When Uprising came out CCP/Shanghai switched to UnReal Engine 4 from 3.something. This gave them, and us, access to better graphics solutions. It did come at a bit of a cost in more intensive compute loads. To reduce the strain on the system they used a fairly common solution in the industry. They limited draw distance. Which means nothing more than if an object is greater than some arbitrary distance (some games might make it modifiable on a PC along with Field of View, FOV) is simply ignored. Note that the mini-map is a different process and still functions like a radar system supplied by the failing bidder to an unclear government contract.

Realize that the graphics lays down the sky box (actual sky, mountains and whatever in the distance) then objects in the field of view are drawn in up to the draw distance*. Which means things can move 10 meters in game and disappear or appear out of nowhere.

All that technical stuff is only interesting to geeks like myself but the issue here is that you cannot see the actual details at certain distances. This includes not being able to see targets unless scoped, sometimes while scoped, objects getting drawn out of sequence under certain circumstances which make them appear to be around a corner when they are not, etc. and leaves us gamers confused and hoping this is a bug and will be fixed.

It is not a bug. It is a design decision to reduce the graphics load on the PS3. On the PS4 it will be able to be extended as the graphics in that system will be about as good as a mid-range GPU is today (about I said).

Good Luck.


* technically in reverse although modern graphic systems are good at not actually forcing that requirement these days.