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Offline Rotax

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warping/ping effect bullet spray
« on: October 26, 2017, 08:09:15 AM »
yesterday my ping was high mild warping and my bullets were dead on or should of been i've played this game enough to know. straight and level piper on plane bullets werent hitting and i contributed it to lagg perhaps. is this possible. i dont know maybe it was just me i smoke about 4 mary jane joints last night(first time in a while) but no adult beverages and i didnt chase the dragon

Offline Delirium

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Re: warping/ping effect bullet spray
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2017, 09:30:28 AM »
i dont know maybe it was just me i smoke about 4 mary jane joints last night(first time in a while)

Unless your tolerance is incredibly high (pardon the pun), that may have had something to do with it. Amazingly, this was a topic on the forums some time ago.
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Re: warping/ping effect bullet spray
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2017, 11:29:37 AM »
In level flight if your convergence is set to 400yd and your con is 400yd flying at the same speed as you, your rounds will fall short if you place the pipper on him. How can this be.....50cal takes .49sec to travel 400yds. At 350mph how far does your plane travel in .49sec? 350mph is about 513ft per second, so .49sec is about 200ft that you are missing by.

Haven't you ever wondered why in the drone ring you miss when you simply place the pipper on the drone at range? It's no different than when you set your pipper to the inside of a drone's turn with a bit of elevation to drop the rounds into where the drone will be flying. With a 6 chase it's not as obvious that you have to account for .49sec of travel distance when you shoot.
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Re: warping/ping effect bullet spray
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2017, 02:54:06 PM »
When I start missing badly, I usually realize I am tracer aiming instead of gun sight aiming.

Offline 1stpar3

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Re: warping/ping effect bullet spray
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2017, 04:01:16 PM »
When I start missing badly, I usually realize I am tracer aiming instead of gun sight aiming.
Same with me Randy! Thats when I disable tracers and go Off-line to sharpen up sight picture again. It may seem boring...chasing slow drones,off-line, but IT helps me A LOT :salute
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Re: warping/ping effect bullet spray
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2017, 07:26:36 PM »
Same with me Randy! Thats when I disable tracers and go Off-line to sharpen up sight picture again. It may seem boring...chasing slow drones,off-line, but IT helps me A LOT :salute


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