More realistic machine gun tracers?

[Wutz]

Originally Posted by simfanatic

Dear Luthier,

I personally think yhat the machine gun tracers look a little fake, too 'straight and laser-like" if u will.

I've seen those old ww2 gun vamera footage on youtube, and the tracers always look like "twisting" and "turning" worms as they arc toward the target.

Could we expect more realistic looking tracers in the future?

Thanks and i'm loving COD!

Have you ever shot a machine gun with tracers in real life?
When ever I see these kind of threads I always think, this is what Holywood does to kids.

[Avionsdeguerre]

Originally Posted by wutz

have you ever shot a machine gun with tracers in real life?
When ever i see these kind of threads i always think, this is what holywood does to kids.

+1

[Wolf_Rider]

tracers fly straight in real life
where did anyone think the term "hose 'em down" came into it from?

[Fuchs]

i agree, so to be honest, tracer are a little bit smaller and less brighter in day light that the one we can see in hurricane...
So, to be honest too, i never shoot with an hurricane so can't be sure

here is example of evening shooting with tracer it's look like star wars :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKVH-WyTjBM

and this one in day light

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldu8P...eature=related

[hoarmurath]

yes, they are supposed to look straight. in cod, they look straight and ugly. Old ones from il2 looked better imo.

i also like those from rise of flight.

Because, you know, if they look like lasers in the videos posted, it's because of the speed at which the camera capture the images.

[Fuchs]

Because, you know, if they look like lasers in the videos posted, it's because of the speed at which the camera capture the images.

i agree so it's a game not the real life
So!!! it can be improve in the future (i like the ROF tracer too)

[Wolf_Rider]

Originally Posted by hoarmurath

yes, they are supposed to look straight. in cod, they look straight and ugly. Old ones from il2 looked better imo.

i also like those from rise of flight.

Because, you know, if they look like lasers in the videos posted, it's because of the speed at which the camera capture the images.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz8QsBxcOMw

and the difference , is?

[hoarmurath]

The difference is, speed at which the camera record images, sensibility of the film, time of exposition (given by speed of recording), and the fact the camera is mounted on a moving, vibrating frame.

Lots of factors that have nothing to do with the actual tracers.

Yet, i did shooting when i was in the military, and we fired tracers, and i never thought they were looking like lasers, because they weren't. Cameras can see them as lasers, but our eye doesn't.

As far as i can remember, tracers looked just like tiny color lights flying very fast to the target, it lasted very short time, less than a second.

[Friendly_flyer]

Originally Posted by tread_head

Just throwing my hat in since after three tours in Iraq, I've seen tracers from 120mm, 25mm, .50, 7.62, and 5.56 fired in combat. Tracer fire, especially from machine guns, looks like a point of light moving away from you when viewed from behind.

Served in Norwegian army, and have fired 9mm, 7,62 NATO and 12,7 HMG rounds and can conform your description. I too find the tracers are a tad light and too long from the clips we have seen so far (I have to get my new rig before playing the game).

[Wolf_Rider]

Originally Posted by hoarmurath

The difference is, speed at which the camera record images, sensibility of the film, time of exposition (given by speed of recording), and the fact the camera is mounted on a moving, vibrating frame.

yes, that's right... camera mounted on a stable surface or on a surface subject to vibration...

the human eye will see after an image from a moving bright light source - it is inescapable