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Boy, I'm so glad to hear this from someone else's "mouth" for a change...
Hitting those 300 meter targets using iron sights, even in prone supported,
wasn't easy.
If I ever go into combat, I want a red dot sight, preferably one with a
little magnification, at least.
--Uzi
"TJ" <who@where.com> wrote in message
news:1115763407.29540.0@despina.uk.clara.net...
>I guess that if they made shooting accurately over >150m as hard as it is
> really, there would be very little interest in the games.
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> Shame you cant set it up though, for the realism.
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> What would really freak out the mass playing majority would be to have
> bullets totally diappear without ever apparently hitting anything.
> I never had this happen but they reckon some of the higher speed rounds
> can
> just fragment on something as flimsy as a blade of grass.
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> "Uziyahu" <NNOSPAMMuziyahu@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:zJife.5046$VH2.507@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>> There was a realist Army sniper trainer game, but you were only shooting
> at
>> a paper target.
>>
>> --Uzi
>>
>> "TJ" <who@where.com> wrote in message
>> news:1115497315.22566.0@eunomia.uk.clara.net...
>> > Is there any game out there with fully realistic ballistics?
>> >
>> > It would be great to have to hold under or over and to have to allow
>> > for
>> > wind direction and strength.
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>> > "Uziyahu" <NNOSPAMMuziyahu@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> > news:16eee.48935$_t3.16364@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>> >> Well, I finally got Delta Force: Extreme.
>> >>
>> >> It's interesting to play some of the old missions with the newer A.I.
> and
>> >> objects.
>> >>
>> >> I recognize some of the missions, but some of them I don't.
>> >>
>> >> There are some complaints carried over from Joint Operations.
>> >>
>> >> 1) Players riding on the skids of the Little Birds and firing 40mm
>> >> 'nades
>> >> and AT-4's.
>> >>
>> >> 2) No Stingers to shoot down helos, and there is no M60, so you're
> left
>> >> with the SAW or a well-positioned M2 .50 sitting on one of the buggies
> to
>> >> shoot them down with.
>> >>
>> >> One of the new complaints is that when bullets reach a max range, they
>> >> all
>> >> of a sudden become ineffective. 1 meter inside that effective range
> and
>> > you
>> >> can kill them. 1 meter outside and you can't touch them. The ranges
>> >> have
>> >> been significantly reduced on some of the weapons and I don't think
>> >> you
>> > can
>> >> adjust your elevation.
>> >>
>> >> Still, I'm having fun with it.
>> >>
>> >> It's nice to have some single-player to go with the J.O. engine, but
> for
>> >> multi-player you might want to stick with J.O.:Escalation.
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