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The Ready Room => General => Topic started by: 2_of_8 on July 13, 2005, 11:49:03 AM

Title: Tracers
Post by: 2_of_8 on July 13, 2005, 11:49:03 AM: Post your tracer settings here, with screenshots for all others to see! :)

tracerred 0
tracergreen 220
tracerblue 0
traceralpha 20
tracerlength 1
traceroffset 0
tracerspeed 5000
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Title: Tracers
Post by: Clashen on July 13, 2005, 01:09:26 PM: uuh, used some orange one i got from Kalessin.
Title: Tracers
Post by: Bryan on July 13, 2005, 01:11:53 PM: kinda like an exploite. as a alien this would give you line to the shooter. right?

Bryan
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Post by: Goldy on July 13, 2005, 01:33:05 PM: Right on both counts.
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Post by: 2_of_8 on July 13, 2005, 01:39:10 PM: I don't see pictures. "some orange" doesn't cut it! :)
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Post by: Bryan on July 13, 2005, 02:12:43 PM: Im not keen on the exploite but i would like to try it once in game it looks like it might look cool. Pitty I uninstalled NS.

Bryan
Title: Tracers
Post by: 2_of_8 on July 13, 2005, 02:29:21 PM: They aren't exactly exploitative, for several reasons.
1) As alien, I seriously doubt there's any time where you don't know where the Marines are coming from, and shooting you. You can tell using sound, gun flash, and just seeing the Marines running around.
2) Marines can use them to see where their bullets are hitting, in case it's far enough for the bullet decals to be invisible.
Title: Tracers
Post by: Goldy on July 13, 2005, 02:58:02 PM: 3) You use them so you're defensive. :p I know, I used them in TFC. However I was conscious that it was pretty cheap to do so.
Title: Tracers
Post by: Tooky on July 13, 2005, 02:58:53 PM: Quote
Post your tracer settings here, with screenshots for all others to see! :)

tracerred 0
tracergreen 220
tracerblue 0
traceralpha 20
tracerlength 1
traceroffset 0
tracerspeed 5000
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What do all those numbers represent? green 220? length 1? alpha 20? speed 5000?
Title: Tracers
Post by: 2_of_8 on July 13, 2005, 03:16:40 PM: tracerred [0-255] R value in RGB colour model
tracergreen [0-255] G value in RGB colour model
tracerblue [0-255] B value in RGB colour model
traceralpha 20 [0-255] Transparency (not sure)
tracerlength [x-y] Length for each tracer bullet (not sure in what units)
traceroffset [0-infinity] Distance between actual bullet path and tracer path (best at 0, in my opinion)
tracerspeed [0-infinity] Speed for each tracer bullet (most likely units/s)
Title: Tracers
Post by: Clashen on July 13, 2005, 03:35:07 PM: .
Title: Tracers
Post by: Bryan on July 13, 2005, 03:37:09 PM: Quote
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LOLOLOLOOLOOLOLOLOLOL

he drew you a picture

Bryan
Title: Tracers
Post by: Tooky on July 13, 2005, 05:41:30 PM: does it only show for you or everyone?
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Post by: Mr.Bill on July 13, 2005, 06:21:44 PM: just yourself

and honestly, you call yoursevles gamers, I think you should be able to tell where bullets are coming from with the standard bullet tracer as it is. nubhats. :-D
Title: Tracers
Post by: 2_of_8 on July 13, 2005, 06:27:43 PM: Quote
does it only show for you or everyone?
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If you mean whether you can see bullets firing from your gun or everyone's, it's everyone's. The only time you can't see tracers is when you have lvl0 weapons (afaik), or you're spectating.
Title: Tracers
Post by: holy_devil on July 13, 2005, 07:27:03 PM: tracers are in no way an exploit, just something fun. adds a bit of flare, if you will.

only time its EVER been called anything close to exploiting is in tfc. HWGuys could use them to aim perfectly while conced(larger, brighter tracer, won't explain further). but soon enough everyone understood how conc aim worked in general, and aimed better using any weapon as any class. <continuation of giant tfc rant here>

conclusion: tracers make pretty, exploits make bans. or something.
Title: Tracers
Post by: That Annoying Kid on July 13, 2005, 09:48:21 PM: Quote
just yourself

and honestly, you call yoursevles gamers, I think you should be able to tell where bullets are coming from with the standard bullet tracer as it is. nubhats. :-D
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^^

but changing them isn't explotative, it was something that was left in