US sniper...

Post by **RikiRude** » 2006-03-01 07:46

i CANNOT figure this weapon out. it has this amazing zoom... but i cant see where my bullets hit (possibly because my vid settings are on low?) so i cant figure out the bullet drop, or how to re-adjust my next shot, how many meters = one click down or half click? any advice and thoughts are welcomed =)

*PS i searched the threads, and everything was in regards to before .2 i believe?*

Rifleman · Post by **Rifleman** » 2006-03-01 08:45

Yes, m24 is weird... i'm shooting guy from about 80m... 4 shots and nothing....all missed.... enemy is proneing and doesn't move...
After that... 200m... guy is running, one shot and guy dies, precise bullet in place where i was aiming.....
I found that shooting on long range is better than on close range...no idea why...
If u have SVD range doesn't bother u, it is accurate.

[BiM]Black7 · Post by **[BiM]Black7** » 2006-03-01 08:52

Yeah i have the same problem with the m24.. its the only sniper rifle that i have realy hard to hit with after that the chines comes and the Mec one are the best of all 3

Post by **RikiRude** » 2006-03-01 09:30

its a pain because you cant re-adjust im having guys take me out with reg rifles when i have m-24 because none of my shots are connecting. it sucks because i got soooo used to the vanilla m-24 (K :d ratios of 3:1 usually) i could hit ANYTHING... now im a poop sniper =(

Post by **Hitperson** » 2006-03-01 09:41

i find it only accurate within 20 meters out side of that you cant hit any thing.

Zantetsuken · Post by **Zantetsuken** » 2006-03-01 11:00

heck, I usually have to wait like a full second or 2 with the scope/mouse absolutely still to have any chance of hitting the guy, and half the time, it still doesnt - I mean, cmon, bolt actions are supposed to pretty much always be more accurate than semi-automatics (unless you wanna compare something like a PSG1 or SR25 to an old Mauser K9

Rifleman · Post by **Rifleman** » 2006-03-01 12:53

Yesterday i made 15 kills in arow from SVD...
Yay! I took m24 and made 9 kills in arow in about 3mins... i was thinking: cool!. After that i;ve been shooting guy from 80m... 6 shots and nothing... i have tried guy next to him, about 100m... 1 shot and got him down..
WTH?
It is accurate or not?

Eagle · Post by **Eagle** » 2006-03-01 13:15

I think that the whole sniper role is being revamped. I can't speak for the devs but I hear it's going to be changed, keep your eyes open.

MonkeyNutz · Post by **MonkeyNutz** » 2006-03-01 13:24

Maybe it was changed to be lame at ranges <50m so it wouldn't be a railgun?

blueyze · Post by **blueyze** » 2006-03-01 13:55

i tried the last 2 days the first time any sniper rifle and have different expiriences. in close combat i can hit almost nothing as well in long range, but it is more easy to aim for me between 50-100m. donno but it seems on most maps u dont have even more than 200m visibility.

i have really no clue how to aim correctly with most of the sniper weaopons, but the m-24 is the worst for me of all. i guess even, that it could be too easy to kill someone with those sniper rifles, if you know how to aim since there is not any movement (swingind ? spell?) of the scope, i would love to see that instead of that steady and not moving gun sight.

Peter-SAS · Post by **Peter-SAS** » 2006-03-01 15:42

Someone mentioned you've really gotta stay still and place your crosshairs on the target for a while. I find its accurate but hardly anything in the way of damage. I was shooting one of those explosive barrels, and could see the rounds hitting, yet it took 4 for it to actually blow up.

MonkeyNutz · Post by **MonkeyNutz** » 2006-03-01 16:15

Thing is fuel barrels don't just blow up under light to moderate fire - tracer rounds help and a shed load of ammo maybe.

acadiancrusader · Post by **acadiancrusader** » 2006-03-01 17:11

what i'm reading here, bullets missing, could easily be blamed on lag.

angus · Post by **angus** » 2006-03-01 17:23

Was this added in release .25 (I already removed prmm2)to the M24?
setTurnDev 4 2 2 0.5
Basically the numbers = after moving it takes .267 seconds to regain best accuracy.
The SVD has a smaller max inaccuracy of 3 instead of 4 (first number). So accuracy returns to normal in .2 sec.

Post by **RikiRude** » 2006-03-01 18:44

today i will try being very still (more then i already am somehow?) and take shot's with the M-24. but the problem that lies within that, how am i supposed to hit moving targets?

Sgt.Sappo · Post by **Sgt.Sappo** » 2006-03-02 00:56

Also having trouble figuring out the m24...

Once in awhile I will get 'in the zone' and find it fairly easy to get a good 10-20/1-2 k/d ratio.

But that is only after expending 3 mags worth of ammo trying to FIND the zone.

Sometimes it seems almost as if the rounds are passing clear through guys doing no damage, as I have watched the puff on the wall directly behind the guy, and he continues on his marry way.

And also 100% to the fact that you cannot SEE the hit-puff past 200m really irks me. Almost impossible to judge if you are doing any damage over range, unless you pump 4-5 rounds into someone and he eventually falls.

Post by **RikiRude** » 2006-03-02 01:18

acadiancrusader wrote:what i'm reading here, bullets missing, could easily be blamed on lag.

could be, but ive been absolutly still hitting an absolutly still target, and the shots still wouldnt connect.

Sgt.Sappo · Post by **Sgt.Sappo** » 2006-03-02 01:26

Riki_Rude_BTYC wrote:could be, but ive been absolutly still hitting an absolutly still target, and the shots still wouldnt connect.

Do you see hit puffs or anything?

The only time I am unsure if I get any hit at all, be it person or object/ground is when the range is over what 200m? Then the engine stops showing me

Post by **IRONxMortlock** » 2006-03-02 08:08

Ok, I think it's time I step in here and make my mistake known

ops:

This one is my fault guys. The M24 is not as accurate as the MEC and CH sniper rifles. I failed to completely check the files for these when we updated them.

This has been corrected and you find a better M24 in our next release.

Sorry USMC snipers!

Post by **RikiRude** » 2006-03-02 09:53

'[R-DEV wrote:IRONxMortlock']Ok, I think it's time I step in here and make my mistake known ops:

This one is my fault guys. The M24 is not as accurate as the MEC and CH sniper rifles. I failed to completely check the files for these when we updated them.

This has been corrected and you find a better M24 in our next release.

Sorry USMC snipers!

haha! well im VERY happy to know that im not a terrible sniper now

:d uh: