Ground Vehicle Blackout Issues #4785

[Randazzo]

Is this working as intended? You cannot drive a bedford OR a morris through our own towns without blacking out, unless you stay ONLY on the road which defeats the entire purpose.

Is there any knowledge of this? Is it broken? Is it impossible to fix? Any answer would be great!

[Slpr]

this happens also on opel and other terrains. the only way to avoid those blackouts is not to drive any multiple of the 45° angle

(not straight N, E .. NE, SE etc.). it seems it is a property of the terrain, when driving over the vehicles start to roll at such rate

that blackouts occur.

so long slpr

[scottman]

I know that the British are an afterthought in this game anymore but the little supply we get to work with is getting to be an impossible task when it come to our very trucks

Driving the trucks EVEN on pavement makes us go BLACK SCREEN like we just pulled 20 gs in on a flat road just by driving on it

Please fix it the british are allready the red headed step child of the game do we need to further punish them by not fixing this ?

[romzburg]

This was a common complaint in the real war.

The beddy bounced so badly even on smooth pavement, causing the driver to hit the ceiling, and also causing so much trauma to the jaw that many English beddy drivers who returned home after the war were unrecognized by loved ones due to their teeth being straight.

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motormouth:

Much as Romzy's posting style can give me headaches (and the fact that he's "NEVAR WRONG!!"), that post pretty much nails it on the head.

sgtchief:

romz you['re] my damn hero

sydney:

Ya know, at first Romsburg, you rubbed me the wrong way and I wasn't a fan. But over the past 12 months, you have really grown on me. You're precise, well spoken and although you are sometimes a little harsh, you are most often correct and in proper context with your responses.

irelandeb:

indeed he's one of the few voices of common sense on these forums

jw:

If you're going to argue with Romz, do your homework before you post. He gets it, and you can't teach common sense, you have to be born with it.

pete, linc & julie:

I can't say [any]thing else [than] that the ban was justified considering that you have an 'impressive' TOS history....

owilde:

The only thing worse than being talked about is *not* being talked about.

[buggsy]

I know that the British are an afterthought in this game anymore but the little supply we get to work with is getting to be an impossible task when it come to our very trucks

Driving the trucks EVEN on pavement makes us go BLACK SCREEN like we just pulled 20 gs in on a flat road just by driving on it

Well if that's the case then it's wings need to be ripped off.

Please fix it the british are allready the red headed step child of the game do we need to further punish them by not fixing this ?

[scottman]

This was a common complaint in the real war.

The beddy bounced so badly even on smooth pavement, causing the driver to hit the ceiling, and also causing so much trauma to the jaw that many English beddy drivers who returned home after the war were unrecognized by loved ones due to their teeth being straight.

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Do we really need to model this ?

I hope your joking

As it is now its broken even if we are going full out sim .......drive one and find out

[romzburg]

Well if that's the case then it's wings need to be ripped off.

Making stuff up again.

I am looking at a beddy driver's manual here and it clearly states that an unladen european beddy's wings can withstand 21 Gs.

If I knew anything about how to work a computer thingy I would post images, but I am posting this from my telegraph.

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motormouth:

Much as Romzy's posting style can give me headaches (and the fact that he's "NEVAR WRONG!!"), that post pretty much nails it on the head.

sgtchief:

romz you['re] my damn hero

sydney:

Ya know, at first Romsburg, you rubbed me the wrong way and I wasn't a fan. But over the past 12 months, you have really grown on me. You're precise, well spoken and although you are sometimes a little harsh, you are most often correct and in proper context with your responses.

irelandeb:

indeed he's one of the few voices of common sense on these forums

jw:

If you're going to argue with Romz, do your homework before you post. He gets it, and you can't teach common sense, you have to be born with it.

pete, linc & julie:

I can't say [any]thing else [than] that the ban was justified considering that you have an 'impressive' TOS history....

owilde:

The only thing worse than being talked about is *not* being talked about.

[Linnon]

And please fix the flipping over M5 atg for the french.

[bronco69]

be patient...

we axis opel drivers have this problems for years already

[spatu1a]

Making stuff up again.

I am looking at a beddy driver's manual here and it clearly states that an unladen european beddy's wings can withstand 21 Gs.

If I knew anything about how to work a computer thingy I would post images, but I am posting this from my telegraph.

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Is that an African Bedford or a European Bedford?

[jw]

No, No No No, dont fix the bugs, we need moar fru's

[buggsy]

Making stuff up again.

I am looking at a beddy driver's manual here and it clearly states that an unladen european beddy's wings can withstand 21 Gs.

If I knew anything about how to work a computer thingy I would post images, but I am posting this from my telegraph.

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Bull****, trucks aren't designed for 21 G's, I don't care how many manuals you shove in my face.

[frogdeth]

Just so you guys know I get the blackout bug in my Opel trucks all the time as well. At least the bug is balanced.

[jw]

Making stuff up again.

I am looking at a beddy driver's manual here and it clearly states that an unladen european beddy's wings can withstand 21 Gs.

If I knew anything about how to work a computer thingy I would post images, but I am posting this from my telegraph.

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Stop it!, Romz yur killing me

[matamor]

[swatters]

This was a common complaint in the real war.

The beddy bounced so badly even on smooth pavement, causing the driver to hit the ceiling, and also causing so much trauma to the jaw that many English beddy drivers who returned home after the war were unrecognized by loved ones due to their teeth being straight.

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Well done. The best jokes are the ones you don't see coming and I needed a good laugh.

[monsjoex]

We need that blackout bug fixed; on opels and beddys.

Just weird that the laffy doesnt get it. prolly because its a tower unit.

[snailtrail]

Roger Ram Jet: Blackout Beddy Lyrics

whoa, blackout beddy (bam-A-lam)

whoa, blackout beddy (bam-A-lam)

Spawned a blackout beddy (bam-A-lam)

The damn thing gone crazy (bam-A-lam)

I'm shak'n outta my mind (bam-A-lam)

I think I am going blind (bam-A-lam)

I said, oh blackout beddy (bam-A-lam)

whoa, blackout beddy (bam-BA-lam)

[Tigger6]

Is that an African Bedford or a European Bedford?

? I don't know that!!

[Randazzo]

be patient...

we axis opel drivers have this problems for years already

For the exact same amount of time as the beddy has had it. Take them side-glasses off.

[GOPHUR]

We're gonna take another look at this. While on the one hand driving 30mph off road in a Bedford across a farm field is on the far side of believable... The way it is accumulating over time may not be quite right.

I'll ask Chris to take a look.

On the reverse side it doesn't appear to be knocking you out when you go super fast over some really bumpy stuff.

I don;t think we'll worry about the truck stuff right now (speed offroad hello!!) as this doesn't appear to be a bug there but a change as a result of the blackout changes in 1.31.

Testing results:

After extended top speed runs over open farmland (+5 minutes) the Bedford driver will have quick flashes of red and black that ultimately result in a momentary balckout (30-60 seconds).

When he comes to he can repeat this.

This seems counter to the old way where if you were going too fast over rough terrain then you got constant effects playing based on the immediate results and it was not based over time/accumulative.

Edited October 25, 2010 by GOPHUR

[GOPHUR]

this happens also on opel and other terrains. the only way to avoid those blackouts is not to drive any multiple of the 45° angle

(not straight N, E .. NE, SE etc.). it seems it is a property of the terrain, when driving over the vehicles start to roll at such rate

that blackouts occur.

That's interesting I did not note that in my testing. I'll retest.

[fabbar]

the blackout bug is a really big problem for the bedford driver . you can have it even at slow speed off road .

the Laffly is far less subject to this bug .

[Randazzo]

the blackout bug is a really big problem for the bedford driver . you can have it even at slow speed off road .

the Laffly is far less subject to this bug .

I've never once blacked out in a laffly. I used to think it was the driver smacking his head on the roof of the truck but the Wacky laffly doesn't have blackouts either.

[Randazzo]

After extended top speed runs over open farmland (+5 minutes) the Bedford driver will have quick flashes of red and black that ultimately result in a momentary balckout (30-60 seconds).

Try a large town. Drive on the grey cobbles or whatever they are. Driver gets knocked out in 10-20 seconds of driving. If you have a load of infantry trying to get a ride to recap, you cannot stop every few seconds.

Edit: If I can find a suitable town to do so, I will fraps this.

Edited October 27, 2010 by Randazzo