SMG & Shotgun Turrets now setting off Demos.

[Rooster Gold]

Version

2.5

Platform

Windows

https://community.thefunpimps.com/threads/v2-6-exp.46837/post-632158 <-Link Confirming its a bug

Turrets are setting off the Demo zombies button causing them to explode.

Essentially making turrets detrimental to use during horde nights, rendering them useless past gamestage 147.

https://community.thefunpimps.com/threads/trap-turrets-now-setting-off-demolition-zombies.46401/ <-Link to General Discussion Topic

 

[WretchedDollie]

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[WretchedDollie]

Hi Rooster Gold,

Thank you for taking the time to report this.

Our team has already identified the issue and implemented a fix on our side. The update should be included in the next major patch.

Please don't hesitate to let us know if you run into anything else or have additional feedback.



Best,
Dollie

 

[Prisma501]

@WretchedDollie

Link to confirmation it not being a bug:

A

Thread 'Auto turrets (ie smg and shotgun turrets) now trigger demolisher bombs'

Feb 17, 2026

In previous versions, the powered turrets that you could wire up (not the junk turrets under robotics skill) were safe to use against demo zombies. It was my understanding that this was intentional game design, and I was able to use them without issue before. Now however (v 2.5), this does not seem to be the case. Using smg turrets against demos now results in triggering of the bombs.

I didn't see anything in the patch notes about this. Is this intentional, or an unintended consequence of some other change?

• Abrogator
• Replies: 13
• Forum: Not A Bug

You guys fixed a "Not a bug". Nice

 

[bdubyah]

So is it a bug or not? I personally don't think it should be considered a bug.

 

[zztong]

So is it a bug or not? I personally don't think it should be considered a bug.

I can't really decide. My thinking is a turret probably aims center of mass and the Demo's charge isn't there. But then the turret's accuracy isn't likely to be laser perfect. I kind of think a shotgun firing pellets might set off a Demo, but maybe the SMG wouldn't.

Okay yeh, I'm not helping matters here.

 

[seven]

The only recent thing I recall reading about the turrets and demos was in the 2.0 patch notes, "Demolisher zombie’s shoulder explosive now can be set off by turrets, when a turret is manually controlled by a player". That could have been a "fix" so if you used a turret as a gun it would set off the demo just like a gun and it wasn't working properly. It's not clear if a turret on it's own should set one off though.