Shiva killing pilots when powered down

[KSerge83]

I too have encountered this, very intermittent issue. The one time I witnessed it happening to another play from my view angle, it appeared as if (in that particular case) the plane's frontal landing gear was not fully extended. When it extended, and the asset rapidly moved to compensate for this, the pilot got squished.

Everytime I've encountered it myself, the graphical and sound occurences give me the feeling of a "player collided with asset" death. This has happened to me from a complete standstill on the runway a few times, and I don't have any joysticks installed or configured for MWLL.

[CHHš Aurailius]

ultimately, this sounds like just the physics engine hating you (the crysis physics engine is rather iritable).  A piece of the landing gear probably gets caught in the terrain collision mesh and then the physics engine has a heart attack, wich promptly makes you EXPLODE.

[Come and See]

I've explained this before.

What happens sometimes is your landing gear go through the ground and your front-end lifts off the ground and your tail touches the ground. If the tail stays on the ground for 5 seconds your plane will blow up.

The only solution is to take off as soon as you see your nose lifting off the ground and reland.

[KSerge83]

I've explained this before.

What happens sometimes is your landing gear go through the ground and your front-end lifts off the ground and your tail touches the ground. If the tail stays on the ground for 5 seconds your plane will blow up.

The only solution is to take off as soon as you see your nose lifting off the ground and reland.

I've encountered what you're referring to, C&S, but often times the pilot won't see that "nose up" symptom until it's too late, or not at all. I've been almost completely still on an airstrip, with the plane just slightly rolling forward, and have been "pilot popped" while the plane remained intact.

[nordwars]

This landing gear/plane blowing up issue is different from the pilot being killed in a powered down Shiva, in case any devs are reading this and think they are the same.

[Come and See]

This landing gear/plane blowing up issue is different from the pilot being killed in a powered down Shiva, in case any devs are reading this and think they are the same.

It's the same bug. It's just hard to see unless you watch your planes shadow on the ground or jump out and look.

[nordwars]

But... the bug that this thread is about is when the Shiva is powered down? It doesn't happen on take off cos you have no engine. Why can't they be different causes?

[Come and See]

But... the bug that this thread is about is when the Shiva is powered down? It doesn't happen on take off cos you have no engine. Why can't they be different causes?

It happens powered off or not, it's just people notice it more because they always power off after landing.