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LordXOne
New Adventurer
4 years ago

40mm Tank Passenger weapon shots are curving / homing / correcting?

Product: Battlefield 2042
Platform:PC
Please specify your platform model. PC
AMD or Nvidia Model Number TUF-RTX3080-O10G-GAMING
Enter RAM memory size in GB 64
Are you using any software with an overlay? Yes
If yes, can you list them here? NVidia GeForce Experience
If you disable this software, does that have any effect? No
Which part of the game is the issue happening in? Multiplayer
Which part of the mode? Conquest
Please select your region Australia
On which server did this happen? Unknown
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) 15/11/2021 00:23hrs
Summarize your bug Shots with the tank's 40mm Volley Pod appear to curve in mid air and home in towards an enemy player, or towards a specific point on the ground.
How often does the bug occur? Occasionally (10% - 49%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have an enemy player behind a wall or some other cover and fire the 40mm Volley Pod at them, or nearby them.
What happens when the bug occurs? The explosive shots from the volley pod appear to curve in the air towards the direction of the enemy player, who is sometimes out of sight.
What should be happening instead? Volley pod shots shouldn't curve sideways or be homing; they should be shot and land where they would without an enemy player present.

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I've come across this a couple of times now, so I've updated this original post with some clips and linked my update posts.

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5 Replies

  • Kickimanjaro's avatar
    Kickimanjaro
    4 years ago

    Yo I think this is a feature not a bug. This should happen for enemies that are marked or something. 

    They need to explain in-game as I googled the weapon to learn more about it and how it should be used and found could not find a wiki or official source.  

  • LordXOne's avatar
    LordXOne
    New Adventurer
    4 years ago
    Product: Battlefield 2042

    Platform:  PC
    Please specify your platform model. PC
    AMD or Nvidia Model Number TUF-RTX3080-O10G-GAMING
    Enter RAM memory size in GB 64
    Are you using any software with an overlay? Yes
    If yes, can you list them here? NVidia GeForce Experience
    If you disable this software, does that have any effect? No
    Which part of the game is the issue happening in? Multiplayer
    Which part of the mode? Conquest
    Please select your region Australia
    On which server did this happen? Unknown
    When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) 28/11/2021 00:30 and 00:31hrs
    Summarize your bug Shots with the tank's 40mm grenade launch appear to curve mid air, and also 'correct' themselves mid flight to line up with my aiming dot.
    How often does the bug occur? Occasionally (10% - 49%)
    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Be in a tank and fire the passenger 40mm weapons, potentially while the tank is moving.

    Video Clip 1:  BF 2042 - 40mm Grenade Launcher shots curving (Shots are definitely appearing to curve here)

    Video Clip 2:  BF 2042 - 40mm Grenade Launcher shots correcting mid-flight (The shots appear to jink back into line from the barrel, to where I was aiming)

  • LordXOne's avatar
    LordXOne
    New Adventurer
    4 years ago
    @Kickimanjaro After seeing this happen again to me tonight, I'm not so sure. I wonder whether the trajectory of the shots is somehow linked to the movement of the vehicle - I've just posted a couple of clips involving the 40mm Grenade Launcher, which isn't the volley pod; it's definitely not a lock-on weapon.
  • Kickimanjaro's avatar
    Kickimanjaro
    4 years ago

    @LordXOne I think your hypothesis is correct. I suspected homing due to how they moved towards my target not thinking that I was also moving the cursor there, but looking at the videos you provided I can see that's clearly not the case and the grenades avoid the target. Quite a frustrating bug for such an otherwise dependable gunner option.

  • Kickimanjaro's avatar
    Kickimanjaro
    4 years ago

    I now suspect it is not specifically related to the movement of the vehicle but of the vehicle turret part, the gun that the driver controls. I have seen the 40mm Grenade Launcher redirect when that part moves. The MAV does not have a movable turret for the driver and I don't think I have seen this on the MAV, have you? 

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