How One Line Of TF2 Code Ruined This Simple Feature
Hackaday • • technology
Key Points:
- A minor bug in Team Fortress 2 from 2018 caused a bouncy ball prop to turn invisible when shot, and first-time programmer Joey Cheerio attempted to fix it.
- Initial attempts involved disabling jiggle physics, which masked the problem but negatively affected other game models and didn't address the root cause.
- After researching old footage, Joey confirmed the ball was meant to have jiggle physics and discovered that removing a specific jiggle bone type (is_boing) triggered the invisibility issue.
- Despite being new to programming and relying on AI assistance, Joey successfully debugged the problem, restoring the ball's visibility and jiggle effect after extensive code investigation.
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