One of my favorite features of RO1 was how MG tracers bounced around the map randomly. I don't know how realistic it was, but either way I don't care and it was a cool feature. Why wasn't this included in RO2? Or have they just not gotten around to including it yet?
Why don't tracers bounce around?
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Interesting question.
I have never noticed this myself anyway. Bullet ricochet is realistic though even if it depends on the surface. Can't help to post this video. It was the first thing that came up in my mind.
.50 BMG Ricochets and Hits Guy in Head - YouTube
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agreed! it was interesting when we were trying out that bullet hit mutator thingy. seeing where they all went, was eye-opening.Its one of the nice little features which i realy miss in Ro2...
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FALSE! I've seen them.
FALSE! I've seen them.
I have witnessed the ricochet of MG tracers. Admittedly I have only seen this happen on one map and only with the fixed Maxim. I did not record visual proof but I have seen tracers ricochet on TE-Station when firing the fixed Maxim at the frame of a wrecked train car. Try it yourself. They weren't sparks, they were green. The specific MG location was on the 3rd floor where the side of the building juts out and there's one window looking towards the axis spawn. It happened on the current patch.
FALSE! I've seen them.
I have witnessed the ricochet of MG tracers. Admittedly I have only seen this happen on one map and only with the fixed Maxim. I did not record visual proof but I have seen tracers ricochet on TE-Station when firing the fixed Maxim at the frame of a wrecked train car. Try it yourself. They weren't sparks, they were green. The specific MG location was on the 3rd floor where the side of the building juts out and there's one window looking towards the axis spawn. It happened on the current patch.
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Tracers can't bounce. You're seeing the traces off the fragmenting shatter effect when they hit an obstacle.
It's understandable why they don't. If you have tracer ricochets, it raises the inevitable tendency for people to expect bullet ricochets as well. It's misleading to do just one and not the other.
It's understandable why they don't. If you have tracer ricochets, it raises the inevitable tendency for people to expect bullet ricochets as well. It's misleading to do just one and not the other.
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I saw them occur just yesterday actually. Playing on the new map Maganay'urin KruggerMallencamp'Expidalioucious or whatever you call it.
I was Russian MG defending and had setup a few feet behind and slightly above some sandbags picking germans off as they came over the ridge and through some road blocks..... I unloaded on a couple and the way I was aiming, many of my green tracers hit the edges of the sandbags and ricocheted off the sandbags, upward on about a 15 degree angle, flung a bit beyond the sandbags and then flopped to the ground.
It's not as often or as excessive as what existed in RO1, but it exists none the less in RO2.
And I like that they're not as excessive as they were in RO1..... often in RO1 it kind of felt like there was a Klingon Bird of Prey flying around the map.
I was Russian MG defending and had setup a few feet behind and slightly above some sandbags picking germans off as they came over the ridge and through some road blocks..... I unloaded on a couple and the way I was aiming, many of my green tracers hit the edges of the sandbags and ricocheted off the sandbags, upward on about a 15 degree angle, flung a bit beyond the sandbags and then flopped to the ground.
It's not as often or as excessive as what existed in RO1, but it exists none the less in RO2.
And I like that they're not as excessive as they were in RO1..... often in RO1 it kind of felt like there was a Klingon Bird of Prey flying around the map.
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I don't think I've ever seen tracers bouncing of any surface. I do see this plenty of times:
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I don't care what you like, in real life they bounce A LOT.
Pimeä ammuntaa 16.9.2011. Tir de nuit. - YouTube
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Good for you. I personally don't care what you like either. See how that works?
It's in the game already, move on
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Hm, I don't think so. Is there a video that can proof this, because I haven't seen it happen.
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Ricochets are not possible in game ? I thought it had realistic ballistic (I speak for tracers and non tracers rounds ).
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I'm not about to waste my time setting up a game, recording it and uploading it to YouTube to prove a claim others in here have also confirmed in witnessing.
Play some more and eventually you'll see them as well.
Better yet, setup an MG sometime near some sandbags and aim along the top edges of the sandbags & unload (SP Campaign or Offline Match perhaps)..... I'm sure you'll eventually see them bounce around and go off on different directions.
It all depends on what they're hitting and at what angle. The video you provided appears as though they're purposely trying to make the tracers bounce, thus they're bouncing quite often & dramatically.
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The only time you'll ever have seen tracers bouncing in RO2 is on a server running the Antilag mutator.
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I believe they are possible , there is even kill icon for it.
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why would that be?
I thought that all the servers were running the mutator now. Is it a server-side option?
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All I remember is watching them bounce all over irl. Weather it's fragments of the round or not ins't the point I don't think. I would think fragments wouldn't follow a direct path as they do irl when rounds are deflected from the ground, branches of trees or whatever.
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