I have had several weapons do things like this.

At one point I was running shotgun scout and 1vs1 another, we fired few shots each with no effect then stopped moving and emptied magazines point blank at each other. We died while reloading, by shotgun according to kill feed.

This was few builds ago. It is getting less common as ccp fixes things, but sometimes hit detection is still all wonky. I think they'll have it fixed before end of open beta, as long as we keep pointing out when it happens.

Did the shield flash but no damage to bar? Most of time I had this happen the shield indicated hit but didn't apply damage.

How far away were you?

The scatter on the Forge Gun is actually wider than the targeting reticule, so even if you're lined up perfectly, your shot won't always land where you think it should.

Somewhere between five to ten feet, I'd estimate. This kind of thing happens kind of regularly though. I'm finding myself shooting at the ground more than I am shooting at the person in hopes the splash at least does SOMETHING, but even then it's pretty inconsistent.

If the shot is actually going rogue despite it being lined up and my not moving, then I guess that would explain a lot when combined with the sketchy hit detection and netcode... that is frustrating design, though. It's going to be difficult to compensate for something that is beyond all forms of control when I have such a long time between shots.

It did nothing. Not like "zomg bs i totally killed you call-of-duty" nothing. Like he was literally standing still, i walked up to him, centered my aim, and put it straight through his chest. No damage whatsoever.

This is probably desync, rather than lag or broken hit detection code.

Your PS3 missed an update from the server at some point, so thinks your target is in one place when the server thinks he is somewhere else. If the target seems to be standing still then that just confirms you aren't receiving movement updates.

When you shoot, your PS3 sends the shot notification to the server: I shot from here in this direction with this gun at this time. It also, without waiting for the response from the server, checks whether it thinks you've hit, and if so, it displays the shield flash.

The server then checks whether that shot should hit anyone; because the target isn't actually where you thought he was (he's actually moving, you just don't know it) the server calls it a miss, and so no damage is applied.


It probably doesn't matter to you whether it is lag, hit detection or desync, I know. You just see something is not working, and it is annoying.

However, given that there are 3 systems (two PS3s and the server) in play here, with internet connections involved, there isn't really much of a solution I'm afraid.

I'm reading the title post in johnny cash's voice...