Re: 6thSense ArmA Mod

**Switch** · 07-05-2007, 03:47 PM

Is it me or does anyone else think its a bit unfair to have some people with moded sound and tracers... if our server ever turns PvP I dont want one guy hearing my foot steps a mile away and watching my silenced m9 throw tracers.

**tHa_KhAn** · 07-05-2007, 04:06 PM

This isn't really a twitch game. Even in TvT the advantages would be slight or the cheating apparent. Most of these sound mods have to do with sounds of vehicles and weapons and less to do with the environment.
I think your concern is justified, but think about the scale of the game. It would be obvious is someone without aerial recon could find an individual or group on foot from great distances.

**loyalguard** · 07-06-2007, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by tHa_KhAn

The last two releases, I don't get tracers with US small arms. While I can live without it in the rifles, I would like the M249 to have tracers. The M240 fires a different ammo type so it works.

I looked through the config file and it has an "enable_tracer" or something for the M16 ammo type of which the M249 inherits its effects from. I changed this from 0(false) to 1(true) but I have not seen any changes. Anyone have any ideas?

Hmmm, in the SP tutorials I could see M249 tracers but not in MP, same as you. I will investigate further...

EDIT: ADDED INFO

Okm here is what I found for V.1 RC5

Added SIX_tracerDiff setting to Weapon classes, this setting can be used to make the "Rifle Tracers Enabled" dependent on your own "Rifle Bullet Tracers" difficulty setting in the ArmA Options. In case of MP it takes the setting from server....

So it appears that if the server has rifle tracers off, then M249 tracers will be off. Maybe this can be further edited client side in a .hpp file. I will invrstigate further...

**peardog** · 07-07-2007, 05:07 PM

I don't know if "FAIR" has anything to do with it. If it's an Acceptable mod for the TG players then it's good enough for me. If we start getting visitors with the "XRAY VISON" mod or something like that then we can start the Kickin and a Bannin' .. But the Mods we allow now (FDF, MODWAR and the Tracers) are Player tested and no Cheat approved.

PLUS it's fair that you (any general player) can go and install the mods and use them..

**ANGELofDEATH** · 07-08-2007, 02:32 PM

I have the tracers mod running... It works some of the time... Sometimes not.. Dont know if this is what you all are seeing,or if it just me. I have never seen them come from my rifle, sometimes from friendly rifles... Most of the tracers I see are from enemy infantry and armor from both sides.

**WhiskeySix** · 07-11-2007, 11:30 PM

You won't see them with small caliber rounds... m16's, m4's or m249's for example...

**Shafik** · 07-12-2007, 01:40 AM

Originally Posted by WhiskeySix

You won't see them with small caliber rounds... m16's, m4's or m249's for example...

If this can be changed server side, it should. If I remember correctly, in a mag with 30 bullets, every 10th bullet is a tracer, till the last 3, which are all tracers. When you fire two tracers in a row, you have one bullet left. Tracers should be removed from silenced variants only.

**WhiskeySix** · 07-12-2007, 01:45 AM

^^^ sexy

**loyalguard** · 07-12-2007, 05:37 AM

I also support server setting change to enable rifle tracers.

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