Bullets.. what are they good for?

nexea · 2003-02-17, 01:30 PM

I was just wondering as to how the 'bullet system' will work out in PlanetSide. Games such as DOD have an annoying kink that if two snipers shoot each other at exactly the same time, which ever person's bullet kills the other first makes that person's bullet disappear in midair.

This has been done before, but is very annoying if you want to make a kill and you and other snipers have spotted each other. I was wondering if anyone even knows what will happen to bullets after the owner of the bullet dies. Anyone who has any info on this, please let me know.

Hamma · 2003-02-17, 01:32 PM

The bullet has a life of its own so to speak, i doubt it will die out once you die.

He touched on ballistics a bit in the AGN interview

Hellsfire123 · 2003-02-17, 06:14 PM

Originally posted by nexea
IGames such as DOD have an annoying kink that if two snipers shoot each other at exactly the same time, which ever person's bullet kills the other first makes that person's bullet disappear in midair.

If they leave the gun at the same time, travel the same distance, how would one get there before the other one? The problem there isnt the bullet code, but the lag on your server. You may think you fired, your system may even have played the rifle sound, but in all actuallity, you didnt shoot and were killed by the man with less ping.

Tolvy · 2003-02-17, 08:34 PM

Originally posted by Hellsfire123
If they leave the gun at the same time, travel the same distance, how would one get there before the other one? The problem there isnt the bullet code, but the lag on your server. You may think you fired, your system may even have played the rifle sound, but in all actuallity, you didnt shoot and were killed by the man with less ping.

He didn't say they were the same distance apart.

ABRAXAAS · 2003-02-17, 08:38 PM

Originally posted by {BT}Tolvy
He didn't say they were the same distance apart.

ahaha thats funny .......thats kind of a false statement

NeoTassadar · 2003-02-18, 09:05 AM

After the other sniper fires there's still a split second to fire back. Usually it about 1/10 second (in most games). Not much, I know, but better than nothing.

mistled · 2003-02-18, 09:11 AM

Originally posted by {BT}Tolvy
He didn't say they were the same distance apart.

I'm not even going to ask...

Lexington_Steele · 2003-02-18, 10:37 AM

Originally posted by {BT}Tolvy
He didn't say they were the same distance apart.

I guess this would apply if you are shooting someone and someone else shoots you.

Hellsfire123 · 2003-02-18, 11:21 AM

ok lets do this in a slightly smaller easier to understand picture. You have a room. This room has 4 walls. You stand at the eastern most wall, and look west at the wall directly across from you. Now, you walk to that wall and count the steps. Now, you turn around and walk back to the other wall. Would the distance change?

So, if two snipers shoot at each other, how would they not be the same distance apart?

TheWumpus · 2003-02-18, 11:43 AM

I dunno..you ever seen the movie Poltergeist? Where the chick is running down the hallway but the end of it stretches away from her and seems to get farther and farther..now imagine if she had a gun..

NewmanOnIsland · 2003-02-18, 11:53 AM

Ouch my Brain.

Hamma has the right idea, as usual. Think of the rockets if you fire one then got shot it would not dissapear. The Phoenix I am guessing would just start going in the direction it last was pointing.
Or it could start going every which way like a loose cannon rocket. That would be funny. LOOK OUT ROUGE PHOENIX!!!

NewmanOnIsland