[Bug] Idle hail causes damage

[Worthington]

I was running around during hurricane season, more than likely just collecting stuff because there was nothing to do, and I realized that walking into a piece of hail sitting idly on the ground damaged me. I confirmed later that I was, in fact, just losing health by picking up chunks of hail scattered around my base.

 

Is anyone else getting this problem?

[Codsworth]

hail is quite buggy, instakilling walls, damaging players, yeah... probally hail is the cause of death of the people that reported the 'random instadeath" bug around day 20~30

[Worthington]

hail is quite buggy, instakilling walls, damaging players, yeah... probally hail is the cause of death of the people that reported the 'random instadeath" bug around day 20~30

I was actually one of the people that reported that bug, heh. I think the biggest problem with hail is that the "bouncing" mechanic is too floaty. If one piece of hail is smushed up against, say, a wall and a science machine, that wall is basically done for. Same applies to people holding certain items (like umbrellas). A hit that should have taken off 4 HP instead takes off about 15.

[mahoganyrose23]

This has happened to me twice and I just realized it was hailing both times I randomly died. I went from 76 health to 57 in about 3 seconds during hailstorm for no reason. I play with a controller I wonder if that has any bearing on it? There seems to be some major issues with controllers.  Either way glad there's been some clarification on this and i hope it's fixed soon. 

[Prakhar]

Same here! Hail on the ground killed me just cuz i was having fun pushing it around. 

[rouxdoux]

Same here! Hail on the ground killed me just cuz i was having fun pushing it around. 

 

"GET REKT!" - hail probably

[averagewalrus]

I've gotten hurt from hail on the ground too, along with it destroying my sandbags.

[KocLobster]

I am also experiencing this issue. There is soooooo much hail on the ground too, I lost about 80hp just trying to figure out what exactly was causing me to loose health....I finally realized it was all the hail on the ground.

[AliceUndrground]

Yeah, I've also had 2 instant/semi-instant deaths due to hail and seem some serious damage to my walls happening. First time was actually when I was on a boat as well so don't think boats will save you ;n;

[NyctoDarkMatter]

I'm not sure why, but I honestly don't get this issue. I went an entire Hurricane Season without being damaged by any Hail, and I collected like 200 pieces to fill up my Ice Box as filler food. It never destroyed any of my structures (although I never build walls so that helps me out). I never get any of these symptoms and it's interesting seeing the video posted here to see what others are experiencing. It looks much worse than the normal season I get (which is occasionally being hit in the head when I unequip my umbrella).

 

This has happened to me twice and I just realized it was hailing both times I randomly died. I went from 76 health to 57 in about 3 seconds during hailstorm for no reason. I play with a controller I wonder if that has any bearing on it? There seems to be some major issues with controllers.  Either way glad there's been some clarification on this and i hope it's fixed soon. 

 

It's definitely not controller based, because I play with a controller myself. The only issue with the controller I've had involves dumb trawl nets and it's not even a huge issue.

 

[GuyPerfect]

A workaround is available in this post.