So heli is pointless now?

[-Aya]

im playing on a private friend group server and i tried my luck on heli
four shots from rifle and it blew up my tower and left forever, thanks facepunch, hopefully theres plugin that changes it back

[Arma]

Huh? What did you make the tower out of? Wood?

[-Aya]

Originally posted by Arma:

Huh? What did you make the tower out of? Wood?

it was made from metal but i forgot to add frames to increase stability so one part that got blown up fell apart
either way the heli ran away and did not approach my place even if i was able to use rest of the tower to kill it

[Arma]

If you die while taking hele it's not going to hang around. It will just continue off on it's merry way. It's why taking hele as a solo is hard.

[-Aya]

Originally posted by Arma:

If you die while taking hele it's not going to hang around. It will just continue off on it's merry way. It's why taking hele as a solo is hard.

it not exactly hard to solo it i was just less prepared than i thought i was, but the new AI will make it run away at some point so its practically impossible to solo

i even shot it as soon as i respawned and it still left

[𐂃𐂃𐂃]

Originally posted by -Aya:

it not exactly hard to solo it i was just less prepared than i thought i was, but the new AI will make it run away at some point so its practically impossible to solo

You are making no sense. It`s impossible in a full server unless you are rage cheating.

[-Aya]

Originally posted by 𐂃𐂃𐂃:

Originally posted by -Aya:

it not exactly hard to solo it i was just less prepared than i thought i was, but the new AI will make it run away at some point so its practically impossible to solo

You are making no sense. It`s impossible in a full server unless you are rage cheating.

obviously you did not read my post, literally just scrolled directly into comments and did not read the first sentence or maybe 5k hours on rust degraded your reading comprehension, pick one.

[Rottmeister]

skill issue.

[knolle]

If it is a private server for you and your friends, you could ask the server owner to look at the following and enter the values you like in the server.cfg:


Patrolhelicopterai.use_danger_zones - this will enable/disable the no go and aggro zones. When turned off, the helicopter will largely behave the way it used to (regarding target picking and aggression).
-> (true/false)

patrolhelicopterai.flee_damage_percentage - this sets the required percentage of damage done to heli in order for it to flee, and create a no-go zone. A value of 1 or over will effectively disable no go zones and stop the flee mechanic.
-> (0.35 set value by Facepunch)

patrolhelicopterai.monument_crash - the helicopter will now attempt to crash at a nearby monument on death. It won't crash at monuments with safe zones: outpost, fishing village, etc.
-> (true/false)

[𐂃𐂃𐂃]

You are supposed to shoot up the heli while taking cover in a monument then chase it down to the next monument to finish it off. Doing it solo on an empty server is not an issue at all.

[-Aya]

Originally posted by knolle:

If it is a private server for you and your friends, you could ask the server owner to look at the following and enter the values you like in the server.cfg:


Patrolhelicopterai.use_danger_zones - this will enable/disable the no go and aggro zones. When turned off, the helicopter will largely behave the way it used to (regarding target picking and aggression).
-> (true/false)

patrolhelicopterai.flee_damage_percentage - this sets the required percentage of damage done to heli in order for it to flee, and create a no-go zone. A value of 1 or over will effectively disable no go zones and stop the flee mechanic.
-> (0.35 set value by Facepunch)

patrolhelicopterai.monument_crash - the helicopter will now attempt to crash at a nearby monument on death. It won't crash at monuments with safe zones: outpost, fishing village, etc.
-> (true/false)

these commands will help alot, thank you :D

[-Aya]

Originally posted by 𐂃𐂃𐂃:

You are supposed to shoot up the heli while taking cover in a monument then chase it down to the next monument to finish it off. Doing it solo on an empty server is not an issue at all.

yeah fight heli basically in the open where its aimbot can wreck you easier
if Facepunch insists on this change they should atleast make its aim worse

[No_Quarter]

Metal towers can sustain even the strongest heli, there's usually little to no destruction.

If your base is stone then any heli will make sure there's no stone in sight.
Old heli is trash boring compared to new one, much more interesting fight these days. There are still servers that run the old one and it's a snooze fest after hunting some new ones.

[xenomat]

Does this all refer to the heli with the newest update, or even before (since beginning of 2025)?

[GDK BeetleThug]

yes heli doodoo

[Aitvaras]

Just un auth on the tc and it will shoot mainly incen rockets instead of real rockets