Why do parachutes have collision meshes?

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Re: Why do parachutes have collision meshes?

Actually I jumped off the TV station once and landed ontop of someone elses parachute and rode it to the ground, no lie.

Yeah, i love when that happens. But usually, they hit the ground, parachute disapears, you land on top of them and Mario Stomp them, thus earning yourself a Teamkill (which, is usually punished... :p)

[SunTsoo]

Re: Why do parachutes have collision meshes?

Actually I jumped off the TV station once and landed ontop of someone elses parachute and rode it to the ground, no lie.

LOL, I love surfing someone else's chute to the ground; it's a hoot.

Solid objects do cause the chute to fail; DO NOT fly into parachutes.

TIPs:
1)hold down the run key when dropping with a chute, and you can sail a lot further and faster (makes it harder for them to shoot you coming down in Warlord, and makes it easier to make the top of the buildings...).
2) Don't open the chute until just before you hit the ground, *unless* you're trying to travel across the map (Drop from a helo over Mashtur at 350 ft, and make it to anywhere on the map...)
3)Don't try to parachute between buildings, it won't open unless you jump and hit the chute before dropping below the building
4) good practice exercise: jump off TV in Sharqui, and try to land on the flag; hint-you have to turn around before opening the chute...