Trickjumping

[Rawing]

I guess most of you will know what trickjumping is. What I'd like to know is: WHY does it work? Is is a bug in the code or something different?

[^misantropia^]

Depends on the trickjump skill you mean.

Take for instance strafejumping. In Q1, it was an oversight of the developers on how vector math works, so I suppose it qualifies as a bug (esp. when you take into consideration that it's frame rate dependent). As to how it works, it's basic Pythagoras: your speed is 320 units p/s. When you move in a straight line, it's exactly that. But with strafejumping, you move along the longest edge of a triangle so your speed is something like sqrt(320^2 + 320^2) =~ 453 units p/s. You sweep the mouse so you stay at that edge with each server frame. If you didn't, you'd be moving in a straight line again.

Hope this makes sense. Don't hesitate to say so if it doesn't.

[^misantropia^]

Oh, and overbounces are definitely a bug. If you drop straight down from certain heights, you'll be just a tiny bit below the floor when the server frame runs. As a stop-gap measure, the game reverses your z axis velocity.

[[xeno]Julios]

heh thanks i never understood strafe jumping until you put it that way. Same with overbounce bug.

[spookmineer]

heh thanks i never understood strafe jumping until you put it that way. Same with overbounce bug.

For the purists on strafing.

[Rawing]

Strafing isn't like that any more is it? I've tried it once: running both forward and sidewards should make you faster, but I couldn't notice any speed improvement.
Bunny hopping: The game just doesn't apply any friction although the player hits the ground, right? That's what I've read some time ago.

[bork[e]]

heh thanks i never understood strafe jumping until you put it that way. Same with overbounce bug.

For the purists on strafing.

Never seen this article before, nice one.

[nay0k]

Strafing isn't like that any more is it? I've tried it once: running both forward and sidewards should make you faster, but I couldn't notice any speed improvement.

Play a little bit of DeFrag and do that while paying attention to the UPS counter...you'll notice the difference if you turn the mouse.

[Unisaw]

heh thanks i never understood strafe jumping until you put it that way. Same with overbounce bug.

For the purists on strafing.

^^^^ thanks. My head hurts. I would really like to spend the time to read that thoroughly and I will.

[DRuM]

How do I do a backflip?

[spookmineer]

How do I do a backflip?

F, F, B, B, L, R, jump.

[DRuM]

How do I do a backflip?

F, F, B, B, L, R, jump.

Thank you. Would it help if I wore loose pants?