Gauss nuking

I would like to get hold of a map that is really bad for gauss nuking.  That is, I want a map where it is very easy to kill yourself with random gauss reflection deaths.

What's the most severe case of gauss nuking you've ever found?  Come on, don't be shy :wink:   It's not a design fault in the map, so the author should not be upset!

SI_Rush, part of science and industry. Can't ever ever seem to Gauss jump in the middle area without it backfiring.

My own SI_Overfloater can get fairly nasty too.

Damn, I can't make that map run in HLDM :sad:

Why not? The only problem I could see would be texture waddage, you could just create some dummy wads and get a bunch of checkerboards at some spots...

"locker room rats" is a good one. there is a fan in the floor that always nukes you if you try to break your fa,, with tha gauss.... I'll try and get you a link.

The spawn points in si_rush are instant death in HLDM

If you gauss the highest tower in KoTC you almost inevitably get nuked.

Excellent - thanks Mazey :smile:

/me bounces up and down on tower without getting nuked

hohoho

Oh, heheh, there's a slight bug in S&I that can spawn people on the opposing team's side every once in a while so mappers place team-designated trigger_hurt's in the spawns. Overfloater doesn't have this.

Here's that map if your still interested

http://www.snarkpit.com/pits/tracer%20bullet/LockerRoomRats.zip

I should have mentioned I found it already, but thanks anyway :smile:

Also the fan-death does not appear to be related to gauss-nuking; it just happens whenever you fall back down into the fan.

I only needed one reliable test map and I have one now; thanks for your help everyone.

What exactly causes gauss nuking?  Some maps are notoriously bad (i.e. shoot your feet, die immediately), others have no problems whatever.

I believe gauss nuking happens when the brush you are shooting against is a certin thickness. The thicker it is the less you can Gauss jump. You may of course correct me if I am wrong.

Bad maths causes gauss nuking :biggrin:

There's an algorithm that calculates how the gauss beam reflects.  It's only supposed to reflect at shallow angles, and not at all if fired directly at a wall.  But the vector calculation falls down at certain angles.

I can't code well enough to read exactly what's happening, but my guess is that it's a trig error - perhaps the tangent is calculated at 90 degrees, which would lead to problems.

Alltho i havent read more than the first post (the request for maps wich have complex faces causing the gauss to reflect and splat you.)

I got 2 maps for you , Three_kings and Expiry_final wich is an remake of three_kings, you can find the map exoiry_final in my profile :dorky:

if anyone is looking for further answers about why the gauss splats you i suggest you read this thread : http://www.snarkpit.com/forums.php?forum=3&topic=129

 

 Enjoy the splattering