it.[message #316044]

Thu, 07 March 2013 20:17

Flugente

Messages:3499
Registered:April 2009
Location: Germany

S3rialThrill3r

Yeah, I already know. I meant it as an example of an addition that really injects life into this game. I use it all the time. Especially when those pesky civilians stand in the doorways and the "switch places" function doesn't work. They should be glad I didn't place C4 on the other side of their bedroom wall.

Had that particular problem yesterday btw - this behaviour can be toggled in the Preferences menu, under 'Disable Cursor Swap'.

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Captain