Where is the real zoom of a sniper?

[damkea]

The game is awesome, but the sniping is sucks =/

we need a sight like that :

http://samdubery.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/sniper_scope.jpg

sorry for bad english !

[Enigma_z9]

The didn't make one because they didn't want this to feel llike a 1st person shooter game.
The did fix the aiming system and you can have survivors level up in rifles which gives a snap on target which gives better aim. Also characters who have the Eagle eye trait will shoot better than others..so those should be the one's you would want to specialize in guns.

[Øhjens]

I saw the zoom tooltip pop up, but I didn't have time to read it.

Anyways since State of Decay is not a sniper simulation with bullet ballistics, they really don't need a mildot scope to calculate real world bullet properties.

[Chris]

It's because of the engine, it loads as you go with a very restricted range, so proper sniper rifles just plain wouldn't work, they explained it on one of the twitch streams.

[Brown Jenkin]

I don't think he meant sniping targets one km away, or did he? Anyways, i can snipe nicely on top of a radio towers, blow zombie heads off. Or when i'm in a building on the second floor, waiting for scavengers to arrive i snipe zombies just out of boredom. It works pefectly imho.

[TheFatman]

http://stateofdecay.wikia.com/wiki/State_of_Decay - Lists the engine as the CryEngine 3

List of games running on CryEngine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryEngine#CryEngine_3_2

A lot of shooter titles there. How is it we can see zed but until they get within so many feet, we can shoot at them... see our bullets trace their brainpan... and dust up behind them? Engine problem? Really? I mean the Crysis games are on that list. They had supersuits and tanks. I don't want a supersuit to kill zed. (Although being Ironman in a zombie apocalypse would be amazing) I just want a sniper rifle to be a little reach out and touch zed tool like it should be. Maybe hold Q for multiple levels of zoom, like 1 extra. As its a sniper rifle... sniper... rifle...

[Øhjens]

We don't need an actual sniper scope, but it would be nice if the Rifle Specialization increased your zoom, rather than that "snap to target" thing, at least for PC. With a mouse, you really don't need a consol auto-aim.

[D3ST]

Wow is this made on the cry engine3?

well,.. spank me silly....
that i would have never guessed..

[Lake]

All I have to ask is that they allow us to change the opacity of the reticle. I can't see jack with that thing.

[Hellrazer001]

Originally posted by Galaucus:

All I have to ask is that they allow us to change the opacity of the reticle. I can't see jack with that thing.

Yeah a night scope option would be nice to find on a rifle, when you press "Q" to zoom, it could turn the screen green and a bit lighter at night, I was using the snipe at night on some zombies not really that far away and could not see jack, or john or julie for that matter.

[TheFatman]

Originally posted by Hellrazer001:

Originally posted by Galaucus:

All I have to ask is that they allow us to change the opacity of the reticle. I can't see jack with that thing.

Yeah a night scope option would be nice to find on a rifle, when you press "Q" to zoom, it could turn the screen green and a bit lighter at night, I was using the snipe at night on some zombies not really that far away and could not see jack, or john or julie for that matter.

Throw flares, they go to the flares... depending on the caliber of your sniper rifle, they pile up on the flares making the most of your rounds. 1 shot, couple of kills. Or if you have a .50 cal rifle (IF You can hit them) 1 shot, 3-4 kills easy.

[Hellrazer001]

Originally posted by Gilly:

Originally posted by Hellrazer001:

Yeah a night scope option would be nice to find on a rifle, when you press "Q" to zoom, it could turn the screen green and a bit lighter at night, I was using the snipe at night on some zombies not really that far away and could not see jack, or john or julie for that matter.

Throw flares, they go to the flares... depending on the caliber of your sniper rifle, they pile up on the flares making the most of your rounds. 1 shot, couple of kills. Or if you have a .50 cal rifle (IF You can hit them) 1 shot, 3-4 kills easy.

Ummm... forgot about flares LOL, dont think I have ever used one.

[TheFatman]

They offer a fair bit of light, enough to see what you're aiming at around the flare. However looking at it makes it that much harder to see into the dark.

[Hellrazer001]

I have just been looking at the weapons in the .Pak files, and they have a bunch of unused weapons, a Crossbow, Sidewinder Rocket, hedge trimmer, brush cutter, Limb Saw, Paper Cutter and a few more weapons. they also have 13 types of revolvers, 30 types of pistols, 24 types of rifles, 21 types of shotguns, 17 types of Sub Machine Guns.17 types of Assault Rifles.
There are also other unused cars, including a forklift, a boat, cargo van ,suv, and more

[TheFatman]

I'd like to see a chainsaw, and some motorcycles. Both dirtbike and harley type bikes. Practical for slipping through tight street obstructions.