Sapper exploit?

[Sprinkles?]

I was playing yesterday and my sentry gun got sapped but the sapper never came off after two whacks. It just kept going and going! Was wondering if this is a known exploit or just a freak glitch?

 

[Mecha Angel]

That EXACT same thing happened to me yesterday. I was assuming it was just a glitch since I noticed it happen to another engineer a couple weeks ago (as in, it's not a frequent thing).

Similar to when fire keeps shooting out of the pyro's flame thrower.

 

[shrimp]

This has happened to me once before.
The sapper just wouldn't go away!
I just assumed it was a glitch since
it's never happened again.

 

[EyelessHunter]

If I had to guess, I would say lagg is the culprit or maybe a team member stood between you and the sentry and you hit the team member instead.

 

[Darkshade]

Was it like this?
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjNvCsgfBYw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjNvCsgfBYw[/ame]

 

[Mecha Angel]

The first time it was like that (when it was another engineer's sentry), last night though after about 6 hits mine finally went away.

 

[Mr Grip]

It's happened to me a few times now, I'm going to start a list of spies who sappers wont go away.

 

[JiveMoose]

That happened during one of the friday night events I remember. Im guessing lag.

 

[Cut Chem!st]

It's just a glitch, not intentional.

 

[Properly Basic]

The question to ask is:
did your gun repair when you hit it?
if it did, then there is likely something fishy going on like in the video. If not then it might just be lag. Check your fps and lag by going to the console and doing "netgraph_1" without the quotes. If your fps is below 20 or if ping is above 250 I would probably say it is lag. Don't just monitor it in an empty room, but also in the heat of battle when trying to fix the gun. If things still seem fishy, record a demo.

 

[? Frisky Dingo ?]

Ive seen this happen, but what ive also seen happen is me sap an engi teleportor and it doesnt destroy it, it says on it and people keep getting teleported near instantly...it was a while back...but I think it was a glitch in the matrix...lol.

 

[Sprinkles?]

yeah that video was exactly it. Probably right it is just a glitch. It only happened once so if it was an exploit you would think the spy would want to do it more than once.

 

[Rellik]

yeah.. i've been playing ALOT of spy lately. and never seen this. so it must be an isolated incident of glitches, or someone "knows" how to do it...

 

[!Woodstock!]

Did you kill the spy?

 

[NCA]

This has happened to me once. I think it's one of those random glitches/bugs. AFAIK there is no way for a spy to intentionally place one of these sappers.

Similar to when fire keeps shooting out of the pyro's flame thrower.

That's not a glitch, its an indication that your flamethrower is in crit mode.

Did you kill the spy?

:thumbup:

 

[Porkchop1414]

I've had the same thing happen and it's really quite annoying. I am sure I'm hitting my buildings too!