Thread: silent thunder

Ballsyone,

I would say punk buster make quite a bit of money from far from perfect software. There of course is no alternative which always makes a company sloppy when there is no alternative.

There are some great players on this server and one of the reasons I play it. There of late have been some suspect players. From what I can see that is being delt with.

millwalljames

Originally Posted by slowmotionman

How does an aimbot work? The other night on the server I got one shot killed by a guy in front of me that wasn't even looking at me. I am sure it was him that killed me because his tag lit up the first round I put in him and then after one shot it said I was killed by that same person. Is that an aimbot or just a lag spike?

I'm not exactly sure how it works but in general, the cheater buys illegal code that effectively automatically aims his weapon at enemy targets. They don't even have to be in sight to be killed. When you watch a video of one in action you'll typically see the aimbotter laying prone in an area with clear line of sight to densely populated areas. The muzzle of their guns snaps from target to target in a jerky motion.

In your case, it was likely a lag spike and/or the poor job BF2 does in player animation.

Originally Posted by Girlslikeguns2

Someone please clue me in. I have been killed many many many many times by one shot. I thought that was normal. I know it always took me several shots to kill someone else. I thought it was because I am still new and thought the higher you go the more accurite you become.
Am I wrong or was I just someones target practice?

Check out this site for details on BF2 weapons.

http://wiki.bf2s.com/weapons/comparison

The bottom line is that each bullet from each weapon has an assigned damage value. Each player has some level of body armor depending upon their kit. Medics, Engineers, Spec Ops and Snipers are lightly armored. Support and Assault are heavily armored therefore it takes more shots to bring them down. When shooting lightly armored targets, you must do 100 damage to critically wound them (take them down). An L85A1 does 34 damage per shot landed; therefore it take 3 shots to critically wound a lightly armored enemy. A G36E does 32 damage so it take 4 shots to critically wound a lightly armored enemy. You must do 151 damage to a heavily armored target to critically wound them.

The other factor is headshots. Headshots get a 3X multiplication factor on damage. Therefore, if you shoot a fully healthy enemy in the head (which is not considered armored on any player) with a weapon that does at least 34 damage you get a one shot "kill". Weapons with less than 34 damage (all pistols and submachine guns, some assault weapons, most carbines, most light machine guns) require two shots to the head for a kill.