Camera's and Radar's

Hey guys, it's Time To Die(finally decided to make an account after playing since Empires came out ). After playing all this time, there is one thing I have never got how to work. No matter how good of a place I think I put my radar.camera, it never works. Only about 10% of the time does it accually work. What's the secret to make these things find their targets. Whenever I see others put them up, they always work.

 

well you have to put them up where enemy troops and vehicals are for them to do anything.

 

"Camera's and Radar's"?

And it is important to note three things about them. 1) They work through walls just fine (yes, even the cameras..). 2) They have limited range, so don't build one on the backlines, get it up as close to the enemy as possible. 3) They don't actually take pictures, but they will flash enemy positions on your radar screen every few seconds, and put outlines around nearby enemies. Keep an eye out!

 

Also, they don't work when any part of them is stuck in a wall/box/etc. Make sure they are completely clear of objects.

 

Thanks evan, i didn't know that.

Also, it's Cameras and Radars, the apostrophy denotates possesion.

 

Nice tagline.

 

District seems to hate cameras. There are a few sure-fire positions where they'll work every time (behind the boxes in the alley) and others where they will simply do nothing. Maybe it's what evan said about them intersecting walls.

 

I think solid walls (non-entity brushes) block its view, while displacements and entities do not.

 

Hmmm, i think i'm gonna make a map to test that out.

 

Brushes do block them.

 

That bug got fixed a few patches back, I tried to reproduce this bug some time ago, but I couldn't figure it out, sometimes it doesnt work even out in the open and on a flat surface.

Also, this belongs under bugs, and is already reported, lets hope it is fixed for 1.08

 

wasn't that fixed?

 

What to fix?
I guess Krenzo did that for a reason, performance.

 

Brushes can't be penetrated by traces, which is what camera's use, i guess.

 

zomg i never knew that! so if you put your camra in the corner of ruins, it's not helping anyone! i never knew!

also: don't forget to build them, and that they can be killed with small arms fire... i always do.

 

I always melee them to death