Burner Phone doesn't work in multiplayer

[lost pier]

The burner phone doesn't show the correct polarisation of the claimed shell. It still gives a 50/50 chance as it seems

[spice vessel]

Can confirm- Had a game where I used two phones in a row. It told me the third is live, then that third is blank.

[glossy kettle]

Same here.

[lost pier]

pls leave an emoji reaction on the post so the devs see that this is a reoccuring issue more easily

[terse crown]

Hi! We are aware and are trying to sort it out, I'll come back here if we need additional information

[frozen perch]

Can confirm this has been an issue for quite some time. This issue has existed at least since the release of multiplayer for sure.

[mental escarp]

There was a case (4 fights with 3 blanks) when I used 2 disposable phones, he said that the third was blanks and the fourth was combat, then I applied a silencer to the enemy opposite, and after that I guessed that one was blanks and the other was combat (1-2), and after that, when the opponent misses his turn, for some reason the third turned out to be combat (although it was written on the second phone that the third had blanks).

[frozen perch]

Can confirm even after the update this issue is still present.

[midnight pier]

Bro used a silencer? 😂

[frozen perch]

Here's a quick log file of a game where one of the phones was blatantly wrong on the second round. Seems like the phone works about 4/5 times now, which is better than it was before.

[dawn raven]

If phone still can lie, it makes it absolutely useless

[frozen perch]

Yeah that's why I'm STILL not using it in multiplayer. I really hope they fix it so that we can finally have phones be a viable strategy.

[thorny moss]

yup. i had a game where i had 9 blanks and 1 live and i got like 3 burner phones. i already knew that this happens before then but this just confirms it. it said that the 5th shell is the live one. but i got curious and used another phone. and apparently the 7th shell is the live one.

spoiler: it was the 5th one lol.

btw this has been fixed like a day ago anyway

[charred sage]

silencer=Jammer FYI

[pliant crag]

Third shell, not a real one, ---> headshoted myself, thanks shitty phone

[frozen perch]

It's not fixed but okay 🗿

[thorny moss]

💀

[frozen perch]

🗿 I tested it ON THIS PATCH LOL, I'm telling you it's not actually fixed. I wanted it to finally be fixed, but no, it's not fully fixed, only partially. The issue still occurs. In fact I posted that message right after the patch dropped and I went and tested it. So yeah, it's not fixed for the time being. Hopefully they'll fully fix it soon, because I'm tired of the phone not working. It's been over a month.

[thorny moss]

oh, alright. mb

[terse crown]

Hi! What's your game version? Has it actually updated for you?

[thorny moss]

i mean it worked for me now. so they probably just didnt update, but im not pointing fingers

[latent marsh]

i mean unless they had the game on for more than a day, Steam wouldn't really let them play online without updating the game

[frozen perch]

At the time of me running more tests, the game version was accordingly v2.2.0.6. So unless Steam itself simply didn't update (which does rarely happen), then the issue should be valid. I already uploaded my log file with the issue in it on the day of the update.

[unreal spruce]

I'm also on the latest version and it still is bugged

[frozen perch]

I've run extremely in-depth tests, and can confirm it DOES WORK, but IT'S NOT RELATIVE TO THE TOTAL SHELLS, it's actually RELATIVE TO THE CURRENT SHELL. I didn't understand this at first, but look at this example:

4:4 (L:B)

R1: B
R2: B

From R3, using the phone says that 5th is live. This does NOT MEAN that R5 is live, rather that 5 shells relative to the current round (R3), it will be a live. In this case, it's actually saying R8 is live.

This mechanic has been considered a bug due to singleplayer giving you the turn first every time, and the meta being to every phone quickly in singleplayer when applicable (in most cases).

This is intended behavior as far as I'm concerned. I apologize for claiming this feature was broken.

[glossy kettle]

Dude, we know how this works. We're talking about the case where it straight up tells the wrong shell. Also, once again, there's a bug where your opponent's items display as different ones and you can't tell if they used inverter, or beer, or whatever else is there.