Why are projectiles so slow?

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Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by CPTANT » #223492

You can almost outrun disabler beams and lasers, they take ages to catch up. Shooting people running away from you is almost undoable.

I feel this is made worse by the pixel projectiles, while they may have the same absolute speed, you are guaranteed to now fire with a small offset meaning it doesn't really go as fast in the direction you actually want it to go.
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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by DemonFiren » #223494

Bay-style hitscan lasers when?
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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by CPTANT » #223495

Even buffing speed by 20% or so would GREATLY reduce the time projectiles need to catch up with someone running away.
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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by Wyzack » #223526

Bay hitscan lasers would be fucking cool and actually make laser weapons significantly different than projectiles. Unfortunately due to pixel projectiles the will be tough to hit with outside of direct clicks. I still think it would be cool though, maybe keep tazers as the golden bolt for balance reasons
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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by MrStonedOne » #223606

Back when the server tick rate was 11 times a second, It used to be the run speed would round down while the projectile speed was rounding up. When that changed to 20 ticks a second the rounding stopped happening.
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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by WJohnston » #223637

Wait does that mean humans are now max speed?
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Post by Alipheese » #223640

I mean lasers are light. How are spessman able to outrun light? How are we not destroying the entire universe by moving?

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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by PKPenguin321 » #223659

Alipheese wrote:I mean lasers are light. How are spessman able to outrun light? How are we not destroying the entire universe by moving?
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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by onleavedontatme » #223661

Guess you gotta learn to lead your shots again.
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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by MisterPerson » #223690

WJohnston wrote:Wait does that mean humans are now max speed?
Not even close. They're not even at max with our current system, and mobs can absolutely move even faster than that cap.
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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by phil235 » #223761

I made a pull request to make projectiles faster: https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/21366
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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by kevinz000 » #224245

https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/20142
I made a pr to port baystation hitscans using pixel projectiles for calculations
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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by Deitus » #224308

kevinz000 wrote:https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/20142
I made a pr to port baystation hitscans using pixel projectiles for calculations
is this the thing where you click on someone and it basically tells them to not move or they automatically get shot?
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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by DemonFiren » #224310

No, this is the thing where you click on someone and the projectile hits immediately.
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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by lzimann » #224326

Doubt that would ever work in tg, like, bay they have a really slower play so bullshit things don't affect them as much, imagine that here with our agressive/fast gameplay.
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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by Deitus » #224333

DemonFiren wrote:No, this is the thing where you click on someone and the projectile hits immediately.
oh then yeah im totally against that

my hands are jankier than an addict's i would be able to hit even less than i do now
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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by kevinz000 » #224440

No it doesn't make every single gun hitscans it adds a var for admins. Oranges told me to stop trying to power creep rnd
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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by oranges » #224449

it's oranges and you knew what you were doing.
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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by kevinz000 » #224493

oranges wrote:it's oranges and you knew what you were doing.
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Re: Why are projectiles so slow?

Post by Not-Dorsidarf » #224955

Why is Orange so touchy about his name
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