I know exactly what hitscan is.

With hitscan weapons, when an object is detected in the path of the projectile, a hit is registered. Since the effect is immediate, the projectiles effectively travel at infinite speed and have a linear or otherwise simple trajectory

ie: you cross the path of the weapon, you get hit. My observation is that this is not how weapons in dust work, except of course the laser rifle.

You can see the tracers of the projectiles. You can see the beam of the ScR and ScP. You can see them following behind eachother in rapid succession. You can see the SR projectiles, you can see the tracers on the HMG and SMG.

Laughing.

I didn't simply restate my opinion as you say. I offered evidence refuting other people's opinions.

Go ahead and laugh too, i don't really care.

Until a DEV actually says that it is indeed hitscan, I'm of the opinion it is not. I have stated my reasoning for this opinion.

Everyone on here ridiculing me for my opinion, which I have offered strong evidence to support, has shown absolutely no evidence whatsoever that it is hitscan. You are simply assuming that it is because other games (not all games) use hitscan.

So yea, go ahead and laugh it up.

What evidence? Show me the evidence that it is simply animation.

If you are referring to the wikipedia, this came from the same page:


People have stated their opinion that it is animation.

I stated my opinion that it is more than animation, and offered evidence to support my claim.

You're just saying NUH-UNH but with less words.

So then, it isn't hitscan?

Because, if it was hitscan, as soon as you held the trigger, if someone was in your sights, you would deal damage, right?

Just like if the AR was hitscan, no matter how fast you swipe your reticule over your target, you would do damage, right?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this doesn't happen in DUST, does it?
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That is not hitscan. As I stated before, when you get shot from Long Range with an AR, you can feel each bullet hitting and dropping your HP as individual bullets, not a stead stream of damage.

Hitscan = steady consistent non intermittent HP drain.

This is not how DUST works.

As for your previous post, just because all bullets do not have an animation, does not make it Hitscan.

All of my steps do not make a sound, does that mean I'm not taking those steps?

The ScR does not do damage before it's beam reaches you. If that is what you see, you are delusional.

In DUST, sniper rifle's bullet travel time is a factor.


It seams that DUST uses a partial ballistics model.

So you don't know what hitscan means.

Glad you finally confirmed it. I was a little confused about how exactly you were defining the term until you posted this.

You're incorrectly applying a specific possible damage model as a requirement for hitscan, rather than actually understanding what a hit detection model entails.

Whether hitscan is being used to trace a single line in a single instant and mark a target for a binary "yes/no" damage application, or used for a constant stream of damage, the method of determining the "hit" condition that mkes it hitscan.

If there's a slow-moving stream of energy that creates an arc when you turn, and anything within the energy stream takes constant damage, that's NOT hitscan.

If the game simulates bullets by tracing straight lines out from the weapon and applying damage any time one of those lines intersects with an enemy hitbox (or a friendly one if FF is on), that's hitscan. It doesn't trace a line and keep that line in place, or shake it around a bit and apply a tiny amount of damage every time. It traces a line that doesn't stay in place, then traces another line for the next bullet, and each time one of those lines touches a valid hitbox, it applies damage to the target.

This is a bit more in depth definition of hitscan than any I have been able to find.

Basically what you are saying here, is that when you fire your weapon, multiple hitscan lines are produced. (one for each "bullet"?) Does each one of these hitscan lines have a beginning and end? How long are the hitscan lines?

Why is it that, when I get shot by an AR at range, the damage does not occure immediately? From everything I have read about hitscan, that is how it works. The damage is simultaneous with the pull of the trigger.

Do you see the questions this raises?

Trying to set an example.

I learned a long time ago if you are proven wrong, you save face just simply admitting you were wrong. Insisting you are right when you run out of logical arguments simply makes you look like an immature foolish jackass!