Metamod Hitbox Issue

[CSN NewsBot]

Well, you may have been complaining about this for years and not been heard, but today we have recieved word that Metamod, the popular server side plugin for HLDS will screw up hitboxes in-game. Apparently it has to do with the way that Metamod hooks with the Half-Life engine or something like that. I'm not very technical so take a look at the CAL forum post for movies and technical data, if you're into that sort of thing. Apparently the 'hip' thing to do to fix this is to roll back to the old HLDS until a patch comes out that fixes this issue.



I personally haven't been affected by this when I play on Metamod servers, but then again I totally suck at this game so I wouldn't notice any difference.

[orphy]

That's intersting. I never noticed either, but it's cause I rule so much I just kill 'em all anyway.

[Delta|Cpt.Terran]

this makes so much sense. i now know that when i confront some dude and blast away with my mp5 its not just me. my morale rate just went up a bit...and sunk when i found out there is no patch. ack!

[Darkhorse]

[Mr. T]

sucks ass to be using metamod mods right now hey

[lockhart]

for cal, this is damned if you do, damned if you dont. if you go 'pure' without wwcl and metamod, then you have to deal with whitewalls and interp etc. if you stick with it, then you can shoot someone in the stomach and get a leg shot. sucks either way.

[CheesyPeteza]

I always assumed this was the way the hit boxes were meant to be, didn't realise it was a bug. :o

[Snakebyte]

Maybe it's just a new way of fighting aimbots! Lock on head = not a headshot :P

[serviceoutrage]

yes! a new excuse for me sucking!

[Lestat]

firstly, this isnt new w/ this new hlds. its been like this for a while. secondly, its not hard to get by wwcl, so if a cal player wants to interp, he can extremely easily.



thirdly, valve has already (hopefully) found out a fix, and passed the info onto the metamod coder, and hopefully there will be an update out in the next day or so.

[GonePostal]

The hitboxes have been fucked up for years, what else is new?

[KhAoS]

ya, i thought so. I'd see someone with their back turned. Line up a HS with MP5, fire like 10 rounds, hit em once (compensating for recoil of course) they spin around and shoot at the air beside, therefore getting a headshot.

[-:Nighthawk:-]

I normally think GonePostal is a moron, but honestly, it's the sad truth. Some places less, other places more, but yes, hitboxes have always been screwed. Shooting waaay behind someone's head while they're using a pistol or knife almost always results in a headshot, etc.



Ah well, we can still play the game, even if it's a bit screwy. I'll just stick with 1.6 for a bit until this gets resolved.

[orion]

Ive never really noticed until tonight, i tried shooting behind someone with a usp and shooting at their head resulted in a mere, body shot so he turned around and his m4 taught me a lesson or two. Its not that big of an issue, for our server dosent use the new version, thus we are fine for now. I just hope our future opponents in CAL do not use it, or VALVe can resolve this soon.

[Zorba the Geek]

I think it's too easy to get a headshot in CS. They should either be much less frequent, or less damaging.



It seemed to me that it got easier to hs in 1.4 than 1.3, but maybe I'm just smoking too much crack.