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Fatigue/stamina cost of terrain slope depends on facing, not direction of movement.
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Description

When moving up or down steep terrain, the fatigue/stamina cost increases when the slope of the terrain gets above a certain limit.

OBS:
The test for stamina cost due to terrain steepness is made on the direction of facing.
If the player moves sideways or backwards up steep terrain, they do not lose stamina quickly. If they move backwards down steep terrain, they do lose stamina quickly.
This can lead to implausible behaviour, such as running up hills backwards to avoid getting tired.

EXP:
The test for stamina cost due to terrain steepness should be made on the direction of movement (work done). Direction of facing is irrelevant.
If the player moves sideways or backwards up steep terrain, they should lose stamina quickly. If they move backwards down steep terrain, they should not lose stamina quickly.

Details

Severity
None
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Operating System
Windows 10 x64
Category
Fatigue
Steps To Reproduce

As a soldier on Altis, Stratis or Tanoa, find some moderately steep terrain (steep enough to cause orange stamina bar when jogging uphill, but not so steep as to prevent jogging uphill)

  1. Move forward up steep terrain (stamina drains quickly, as expected)
  2. Move backward down steep terrain (stamina drains quickly, not expected)
  3. Move sideways up steep terrain (stamina does not drain quickly, not expected)
  4. Move sideways across steep terrain while facing uphill (stamina drains quickly, not expected)

Similar issues can be observed when moving on extremely steep terrain (so steep player is unable to jog up or down hill).

Additional Information

Tested in dev branch 1.65.138105

Also note that the movement mode/speed limitation effects of terrain slope are already correctly made on direction of movement, not facing.

Event Timeline

ceeeb created this task.Aug 29 2016, 1:27 PM
ceeeb edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)Aug 29 2016, 1:31 PM
ceeeb added a comment.May 22 2017, 1:24 AM

Issue persists in 1.70.141764

ceeeb renamed this task from Fatigue/stamina cost of terrain slope depends on direction of facing, not direction of movement. to Fatigue/stamina cost of terrain slope depends on facing, not direction of movement..May 22 2017, 1:24 AM