Why am I shooting the ground while prone?

[sweaper 0]

So I have a m4a1 and I'm just practicing using it the now. When I am prone however, my bullets seem to be hitting the ground directly in front of me instead of 200 m  in the distance. When i crouch I have no problem. 

 

If it helps, my M4A1 layout:

 

-Suppressor 556 (worn)

-ATLAS Bipod (pristine)

-ACOG Optics test (pristine)

-M4 Buttstock CQB (pristine)

-M4 Handguard MP (worn)

-30Rnd STANAG (coupled) (pristine)

 

P.S. I have tried the search function but could not find any similar problems, sorry if this is obvious!

[CGNoodlePot (DayZ) 149]

Are you shooting in first person view?

[sweaper 0]

@cg yes i am

[CGNoodlePot (DayZ) 149]

Try pressing space bar to aim?

[Serious Stan 202]

Try pressing space bar to aim?

What?! lol

 

 

So I have a m4a1 and I'm just practicing using it the now. When I am prone however, my bullets seem to be hitting the ground directly in front of me instead of 200 m  in the distance. When i crouch I have no problem. 

 

If it helps, my M4A1 layout:

 

-Suppressor 556 (worn)

-ATLAS Bipod (pristine)

-ACOG Optics test (pristine)

-M4 Buttstock CQB (pristine)

-M4 Handguard MP (worn)

-30Rnd STANAG (coupled) (pristine)

 

P.S. I have tried the search function but could not find any similar problems, sorry if this is obvious!

 

It might be because your weapon barrel is lower than your scope, the same happens if you are shooting over lets say a window that you can barely see over using the sights.

 

Your scope is zeroed in on maybe 3-400 meters, the realism of this game makes your bullet go out of your barrel and not your scope :)

[sweaper 0]

It might be because your weapon barrel is lower than your scope, the same happens if you are shooting over lets say a window that you can barely see over using the sights.

 

Your scope is zeroed in on maybe 3-400 meters, the realism of this game makes your bullet go out of your barrel and not your scope :)

 

Thank you, makes perfect sense. I'll find a steeper slope when prone to rectify the problem. Thank you very, very much :)

[ClassifyLP 61]

It seems like a bug, not applied realism. If you watch people that have that problem, their weapon barrel is not in the ground.

[raynor009 204]

It seems like a bug, not applied realism. If you watch people that have that problem, their weapon barrel is not in the ground.

 

True...blue..

 

I was standing on a control tower once with my M4A1 with my bypod deployed and I kept shooting the ground so I had to move closer to the roof edge to be able to hit anything I was shooting.

[Nanoha 37]

This is Arma for you, I shoot the ground at times also (when using the sights). I wish they had Arma3 funky different stance mechanism as this would alleviate the problem. A lot of the time I don't even hit the ground on DayZ while prone, I hit like some magic invisible force field a few cm above the ground instead.

[verlorene haufe 1]

It is bug crap, actually hit the ground while aiming with the mosin at a guy whilst crouched today, with iron sights as well

[EroticOstrich 0]

It's a bug though the developers are aware of the issue.

[haviv[3rdid] 57]

It could be a bug but check this picture (dslyecxi)

 

If the bore line is not clear (such as a mound or a branch), you won't hit the target even though your line of sight to target is clear because the lines are at different heights.

You can see this in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEV56yd8gn0

around 43 minutes

Edited February 25, 2014 by Benjamin

[dusty_nuttles 130]

There is nothing anyone but a deb can do to fix it. I get this standing up as well. Its really a game breaker.

[BadAsh (DayZ) 1513]

Yes, it is a wellknown bug happening when shooting while standing on sloping ground. As stated can occur when crouched or standing up as well and has nothing to do with gear or bad aim or any of those things. From the bug feedback it sounds like slopes are not currently implemented correctly on the map, but apparently functions more like steps (or something similar) in the mechanics, causing these weird effects to happen if you are situated the wrong place.

[KarmaCoin 72]

It seems like a bug, not applied realism. If you watch people that have that problem, their weapon barrel is not in the ground.

 

I think it is a bug. I've had it happen while crouched. Usually after having just had the problem while prone.