Plastic explosives are bugged af

[emmietiie]

I tried arming one for multiple times, but the detonator would not attach. I switched detonators, to no effect. I thought the explosive must be bugged somehow, so I planted another one. I couldn't arm that one either, despite logging out and back in.

I couldn't remove the explosives anymore (WHY?), so I just tried to keep arming them repeatedly (the definition of insanity). Eventually the first explosive armed itself for no discernible reason.

I wasn't sure if the other plastic would survive the blast, but I had no time to dawdle anymore since I already had to kill 2 players who came out from the base.

The detonation RUINED the second explosive without detonating it.

I finished the raid with my gun and 3 nades, and the base was nearly empty. I basically just gained the NVG from the dweller.

I've done this before, and it's not the first time the plastics got bugged. This feature if half-baked af, and shouldn't have gone live. You should be able to attach the plastic directly into the gate. The detonator should SNAP into the plastic, not this buggy wheel of fortune diddly-doo!

k, imdone

[Topher]

Plastic explosive only explodes with a detonator attached and in game they cannot be stacked so it is pretty true to reality that if you fire off one block of plastic with a detonator that the other block close by but not connected to the det will just get ruined as in reality all it would do at most is burn like a fire and not explode.

Also detonators can be found that have already been used so they cannot be attached to a second piece of C4

[emmietiie]

Originally posted by Topher:

Plastic explosive only explodes with a detonator attached and in game they cannot be stacked so it is pretty true to reality that if you fire off one block of plastic with a detonator that the other block close by but not connected to the det will just get ruined as in reality all it would do at most is burn like a fire and not explode.

Also detonators can be found that have already been used so they cannot be attached to a second piece of C4

I knew my detonator units had not been used since the action wheel appeared every time, and I was able to perform the arming animation. It simply did nothing, until the arming just randomly happened after about 10 tries.

I couldn't remove the other explosive from the floor, so it was ruined for nothing. I had the same problem once before during patch 1.18, so I believe the explosives can glitch out during placement.

Anyway, I managed to knock down two walls with a single blast by placing the explosive slightly behind the outer wall through a gap on the side. I do enjoy giving away my trade secrets apparently.

[Topher]

Originally posted by emmietiie:

Originally posted by Topher:

Plastic explosive only explodes with a detonator attached and in game they cannot be stacked so it is pretty true to reality that if you fire off one block of plastic with a detonator that the other block close by but not connected to the det will just get ruined as in reality all it would do at most is burn like a fire and not explode.

Also detonators can be found that have already been used so they cannot be attached to a second piece of C4

I knew my detonator units had not been used since the action wheel appeared every time, and I was able to perform the arming animation. It simply did nothing, until the arming just randomly happened after about 10 tries.

I couldn't remove the other explosive from the floor, so it was ruined for nothing. I had the same problem once before during patch 1.18, so I believe the explosives can glitch out during placement.

Anyway, I managed to knock down two walls with a single blast by placing the explosive slightly behind the outer wall through a gap on the side. I do enjoy giving away my trade secrets apparently.

It's not a secret that walls are far easier to break down from the inside. It's why it's almost always best to boost into a base to raid it from the inside out.