Playing on PC and sprinting seems to randomly cancel itself very frequently.
Most games have sprinting continue for as long as you maintain forward or lateral motion, but even when I'm holding forward to sprint, I'll often stop for no reason.
Is this due to latency or something? I do see a lot of rubberbanding as well...
@therealdestian said in Is it me or are sprint mechanics wonky?:
Playing on PC and sprinting seems to randomly cancel itself very frequently.
I figured it was intentional, since in reality when we sprint it is generally in a straight line, the game seems to follow that rule.
@vavume I dunno, I can sprint and turn at the same time (helps to lean in).
And in nearly every game I can remember, sprint continues so long as you maintain any kind of forward motion.
I just tested it in game by trying a bunch of different running patterns on a beach and I can find no rhyme or reason to why it cancels sprint.
If you sprint and then turn 180, it ends immediately, but other times I'll be sprinting and using lateral motion back and forth the whole way and then it arbitrarily stops sprinting.
Doesn't seem to be terrain as I ran over rocks and planks without issue so I'm not sure what the problem is.
@zalavaaris said in Is it me or are sprint mechanics wonky?:
When you sprint and you just hold your W key down and turn with your mouse you will not stop. But when you use an A or D key to strafe while sprinting you stop. At least that's what I've found. Also sprinting stops the reload animation and it starts over. Super frustrating.
Yep, using A/D will cancel sprint. Actually happens in a lot of PC games that were primarily designed for use with a controller.
Perhaps the strafe/run incompatibility 'balances' out our so called advantage for using keyboard and mouse (only joking, it's a pain in the rum).
@zalavaaris said in Is it me or are sprint mechanics wonky?:
When you sprint and you just hold your W key down and turn with your mouse you will not stop. But when you use an A or D key to strafe while sprinting you stop. At least that's what I've found. Also sprinting stops the reload animation and it starts over. Super frustrating.
This.
