Sir_edmond...
OK... i've done some quick tests and I know what you are talking about.
Here is a description of the problem:
On some occasion, on some surfaces (especially on thicker ones) the HEPD fragments do not penetrate but are bounced back in the wrong direction (e.g. towards the shooter).
Mutators running during the tests (except yurch's new40mm and 40mm compatible sounds):
- duke's XM8
- duke's new weapon icon
- report direction
- microbulk
- no ACOG and M203
I've experienced this problem with ALL permutations of these mutators.
All test where performed OFFLINE in DM-INF-Walltest from beppo and DM-INF-shootingrange.
Conclusions:
This problem is not a new one and isn't related to dukes XM8 but to yurch new40mm muttie. If you do a quick search of the post i did in the thread about yurch's new40mm, you'll see that this is something I had reported to him in one of his early relases. Then, they way the shrappenels where made, it drove my CPU meter off the scale. The later release fixed the CPU issue, but not the penetration.
EDIT (additions):
1) About those two picts from sir_edmond, in one there is no penetration. The shrapnels where sent the wrong way out when the HEDP exploded.
2) About me saying "on some surfaces", on exemple of this is the second wall from the left in INF-walltest. Every test failed. I even got killed a few times by the shrappnel
3) INF walltest in posted in the RC.50 fix thread (sticky in general discussion).