Ejecting units destroy helicopter main rotor
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Description

Ejecting units sometime destroy helicopter main rotor because of physical contact with it, it gets worse in multiplayer and desync resulting is VERY often death of helicopter. Repro conditions are somewhat forced (high descending speed, lots of units at once) but this situation is very usual in multiplayer and something needs to be done about it.

Repro mission & video attached. {F26566}

Details

Legacy ID: 2425079098
Severity: None
Resolution: Fixed
Reproducibility: Sometimes
Category: Engine

Steps To Reproduce

Start attached rotor_breaking_repro.VR mission in editor
After mission starts, activate "Ejects unit" action to have all units eject out of helicopter.
In most cases this causes rotor to get destroyed and engine to instantly stop making helicopter fall down with more and more increasing speed.

If fails, try again, it should happen most of the time.

Repro video: http://youtu.be/vlgCoydiM8k

Additional Information

This problem has been actual for very long time since first days of A3 Alpha and a huge gameplay breaker when important asset such as helicopter gets destroyed because of this.

Additionally this kind of damage is not being put through HandleDamage so there is no way to get rid of it from script.

Gameplay example of this bug: https://youtu.be/axVlZimwe_w?t=270