"Killed by..." bug

[exile98]

So today I was playing, was killed whilst fighting for a spawn CP and then saw "killed by Pentamon" Was surprised as Pentamon is a solid Allied player. Asked about this on TS and a number of others came up with stories of recently getting "killed bys..." with the name of Allied only players in their AARs. This must be a bug.

[Magnumus]

That part of the stats is bugged i believe. And i think DOC also said something about the doubles showing was being worked on !!!

[drkmouse]

Also if he blue up the building by dropping a bomb or with a tnak or satchel while you were in it, it make no dif allied or axis, he wil get the kill on ALL players who dies when it collapsed

[DOC]

1. There is a stats bug where legitimate kills of enemy players will have an echoed kill of that same unit type but the players name is randomly sourced (we don't know why just yet) ... thus a players name will appear in the same unit type you legitimately killed that may not even have ever spawned that type and could even be on the same side as you, as the DB is selecting (or having attributed by the host) a random player in a duplicate vehicle type added to your kill list after the kill you actually got. It doesn't affect your total kills it just appears as an AAR. These "duplicate kill AARs" are a bug and do not contribute to your K/D or other DB sourced kill totals.

2. If you blow up a building (bomb, stachel or HE round of large caliber) any friendlies inside will be killed when the building collapses.

3. Killed by "---" (usually this will say "enemy forces" as player name) means the kill shot (critical damage) was made by an AI defensive unit.

[DeusWolf]

Allright, though, i was killed 4 days ago by a manned aa (my Fw exploded), but it was "enemy Forces" marked.

It may be a mistake, as i cant be sure 100% : if it happens again (and if other players experience this), i ll keep u tuned.

1. There is a stats bug where legitimate kills of enemy players will have an echoed kill of that same unit type but the players name is randomly sourced (we don't know why just yet) ... thus a players name will appear in the same unit type you legitimately killed that may not even have ever spawned that type and could even be on the same side as you, as the DB is selecting (or having attributed by the host) a random player in a duplicate vehicle type added to your kill list after the kill you actually got. It doesn't affect your total kills it just appears as an AAR. These "duplicate kill AARs" are a bug and do not contribute to your K/D or other DB sourced kill totals.

2. If you blow up a building (bomb, stachel or HE round of large caliber) any friendlies inside will be killed when the building collapses.

3. Killed by "---" (usually this will say "enemy forces" as player name) means the kill shot (critical damage) was made by an AI defensive unit.

[DOC]

A kill is recorded by the unit that does the critical damage. Another unit can hit you and damage you, or just hit you without damage ... the unit that did the CRITICAL DAMAGE will still be listed as your killer however.

So there is nothing amiss here (at least as reported) because the AI can have inflicted CRITICAL DAMAGE (that doesn't mean your aircraft immediately stops flying) and the player manned AA hits you as well, but lost the kill because it had already been made (by the AI).

Edited July 28, 2013 by DOC

[MANDRILL]

How does it happen where I can go on a bomb run over a town, get plinked by AI but have all crew, all engines in working order / land safely 5 min later and get "Killed by Enemy Forces"?

[bar]

He blew up your building -- the killed by name is bulletproof and never lies

[DOC]

1. There is a stats bug where legitimate kills of enemy players will have an echoed kill of that same unit type but the players name is randomly sourced (we don't know why just yet) ... thus a players name will appear in the same unit type you legitimately killed that may not even have ever spawned that type and could even be on the same side as you' date=' as the DB is selecting (or having attributed by the host) a random player in a duplicate vehicle type added to your kill list after the kill you actually got. It doesn't affect your total kills it just appears as an AAR. These "duplicate kill AARs" are a bug and do not contribute to your K/D or other DB sourced kill totals.[/quote']

this random duplicate kill (which is false) can also be a friendly because the player name is randomly selected, that is part of the bug

we're working on it, but we're also working on a hundred other things too, so sit tight