QE invincible scientists

Black Mesa Archive In-game Issues (Mod)
#1

I did a search on the forums, but did not find a post about this yet. So here it is.

Typically I don’t kill friendly NPCs, but I was messing around in QE after I had already beaten the game. In my devious endeavors to kill as many living organisms as possible, I noticed that the 3 scientists you meet in QE are impervious to a few weapons/weapon features, such as the secondary charge for the Tau Cannon and the crossbow.
They also appeared to have super human strength when It took more than a few headshots with the .357 to put them down.

check it out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDDc2MkLu6U&feature=youtu.be

#2

LMAO i love it how you kill the scientist and the other one says “i’d better reload”

#3

I think it’s “you’d better reload” since scientists arent armed :wink:

#4

I’ve created a bug tracker issue for this bug here.

#5

I originally put “you’d”… but edit’d it to “I’d” as it sounds like it is “I’d”

#6

Yeah, I agree that it sounds like “I’d” but that makes no sense…

#7

lol I didn’t notice that before… I think it’s just cause it lagged a tad at that moment.
Either that, or the scientist realizes he’s gonna need to reload to take me down :stuck_out_tongue:

#8

Pretty sure they just have a ton of health/invulnerability to certain types of dmg because they are mission critical and you don’t want the player accidentally shooting them

#9

theres accidentally shooting… then there is one running around with 6 bolts up his ass

#10

exactly haha. I can understand allowing them to take 2 hits max, just in case. Especially since 90% of the time my gun seems to involuntarily fire when a save is reloaded (another huge bug in my opinion, idk if its been brought up)
But that is also why autosaves generally take place right before areas like that.

#11

Have you tried only hurting them after they all finished their scripted sequence? Maybe they are immortal during the animation and then become regular mortals?

#12

I remember at the end of QE in my second run-through one of the scientists was killed by the sliding doors. Lol.

#13

you can kill them with the crowbar, pistol, and shotgun just fine at any time in a matter of hits (sometimes just 1 hit).

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