Weapon recoild camera shake mod

[sakura_chan 9]

I never liked the guns in Arma because they just didn't feel powerful when you fired them. There was recoil, but only the gun moved and it felt like you were a statue with a bobbing gun attached to it. I used some code in the ammo class to give each weapon some camera shake when fired. The effect helps create the sense of distortion you get when firing large or high rate of fire weapons. The effect doesn't affect the actual aiming, recoil or dispersion of the weapon, it is just a visual effect. The effect is also based on your stance, so standing, crouching and going prone have dramatic effects on the amount of camera shake.

My other gripe against the Arma guns is that they all felt like the same gun. Each type of gun has a different effect based on the type of bullet and weapon.

This just uses config changes, so no scripting is involved. Only covers guns, i never changed the launchers or grenade launchers yet.

Version 1.1

http://sakumods.armaholic.com/Arma3/sakuWeaponShake/SakuWeaponShake.zip

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*could a mod plx fix mur spellinz in the title?

Edited June 16, 2014 by Sakura_Chan

[lordprimate 159]

Cant wait to try it out! Thanks for this!!

[fabio_chavez 103]

Sakura Chan you really are my Soulmate.

p.s. Sakura Chan, i was/am working on something similar, though the point where i am stuck for now is to make the camshake sensitive to player perspective (e.g. no shake in 3rd person, strong shake in ironsight), also i wanted the shake to be a rotation on the z-axis mainly, to create the impression of a shock, without affecting the abbility to aim too much. Eventually id like to be able to end up with something that allows adjustment of the shake per weapon and per perspective. Problem my scripting knowledge isnt even enought for this pretty basic task and i havent really been trying to get help yet. Are you intending to continue working on your addon or will you leave it as it is?

This is what i got, only basic config based effect though:

Vanilla M2 vs modified M2

Edited June 11, 2014 by Fabio_Chavez

[tpw 2315]

Great idea Sakura. Using the latest dev build I'm not sure that it actually does anything though - I think addcamshake is broken. Certainly entering addCamShake [10, 1, 25]; into the debug console does nothing I can see.

[sakura_chan 9]

i am stuck for now is to make the camshake sensitive to player perspective (e.g. no shake in 3rd person, strong shake in ironsight)

There is a script command that returns the player's view mode, so it can tell your script when the player is in 3d person etc.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/cameraView

I don't think there is anything else to do on this mod, it only took me an hour to make and test because it is very simple.

[CameronMcDonald 146]

[roberthammer 582]

Feels much better , thx Sakura

btw early A3 alpha had this shake but later they disabled it for some reason

[stoffl 13]

will this work with weapons from mods as well?

[nikiforos 450]

Sorry but I can't really see a difference but I should try this out later today.

[Crielaard 435]

I like it.

This should be added to aircraft aswell. :)

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[b00ce 160]

Even when you're prone with something as small as an M-249, your eyeballs rattle inside your head to the point you can hardly see what you're shooting. Definitely downloading this. :D

[tyxo 12]

Yeah!

Finally, this is something that I miss on ArmA. It is needed in vehicles too!

[chondo999 1]

Does this work on other weapon mod or is it limited to just vanilla weapons?

[gamer3 11]

Hey Saku! Finally I found someone who agrees with me on the camera shake!

Since OPF I've been looking for such function!

But seriously, I believe I talk in behalf of the community here... we need an ARMA 2 VERSION(pleaseeeee?)!

If it was possible, it would be the addon we have been waiting for years!

[toxicsludge 12]

This looks awesome, I can't wait to try it!

Does it have any effect in 3rd person?

[wiggum2 31]

Even when you're prone with something as small as an M-249, your eyeballs rattle inside your head to the point you can hardly see what you're shooting. Definitely downloading this. :D

Yeah, everyone who shot real guns in reality always laughed at the ArmA ones...

BTW, Pistol shooting in this game feels like you have a aimbot if you ask me.

[twisted 128]

yes, this is very nice initiative. thanks!

[katipo66 94]

Wow, this is a instant hit, great immersion :D

[gliptal 25]

Awesomness.

Yay!

[Fushko 59]

Great.

How about adding appropriate camera shake to launchers? They never felt powerful or something to me.

[sakura_chan 9]

Ill be posting an updated version that includes the launchers this evening. I increased the effect on pistols because they are actually pretty violent to shoot. The new version also includes a few animation tweaks relating to the launcher aiming.

[snowingjimbob 34]

Does this work for third person view also?

[m101 1]

Can you please do a Arma 2 version also. Thank you, this definitely adds the extra immersion the guns needed from the beginning.