Quad lasers - is there a bug in Rebirth, or is it me?

by **RiTides** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:30 am

I'm mostly posting this here so I don't forget to investigate it! But I have noticed in Rebirth that when I run across a set of lasers that I thought in the past would give me full Quad level 4 lasers, I end up with only level 3 or the like.

I also know for a fact that in my home, The Cannery, I played a few games early on here where both my opponent and I had full quad level 4 lasers. But now, when I play that level one player can get quad level 4, while the other only has quad level 2.

There was a bug one way or the other- etiher a few extra lasers spawned the first few times I played it, or one of the newer versions of Rebirth is short-changing lasers when you pick up a pack or the like by 1 laser level.

I will look into it and report back, but I just wanted to note it here in case anyone else has observed this! I'm thinking it could be due to Rebirth getting updated, but maybe it's just me being crazy.

by **LotharBot** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 4:25 pm

I haven't seen this, but I have seen plenty of times where I think I should have picked up a weapon and it's still sitting there -- often, right up against a wall, where I have to basically ram the wall to get it.

by **DKH** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 5:47 pm

I've noticed the "thought I picked up the weapon" issue several times. Until now I never thought twice about it other than turned around to see it still there. I made sure to completely fly through it next time. -- DKH

by **Drakona** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 6:03 pm

Now that you mention it, sometimes I don't get the gun I'm after on the first try either. I just figured it was crappy piloting, though.

by **RiTides** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 10:19 pm

Well now that the 3 of you mention it, that has happened to me, too! Oh well, the code is never going to be exactly the same, I'm just thrilled that someone is supporting it :)

by **ryusei117** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 5:50 pm

Yeah, The Cannery has four Laser upgrades and two Quad Lasers, so that's Level 4 Quads for one player and Level 2 Quads for the other. I know there used to be several ways of duplicating weapons, one of them being Kali's "quick join" function. Also, an earlier version of Rebirth might have had a glitch to this effect … but both of these issues were gone before I started Descent multiplayer, so I don't know that much about them.

by **RiTides** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:16 am

Got it, thanks ryusei!