c3k Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Gents, This was reported earlier, but I can't find the original thread. Sometimes during RT play on a LAN, Mk 19's (and reportedly .50's) will have a shotgun like burst of fire followed by normal ROF. I can confirm this report as it has just happened. Since it was RT, no savegame. It was Abu Susah; Red team hosted the game, Blue joined. A Stryker was firing on the Syrians when this occurred - more than once - with its Mk. 19. Both computers are in the same room. I noticed that the hosting machine, Red, seemed to be at least 1-2 seconds AHEAD of the joining computer, Blue. This was obvious due to the sounds. I would hear an explosion from the Red machine, then, after the explosion, I would see one of my Blue squads launch a Javelin, take time to travel, and then I would see the impact and hear, subject to normal delay due to the distance of my camera to the impact, the explosion. This time discrepancy was consistent over the length of the battle and consistent over many trials. I mention this because the delay between the two computers may have something to do with the aforementioned shotgun effect. Perhaps it is an artifact of the "behind" computer trying to catch up? Gigabit speed switch, Cat6 wiring, gigabit NIC's. (However, Blue computer is 6 years old, so processor is far outclassed by Red, which is one year old.) Network speed is not the issue in timing; processor/computer speed may be. Perhaps this information is helpful. Regards, Ken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzermartin Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I think I've seen this on the host side as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapHappy Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Nah...this happens in single player mode as well....I had it happen when a Mk 19 mounted on a humvee spit out about six rounds simultaneously at a target in a building during a test scenario I was working on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoex Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Definitely also in SP mode, has happened to me regularly and I only play SP. Have only seen it with Mk19s, though, not with the .50 cal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan8325 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I can also confirm this in SP real-time with the .50. I don't think I've seen it with mk 19. Every time it happens it seems to be right after a frame-rate drop in the action. It doesn't bother me much as it doesn't seem to affect the gameplay as of yet, other than the frame-rate drop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Already fixed Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 no! Steve, this wasn't a complaint about the mk19, it was plea to have you expand this behavior to other weapons. I think we all _loved_ the firepower increase. Why did you have to fix it? Oh, the angst.... Oh, the thanks... Ken (P.S., to fix it, did you need to implement a HOLD command? ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoex Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Thanks, Steve! Great news. You're right though, c3k, the shotgun burst would have been so sweet coming from a Bushmaster or even a TOW or Abrams main gun *drool* Oh, the humanity! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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