How do I aim with my crossbow?

[Alundra (Alunny)]

I bought the fancy shmancy expensive crossbow and when I'm trying to shoot it the crosshair vanishes and I have shot at least 24 bullets never hit anything, I even tried using the aim thing on it and it seemed like the arrows went off to the left quite significantly. I even miss ones that are right in front of me while I walk backwards to keep them from hitting me.

It takes so long to reload I'm regretting it anyway, might as well go get myself something that shoots way more bullets since I keep missing then I might actually hit something.

[Deathwhisper]

Hello :),

The crossbow is definitely a powerful tool, especially if you move quietly. However, their low rate of fire makes them vulnerable to larger groups.

Strength is the key here. The higher the character's strength, the faster the crossbow can be reloaded. Shooting while moving will also greatly affect aiming accuracy. Find a good starting position, aim and shoot the puppets. In the first person perspective you will have more success with hits, especially at the beginning, than in the third person where this is significantly more difficult.

But with practice you will be able to overcome this well, so keep training diligently and I can only recommend building up the training goals that are available in the base building, because here you can become more familiar with some weapons in order to learn a certain basic handling.

[Alundra (Alunny)]

Hmm so I should built the training dummies? I can do that :D.

[Yellowfrog]

Originally posted by Alundra (Alunny):

I bought the fancy shmancy expensive crossbow and when I'm trying to shoot it the crosshair vanishes and I have shot at least 24 bullets never hit anything, I even tried using the aim thing on it and it seemed like the arrows went off to the left quite significantly. I even miss ones that are right in front of me while I walk backwards to keep them from hitting me.

It takes so long to reload I'm regretting it anyway, might as well go get myself something that shoots way more bullets since I keep missing then I might actually hit something.

Can you describe how do you aim? To aim you need to press right click. Not hold it. The game gets you in first person aiming mode. With bow you have to be in first person by yourself. No right click. The crossbow is powerfull. Attach the x4 scope(I don't remember the name) and every shot is a headshot.

[Alundra (Alunny)]

Like this?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3152121229

[Deathwhisper]

Originally posted by Alundra (Alunny):

Like this?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3152121229

Stay calm while shooting and concentrate. Crouching can also help you initially to familiarize yourself with the weapon.

Practice makes perfect here, so practice diligently on the crossbow and, especially if you want to be able to reload faster, expand your strength. Weapon handling is done using the “Rifles” skill.

[Keldorn]

It seems that you are holding down the right click. Don't hold it down.
Right click once and your character goes to aiming stance.

[Yellowfrog]

Originally posted by Alundra (Alunny):

Like this?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3152121229

but in this picture you don't aim.get the crossboow in your hands and just press the right mouse button.don't hold the button. you will look through the sights if you do that.

[Yellowfrog]

Originally posted by Deathwhisper:

Originally posted by Alundra (Alunny):

Like this?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3152121229

Stay calm while shooting and concentrate. Crouching can also help you initially to familiarize yourself with the weapon.

Practice makes perfect here, so practice diligently on the crossbow and, especially if you want to be able to reload faster, expand your strength. Weapon handling is done using the “Rifles” skill.

you don't answer her. she doesn't know how to aim obviously.she will never hit the target without aiming.just tell her to press the right mouse button because it seems se doesn't read our comments.

[T1]

Originally posted by Keldorn:

It seems that you are holding down the right click. Don't hold it down.
Right click once and your character goes to aiming stance.

It is habit of others games. I have a mate playing scum for the first time, he was doing the same thing

[Deathwhisper]

Originally posted by Yellowfrog:

Originally posted by Deathwhisper:

Stay calm while shooting and concentrate. Crouching can also help you initially to familiarize yourself with the weapon.

Practice makes perfect here, so practice diligently on the crossbow and, especially if you want to be able to reload faster, expand your strength. Weapon handling is done using the “Rifles” skill.

you don't answer her. she doesn't know how to aim obviously.she will never hit the target without aiming.just tell her to press the right mouse button because it seems se doesn't read our comments.

I encourage Players to find out more about what is possible. Play around and Learn something by themself. I am well aware that Focus mode was used instead of ads (aiming down sights)

[Alundra (Alunny)]

Originally posted by Deathwhisper:

Originally posted by Alundra (Alunny):

Like this?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3152121229

Stay calm while shooting and concentrate. Crouching can also help you initially to familiarize yourself with the weapon.

Practice makes perfect here, so practice diligently on the crossbow and, especially if you want to be able to reload faster, expand your strength. Weapon handling is done using the “Rifles” skill.

I think I have medium rifle skill or almost. I don't understand why the sight says it's at the center and it didn't even hit the target.

Originally posted by Keldorn:

It seems that you are holding down the right click. Don't hold it down.
Right click once and your character goes to aiming stance.

I'll give that a go!

Originally posted by Yellowfrog:

it seems se doesn't read our comments.

I do read comments, I was just busy so I didn't get to these until now ha ha. I appreciate the help. Plus your comments could help others who are reading through too.

Originally posted by Deathwhisper:

Originally posted by Yellowfrog:

you don't answer her. she doesn't know how to aim obviously.she will never hit the target without aiming.just tell her to press the right mouse button because it seems se doesn't read our comments.

I encourage Players to find out more about what is possible. Play around and Learn something by themself. I am well aware that Focus mode was used instead of ads (aiming down sights)

Ohhhhhhhh I did that for the photo to show where I was aiming ha ha. I will try again anyway just in case I did do it wrong anyway and perhaps didn't realise. So one click of right click? And I should be in first person? I will try it out tomorrow :D.

[Deathwhisper]

Originally posted by Alundra (Alunny):

Originally posted by Deathwhisper:

Stay calm while shooting and concentrate. Crouching can also help you initially to familiarize yourself with the weapon.

Practice makes perfect here, so practice diligently on the crossbow and, especially if you want to be able to reload faster, expand your strength. Weapon handling is done using the “Rifles” skill.

I think I have medium rifle skill or almost. I don't understand why the sight says it's at the center and it didn't even hit the target.

Originally posted by Keldorn:

It seems that you are holding down the right click. Don't hold it down.
Right click once and your character goes to aiming stance.

I'll give that a go!

Originally posted by Yellowfrog:

it seems se doesn't read our comments.

I do read comments, I was just busy so I didn't get to these until now ha ha. I appreciate the help. Plus your comments could help others who are reading through too.

Originally posted by Deathwhisper:

I encourage Players to find out more about what is possible. Play around and Learn something by themself. I am well aware that Focus mode was used instead of ads (aiming down sights)

Ohhhhhhhh I did that for the photo to show where I was aiming ha ha. I will try again anyway just in case I did do it wrong anyway and perhaps didn't realise. So one click of right click? And I should be in first person? I will try it out tomorrow :D.

Yes, just hit rmb (right mouse button) once to aim down sight. :)
As others said, holding rmb will bring up the so called focus mode. It is a Mode where you can almost eliminate environment sounds and as the name suggests, focus on what you are searching or doing and even hearing puppets around you better. It is very usefull for me personally. It also shows compass.
Focus mode is for example very helpfull if you actively hunt in the Hunt related Events.

[Alundra (Alunny)]

Okay now it's going where I want it to go!

But the puppet I hit got grumpy and charged me on the roof XD. Will need more strategy since reloading takes too long to get a second hit.

What are hunt events? Is that animals? I can often hear them but not see them but focus mode never helped? Maybe I'm using that wrong too?

[Deathwhisper]

Originally posted by Alundra (Alunny):

Okay now it's going where I want it to go!

But the puppet I hit got grumpy and charged me on the roof XD. Will need more strategy since reloading takes too long to get a second hit.

What are hunt events? Is that animals? I can often hear them but not see them but focus mode never helped? Maybe I'm using that wrong too?

Best you can do to learn about the Hunting Event is by reading through This Patchnotes , this way you will have a detailed explanation. Also ingame is the Manual Aviable which offers aswell lots of helpfull informations. :)

[DariusGOD2007]

Hi there. To go into ADS (aim down sights mode) on your crossbow (or any ranged weapon), just RIGHT CLICK (not hold), and you'll go into aim down sights. Holding right click activates awareness mode. Happy hunting