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TheLukeWolf
5 years ago

SAM Site Does Not Firing at Enemy Air Craft

Product: Command & Conquer Remastered
Platform:PC
Summarize your bug SAM SIte aim but not fire
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Find the longest range away to be detected by an enemy SAM Site.
What happens when the bug occurs? The SAM site opens up, comes out and aims but does not fire.
What do you expect to see? The SAM site to fire missiles at that range.

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The Nod SAM Site will not attack an enemy air unit if it's only JUST within it's attack range. It will perform the animation and aim at it but will not fire any missiles at the aircraft. This impacts it's effectiveness.

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  • Nyerguds's avatar
    Nyerguds
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    5 years ago

    @TheLukeWolf SAM Site is terribly bugged anyway. It opens, fires once, pops back down, pops back up, and only then keeps firing.

    And when it loses its target but there are still other targets around in range, it'll pop back down and then repeat that whole stupid song and dance routine instead of just firing at the others right away.

  • TheLukeWolf's avatar
    TheLukeWolf
    5 years ago

    @Nyerguds SAM Sites only have two missiles before they need to reload, so I get why it fires only twice before popping back down and then up again.
    Definitely agree with the targets thing though. It's like it's trying to look for it, goes "Yeah... nah... too far away." Then decides to choose another target after dancing. I knew that was always a thing in the original but the fact that it pops up and does not fire when it can see it is a whole new disco club for the dances.

  • Nyerguds's avatar
    Nyerguds
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    5 years ago
    @TheLukeWolf wrote:

    @Nyerguds SAM Sites only have two missiles before they need to reload, so I get why it fires only twice before popping back down and then up again.

    Nah, see, the issue is, it only does that for the first salvo. After it popped down and back up, it'll keep firing at the aircraft until it's gone. So it's not related to reloading; it's just a bug.

  • RHANDI_GHANDI's avatar
    RHANDI_GHANDI
    4 years ago
    @Nyerguds I usually find them rather intimidating so only attack with a big swarm of the ORCAs 🙂
    I learnt the armor or dmg is modified i.e. higher damage taken when the SAM is firing vs not firing.
  • Nyerguds's avatar
    Nyerguds
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    4 years ago
    @RHANDI_GHANDI It's not actually an armor modifier; it just takes twice the damage from everything, plain and simple.

    But yea, simplest way to clear SAM Sites is to send an air unit near it and fire the ion cannon at it when it opens.

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