Tracers on COD

[choctaw111]

Originally Posted by kalimba

I have to admit that after watching tons of WW2 guncams and modern tracer
movies, my comments about COD's tracers are:

When they are at their initial position close to the pilot's position, they are kind of too fat and a bit square. In most WW2 guncams, the tracers seem to "light" up further away from the plane , so few milliseconds after firiing...They look also more like a string of light, rather than a LightSaber...
When they reach a certain distance, they look good though...And the smoke trails, from the bits we saw, seem to look very good...

Salute !

This all depends on the tracer type. Some tracers lit in the barrel. Others lit a few feet away after being fired and others lit even further away, out to a couple hundred meters before they lit.
The typical WW2 tracer lit in the barrel causing the streak like appearance upon exiting the gun.
As far as the tracers to appear too fat, Some of them may appear to be a little on the fat side, but again, this all depends on the size of the hole the tracer is burning through, plus its apparent brightness. The brighter it is, the fatter it looks.
Perhaps "brightness and fatness" are an option but I doubt it.

[Xilon_x]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC6lQ...layer_embedded

this video GUN CAM is very detailed ye BRAVO.

COMPARE this video whit CoD TRACES ok ok i loock the tracer is white short good good BUT i not loock the smoke tracers?
Capture37sec.jpgcontrails of the projectile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YkTo...layer_embedded

[Royraiden]

Originally Posted by Xilon_x

this video GUN CAM is very detailed ye BRAVO.

COMPARE this video whit CoD TRACES ok ok i loock the tracer is white short good good BUT i not loock the smoke tracers?
Attachment 4837contrails of the projectile

You are saying that there arent smoke trails?If that is what you are saying then,you havent seen recent pictures posted by Oleg, theres even a video showing some amazing spiral smoke trails.http://fooblog.mexxoft.com/il2cod-sc...ts-24-02-2011/Look for the pictures with the Defiant.

[Erkki]

I'm with Oleg, Luthier, Choctaw & CO, the tracers are perfect. Maybe just a little thick, but we will probably see lighting and other effects be different in different amounts of light.

This in 480p:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7uWh...eature=related

Lasers! See his other videos, one has yellow tracers. Gun is Rheinmetall-Borsig 35mm.

[Royraiden]

They should be a bit thinner and a bit darker during day light in my opinion.But Im very happy with them so far.

[Xilon_x]

yes yes Royraiden i loock the photo contrail of bullets exist affermative.

but in the video i not loock this are invisible?

[Royraiden]

Originally Posted by Xilon_x

yes yes Royraiden i loock the photo contrail of bullets exist affermative.

but in the video i not loock this are invisible?

There are different types of ammo,not all leave the smoke trails.There was one video from one game event at Kiev showing those lovely spiral trails.

Originally Posted by Erkki

I'm with Oleg, Luthier, Choctaw & CO, the tracers are perfect. Maybe just a little thick, but we will probably see lighting and other effects be different in different amounts of light.

This in 480p:

Lasers! See his other videos, one has yellow tracers. Gun is Rheinmetall-Borsig 35mm.

Very good exemple ...If you look at those that are fired during daytime, you will agree that they are very thin and kind of "pointy" at the extremeties...
And this would seem to be the only issue with COD's tracers...They look a bit square and are to large for daytime visuals...
And this seems to be a concensus among members of this forum....I'm not saying that Luthier and Oleg are wrong,I am saying that the tracers could be
top notch with a little change...

Salute !

Originally Posted by choctaw111

This all depends on the tracer type. Some tracers lit in the barrel. Others lit a few feet away after being fired and others lit even further away, out to a couple hundred meters before they lit.
The typical WW2 tracer lit in the barrel causing the streak like appearance upon exiting the gun.
As far as the tracers to appear too fat, Some of them may appear to be a little on the fat side, but again, this all depends on the size of the hole the tracer is burning through, plus its apparent brightness. The brighter it is, the fatter it looks.
Perhaps "brightness and fatness" are an option but I doubt it.

I agree...But even Blackdog feels the tracers should be more like a "string" of light, rather than a "stick"...Wobbling was ideed caused by the shaking of the camera so it is ok not to have this effect. In every single exemple we have been given or shown, or in every WW2 guncams you may find, the tracers are always thinner than what we have in COD...Always..And it is , IMHO, the only flaw in COD's tracers...But the smoke trails, the exploding ammo, everything else is perfect...

Salute!