Is there a new trap mechanic?
WheresTheGate
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I had 2 times the other day where I walked up to a trap, got the indicator I could disarm it, pressed the button, and instead of disarming the trap activated on me. The first time I thought I must have somehow pressed forward on my controller without realizing it right before I hit the button. The second time I was almost sure I did not so I decided to test it.
Over the course of the last few days every time I have played against a trapper I have intentionally went around trying to find traps just to see if I can disarm them.
I have walked up extremely slowly to them until I got the indication I could disarm. I have set my controller down on the coffee table in front of me to ensure I am not unintentionally moving forward. I have then hit only the button necessary to disarm the trap. 4 of the 5 times I have done this the trap has immediately sprung.
There isn't an issue with the controller either. I can not touch it and I don't move, so it isn't stuck in perpetual forward motion. The same button that is supposed to disarm a trap works perfectly for everything else.
I have searched and can't find anything indicating some sort of new thing with traps. Am I missing something or am I just getting some sort of weird bug?
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Hmmm. I know of an add on where disarming it still injures you, but yeah, this sounds more like a bug. Maybe something to do with dedicated servers where your console is not accurately telling the game exactly where you’re standing. But that’s just a guess.
The only new thing they did with traps is allow the trapper to rearm them without having to pick it up. Maybe it's a bug that slipped in when they implemented that mechanic?
That would definitely be a new one to me. I would recommend making a bug report for that: https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/categories/bugs
If you happen to run into that problem again, it would be greatly appreciated if you could grab a clip of it as well.
This would make sense. I play on PS4 and the dedicated servers have made my experience much worse in other areas so I could see that being the case.
I will definitely file the bug report. I just uninstalled DBD and am currently reinstalling in hopes of fixing it. Once it's done I will take videos the next few times I attempt to disarm traps to see if it happens again. If so I will make sure to send it.