Hi,

Thank you for the feedback. I believe what you're experiencing is the side effect of an optimization we did in Uprising.

The optimization is about only simulating the characters within certain distance around your local player, which is a very common technique for games that have large maps. The view distance is partially tied to the weapon the player is using since for instance players using an assault rifle don't need to see as far as snipers.

I'll talk to the relevant devs about this. In the meantime, can you guys provide a list of weapons that are most annoying?

On the Tactical Assault rifle (zoomed in) , I can see a player running around from a distance as a small stick figure, shoot and kill him. If I don't use the scope there is no render, I should be able to see a speck moving if there is a player there regardless of whether or not the player is killable at the range I am at. If it were tied to a set range of sight rather than range of weapon it would make more sense as I can and do kill at range where they are outside the render view when not scoped and would like to be able to see that there is someone I need to scope to kill.

That's probably because they were out of your weapon range, but you was in their weapon range so they saw you . You beter fix that visual contact cut off range at constant value for everybody. It should be sligtly bigger than a longest weapon's range at max skills levels...

Does this bug have anything to do with the low res models not loading in the war barge? Half the plays are invisible in that thing on load up and trying to walk though a unloaded model?

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Side note, Bullets from the rifles are NOT moving anywhere near the speed stated in their facts. I've seen players 3x their distance by time the bullet has left it mark.

I still managed to get 36 thought :)

So the average is more around 10/15 and most of those kills are less that 400 Mtrs. :(

H.D

I just want to say, the support from the community is much appreciated and needed :)

I know you guys are going on about snipers but this is a huge issue with railgun turrets both for tank snipers and installation operators like I occasionally am.

I actually pull out a sniper which has further rendering distance than most turrets in order to scope and sight targets before just firing at nothingness with my installation to take things out. (Yes, it actually works because the round travels beyond render distance somehow).

Still, it's odd when I notice my tank driving allies or myself are getting shot by railgun rounds coming quite literally from nothing so we shoot back at the nothing and mystically destroy an invisible militia tank that was seated there.

It's not just infantry, it's everything. I've killed invisible installations, invisible vehicles (LAVs, HAVs, Derpships), and of course invisible infantry while in a railgun turret. It's cute and all but, as I know how frustrating it is to be on the receiving side, render distances are something that still need tweaking.

I have an idea why instead of using only the reach of our weapon why not also use the reach of the enemies weapon too.

That way we can see the people who can kill us and prevent that.