[GAME BREAKING] The "Lore Accurate" Doorman Exploit

dirtyconcepts

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Hello Deadlock devs,

I’m DirtyConcepts, a bug hunter in a few games and also a game developer.

I joined the game today for the first time to look for bugs, and about an hour in I came across a crazy phasing glitch involving The Doorman (Which I'm calling "The Lore Accurate Doorman" Exploit) I ended up getting banned while testing it in public lobbies (less than 7 hours on the game). I’m not expecting to be unbanned as I was being a bit silly and knew the consequences but I wanted to see how this bug could be exploited in real matches so it could hopefully be patched as soon as possible.
I do not encourage anyone to use this bug in public lobbies, especially not in competitive ones.
Here are my findings:

Clips 1, 2, and 3:
The Doorman can phase through walls in areas with tight geometric constraints, because he can place it on himself when the angle is greater than 90 degrees. It’s basically a “pushed hard enough” type of interaction. I would recommend putting the player in the middle of the door inside it or allowing him to phase thru it instead of the door pushing the player.

View attachment Clip 1.mp4
View attachment Clip 2.mp4
View attachment Clip 3.mp4

Clips 4 and 5:
When a player is forced to fall into the void, there are certain positions where they get teleported that the game seems to treat as “safe spots” rather than stuck spots, such as the sewers or rooms near the sewers. Because of that, the unstick command does not teleport the player out, and they instead have to use killme to escape.

I’d recommend making it so that characters who are not supposed to be able to enter the sewers or specific rooms can use unstick to be teleported either to the nearest sewer exit or to the nearest highest safe position.

(The clips are sound muted due to extreme silliness, Please do not do this in public lobbies as I did)

Match IDs (For the curious devs):
67946956
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good work finding these bugs and reporting them here

you shouldn't have been banned for playtesting these bugs in game as that is the point of this "closed beta" in the first place. hopefully developers see this and you get unbanned so you can continue doing more quality playtesting if you wish to.
 
I also got perma banned while messing around in public matches. i found a way to out of bounds and now there seems to be many other ways to void. hopefully this gets fixed soon, although i really like the idéa of doorman being able to traverse outside of the map
 
good work finding these bugs and reporting them here

you shouldn't have been banned for playtesting these bugs in game as that is the point of this "closed beta" in the first place. hopefully developers see this and you get unbanned so you can continue doing more quality playtesting if you wish to.
I sure hope so too, I would've loved to see them warn a glitcher instead of perma ban him
 
Well done finding this bug, very informative and great work showing actual examples of this. I'm sure Valve will resolve this for you, unless they've changed their stance they never punish players for bugs they blame themselves for it not the player for just playing what they've coded. This was the Dota 2 teams stance so hopefully they respect it still.
 
You've been able to clip under the map for over a year by meleeing the horse statue (any hero), From what I'm aware devs know it exists and did ban some exploiters using it, but never changed the geometry or how heavy melees work. You can appear in mid pit instantaneously via teleporting up from bottom, which is an issue. You can also easily trap yourself in sewers, which atm is inescapable.
 
Really hope Valve gets to this and helps you, you are the exact kind of QA player they need for this game, your contribution is super valuable. This is alpha testing and we need more players like you to find issues a developer doesn’t always have time to find themselves.
 
You've been able to clip under the map for over a year by meleeing the horse statue (any hero), From what I'm aware devs know it exists and did ban some exploiters using it, but never changed the geometry or how heavy melees work. You can appear in mid pit instantaneously via teleporting up from bottom, which is an issue. You can also easily trap yourself in sewers, which atm is inescapable.
I mean, are we play testing, or are we giving people quality matches?

Seems to be contradictory. I argue a ban for a week, maybe 2 at best. Being abusive is different as it spoils the fun for everyone.
 
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