Ballistics or Tracers?

[gazzthompson]

Originally Posted by Jonny

Just wait till I prove Rhino's bridge from OGT doesn't hold its own weight....

Should only take a year or two @ cambridge to learn the maths for that.

i did basics for this in my first year of college, cant remember any of it though

[Sabre_tooth_tigger]

Most important factor Ive not seen answered, are these inaccurate tracers still lethal? Will I aim and hit soldiers in the hills but tk my team mates below with tracers.


If this is the case then you'd better reduce tracer counts to 1 in 10

[zangoo]

Originally Posted by General_J0k3r

we need tracers especially to direct fire
what would i do as SL if i couldn't scream "NME SQUAD, WATCH MY TRACERS" in VOIP?

Well you could still direct fire, The drop for most engagment ranges 200-400m would be on the order of 10cm more to about 2m. This is very small when you are just trying to direct fire, But when you are watching your tracers to see exactly where your bullets are going, Then this is going to really mess you up.

Originally Posted by Jonny

SL could be given tracers, just for this purpose.

My solution would be #1 for ground troops, but ALL vehicle based weapons loose all or almost all drop and keep a uitable number of tracers. Auto rifleman would need testing to find which category it fits into though.

IMO loosing tracers for almost all rifles allows you to hide more easily.

I think the all or nothing way could become too much like the movies, But this could also add to project reality making the fire fights alot more interesting with more tracers flying at you. We could also make the tracer smaller to adjust with every round being a tracer.

Originally Posted by Sabre_tooth_tigger

Most important factor Ive not seen answered, are these inaccurate tracers still lethal? Will I aim and hit soldiers in the hills but tk my team mates below with tracers.


If this is the case then you'd better reduce tracer counts to 1 in 10

Tracers will do the same damage as all the other bullets. If you are aiming at your target your tracers will land about 2m low at 400m, So this will mess your aiming up but wont make you teamkill anyone.

[Spec_Operator]

2 m at 400 m i can live with i guess, thats just like a bit extra deviation. So i voted for keep it, but reduce the number of tracers a bit for non-MG's.

[Jonny]

I hadnt thought of making all small tracers actually, will have to test it out after I come back from holiday if I remember.

It could turn out as all tracers, but they are tiny so it does not look like a tracer but a really bright bullet.

[Waaah_Wah]

Originally Posted by Jonny

I hadnt thought of making all small tracers actually, will have to test it out after I come back from holiday if I remember.

It could turn out as all tracers, but they are tiny so it does not look like a tracer but a really bright bullet.

Not a bad idea actually.

You mean you wanna make every bullet a tracer, but make some of them look "normal"?

[=Romagnolo=]

sad... =(

[ReaperMAC]

As long as the tracers shoot in the direction that I am shooting in, that's fine.

[Spec_Operator]

It could turn out as all tracers, but they are tiny so it does not look like a tracer but a really bright bullet.

What about making the "color" just invisible? would that be possible? Would probably pretty much fix it, wouldnt it?

Normal tracer, invisible tracer, invisible tracer, invisible tracer, normal tracer, invisible tracer etc

[Bringerof_D]

why would a sniper use tracers to begin with?! as far as i know tracers are only used in weapons with a full automatic function

and i think a drop increase of 2 meters at 400 meters is perfectly fine, as mentioned tracers lose mass as they burn. i doubt the tracer/regular round issue would be "too" different IRL