Weapon view "wobble"

[Don Jennings 0]

One of the things I love about OPF is the inclusion of the weapon view and seeing the outline of the iron sites. And I love the way it wobbles if you are injuried or if you are a sniper. However, in reality, it should always wobble. If you are standing, it should wobble a fair amount. While if prone, just a little. How is this adjusted?

[Guest Titanium]

and there should be bipods so that theres no wobble when prone

[scout 0]

as a soldier u learn techniques to eliminate wobbling so its not that a thing.

[Don Jennings 0]

Scout - I know you can pretty much get rid of it in prone, but, as far as I know, it is near impossible in standing. You can minimize it but you can't get rid of it in standing. I shoot as a hobby, so I know it exists. So are you telling me that in the military they teach you techniques to get rid of it completely even while standing? If that's true, I'd sure love to know how.

[Don Jennings 0]

Another example - I was showing OFP to a shooting buddy of mine to show him how cool and realistic this game was. His very first criticism was "boy, you can sure hold that gun steady?"

[scout 0]

ok, how u get rid of wobbleing?

as u know after, humping hills for some distance u get urself shorta breath. what do u do?

hold the rifle TIGHT, attach it with all your strength to your shoulder (thats called power hold) and take a breath. then u've got 2-3 seconds that ur body is tense and the wobbling is minimal.

worked for me just great.

[Coax74 0]

During my stint in the U.S. Army Infantry, I almost never fired my weapon standing, kneeling sometimes, but almost all the time in the prone. From the prone (if you're not reacting quickly to contact) you can always find something to support your weapon (I'm talking M16's and M203's people, not 9 millimeter pistols!, even resting on the magazine (what?? resting on your weapon's magazine? but that's cheating!. I know there isn't anything like that in OFP, and personally I don't really care. The game is extremely fun, and to goddamn addicting. One of these days I will go to therapy for my addiction....one of these days....maybe after I complete Resistance....maybe..

[Wobble 1]

quit using my name in vane or ill really make the bastard shake..

[Satchel 0]

Naturally the longer you aim and hold the rifle in the standing unsupported position, the more it tends to wobble. The heavier the weapon, the sooner the wobbling will begin.

Normally you breathe in and half out before pulling the trigger, to minimize wobbling in RL shooting.

Firing from the standing unsupported position are no precision shots, but rather "snap shots" used at very close distance, if unexpected sudden enemy contact is made or during urban combat like room clearing for example.

Almost always prone positions are used to conduct a firefight from an ambush position or on distance, to expose as least as possible from your body (small silhouette~ difficult target). Also aiming is easier as you can virtually eliminate the wobbling by supporting the weapon, like putting your elbows on the ground with one hand supporting the buttstock, handguard on your rucksack, stone, bump or anything else lying around. What we dont do is to support the weapon with having the magazine bottom touching the ground- it´s bad for the mag, makes the weapon more prone to jam and is not as steady as other methods.

In OFP there is way too much wobbling for the machine guns when prone, and too much recoil for the first few shots when firing them, as they are usually deployed on the bipod, what makes them very steady.

A controlled 3 round burst is usually relatively close together with a 7.62mmx51mm MG such as the MG3. But unless you´re Rambo on speed, much more bullets, when fired continuously, are going to spray increasingly. Often recruits overshoot the desired 3-5 round burst in qualification shootings, and get according results- for more than 10 rounds squeezed off in a single burst, maybe 2 or 3 were within the counting rings, the rest is spread across the whole training target (its large), and sometimes not even on it.

[Satchel 0]

Nearly forgot, if you want to eliminate wobbling 100% in OFP, just hold down the "alt" key when in weapon optics view.

You can´t move your weapon, neither vertically nor horizontally, but it´s absolutely steady.

[DeathShrimp 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Satchel @ April 06 2002,01:54)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Nearly forgot, if you want to eliminate wobbling 100% in OFP, just hold down the "alt" key when in weapon optics view.

You can´t move your weapon, neither vertically nor horizontally, but it´s absolutely steady.<span id='postcolor'>

You can also switch to "head look" mode (* key) and your gun stays steady...would this constitute cheating?

[ralphwiggum 6]

nah, don't think so.....

using free-look mode will make your sights fixed at least for short while, so if your targeted, but you move around, he'll have to readjust it...