Muzzle flash, it's silly

Ugly Duck · 07-16-2005, 01:14 AM

Well, it is! I'm sure most, if not all of us on these forums have seen videos of real firearms in use, and I have uet to see one where massive starry fire goodness comes flying out of the muzzle of a gun. There certainly is a lot more smoke than is depicted though. Some of the older guns, like the AK-47 and RPD(was watching some videos of these) let off the occasional mass flash that we see in games... but it isn't on every shot. BF2, and most other games over do it with their hollywood special effects. Every thing has to blow up or make fire, but truth be told, if PR were to do proper firing effects I think they'd be just as good if not better.

Tacamo · 07-16-2005, 01:39 AM

Unfortunately the only way the game could be sold in California was if effect flash hiders were removed. EA had to make some compromises in order to make sales.

CobraPhantom · 07-16-2005, 02:05 AM

You gotta be kidding me! Wow, I guess CA holds all the laws. Everything you see now is ' known to the state of California to cause birth defects' etc. Then again if it came down to it where ea didnt cater to a commie state, it would be illegal for californians to be in possession of bf2?

[R-DEV]Eddie Baker · 07-16-2005, 02:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nosferatu

You gotta be kidding me! Wow, I guess CA holds all the laws. Everything you see now is ' known to the state of California to cause birth defects' etc. Then again if it came down to it where ea didnt cater to a commie state, it would be illegal for californians to be in possession of bf2?

He was kidding, dude.

CobraPhantom · 07-16-2005, 02:16 AM

Damn, why you gotta get my panties in a bind? Thats cold man, thats cold. I hold the #1 spot of reading/understanding topics the wrong way. :sigh: oh well, sry

Beer on a friday night, how can you blame me?

DuckCommander · 07-16-2005, 02:22 AM

I wish there was a way to code a muzzeflash only appearing in a dark enough area. If it's brightly lit there would just be a bit of smoke.

Figisaacnewton · 07-16-2005, 02:48 AM

The way I see it, you could just make different classes for each map, each class could have a different style of the same weapon. Day maps = muzzle flash very rare, much more visible smoke, Night maps = much more muzzle flash, same amount of smoke.

TerribleOne · 07-16-2005, 02:37 PM

it does depend on the weapon and ammunition in use though.
some guns do have flame allmost every shot.

waffenbaum · 07-16-2005, 03:15 PM

Flamethrower! Plenty of muzzle flash!

Wait, they aren't being used anymore, are they?

Figisaacnewton · 07-16-2005, 09:12 PM

Too hard to maintain, too vunerable when using, outlawed by geneva convention? Grenades and mg's work just as well...

07-16-2005, 01:39 AM	#2
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Figisaacnewton Join Date: Nov 2004 United States of America Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 1,899	The way I see it, you could just make different classes for each map, each class could have a different style of the same weapon. Day maps = muzzle flash very rare, much more visible smoke, Night maps = much more muzzle flash, same amount of smoke.
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07-16-2005, 01:14 AM	#1
Ugly Duck Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MD, USA Posts: 968	Muzzle flash, it's silly Well, it is! I'm sure most, if not all of us on these forums have seen videos of real firearms in use, and I have uet to see one where massive starry fire goodness comes flying out of the muzzle of a gun. There certainly is a lot more smoke than is depicted though. Some of the older guns, like the AK-47 and RPD(was watching some videos of these) let off the occasional mass flash that we see in games... but it isn't on every shot. BF2, and most other games over do it with their hollywood special effects. Every thing has to blow up or make fire, but truth be told, if PR were to do proper firing effects I think they'd be just as good if not better.

07-16-2005, 02:37 PM	#8
TerribleOne Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: UK - Middlesbrough Posts: 586	it does depend on the weapon and ammunition in use though. some guns do have flame allmost every shot.

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waffenbaum Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Denmark Posts: 478	Flamethrower! Plenty of muzzle flash! Wait, they aren't being used anymore, are they?
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Figisaacnewton Join Date: Nov 2004 United States of America Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 1,899	Too hard to maintain, too vunerable when using, outlawed by geneva convention? Grenades and mg's work just as well...
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