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Posted: 2008-03-10 01:32
by nedlands1
RCMoonPie wrote:Jonny this may sound weird and I hope the way I ask it gets my point across. I know what I am asking but just not sure how to word it.
Are you saying that you have to add "rise" to the trajectory in order to show the drop of the round?
CAPTION: Figure 2-44. Bullet drop of M855 ammunition with M16A2 (8/3).
Kind of. When zeroed to a fairly long range you are looking at the bullet falling on the target. In order to get the bullet to fall on the target it must rise beforehand(see diagram)

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Posted: 2008-03-10 11:34
by Mosquill
Jonny wrote:I want it increased to 14400 seconds (max round time) and statics placed there, even if only a few simple trees for forest maps. Just so that planes could use it and it would be a better way of flanking.
combatAreaManager.use=0 turns off the out-of-bounds timer completely.
Posted: 2008-03-10 11:53
by Gyberg
SectorNine50 wrote:Yes but in IRL that "target" which could be a helo, is constantly changing distance. That would mean that the second you lase the helo, the balistic computer is already wrong and the bullet will fall short or go over (depending on which direction the helo is flying.)
Which also is true in PR since when you press fire you can no longer affect the bullet/grenade. I.E. the second you've "lased" the target the info is wrong.
Posted: 2008-03-10 12:05
by BloodBane611
Yeah, the SOFLAM makes no sense. That's just (project) reality.
Posted: 2008-03-10 19:14
by Sabre_tooth_tigger
SectorNine50 wrote:I can't help but sit here and wonder if increasing the view distance would increase the number of engagements against a helo with a shell... but just from further away...
Tanks can zoom and helicopters cannot not really, especially now the tv missile is gone. Excluding any other information, higher view distance makes tanks more powerfull and helicopters more vulnerable to them
On kashan now with a manpad I lose lock while watching the plane fly away because its got 600m range. I cant think of a map where they can disappear into the mist while locked, jabal maybe?
That chart looks good, official figures? Zeroing the rifle to anything past 500m would seem pretty stupid going by that which helps explain why the m14 is popular for engaging at that distance and beyond