Superman dive fails to activate

[Shajirr]

Trying to evade the nerg instakill dive - I run directly away from him, for a good while, I press dodge - char performs regular roll dodge and I die - what the hell?

I've seen others in exact same situation do a superman dive, yet for me I just get a roll

[LisaIsBraces]

If you are too far away it will not work.

[Lack of Stuff]

You need to be in that "oh ♥♥♥♥" running animation which is different from regular sprinting.

[Seamus]

Superman dive will only activate if you're panic running. It's a separate animation from the standard run animation. Like the other person said, you may be too far away.

[Shajirr]

Well in the last case where I died I wasn't too far away, I was quite near the nerg

[♋Phenex]

Maybe the angle was off. Gonna need to see some footage but generally running directly away from it should always let your superman dive.

[cruste]

imo it is a bug. same thing happens during lunastra fights too
maybe related to host using mods or a latency issue.
it could be easily fixed if capcom would use a combo for the dive instead of relying on a stupid if than else requirement

[Jethro]

Originally posted by White Spirit:

Well in the last case where I died I wasn't too far away, I was quite near the nerg

You need to run away. Runing to the left or right won't work.

As others have said if your not "panic running" you won't dive..

[cruste]

Originally posted by Jethro:

Originally posted by White Spirit:

Well in the last case where I died I wasn't too far away, I was quite near the nerg

You need to run away. Runing to the left or right won't work.

As others have said if your not "panic running" you won't dive..

iam pretty sure i know how to dive, but sometimes it simply don't work as discribed by op.

[Coq_Pwner]

I was having this issue with a friend and I think we concluded that you can't superman dive on uneven terrain, or maybe it was just on steep slopes or something like that. Am I remembering this wrong?

[Dan Niton]

Originally posted by White Spirit:

Well in the last case where I died I wasn't too far away, I was quite near the nerg

Sometimes, just sometimes, your super dive will fail to trigger even if you meet those conditions and unfortunately it is unavoidable.

[Virrals]

You have to be sprinting. The running animation will change when you have it right.

[mewlynx]

I've had this happen before, and the only thing explanation I came up with is that I'm not giving myself enough time for my character to turn for the dive. Since then, I try and make sure I can visibly see my character facing the opposite direction before jumping, and I haven't had issues since. Of course, maybe I've just been on a streak of good luck from a broken mechanic, but I'd like to think that isn't the case.

[~KeNnEtH~]

A few possible reasons:

1. You were not sprinting (it can be quite common if you are using a controller because it's a click on L3 which is the direction stick or holding on to R1 which requires hold on).

2. You were running in the wrong direction. It works only if you are running away. You can run diagonal left or right but the angle may make you be taken as running left or right by the system if it is done wrong.

3. You might have run off a ledge. A ledge can be as small as a slight elevation on the floor. Plenty of that in Elder Recess. If you can do a jump attack or see the falling animation even for a few second, it may have happened. It is the same principle as falling. You are free to be attacked.

4. You might have run a bit too far. If the running animation is a jog and not a sprinting with the arms and legs raised in an exaggerated manner, then you might have been a bit too far from the monster.

[Shark]

Did you pray to our lord and savior Rnge- i mean Superman before inputting the command?