Pushing grabbed vehicle makes you move on tile with that vehicle

Night-Pryanik commented 2 years ago

Pushing grabbed vehicle makes you move on tile with that vehicle instead of actual pushing.

Pushing vehicle works.

Windows 10 x64, 0.F-8656.

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PatrikLundell commented 2 years ago

/confirmed

Although I'm not sure it's a bug as such, but rather a feature to simplify handling bikes and the like in tight spaces.

A little bit of testing:

Welding cart (single tile): Gets pushed normally
Shopping cart (single tile): Gets pushed normally according to memory (didn't test it now).
MC: Flips if you push the front, pushed if you grabbed the back.
Generator (two tiles): Pushed when you push the back (the wheel tile), flips when the front is grabbed.
Bicycle: same as MC, according to memory.
MC with side carriage: Gets pushed normally when the back is grabbed, but flips when you then pull it.

Based on testing the MC, it seems like grabbing a central tile results in grabbing the front one (I couldn't push it sideways).

Thus, if you were to grab the basket end of the bike you ought to succeed in pushing it.

Inglonias commented 2 years ago

I've tried pushing a bike from behind before. I don't recommend it. At the very least, you need to grab it by the handles IRL.

That said, I think this is more a byproduct of how the game handles vehicles than anything else.

PatrikLundell commented 2 years ago

Well, real life vehicles don't swivel around the center when turning either, etc. so we're definitely in game mechanics territory.

Night-Pryanik commented 2 months ago

Ok, based on feedback, consider it a feature rather than a bug. Closing.

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