Easy headshots

[Paploo10]

When I play against bots (I don't play online) if i shoot them in something like the chest it most likely gets a headshot and I think it might be because i'm playing at 1080p and then the game stretches hitboxes for the resolution.

[Francisè von Spitroast]

I think it was always easy if I'm not mistaken

[Paploo10]

Originally posted by This Bird Has Flown:

I think it was always easy if I'm not mistaken

Oh, ok. Thanks.

[Unicarn]

People weren't as good when this game first came out.

This UT game has the largest head hitboxes out of all of the UT games.

[Francisè von Spitroast]

Originally posted by Unicarn:

People weren't as good when this game first came out.

I don't understand this statement

[Unicarn]

Originally posted by This Bird Has Flown:

Originally posted by Unicarn:

People weren't as good when this game first came out.

I don't understand this statement

People weren't as skillful in first person shooters (on average.)

[Paploo10]

Originally posted by {dFb}eMac:

Body parts aren't well defined in UT99. There's just a magic number where the top 38% of the player's hitbox will be used as the head. It's a pretty large area. It doesn't matter if there's a head there or not. You can see this clearly if you try headshotting a model that doesn't follow the "top 38% is a head rule" like the Nali Cow model. Or even when you try to headshot a crouched player. It doesn't really matter what resolution you're using since this will happen at any resolution.

If you care about the code- this is the code in the sniper rifle. I've highlighted the part that checks if it's a headshot or not.

function ProcessTraceHit(Actor Other, Vector HitLocation, Vector HitNormal, Vector X, Vector Y, Vector Z)
{
    local UT_S♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ s;

    s = Spawn(class'UT_S♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥',, '', Owner.Location + CalcDrawOffset() + 30 * X + (2.8 * FireOffset.Y+5.0) * Y - Z * 1);

    if ( s != None ) 
    {
        s.DrawScale = 2.0;
        s.Eject(((FRand()*0.3+0.4)*X + (FRand()*0.2+0.2)*Y + (FRand()*0.3+1.0) * Z)*160);              
    }

    if (Other == Level) 
        Spawn(class'UT_HeavyWallHitEffect',,, HitLocation+HitNormal, Rotator(HitNormal));
    else if ( (Other != self) && (Other != Owner) && (Other != None) ) 
    {
        if ( Other.bIsPawn )
            Other.PlaySound(Sound 'ChunkHit',, 4.0,,100);

        if ( Other.bIsPawn && (HitLocation.Z - Other.Location.Z > 0.62 * Other.CollisionHeight) 
            && (instigator.IsA('PlayerPawn') || (instigator.IsA('Bot') && !Bot(Instigator).bNovice)) )
            Other.TakeDamage(100, Pawn(Owner), HitLocation, 35000 * X, AltDamageType);
        else
            Other.TakeDamage(45,  Pawn(Owner), HitLocation, 30000.0*X, MyDamageType);

        if ( !Other.bIsPawn && !Other.IsA('Carcass') )
            spawn(class'UT_SpriteSmokePuff',,,HitLocation+HitNormal*9);    
    }
}

Ok then. You know youre stuff.

[Paploo10]

Originally posted by {dFb}eMac:

Originally posted by Paploo10:

Ok then. You know youre stuff.

Hours of tinkering with the code and engine allows you to grab a few gems of knowledge here and there xD

Kewl.