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Re: Guns Versus Tactics.[message #3677]

Sun, 19 September 2004 06:47

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First of all, let's separate game stuff from real world stuff: it's a bit confusing when you talk about real gun effectiveness and ambi shooting in the same breath.

Shooting with twin handguns is the stuff of games and movies: no one, and I mean no one does it for real. Which is not to say that it shouldn't be in JA Smile

In JA2 the limitation of ambi mercs was not so much limited range of handguns (a MAC10 with a barrel extender has a respectable range), as the inability to attach a scope. Ambi mercs are mostly useful in night missions. They are great in early to mid-game, and because they always shoot single shots (and a lot of them) their marksmanship improves quickly. Later, however, they lose out to riflemen with automatic rifles or LMGs.

As for gun range, in JA2 its primary function was modeling relative accuracy of guns. Damage is a different beast altogether, which depends a lot more on the ammunition than on the gun, and has its unique challenges in game implementation. Figuring out bullet speed or energy at a distance is actually not difficult: test data or calculations can be used. Figuring out how (if at all) it relates to game damage is harder, as I myself found out.

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		Guns Versus Tactics. By: Alpha Male on Thu, 19 August 2004 19:46
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Scottybrown100 on Thu, 19 August 2004 22:26
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Doc Croc on Thu, 19 August 2004 22:44
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Doc Croc on Thu, 19 August 2004 22:45
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Dr.Quack on Fri, 20 August 2004 00:13
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: ramfall on Fri, 20 August 2004 00:55
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Dr.Quack on Fri, 20 August 2004 01:22
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Bearpit on Fri, 20 August 2004 01:29
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Snap on Fri, 20 August 2004 11:25
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Snap on Fri, 20 August 2004 11:29
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Khor1255 on Fri, 20 August 2004 15:40
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Alpha Male on Fri, 20 August 2004 18:33
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: AZAZEL on Fri, 20 August 2004 19:23
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Alpha Male on Wed, 25 August 2004 00:08
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Doc Croc on Wed, 25 August 2004 09:01
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: grindedstone on Mon, 30 August 2004 23:49
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Alpha Male on Wed, 01 September 2004 08:10
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: grindedstone on Wed, 01 September 2004 17:30
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Alpha Male on Wed, 01 September 2004 18:56
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: grindedstone on Wed, 01 September 2004 19:22
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Sarge McSarge on Thu, 02 September 2004 09:37
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Doc Croc on Thu, 02 September 2004 10:36
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Folkewulf on Mon, 13 September 2004 07:02
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Alpha Male on Tue, 14 September 2004 19:49
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: grindedstone on Tue, 14 September 2004 21:42
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Snap on Wed, 15 September 2004 10:21
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: magnum on Wed, 15 September 2004 13:03
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: magnum on Wed, 15 September 2004 13:07
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Folkewulf on Thu, 16 September 2004 02:10
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Richard on Thu, 16 September 2004 03:40
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Snap on Thu, 16 September 2004 18:01
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Folkewulf on Fri, 17 September 2004 01:16
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Richard on Fri, 17 September 2004 02:57
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Snap on Sat, 18 September 2004 06:05
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Gideon on Sat, 18 September 2004 09:48
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Di^^^ on Sun, 19 September 2004 03:37
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: pheloncab on Sun, 19 September 2004 04:53
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Snap on Sun, 19 September 2004 06:47
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Fulby on Sun, 19 September 2004 08:20
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Gideon on Sun, 19 September 2004 23:32
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Di^^^ on Mon, 20 September 2004 02:37
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Phantom on Mon, 21 February 2005 06:09
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Khor1255 on Mon, 21 February 2005 11:30
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: Sooner on Thu, 10 March 2005 06:43
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: KIA on Thu, 10 March 2005 09:43
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: AZAZEL on Sat, 19 March 2005 01:23
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: KIA on Tue, 22 March 2005 02:22
		Re: Guns Versus Tactics. By: memphisto on Thu, 24 March 2005 15:13

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