Terrain jumps/stutters when moving while proned

[Caxus]

Whenever i'm proned and moving in any direction i've noticed that the ground kind of jumps every couple of seconds. Its as if its skipping a few frames or something and it happens constantly but ONLY when proned. Moving while crouched or standing up is just fine. It also only seems to happen in outdoor areas.

Does anyone else have this problem or know what could be causing it or how it could be fixed? I'm running the game with all settings at very high, aniso 1, no AA. No other programs are running in the background. Thanks.

Athlon 64 3200
Radeon 9800 pro
2x 512 Corsair XMS pc3200
MSI K8T NEO
Soundblaster Audigy

[Caxus]

Whenever i'm proned and moving in any direction i've noticed that the ground kind of jumps every couple of seconds. Its as if its skipping a few frames or something and it happens constantly but ONLY when proned. Moving while crouched or standing up is just fine. It also only seems to happen in outdoor areas.

Does anyone else have this problem or know what could be causing it or how it could be fixed? I'm running the game with all settings at very high, aniso 1, no AA. No other programs are running in the background. Thanks.

Athlon 64 3200
Radeon 9800 pro
2x 512 Corsair XMS pc3200
MSI K8T NEO
Soundblaster Audigy

[MoBass]

I have the same. Thought it was normal... I have a AMD64 3000+ (@10*220);Radeon 9800 Pro;Kingston 1024Mb CL2,5.

[Caxus]

Maybe it is normal, I just didn't know. Perhaps its something that will be fixed in an upcoming patch. The funny thing is though that i don't remember noticing it in the demo or before i patched to 1.1.

Athlon 64 3200
Radeon 9800 pro
2x 512 Corsair XMS pc3200
MSI K8T NEO
Soundblaster Audigy

[MoBass]

I just took a closer look at it and to me it looks like the ground textures are adjusting position. So you/me/the player aren't moving in a shocky way, it's the ground that is actually moving... Don't know about the influence of the path because I immediately patched it to 1.1 before starting to play.

[KingGing101]

When stnading up or even crouching only a small section of your body is touching the ground, so collision detection between you can the terrain is fairly eacy. When prone a much larger section of you is touching the ground, and unlike a like body in real life your model/hitboxes in Far Cry won't mould to the shape of the terrain. I saw the jumping, and have in fact seen it on every game i've played that allows you to go prone and doesn't have absolutely flat terrain. I'm guessing it's the machine trying to work out the interestion problems between you and the terrain and suddenly realising you should be somewhere other than where you are to prevent collision.

Just a guess tho. I hvae no expertise in this area, but this explanation makes sense to me.

Dan

We are Pentium of Borg, you will be approximated.

[Nak10]

I take your point KingGing but like an earlier reply said, why didnt it do it the Demo....a curious one.....shame cos I love going prone...

[Caxus]

Is there anyone out there who this does NOT happen to? Also is there a way to uninstall the patch without unintstalling the whole game? I want to see if it was my imagination or if it really did start after i patched.

Athlon 64 3200
Radeon 9800 pro
2x 512 Corsair XMS pc3200
MSI K8T NEO
Soundblaster Audigy

[maggotfeeder]

Yes, this happens to me, too. It seems to be even worse on really uneven ground. I got hung on a little ridge once and actually stood up (without my doing anything) when I went over a big crest on a ridge. I immediately was seen by the mercs and dispatched. I agree with KingGings analysis... I think it's got to do with the interaction of the player model and the terrain model.

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[dgrrr]

My little boy stutters when I let him get at my whisky. Could it be related?

[This message was edited by dgrrr on Wed April 28 2004 at 05:49 AM.]