AS50 sound and damage

[-Gews- 1]

I like the AS50, but I have two problems with it

-it sounds nothing like a .50 caliber rifle

-it does an absurd amount of damage compared to the other .50 caliber weapons (more than 5 times the damage of the M107)

"B_127x99_Ball" ammo deal 26 base damage (M107)

"B_127x108_Ball" ammo deal 30 base damage (KSVK)

"B_127x99_Ball_noTracer_BAF" ammo deal 56 base damage (used in AS50, BAF .50 BMG sniper/anti-materiel rifle)

Test in the "TargetRange.utes" map (custom rifle range, allow you to see damage and test weapons)

"Rifleman" :

M107 : 6.19 dmg

KSVK : 8.25 dmg

AS50 : 34.89 dmg

The damage issue has already been given a dev-heaven ticket, but I don't know if work is being done on it (it's been two years and no change).

https://dev-heaven.net/issues/14888

My other suggestion is to use the M107 sound for the AS50. The AS50 currently uses the .338 Lapua sound. I made a ticket here.

https://dev-heaven.net/issues/71270

Here is a video of an AS50, as you can see, it sounds closer to the M107 than the sound it currently has (makes sense since they are the same caliber).

tSCIuQOvREE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSCIuQOvREE

[cyberwarriorsonline 10]

Just to state... There's sound dampening walls in this video, so I would say this video's audio is inconclusive.

Edited May 7, 2013 by Foxhound
you really need to quote the entire post (including the video which is not allowed) which is just above yours? Quote removed.

[-Gews- 1]

Just to state... There's sound dampening walls in this video, so I would say this video's audio is inconclusive.

Perhaps, but the AS50's sound is almost universally derided... I can't recall speaking to anyone who thought it was appropriate for the gun. It's just a reuse of the .338 Lapua sound.

[linkin93 5]

Just run CBA + ACEX_SM or JSRS, or one of the many other sound mods. I find JSRS to be the nicest for stock ARMA2/OA stuff

[KoreanBearJTF 10]

I think that the JSRS sound mod would work for ya.

[-Gews- 1]

JSRS is nice and I do run it... offline.

However the ridiculously high damage is still a major issue. I'm surprised it was never patched, it should have been fixed ages ago. The AS50 can blow up a T55 or T72 in under 5 seconds (10 shots). There is no possible explanation for this rifle doing 5 times the damage of normal .50 caliber weapons.

With ArmA 3 out I realize Bohemia is concentrating on that, but if they put out any more patches for ArmA 2, they REALLY need to fix this one-line damage problem.