Slowmo should be disabled by default.

[Eddieboy]

I'm not talking about the effects of slow mo caused from adrenaline. But from death cams.

They literally break the game, and I'm surprised nothing has been said or done about this. It causes issues like:

• De-syncs player / enemy positions. (Usually quickly snaps both to current positions after the effect ended.)
  
• De-syncs map elements. I've gotten killed several times from traps that haven't loaded right away due to slow motion de-sync.
  
• Causes clients to start losing connection to the server. This is most noticeable when slow motion is in effect while a level is finishing up.
  
• It just gets annoying after awhile. Especially in 8 player games.

Before anyone brings this up. I know there are console commands to disable the effects. (I currently use it for my own servers.) However not everyone knows this trick. It's not even an available option in Game Settings. I don't know if the devs are still working on this game or even read these forums but please comment on this matter if you can.

If anyone wants to disable the effects for your own personal servers follow this guide:

Originally posted by RoadKilla:

Ask the host to enter in there console:

asw_marine_death_cam 0 (Disables panning the camera to show the player dying.)

asw_marine_death_cam_slowdown 0 (Unless you like the slow-mo when they croak then don't disable this one.)

For people who host with Friends. Just right click on Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop in Steam, goto Properties and click Set Launch Options and add those but with a plus in front of them and space between. Example: +asw_marine_death_cam 0 +asw_marine_death_cam_slowdown 0

Enjoy!

[Lawlzer]

+1

[Orange]

+

[Captain Pentium]

I can't think of a single person that likes it. Unless you're going to use it as some sort of short adrenaline use at the cost of a marine it's not helpful in that regard either.

[Pawnstar]

asw_marine_death_cam_slowdown 0
asw_marine_death_cam 0

[Lawlzer]

Originally posted by Leon Bastille:

I can't think of a single person that likes it. Unless you're going to use it as some sort of short adrenaline use at the cost of a marine it's not helpful in that regard either.

The only thing that (I) use it for, is with bots, if you die, switch to a bot super-fast, you can use a jetpack/blink pack to get there nearly instantaneously (damn that spelling), but yeah. Not really helpful. I always turn it off by default.

[persocom01]

I quite like it, it adds drama to a player's death, instead of eh, he died somewhere somehow, who gives a damn.

also pretty useful if the player who died died of infestor induced aids, if you want to whip out the grenade launcher to prevent everyone else from being infected.

[Duke M]

I like the drama too :D but I have to admit the problems with were too big for me 2, so I had to switch it off. Maybe it could be fine tuned, like 4players have it and 8players have it disabled. It wasn't a problem in Alien Swarm Source for years.

[Duke M]

Originally posted by Daegon:

+1

EDIT: Oh yeah, earlier on an already laggy server I had death cams spike my ping up to 900 or so, and the result was a prompt to hack into Faith's brain or something as you can see here: http://i.imgur.com/lrc0rkX.jpg

The hacking window has a minimize button in the top-right corner.

[Nyu]

nothing good about the slowdown. NOTHING.

[Duke M]

Originally posted by Nyu:

nothing good about the slowdown. NOTHING.

Don't be too radical with your decisions, 'game feel' is something not to be underestimated. In a game like this where it is important that your team does not die the 'drama' is useful for players which are not that 'pro'.

[Nyu]

still nothing.
how is it usefull that it slowdowns after someone died?
slowdown breaks the game too often.in 4p games, too.

and it also breaks the flow.

the 'drama' is only if you also have the deathcam enabled.

[Duke M]

oh yea, you're right i was thinking about the slomo+cam, slomo alone is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[Omega]

Glad I ran into this thread.

Thanks man.

[Meat-King, The Ultimate]

It works, thanks!

[Zolerox]

Bare minimum i'd accept Disable slowdown in 8 slot+ lobbies I've compiled a collection of screenshots all most 100 matches where death slowdown Ruined the lobby and people trying to teach the host how to disable it (language barrier making it worse sometimes)

If not "by default" make it a "game option" in the settings Every single lobby gets ruined because 1 person dies "lag speed up" someone else dies "lag speed up x2" the entire team is dead in under 7 seconds.


tl;dr It's the main reason I avoid playing ASRD some days, Disable it for 8 slot lobbies.


P.S Bring adrenaline it's the only real "defense" for lag speed up caused from death slowdowns, Until it's fixed enjoy that tip.

Death Slowdown screws everyone.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2086426348