Hitting moving targets from the side - Impossible?

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lateley I have been getting better at hitting moving targets. There are the ones that do manage to run past unscathed. I dont know the pint but if you can lead the tarted at the right ping depending on your ping and weapon you can kill any running person. I have heard that you arent suposed to lead a target because of the crappy netcoding and hit detection but I think it all just depends on servers and your ping.

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Hehe, that's the second time someone is using a quote from me in his signature! :)

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Well, seems like it is at least possible.
But I played BF1942 and the hit detection felt much better there.
There's definitely something wrong with BF2's hit detection that needs to be fixed.
It just seems like the hit boxes are shrinking along the movement direction with increasing speed (maybe some strange interpretation of Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity?) and at a certain speed it has reached a width of zero and can't be hit from the side any more.

Do you mind if I use that in my sig?

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Well, seems like it is at least possible.
But I played BF1942 and the hit detection felt much better there.
There's definitely something wrong with BF2's hit detection that needs to be fixed.
It just seems like the hit boxes are shrinking along the movement direction with increasing speed (maybe some strange interpretation of Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity?) and at a certain speed it has reached a width of zero and can't be hit from the side any more.

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Good **** here old man. I know its not that useful in BF2, but in SWAT4, where the shooting is more direct and accurate, this will help a lot.

THX Chris, & of course you are correct, this style of shooting has limited use in BF2, it is most useful @ medium to long range when the "lead distance" forces you to sight well past the target (losing reference) when you are using a gun that will inflict great damage on it's target w/ 1 shot, & the weapon has very little built in deviation, you also will need a lil' luck

1. tank main gun
2. RPG-7

Lieutenant General |SI|SERIALBUTCHER

peace:)

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Hi,

I noticed that it is impossible to hit a moving target from the side - when the target reaches a certain speed, you can aim anywhere you want (much lead, a little lead, no lead etc.), but you won't hit.

Just try to hit an airplane with a mounted .50 cal machine gun. You will only hit it when it moves towards you or away from you. But when you shoot at it from the side, every bullet will miss. Only if the airplane is slow enough, you can actually hit it.

I think this is a general bug in the BF2 engine.
This was not the case with BF1942. Back then, you had to aim with extremely much lead (you only "really" hit when the projectile missed the target by far on your screen), but at least it was possible to hit a target from any angle.

Am I the only one who noticed this?

this CANT be more true!

I had so many situations where I was in a tank, and i shot a FAV with a mortar round, the mortar round HIT THE FAV IN THE SIDE, but didnt damage it at all!!!!

also, when i try to kill infantry that running across the field, even though i can see the impact of my shots, i dont get a hit registered thing and the guy isnt injured at all.

And dont even get me started on how many TV missles went through a blackhawk going sideways, and no, it didnt go through the doors.

[Chris_Redfield]

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It is posssible to hit targets moving @ a high rate of speed perpindicular to your position w/ a single shot

The best way to learn to hit moving targets @ a 90* angle is to play sporting clays, or skeet

I have shot down 3 airplanes w/ the tank maingun, & @ over 100 choppers (in 1 round in Ghost Town I shot down 3 attack, & 5 transport choppers w/ the tank maingun, & an enemy gave me the compliment "chopper raper" LOL

As a matter of fact, I shot down 3 Super Cobras in Sharqi last night in 2 rounds

I was hitting nothing my first time out in sporting clays, but after an old man taught me how to aim @ flying targets it became easy (I was already an US Army expert rifleman), I hit 11 of 25 in sporting clays, he said that was better than most experienced duck hunters do on their first time out, they teach you to NOT aim @ a spot where the target will be because you will always stop, & shoot behind the target, they teach you to let the target fly, & swing from behind the target past the target in a smooth motion, & pull the trigger just as your sights pass the target

That is the "secret" to point shooting

http://www.realtree.com/community/feature-detail.tpl?ID=196

Pitman also emphasized that when shooting sporting clays, you shouldn't aim the shotgun like you would a rifle, but instead, you should point the shotgun at the target. "When you point your shotgun, forget about the gun," Pitman advised. The only thing you should focus on is your target. Shut one eye to make sure you mounted your gun properly before opening both eyes and focusing on the target's leading edge."

I hope this helps clear up the confusion:p

Lieutenant General |SI|SERIALBUTCHER

peace:)

Good **** here old man. I know its not that useful in BF2, but in SWAT4, where the shooting is more direct and accurate, this will help a lot.

[Dr_Zyklon]

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O Rly?!

[Dr_Zyklon]

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you know, there are these things stuck on the ground called "anti-airs" if you shoot a plane with it, the missile follows the plane!!! unbelievable huh?

Re: Hitting moving targets from the side - Impossible?

It is posssible to hit targets moving @ a high rate of speed perpindicular to your position w/ a single shot

The best way to learn to hit moving targets @ a 90* angle is to play sporting clays, or skeet

I have shot down 3 airplanes w/ the tank maingun, & @ over 100 choppers (in 1 round in Ghost Town I shot down 3 attack, & 5 transport choppers w/ the tank maingun, & an enemy gave me the compliment "chopper raper" LOL

As a matter of fact, I shot down 3 Super Cobras in Sharqi last night in 2 rounds

I was hitting nothing my first time out in sporting clays, but after an old man taught me how to aim @ flying targets it became easy (I was already an US Army expert rifleman), I hit 11 of 25 in sporting clays, he said that was better than most experienced duck hunters do on their first time out, they teach you to NOT aim @ a spot where the target will be because you will always stop, & shoot behind the target, they teach you to let the target fly, & swing from behind the target past the target in a smooth motion, & pull the trigger just as your sights pass the target

That is the "secret" to point shooting

http://www.realtree.com/community/feature-detail.tpl?ID=196

Pitman also emphasized that when shooting sporting clays, you shouldn't aim the shotgun like you would a rifle, but instead, you should point the shotgun at the target. "When you point your shotgun, forget about the gun," Pitman advised. The only thing you should focus on is your target. Shut one eye to make sure you mounted your gun properly before opening both eyes and focusing on the target's leading edge."

I hope this helps clear up the confusion:p

Lieutenant General |SI|SERIALBUTCHER

peace:)

[JonnyMacFred102]

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Damn in that E3 video it took the guy 1 and a half clips of an assault rifle to take out a guy running perpendicular to him at close range. He finally killed him when he was walking away almost parallel to the player.

The netcode seems just as bad.

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Its weird in BF2. Especially when you are in a dogfight and lead the cannons ahead of the other plane, they dont do ****! When the other guy turns and he is even smoking black I lead him with cannons and it doesnt put him on fire. Then I put the SAME amount of cannon fire onto another smoking black plane while they are going straight and it all registers and he dies.

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It is almost impossible to hit a guy running perpendicular to you if you are a good distance away, no matter how many shots you higher. That's bf2's crappy netcode for you.

I don't know about good or bad netcode, but as a sniper, I get lots of hits on moving targets, even perpendicular to my position.
The farther they are, more lead I employ. Usually I need one shot to set the right lead, after that it hits.

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But it was fine in old bf And when you would play DC mod where there are jets that fly fast. You could hit them with cannon fire from any angle. You just had to find the right lead. This is impossible in bf2. Same with infantry running sideways. Well I usually wait till there sprint bar is deplenished and then I start shooting them.

I think they really need to get this fixed at the cause of everything. I don't care if they even would need to make bullets do more damage. I don't care. That leading is one of the things I like most in BF2.

It's not getting better at all with BF2142 either. Just look at 16m:54 secs in this vid.

http://digitalbattle.com/2006/05/19/20-minute-bf2142-demonstration/