[0.15] Parachute Bug

[[R-CON]James2464]

Sometimes when you eject (I used scroll) you won't be able to open your parachute.. now when I was falling to my death I checked my gear mid-flight to find I wasn't equipped with a parachute even though I obviously got one, it has happened twice so maybe the parachute pack is disappearing.

EDIT: This might be an animation issue, when you fall you are standing up not a natural belly fall, this I notice stops you from choosing your parachute. I know this because on one jump I was standing up then it switched to a natural fall and I could choose the parachute to open.

Also sometimes when you eject (scroll) the parachute will automatically open leaving you for target practice. this bug seems random from my point of view.

Cheers.

[Mbites]

Learn 2 fly.
Helicopters don't even have ejection seats or parachutes.
ArmA2 has a autorotation mechanic, learn it well.

Not trying to be harsh but I hate being in transport heli with noob pilots to Arma.

[[R-MOD]BabylonCome]

James2464 didn't mention anything about being a pilot, so please be more respectful to our members with your replies...

[[R-CON]James2464]

Originally Posted by Mbites

Learn 2 fly.
Helicopters don't even have ejection seats or parachutes.
ArmA2 has a autorotation mechanic, learn it well.

Not trying to be harsh but I hate being in transport heli with noob pilots to Arma.

lol, dude we were doing paradrops.

nothing to do with being a pilot

[Swedge]

Paradrops are awesome and a lot of fun to do or see, so thanks for implementing these, devs.
I feel like I either don't fully understand parachute deployment yet or it's maybe not implemented consistently yet. So this is either a bug-request or a change-request I may be mis-remembering but, during one game yesterday, I ejected and the chute deployed on its own. Another game, I'm pretty sure I ejected and it didn't deploy on its own and I had to use the scroll-button to deploy and I somehow died (maybe I didn't deploy it in time). Not sure if I remembered it wrong, or if it's a bug, or if it's an intended aspect of the coding related to altitude. If it's intended, I think that, given that it can mean instant death if it goes wrong and possibly the loss of a whole squad etc, it should be made consistent and as simple as possible so that it is easily explained to new players in the brief time you have available when everyone is trying to load into the helo.

Thank you for your time.

Cheers,
Swedge

[[R-DEV]epoch]

Logged for investigation. Cheers.