Awhile back I noticed that something is wrong with rocket jumping so I asked around, but nobody had experienced anything different. I decided to let go of this thought and I simply continued on. However I recently dived into this again and, with the help of a friend, decided to figure out what's going on.
https://youtu.be/Tmdt5LTQFwU
0:00-0:28 My attempts
0:31-1:17 dinosaurs200's attempts
In the video I'm cycling through 2 different jumps "starts" - one with pressing and holding spacebar in mid-air (how I used to rocket jump) and one with holding spacebar at the start of the jump.
Dino is just doing one type of "start"and that's the one I've done in the past but can't today.
We found out that the game doesn't detect my spacebar keypress in mid-air. If I have to swim around in water at high speed and not sink to the bottom, I have to release my crouch button, press and hold the spacebar and then hold my crouch button again. All of that has to be done in mid-air. On the other hand, Dino doesn't have to release any buttons. He only has to press and hold the spacebar in mid-air and he won't sink to the bottom as shown in the video.
So basically when rocket jumping, pressing and holding spacebar in mid-air doesn't work for me (it used to) but it does for Dino. Any suggestions on possible causes and fixes ?
Special thanks to dinosaurs200 for helping me.
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198129017838/
And thank you all for your help.