why do some people see invisible people and others can't ?

[spike-Owen]

some people walk by me and others just stare at me like i'm visible.

[L. Franklyn]

If you stay still you are more invisible. When you move you can see the character slightly. Some people might have very bad settings / monitors.

[spike-Owen]

thank you :)

[#1healslvt]

another big one imo is the dlss performance or ultra perf. settings they make seeing invis players hell on lower resolutions

[the_SLVRFOX]

If it was a Light staring at you, they could've been using Thermal Vision.

Also, there was a known bug where using the default full medium video settings would make cloaked enemies appear completely invisible (no visual distortion while moving whatsoever). It was supposedly patched out some time ago, but who knows with these things.

[Strange Weird Animal]

There is also a strong sound cue. I tend to lock into sound first, and that narrows down the area I am searching for distortion. If I know a light is running a double barrel, I'll run them through a door or other choke point so I can see where they are in a smaller area if they choose to chase.

[LucidDreamzzZ]

I listen for the sound cue first to know what direction to look in, then looking for the slight distortion of the invis until I can see their whole outline of their body. And if they move towards me I often got a good chance to get a good prefire on them since they think that I don't see them.

This slight distortion that the invisable ability have is very faint, so maybe that's why some players just assume that they can't be seen at all, who knows really. Imo, if you look for a invis player and are fast enough to look in the general direction they are in due to the sound cue, then they usually can't act out as fast as when you have your back toward them.

[TAKYON]

thermal on lights reveals invis players quite clearly
moving slower also helps with not outlining

[spike-Owen]

thank you all for the advice. i didn't know that much about the invisibility this will help a lot :)