How does shooting work?

[Shazzi]

Sorry new to game kind of bought when it was on desura looool.
Trying to shoot a zombie and just wasting bullets any1 know how or a guide i can follow to shooting? using 41 beta build

Hats off to devs on this build its great

[Lampone]

if you miss your shots it's because your aiming level is low, you basically just have to aim at the zombies and shoot to kill them

[Shazzi]

what are the different colours yellow and red highlighted zombies?

[The Gat]

Originally posted by Shazzi:

what are the different colours yellow and red highlighted zombies?

It's accuracy, if it's green then it's very likely to hit the head/cause a killing shot. If it's red, then you're not going to hit your target.
Accuracy is determined by time spent still, panic, and skill level.

[Zaidah]

Should be mentioned that firearms (except shotgun) are rather weak at the moment (against zombies at least) and the devs aren't happy with them, they will get a rework at some point.

[RaideR]

I hope they will be like b40+ ORGM
Its sooooooooo good

[Death]

For starters if your aim skill is below about 4, the shotgun is your friend. from about 4 to I think like 7 or 8 pistols become more useful and after that rifles become useful. There is a progression to using guns.

Second, you need to stand still for a second or two to aim properly. If you're trying to shoot on the move your accuracy tanks and you likely won't hit anything. And this is where those highlight colors come into play. As stated by someone above green means you're good and your hit should land and possibly kill your target and red means you are more likely to miss.

[Shazzi]

thanks guys

[乂卂乃卂卄]

Originally posted by Lampone:

if you miss your shots it's because your aiming level is low, you basically just have to aim at the zombies and shoot to kill them

Ah yes my lvl is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ negative, my charatcter missed clean pistol shot in a punch distance and I died 10/10 game

[Beltneck]

Wiki has a complete breakdown of weapons and aiming skill. Even has the code listed so you can see the math.

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Aiming
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Weapons#Firearms

Originally posted by 乂卂乃卂卄:

Ah yes my lvl is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ negative, my charatcter missed clean pistol shot in a punch distance and I died 10/10 game

I'll assume your only experience with firearms is seeing them in movies or video games, where any nuance about their operation is conveniently left off screen, and its just as simple as pointing and clicking.

You should be thankful at lvl 0 aiming, that you don't drop your weapon or accidentally end up shooting yourself on occasion. Because you can find lots of videos on youtube of people who don't know how to use guns, firing in perfectly safe and ideal conditions, and still hurt themselves.

Add in panic, malnutrition, or exhaustion; like what your character in zomboid can experience, and people would make more frequent and even worse mistakes.

Even shooting a weapon that is in poor condition, be very thankful it just jams frequently. Because a damaged gun could take some of your fingers off and shred half your face when the bullet comes out the side of the weapon instead of the front.

[Wayne]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.

[eternalexhilaration]

It hasn't been locked yet?

[WorldWhisper IV]

firearms suck use axe

[Death]

Originally posted by Wayne:

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.

Well this gives me a chance to say, stop worrying about it. TIS don't care if threads get necroed, so why do you? I've also seen you guys lock threads when the necro was related to the OP and an issue that they were still having. Maybe take things like that into consideration before locking threads for being necroed.

[Higgs]

Originally posted by Death:

Originally posted by Wayne:

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.

Well this gives me a chance to say, stop worrying about it. TIS don't care if threads get necroed, so why do you? I've also seen you guys lock threads when the necro was related to the OP and an issue that they were still having. Maybe take things like that into consideration before locking threads for being necroed.

We do? We also lock them or delete and lock posts if they're not relevant, like this necro. Even if it added anything meaningful, it's too long ago to still be relevant.