Ghost Mode... death by exploding vehicle | Forums

[Virtual-Chris]

Twice now in Ghost Mode, I’ve died in a vehicle. Something I do or the enemy does,destroys my vehicle suddenly and I’m incapacitated in the driver seat, unable to do anything, and I see a third person view of the burning vehicle, with my AI team mates standing outside the vehicle like idiots, doing nothing...,neither reviving me, nor getting out of the way. So when the vehicle finally explodes, everyone’s dead and it’s game over. Start again.

Once I accidentally hit a red barrel while driving into the base to get El Pozolero (thanks level designers!) and the other time a Cartel Zeus truck rammed into us kamikaze like at high speed as part of the El Pulpo mission aftermath. In both cases I hadn’t been downed previously and it was game over with no revival. My AI team mates seem to survive the initial incident, but I’m incapacitated... does the AI have more resilience than the player character? If so, why don’t The get the hell away from there or revive me or do something?!

The dev team might want to look into this as it seems like a common and unwarranted way to die in Ghost Mode.

[Hugo-FOU]

Twice now in Ghost Mode, I’ve died in a vehicle. Something I do or the enemy does,destroys my vehicle suddenly and I’m incapacitated in the driver seat, unable to do anything, and I see a third person view of the burning vehicle, with my AI team mates standing outside the vehicle like idiots, doing nothing...,neither reviving me, nor getting out of the way. So when the vehicle finally explodes, everyone’s dead and it’s game over. Start again.

Once I accidentally hit a red barrel while driving into the base to get El Pozolero (thanks level designers!) and the other time a Cartel Zeus truck rammed into us kamikaze like at high speed as part of the El Pulpo mission aftermath. In both cases I hadn’t been downed previously and it was game over with no revival. My AI team mates seem to survive the initial incident, but I’m incapacitated... does the AI have more resilience than the player character? If so, why don’t The get the hell away from there or revive me or do something?!

The dev team might want to look into this as it seems like a common and unwarranted way to die in Ghost Mode.

Stuff like this doesn’t matter much in the normal game but in Ghost mode it’s a different matter. The only solution at the moment is to periodically back up your game save. (Something I’ve only just learnt on PS4). Ok you still have to repeat a bit but at least you’re not back to the beginning. If you can be disciplined enough with yourself, you can set yourself a set of circumstances where it’s acceptable to access you save. Dying the way you’ve described, for example, or by other glitches. You can always preserve the spirit of Ghost mode and start again if you die from your own carelessness.

Not a fix, I know, but maybe an ok workaround.

[Kean_1]

As Hugo mentions....

Backup your saves. If you still enjoy the permadeath feature but want protection from glitch / odd mechanic deaths, this will at least allow you to start from a restore point. The choice will still be yours if you want to use it or not for "legitimate" deaths.

[Virtual-Chris]

Ha.., thanks guys, but not to worry. I learned from this forum long before I started Ghost Mode to backup my saves. I’ve had to restore 3 times, twice from the vehicle situations mentioned above, and once because we got surprised by Unidad and they assssinated me twice before I could run away.

Strangely, I have been using helicopters and motorbikes without incident... so far. I wonder if those glitches have been fixed?

I raised this thread in case Ubi is listening to outstanding programming issues which can ruin Ghost Mode.

[UbiInsulin]

I've made sure to let the team know that instant vehicle deaths are a frustration with Ghost Mode.

[V4MPiR1]

Nice going, all!

Now we're going to have trapped, slow burn vehicle perma-deaths!

[CarolinaFrog]

word to the wise:
red barrels... destroy all vehicles!! so.. avoid em!!

as to the T-bone explosion... it appears the Zeus trucks were modeled after the mid-90s chevy trucks with the rail mounted fuel tanks... drive a heavier truck