Multiple Items Ignore the Allow Impulsing Teammates Setting

Summary

Multiple items can still impulse or move teammates when Allow Impulsing Teammates is set to Off in the Team Settings & Inventory device.

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What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Assets

Steps to Reproduce

Place a Team Settings & Inventory device

  • Set Allow Impulsing Teammates to Off
  • Have two players join the same team
  • Equip one player with any of the following items:
    • The Kneecapper
    • Bass Boost
    • Unstable Voltage Burst Pistol
    • Impulse Grenade (Ballistic)
    • Eradicator Shock n’ Slow Shockwave Launcher
    • Lawful Shockwave Rocket Launcher
    • Lawless Shockwave Rocket Launcher
    • Shockwave Hammer
    • The Dub
    • Flint-Knock Pistol
    • Rocket Drill
    • Chiller Grenade
    • The Big Chill
    • Chains of Hades
    • Harpoon Gun
    • Cube Rifle
    • Overdrive Grenade
  • Use the item on or near the teammate
  • For the Cube Rifle, use its right-click ability directly on or near the teammate
  • Observe that the teammate is still moved by the impulse effect

Expected Result

Teammates should not be moved or affected by these items while Allow Impulsing Teammates is set to Off.

Observed Result

All listed items can still impulse or move teammates while Allow Impulsing Teammates is disabled. The Cube Rifle’s right-click ability also impulses teammates.

Platform(s)

PC, but likely affects other platforms

Additional Notes

This issue was reported in November and marked as Could Not Reproduce. It remains reproducible as of update 41.20, with additional affected items now identified.

The status of FORT-1123606 changed to ‘Needs Triage’. We are routing this to the appropriate team for investigation.