collision bug/problem

[Johnny Bravo]

whenever my character is walking over objects on the floor (bones, potions etc.) he starts sort of dashing forward and a bit of damage is inflicted to me. what the hell is that about?

[Bomb Bloke]

Sounds like you're exceeding 60FPS. The game's physics engine can't handle it, and one of the symptoms are that objects will suddenly launch themselves around the place at high velocity when ever so slightly bumped.

[Belanos]

Originally posted by Bomb Bloke:

Sounds like you're exceeding 60FPS.

It has nothing to do with that, it would happen regardless. It's just one of the annoying quirks of the physics engine. It happens in my games all the time, and it's impossible for me to go beyond 60 fps since I don't have a fast enough monitor for that.

[Bomb Bloke]

Originally posted by Belanos:

It happens in my games all the time

You're mistaken if you think it happens to everyone. You absolutely should not be taking damage and getting bounced around every time you walk over ground clutter.

Originally posted by Belanos:

it's impossible for me to go beyond 60 fps since I don't have a fast enough monitor for that.

Er

It's certainly possible to untie the game's frame rate from your display's refresh rate. The most obvious method is to simply disable vsync.

[Belanos]

Originally posted by Bomb Bloke:

You absolutely should not be taking damage and getting bounced around every time you walk over ground clutter.

I didn't say it happened all the time, but it does happen.

It's certainly possible to untie the game's frame rate from your display's refresh rate. The most obvious method is to simply disable vsync.

Which I have never done, I always play games with vsync on. Ergo, my framerate can not exceed 60 fps, as that is the refresh rate of my monitor.

[Bomb Bloke]

Originally posted by Belanos:

I didn't say it happened all the time

See if you can figure out who did.