Author Topic: No Ammo (Read 535 times)

Clutz · « **on:** June 22, 2006, 11:47:07 PM »

Why is it when I'm flying my spit16 and I"m taking some shots at an enemy, my guns sound funny and no rounds are coming out of them. When I look at my guns from my oblique views, I hear the sounds of guns firing, and I have ammo, but I don't see the gunpowder flash from the gun barrels. I don't see any tracers either. I think I'm firring all duds, or nothing at all. It seems like it happens about 1/4 of the time I spend on my guns. This has been happening for about the last month. Last month it wasn't happening at all. Am I doing something wrong here? Does anybody else have this problem? Is this a normal circumstance? TY very much. Clutz

Krusty · « **Reply #1 on:** June 22, 2006, 11:54:57 PM »

Stall vibration has been reported to sound like gunfire. I personally don't think it does. However go into your sound setup and turn the last item in the list down. It's called "buffet" (if it's not the last, find it wherever it is).

Just turn it way down. Some even turn it off (set volume to zero).

Clutz · « **Reply #2 on:** June 23, 2006, 04:16:43 AM »

Yes Krusty, I thought that stall sound was guns firing when I first started playing the game. But what I am asking here is, I press the gun fire trigger to shoot and I hear pow pow(although its a funny sounding pow pow) but no ammo is coming out. And if u look at the guns in a spit u can see the flash that they make as they do fire. I don't see that when I press the fire button. Its a sometimes yes they do and no they don't kind of thing. What crossed my mind was maybe my guns have been damaged from hits to them. But it happens often and I don't think it used to happen at all before. Maybe that Private at the base didn't do a good job cleaning them:lol I'm going to try remapping my fire key and see if that helps. Its a brand new Ch stick. Maybe it was my connection. Even the map was real slow to open and had traces to it tonight. Ty Clutz

Schatzi · « **Reply #3 on:** June 23, 2006, 04:57:42 AM »

Yeah, Clutz, you should really pay your mechanic better

Jokes aside. Is the Spit the only plane this is happening in? Only primary guns or only secondary, or both? If you hold trigger and the gun sounds funny, does the ammo count go down? Do the "invisible/non-existent" bullets do damage (best checked with bulls-eye .target ### command)? Does it only happen when you hit fire button on your Joystick or as well if you use keyboard to fire?

Another thing you can try: Backup your Settings folder. Then delete it. Upon restarting the game will create a new one with Default settings. Does the problem persist then?

Also post a dxdiag output. Maybe the "missing tracers/gun flashes" are a vid card/driver related thing.

BugsBunny · « **Reply #4 on:** June 23, 2006, 08:08:52 AM »

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Originally posted by Clutz
Yes Krusty, I thought that stall sound was guns firing when I first started playing the game. But what I am asking here is, I press the gun fire trigger to shoot and I hear pow pow(although its a funny sounding pow pow) but no ammo is coming out. And if u look at the guns in a spit u can see the flash that they make as they do fire. I don't see that when I press the fire button. Its a sometimes yes they do and no they don't kind of thing. What crossed my mind was maybe my guns have been damaged from hits to them. But it happens often and I don't think it used to happen at all before. Maybe that Private at the base didn't do a good job cleaning them:lol I'm going to try remapping my fire key and see if that helps. Its a brand new Ch stick. Maybe it was my connection. Even the map was real slow to open and had traces to it tonight. Ty Clutz

Turn your tracers on, lol

Kazaa · « **Reply #5 on:** June 23, 2006, 08:26:06 AM »

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Originally posted by BugsBunny
Turn your tracers on, lol

I was going to say that lol, well is his V sinc on, I know people complain of rubber bullets when it's not.

porkfrog · « **Reply #6 on:** June 23, 2006, 09:24:30 AM »

I know exactly what you are talking about. I too have only noticed it this past few weeks. It sounds like guns firing but a very different sound. Very frustrating when you get a guns solution and no joy. I've found that as soon as I let off the trigger though and then refire, problem solved. It's some sort of quirky bug type issue I think.

But no, you aren't imagining things, and now I'm sure I'm not either.

-JoLLY
PigsontheWing.org

Saxman · « **Reply #7 on:** June 23, 2006, 09:39:50 AM »

Usual recommendation is to film it and send the film to HTC.

Krusty · « **Reply #8 on:** June 23, 2006, 12:27:13 PM »

Also if you have problems seeing things it could be a video driver problem. I know that flak, fire trails, gas trails, smoke trails, oil trails, all will cut in and out if I use the wrong video drivers for my card. Perhaps a similar effect is happening with gunfire?? (not sure)