Media Update - M79 Buckshot Rounds

[Yoshiro]

Hello everyone! We are excited to bring you the next Rising Storm 2: Vietnam Media Update. While we previously introduced the famous M79 grenade launcher, today we want to talk about a different type of round. While the standard 40mm grenades were designed with a minimum arming distance to protect the user from self-inflicted injury and death, it was found that this very same mechanism left a soldier carrying an M79 as their primary weapon practically unarmed for short distance engagements, such as when dealing with bunkers, tunnels and close in jungle fighting.


The M576 40mm grenade replaces the stock high explosive grenade, firing a load of buckshot down range instead. Perfect for those close encounters - let’s take a look:


[url]http://media.tripwirecdn.com/071916/buckshot.webm[/URL]


As always keep in mind that what you are seeing is a WIP!

 

[Jagdwyre]

40mm of buckshot. Good lord, it's like the Vietnam War's version of a 2 bore shotgun.

 

[leguizamo2040]

Looks pretty devastating. One thing I noticed though: no blood at all?

EDIT: grammar

 

[JanMz]

Boom, gone !

Cheers. Nice shiny graphics/texture work on the weapon and the canister too.

 

[[TW]Wilsonam]

40mm of buckshot. Good lord, it's like the Vietnam War's version of a 2 bore shotgun.

Actually, it was only loaded with roughly 20 pellets, each 24 grains. So not as ridiculous as you'd think. Still going to sting at close range!

 

[oscar.nein]

Looks pretty devastating. One thing I noticed though: no blood at all?

EDIT: grammar

Blood not showing up would be a bug. There's no shortage of blood/gore in this game.

 

[Hsas4849]

Blood not showing up would be a bug. There's no shortage of blood/gore in this game.

Very naaaaaaaaaiiiiiiicccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[LugNut]

Blunderbus!

 

[utek]

extremely powerful,but only in close range and with a slow firing rate,sounds balanced to me,i like it!
the ragdoll physics are also nice and natural.

 

[Brembo]

You will be carrying different types of 40mm grenades or you should select only one in spawn menu?
Can you use smoke rounds?

 

[NorthDumpling]

Looks nice!

 

[h��ramammi]

The problem with changing magazines discussed here

http://forums.tripwireinteractive.c...apons-realistic-reloading-and-ammo-management

applies to changing shells, too. You just can't stove away one shell and pull out a new one out of your pouch in like 0.2 seconds.

 

[PsYcH0_Ch!cKeN]

You will be carrying different types of 40mm grenades or you should select only one in spawn menu?
Can you use smoke rounds?

There's a small amount of choice when you choose the weapon. You can take all HE, some HE and some Buck, or some HE and a couple of smoke, though that last one isn't yet implemented. The numbers of each ammo type are set in stone, so the choice only extends as far as the "what" rather than the "how many".

Someone mentioned a lack of blood - that's a small bug we at the moment for the shotgun weapons in online games. It's not always showing all the impacts to the client, even though they are actually happening.

 

[-Moody-]

Looks really great