0006685: Spells fire from too low on the player character. They are cast from what looks like knee level. - Arcen Idea Tracker (Bugs and Features)

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0006685	Valley 1	Bug - Gameplay		Mar 17, 2012 3:53 pm	Mar 20, 2012 12:21 pm

Reporter	Professor Paul1290	Assigned To	Chris_McElligottPark
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Fixed in Version	0.909

Summary	0006685: Spells fire from too low on the player character. They are cast from what looks like knee level.
Description	It seems like spells look like they are coming out at knee level when cast. It feels too low and makes trying to hit things when next to objects or inclines a bit problematic at times.
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Internal Weight	Fix Before Major Release

BobTheJanitor Mar 17, 2012 4:16 pm reporter ~0020960	Thanks! I for some reason kept forgetting to report this, even when I posted earlier on the forums that I was going to report it. I don't even know. I've noticed a wide discrepancy in where spells fire from. Fireball seems to be the most obvious knee-shot. Miasma whip is pretty low as well. Launch rock actually seems to come out of your head, but that may partially owe to the fact that it shoots at an upward angle anyway. Energy pulse seems fine visually, but either owing to its wide hitbox or something else, it will very easily impact on the ground especially at upwards angles. I wonder, could a spell's damage bounding box be decoupled from the box it uses to detect whether it fizzles on hitting a wall?

Penumbra Mar 18, 2012 12:12 pm reporter ~0020983	Not that you need more convincing, but not being able to cast fireball upwards when standing on stairs is tough.

Chris_McElligottPark Mar 19, 2012 11:17 am administrator ~0021012	It's been on my list, thanks for your patience. :) * Normally spells emit from the center of the collision box of characters and enemies, unless we specifically offset that (which we do for many enemies). But for characters, we'd always left it dead-center. This caused problems for a long time when characters were miniaturized, but even more recently when we shrunk the hitbox for players to no longer include their heads and to be shorter when on stairs, this started making players unable to use spells on inclines and otherwise have some trouble at various points with spells hitting the ground prematurely. Therefore, the spells now emit from a lot close to the character's head, which gives you better angles of fire in general throughout the game. The only downside is that if you are standing right under a really REALLY low overhang, you might have problems with your spells hitting that overhang. But unless you've pasted yourself to the ceiling with lightning rocket or something, that's not really even possible, so it shouldn't matter.

Terraziel Mar 19, 2012 9:47 pm reporter ~0021057	I'm still having issues firing up slopes, both creeping death and energy pulse just strike the ground immediately.

Chris_McElligottPark Mar 20, 2012 12:21 pm administrator ~0021087	* Creeping Death and Energy Pulse both now slide along walls to avoid problems with their extra-large collision boxes hitting tight areas. Large collision boxes plus long cooldowns plus dying on impact is not a recipe for fun.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Mar 17, 2012 3:53 pm	Professor Paul1290	New Issue
Mar 17, 2012 4:16 pm	BobTheJanitor	Note Added: 0020960
Mar 18, 2012 11:09 am	tigersfan	Internal Weight	=> Fix Before Major Release
Mar 18, 2012 11:09 am	tigersfan	Assigned To	=> Chris_McElligottPark
Mar 18, 2012 11:09 am	tigersfan	Status	new => assigned
Mar 18, 2012 12:12 pm	Penumbra	Note Added: 0020983
Mar 19, 2012 11:17 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0021012
Mar 19, 2012 11:17 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	assigned => resolved
Mar 19, 2012 11:17 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Fixed in Version	=> 0.909
Mar 19, 2012 11:17 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Resolution	open => fixed
Mar 19, 2012 9:47 pm	Terraziel	Note Added: 0021057
Mar 20, 2012 12:21 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0021087