razo+r Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 Look at the lenght of the tracer in comparsion with the guy. That's one giant laser beam. But then again, I haven't had the pleasure yet to shoot with tracers. Maybe someone with real life experience can comment on this?
Shimmergloom667 Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 It's been a few years since I shot tracers at night, but: tracers IRL are humungous. It's a glowing bullet going a few hundred meters / second that draws a loooong line on your retina. That screenie actually looks too short. i7 - 9700K | 32 GB DDR4 3200 | RTX 2080 | VKB Gunfighter Mk II /w MCG Pro | Virpil T-50CM2 Throttle | TrackIR 5 | VKB Mk. IV AJS-37 | A/V-8B | A-10C | F-14A/B | F-16C | F-18C | F-86F | FC3 | JF-17 | Ka-50 | L-39 | Mi-8 | MiG-15bis | MiG-19 | MiG-21bis | M2000-C | P-51D | Spitfire LF Mk. IX | UH-1H
delevero Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 I think it is as it is due to gameplay reasons. I imagine it have something to do with visibility when "bullet" is flying and the ability to see this from a plane. But yes tracers do look like they ave a "long tail" in real life as well and if you pause this video you will also see a long tail after the bullet.
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted October 25, 2019 ED Team Posted October 25, 2019 (edited) Look pretty good to me, reminds me of night firing with GPMG some nice big 7.62 going down the range :) Edited October 25, 2019 by BIGNEWY Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, PIMAX Crystal
razo+r Posted October 25, 2019 Author Posted October 25, 2019 Is the length also caliber related or only depending on speed?
Shimmergloom667 Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 Is the length also caliber related or only depending on speed? You won't be able to discern much difference between small arms calibers. Whenever we shot 5,56 and 7,62 they pretty much looked the same at night. i7 - 9700K | 32 GB DDR4 3200 | RTX 2080 | VKB Gunfighter Mk II /w MCG Pro | Virpil T-50CM2 Throttle | TrackIR 5 | VKB Mk. IV AJS-37 | A/V-8B | A-10C | F-14A/B | F-16C | F-18C | F-86F | FC3 | JF-17 | Ka-50 | L-39 | Mi-8 | MiG-15bis | MiG-19 | MiG-21bis | M2000-C | P-51D | Spitfire LF Mk. IX | UH-1H
razo+r Posted October 25, 2019 Author Posted October 25, 2019 Okay, sounds logical. And then what about this APFSDS here, which also is a tracer round I assume (left of the tallest tree in the middle)? Of course DCS models them differently. This one has an actual model of the round, whereas the small caliber only have the tracer texture.
razo+r Posted October 30, 2019 Author Posted October 30, 2019 Maybe ED should update the smaller calibers like they did with the larger ones. Instead of having a red texture, maybe put a bullet with a red dot on the texture, or at a much later stage put a model of the bullet in just like they did with the APFSDS example above.
FragBum Posted October 30, 2019 Posted October 30, 2019 The is also be a difference in how a camera captures a tracer round compared to the eye. The eye will have a bit of persistence (image retention) especially against a dark environment compared to a camera. Control is an illusion which usually shatters at the least expected moment. Gazelle Mini-gun version is endorphins with rotors. See above. Currently rolling with a Asus Z390 Prime, 9600K, 32GB RAM, SSD, 2080Ti and Windows 10Pro, Rift CV1. bu0836x and Scratch Built Pedals, Collective and Cyclic.
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