Strafing bug

digitaltwist

I'm sure this has been brought up before, but between the time I started playing the game and now, there's been some sort of change that's introduced a strafing bug. I've noticed it with dual pistols for quite some time, but it's recently come to my attention again now that I've rolled a new archery character. Old characters strafe correctly (turning to face the mobs and adjusting their footing accordingly) whereas new characters face the direction they're moving while continuing to fire projectiles at often improbable angles.

Vid 1 below id an old character strafing correctly and vid 2 is a character I rolled up a few days ago, who has the superpower of firing in the direction opposite to which she is facing.

vid1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeXi5avGaTE&feature=youtu.be

vid2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSsCGrXWEYY&feature=youtu.be

both videos were recorded within minutes of each other and on the same account, so apparently correct strafing was grandfathered in, and the bug only affects newly created characters.

ogremindes

Is "Allow Turning when Facing Target" off for both characters?

digitaltwist

No idea, didn't set it for either. I'll check.

Edit-

Turns out it's set to "on" for both characters, so that doesn't explain the issue.

These ones aren't as good, but here's two more:

Bad Strafe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnt8-Cz_tG4&feature=youtu.be

Good Strafe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPS5yUxpWug&feature=youtu.be

maatmons

Is the setting for "always face forward" the same for both characters?

digitaltwist

Yes, but it turns out the issue was that "Disable hostile target auto-facing" was set differently. Wouldn't have noticed it if I hadn't gone back and looked.