is splash damage itself calculated using the bounding box then? i thought it just used some fixed point in the centre of the model since rockets shot slightly downwards on a wall still propel you upwards and not directly horizontally.

rocket splash shape /=/ bounding box

But for now, what's wrong with bullet blocking stairs, at the cost of slightly floating stickies?

As far as I understand it splash damage is calculated based on the bounding box compared to the impact sphere.

There's lots of things to consider about rocket jumping:
-Depending on the launcher being used, rockets fire from different places relative to the players model
-Rockets start with 0 velocity when fired, they are not given a starting velocity equal to that of the player (this is what enables you to do rocket jumps with syncs. This behavior is not accurate to real physics. Some examples of games that do this realistically is how you throw CS grenades and firing projectiles in Tribes).
-You can counteract the direction that explosions push you with the strafe keys (try wall climbing without w)

-You are likely counteracting some of the horizontal velocity with your movement keys
-You probably already have momentum in a direction, such that between the time you fire and the rocket explosion you are moved past the explosion

There's this too-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwWoA6B9VfQ
projectiles, stabs and flames are so fucked in this game that you should probably just play hitscan classes if you care about your nervous system

edit: I can't read, ignore me

Just interested to know, what changes were done to rocket jumping?
I know stickies det slower now so that changes sticky timing, but what about rockets?

8 posts and this guy is already almost to his first star 8o

I think the biggest takeaway is that I don't know shit about this game.

http://imgur.com/XYB5Rcj
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okay im upset now

yo valve you need to fix this

Can anyone test soldiers that hold crouch when they jump vs pencil jumping? If it also shrinks your hitbox like that medic it would probably be worth knowing. Besides looking dumb, pencil jumping could be worse *cough* mustard *cough.*

isnt there also that thing where, when you crouch while youre in the air, your hitbox moves like a meter above the player model so if a soldier jumps you and crouches like a second before your rocket should hit him it instead just flies through the player model and misses, i think thats where the pencil jumping hate comes from

Yes, the hitbox and the actual model move up a little when you crouch mid-air and also the hitbox shrinks as the previous screenshot shows. When you crouch before a rocket jump, the hitbox is less than normal too.

I tried shooting this medic with the crossbow and the arrow was actually going through without doing any damage