"Realistic" AI Bullets (Tracer, no Tracer)

[DoubleK]

Hello ED-Team, 

that's maybe something that could be easily done and would add some realism. At the moment all bullets from AI units are tracer, that looks somewhat ridiculous when you have a couple of units firing at each other. In RL not every round is a tracer, depending on the weapon every couple rounds or none. 
It could be an option or a change for all AI Units and does not have to be after real live procedures. Every 3th, 4th, 5th round a tracer and the rest none. 

Just an idea i'am throwing around. What do you guys think?

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[Northstar98]

2 hours ago, DoubleK said:

Hello ED-Team, 

that's maybe something that could be easily done and would add some realism. At the moment all bullets from AI units are tracer, that looks somewhat ridiculous when you have a couple of units firing at each other.

I don't think this is accurate, so far from testing if you set the rounds to those that are tracerless, then they won't have any tracers (so far tested with an AI Hornet firing SAPHEI), obviously so long as a tracerless ammunition type is available.

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And holy jumping H. Jesus Christ, I've never seen such incompetence coming from the AI, how are they that incapable at shooting down a IL-76 flying in a straight line?

 

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[Aarnoman]

On 11/16/2021 at 6:57 AM, Northstar98 said:

I don't think this is accurate, so far from testing if you set the rounds to those that are tracerless, then they won't have any tracers (so far tested with an AI Hornet firing SAPHEI), obviously so long as a tracerless ammunition type is available.

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And holy jumping H. Jesus Christ, I've never seen such incompetence coming from the AI, how are they that incapable at shooting down a IL-76 flying in a straight line?

 

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I think he is talking about ground AI units. I agree with OP that it would be nice to have most ground AI units not use tracers (e.g. infantry) or use tracers more sparingly (e.g. humvee every 5th round). Currently every ground battle looks straight out of star wars. On an unrelated note please make ground hits from low calibre weapons smaller instead of the generic 30mm hit effect.

[Northstar98]

On 11/17/2021 at 7:05 PM, Aarnoman said:

I think he is talking about ground AI units. I agree with OP that it would be nice to have most ground AI units not use tracers (e.g. infantry) or use tracers more sparingly (e.g. humvee every 5th round).

Oh! Well in that case +1 to the OP, it would be better if ground units got realistic ammunition in this regard (exactly like a few modules).

On 11/17/2021 at 7:05 PM, Aarnoman said:

Currently every ground battle looks straight out of star wars.

To be fair though, the current tracers themselves don't help, they look straight out of Star Wars, and they change direction as they fly near or past the camera. The only sim that has worse tracers is the other F-16 sim, both the other WWII sim and the other tank/aircraft game have tracers that are far superior IMO.

On 11/17/2021 at 7:05 PM, Aarnoman said:

On an unrelated note please make ground hits from low calibre weapons smaller instead of the generic 30mm hit effect.

+1

Edited November 20, 2021 by Northstar98