Stutter Step

[Daemonkid 493]

So, I was just in an exhilarating firefight. It was going good, I got the drop on 3 guys, and managed to kill one of them, while I was navigating under fire, trying to sprint with my weapon, while crouched. Then it happened, my character locks up, i'm stuck for a second, a hostile round hits home. I'm bleeding, I furiously mash my keyboard, he finally starts sprinting, I duck into cover, line up a shot, miss. Damn, I thought, more rounds ping passed me, I try to move at normal speed, my character locks up. No! I smash my keyboard, he finally starts moving, I manage to avoid getting hit, using concealment, my buddy on over watch tells me there is a guy to my left, I try to navigate around the tree, my character locks up between the crouch-to-standing animation, 2 more rounds hit home. I fall unconcious, I die.

 

The fight was beyond epic and fun. My only problem, and i'm pretty sure the guys experience the same thing as I did during the fight, was that the animations sometimes lock you in place, and that is a death sentence in a fluid fire fight. 

 

 

[Al Bobo 53]

That happens to me often when I switch item while moving. I have never been stuck when I just run/walk, though.

[Jonson (DayZ) 31]

For the item switching: It should not stop you when you have the weapon lowered while switching to another one (on your back that is).

 

I never was just locked while running, but sometimes the character does the step over animation instead of the jump which can be deadly in fights. I'm sure they will sort that stuff out at some point. 

[victusmortuus 1074]

The animations from running into sprinting need to have their delays removed thats for sure.

[kellyrippuuhz 0]

I was having this issue tonight as well. when i first start playing its usually not a problem, but after a couple of hours I start to lock up when trying to walk or sprint.

 

i figured out that if I press another key while holding down the sprint button it 'unlocks' you. kinda weird.

 

so basically double tap 'w' then quickly press and release 'a' while still holding 'w' and it would unlock for me. definitely a pain but once i got use to it, its not too bad. i wish i knew why it happened in the first place, as it seems fine when i first start playing, but thats alpha for you.

 

ps-sorry for semi necro was searching interwebs to see if any others had the same issue as me.