Author Topic: tracers.... (Read 884 times)

Mustaine · « **Reply #15 on:** February 17, 2006, 10:20:02 AM »

he meant iNdication...

i understanded it

dedalos · « **Reply #16 on:** February 17, 2006, 10:24:56 AM »

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Originally posted by hitech
Me either, not sure what I edit to make that word, was supose to be just idea.

indication. You proly changed indication to idea

Iceman24 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 17, 2006, 10:38:25 AM »

i was the person talking about tracers in that "collisions" thread. I was talking about HO's and that if I get in that position I generally won't fire in that position but if someone else trys to face shoot me, I generally just aim straight for the cockpit and shoot until they blow up and fly right through there debris, then I said since I don't use tracers it works well because they can't actually see mee firing, there is a small muzzle flash and if you look close you can see your brass bullet casings falling from the guns, but thats about it, nothing that you would ever notice in a dogfight

Ohio43 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 17, 2006, 11:04:39 AM »

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Originally posted by DadRabit
tracers off......

as said above, it betters ur aim, makes u a better gunner plus u get a second chance if u miss

same thing goes for gv's and field guns. turn em off. u not a threat if they not see u

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Huh..I been playing the game for about 6 mos. and had tracers turned off. Planes dont have tracers, but gv's and field guns have them. Is there a seperate place in the setup to turn gv's and field guns off?

Iceman24 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 17, 2006, 11:17:51 AM »

"Is there a seperate place in the setup to turn gv's and field guns off?"

oh thanks for posting that, reminded me of something i've been meaning to ask...

I have tracers turned off, when I get in a field gun I can't see any tracers firing on my end, but I have had squaddies that tell me they CAN see my tracers, I'm wondering if somethings messed up on my end and I'm just not seeing them and you can't turn them off in gv's, or if friendlies can see them for some reason... anybody else had this issue ?

DoKGonZo · « **Reply #20 on:** February 17, 2006, 02:45:01 PM »

You probably want tracers on when you start because the gunnery model does take time to get the hang of. Especially if you fly more than on plane.

Once you start getting kills semi-predictably turn tracers off. There will be a tendency to want to turn 'em back on at first because suddenly you aren't getting hits. Solution: drop convergence by 50 or 100 and move in closer for your shots.

Oh, and when you switch to having tracers off use a plane with lots of ammo for a week or two - because you'll be spraying a lot of lead as you adjust.

Lye-El · « **Reply #21 on:** February 17, 2006, 05:58:07 PM »

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Originally posted by Iceman24
"Is there a seperate place in the setup to turn gv's and field guns off?"

oh thanks for posting that, reminded me of something i've been meaning to ask...

I have tracers turned off, when I get in a field gun I can't see any tracers firing on my end, but I have had squaddies that tell me they CAN see my tracers, I'm wondering if somethings messed up on my end and I'm just not seeing them and you can't turn them off in gv's, or if friendlies can see them for some reason... anybody else had this issue ?

GV tracers operate at whatever you have set for a plane or vice versa however you want to look at it. You turn them on or off in the same place you do for a plane.

If you have tracers on in a GV some people can't see their own tracers. Supposedly with a LCD monitor they show up. The problem seems to affect those of us that use CRT monitors. Some of us anyway.

OOZ662 · « **Reply #22 on:** February 17, 2006, 08:52:38 PM »

Any normal gun will NOT have tracers if they're turned off. MBT/Light Tank guns (not flak, M16, ect.) will still show a tracer for ranging purposes.