Targeting Assist?

**TheSaboteur** · 01-19-2007, 11:06 AM

I don't jump into the walker that often, but last night I was in a walker on Sidi and saw a message at the bottom of the screen that said: "You got a targeting assist point."

Anyone know what this is? I've played quite a few hrs of 2142 and I don't recall ever seeing this before.

DirtyLude · 01-19-2007, 11:16 AM

I've gotten that too. I don't think I was in any armour at the time, either. I have no idea.

Revark · 01-19-2007, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by TheSaboteur

I don't jump into the walker that often, but last night I was in a walker on Sidi and saw a message at the bottom of the screen that said: "You got a targeting assist point."

Anyone know what this is? I've played quite a few hrs of 2142 and I don't recall ever seeing this before.

Never seen this either, had 2142 since release. Anyone know?

**Dick Blonov** · 01-19-2007, 01:32 PM

Netbat info from you leading to a kill ?

DB

**Lorax74** · 01-19-2007, 01:37 PM

I've gotten it once or twice, but didn't give it much thought. I would guess it's from spotting and opfor that leads to a kill.

jepzilla · 01-19-2007, 03:23 PM

That's really curious since I thought targetting assists had been disabled.

**TheSaboteur** · 01-19-2007, 07:07 PM

yeah, it was really weird. So do you know what they are if you thought they had been disabled?

DirtyLude · 01-19-2007, 11:16 PM

I'm thinking it's not anything but a bug. Similar to the Team vehicle damage indicator you get when you are nowhere near a vehicle and were never engineer, recon, or put out a sentry. They disabled it, but it sneaks by every once in a while in odd circumstances.

Fehmart · 01-20-2007, 07:34 PM

I got this message today, and I was wondering: does it have anything to do with being a recon, regarding the recon netbat fade delay? Just throwing out a wild guess here. I got this message while I was prone behind some crates, staring at them.

**TheSaboteur** · 01-20-2007, 08:22 PM

nope, i believe i was engineer at the time

jepzilla · 01-22-2007, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by TheSaboteur

yeah, it was really weird. So do you know what they are if you thought they had been disabled?

Not really, but some parts of 2142 are exposed as Python: the bits specific to scoring and game modes. If you skim through the scoring code, you'll see that it understands what a targetting assist is, but that the targetting assist stuff has been disabled (or, was supposed to be). Presumably it has to do with spotting people or something, but was very buggy and they disabled it before release. So while it might alert you that you've got a targetting point, rest assured that your score remains unchanged.

As a digression, skimming through those python files is pretty amusing. There's some pretty amateurish bugs in there.

01-19-2007, 11:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
TheSaboteur Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 62	Targeting Assist? I don't jump into the walker that often, but last night I was in a walker on Sidi and saw a message at the bottom of the screen that said: "You got a targeting assist point." Anyone know what this is? I've played quite a few hrs of 2142 and I don't recall ever seeing this before. __________________ \|TG\| TheSaboteur

01-19-2007, 11:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
DirtyLude Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 715	Re: Targeting Assist? I've gotten that too. I don't think I was in any armour at the time, either. I have no idea. __________________ The Dirty

01-19-2007, 01:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dick Blonov Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: On the road to perdition! Age: 51 Posts: 3,343	Re: Targeting Assist? Netbat info from you leading to a kill ? DB __________________ \|TG-6th\|Blonov «But what are chickens without their heads?.» Skud BattleField2 SOPs \| Teamspeak \| Server Rules and SOPs \| The 6th Devil's Brigade

01-19-2007, 01:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
Lorax74 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bridgewater, NJ Age: 34 Posts: 6,398	Re: Targeting Assist? I've gotten it once or twice, but didn't give it much thought. I would guess it's from spotting and opfor that leads to a kill. __________________ TG-9th Lorax74 Get on TeamSpeak!

01-19-2007, 03:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
jepzilla Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Halifax, Canada Age: 26 Posts: 1,232	Re: Targeting Assist? That's really curious since I thought targetting assists had been disabled.

01-19-2007, 07:07 PM	#7 (permalink)
TheSaboteur Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 62	Re: Targeting Assist? yeah, it was really weird. So do you know what they are if you thought they had been disabled? __________________ \|TG\| TheSaboteur

01-19-2007, 11:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
DirtyLude Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 715	Re: Targeting Assist? I'm thinking it's not anything but a bug. Similar to the Team vehicle damage indicator you get when you are nowhere near a vehicle and were never engineer, recon, or put out a sentry. They disabled it, but it sneaks by every once in a while in odd circumstances. __________________ The Dirty

01-20-2007, 07:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
Fehmart Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Riverside, CA Age: 24 Posts: 429	Re: Targeting Assist? I got this message today, and I was wondering: does it have anything to do with being a recon, regarding the recon netbat fade delay? Just throwing out a wild guess here. I got this message while I was prone behind some crates, staring at them.

01-20-2007, 08:22 PM	#10 (permalink)
TheSaboteur Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 62	Re: Targeting Assist? nope, i believe i was engineer at the time __________________ \|TG\| TheSaboteur

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