Re: small vs. big Player-Models

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From: FD
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:31

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"Paul Schmidinger" <email.on.website.nospam@eigelb.at> wrote in message 
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> Hello,
>
> maybe the questions seems stupid to the more experienced players, but here 
> it is:
>
> Concerning die "hit-detection" of quake, it would seem logical that big 
> models (as Tank Junior) can be hit more easily than smaller models (as the 
> orb). Is that correct? And if yes, does the engine do anything to 
> compensate this (dis)advantage? (My guess is "yes" and then "no", due to 
> my experiences with a tiny penguin-model as a bot)
>
> I'm just curious, I do not intend to to choose the models depending on the 
> answer to maximize my "advantages".
>
> Kind regards,
> Paul
> -- www.eigelb.at

Tydr is right, the hit box is the same size. Keep in mind, Tank Jr. is 
slightly larger than the hit box though.

Rob

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