Frankly, these lasers...

[major_setback]

To be honest I think what is bothering people (me) most is the absolute perfect regularity of them.
Here they are straight too, but the edges are a bit irregular, and they appear to fade and even disappear in places (Big picture):

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...T-89-00210.jpg

[choctaw111]

Originally Posted by major_setback

To be honest I think what is bothering people (me) most is the absolute perfect regularity of them.
Here they are straight too, but the edges are a bit irregular, and they appear to fade and even disappear in places (Big picture):

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...T-89-00210.jpg

Ah yes. Good photos.
A tracer near the end of its burn will flicker sometimes and I had really hoped that this would be included in Cliffs of Dover.
I also hope that the ricochets will be included. Many times when a tracer hits something and bounces off, it will flicker a bit and even change direction in mid air.

[ChrisDNT]

Obviously, many here have only seen tracers on pictures or videos.

Basically, when you fire something with a tracer, you just see the shining ass of the bullet, some kind of a moving point, but again no "Star Wars" lasers.

[choctaw111]

This is the first I have asked this question and I may as well ask it here.
For those complaining about the "Star Wars Laser" look, ask yourself this.
Having never seen tracers in person, do you want them to look like what you think they should look like, or do you want them to look as they would appear in reality.
I am telling you all that the tracers I have seen in Cliffs of Dover are the most realistic I have seen in a game.

[Hunden]

Originally Posted by choctaw111

This is the first I have asked this question and I may as well ask it here.
For those complaining about the "Star Wars Laser" look, ask yourself this.
Having never seen tracers in person, do you want them to look like what you think they should look like, or do you want them to look as they would appear in reality.
I am telling you all that the tracers I have seen in Cliffs of Dover are the most realistic I have seen in a game.

I have fired weapons with tracers and they do look like lasers until they hit a body then they dont look like lasers anymore. fisrt time i fired a 105 m from the tank commanders hatch it blew my helmet off that was fun

[choctaw111]

Originally Posted by Hunden

I have fired weapons with tracers and they do look like lasers until they hit a body then they dont look like lasers anymore. fisrt time i fired a 105 m from the tank commanders hatch it blew my helmet off that was fun

Of course I am referring to those that have never seen them in person.

[The Kraken]

It's certainly interesting that even people with real-life experience can't seem to agree on whether it's right or not, and that opinions cover the full range between "crap" and "perfect". I wonder if that also applies to other areas where people point out their expert opinion (like flight models, in-cockpit sound or grass colour ).

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by The Kraken

It's certainly interesting that even people with real-life experience can't seem to agree on whether it's right or not, and that opinions cover the full range between "crap" and "perfect". I wonder if that also applies to other areas where people point out their expert opinion (like flight models, in-cockpit sound or grass colour ).

I don't think anyone even knows what a laser looks like, yet we are discussing just that!

[HenFre]

Originally Posted by Hunden

I have fired weapons with tracers and they do look like lasers until they hit a body then they dont look like lasers anymore. fisrt time i fired a 105 m from the tank commanders hatch it blew my helmet off that was fun

I was a tank commander in the danish army some years back and during live fire exercises we often used the turret machinegune in our Leopard 1A5
From the commanders hatch it was easy to see the tracers fired each 5th shoot in the ammobelt and as I recall they actually looked like lasers from Star Wars. So I also think that the effect shown in COD is spot on..

Good job guys

PS: One time we loaded an entire 250 round belt with tracers and fired them in one salvo. This looked like one continious red line to the target.

[LukeFF]

Originally Posted by choctaw111

This is the first I have asked this question and I may as well ask it here.
For those complaining about the "Star Wars Laser" look, ask yourself this.
Having never seen tracers in person, do you want them to look like what you think they should look like, or do you want them to look as they would appear in reality.
I am telling you all that the tracers I have seen in Cliffs of Dover are the most realistic I have seen in a game.

Totally agreed. I've seen everything from 5.56mm to 25mm tracers from my time in the military, and IMO 1C got this one right.