Dayzdb Distances & Zeroing

[paradogz 19]

Hi guyz,

Was doing a bit of sniping, I realised I've taken out someone with my moisin zeroe'd @ 100m whereas DayzDb says the distance was 300m.

I then shot @ 300m, to practice and it seemed that the bullets were going too high.

 

Is Daydb not really accurate or is it because I'm shooting from a hill ? 

 

 

I don't think any of these explanations are true, so help me out fellow snipers !

 

PS : I was shooting with iron sights.

 

Edited February 18, 2014 by paradogz

[BadAsh (DayZ) 1513]

I have somewhat of the same experience. Direct hits with mosin, b95 and even the m4 (bipod and ACOG) on 200-300 distances with zeroing on 100, while changing zeroing seems to offset the aim considerably. I have yet to hit anything on longer distances with the SKS, regardless of zeroing.

[Martmital 436]

Hill.  Shooting downhill lessens the distance or is it the other way round...  I can never remember.

[crazyandlazy 376]

Do not know for sure in-game but in real life, if you shoot from an incline you have to zero down to get the the cosine slope distance for both uphill and downhill shooting.

[real meatshield 424]

Gravity, man. Shooting downhill reduces zeroing range, while shooting uphill increases it. Ever so slightly, of course, but the change is there. I am not sure how the ballistics in game would accurately reflect that however. It could very well be the effects of dispersion.

[paradogz 19]

Ok thank you for your messages, I'll stick to 100m when I'm on a hill !

[crazyandlazy 376]

Gravity, man. Shooting downhill reduces zeroing range, while shooting uphill increases it. Ever so slightly, of course, but the change is there. I am not sure how the ballistics in game would accurately reflect that however. It could very well be the effects of dispersion.

 

lol you have to decrease zeroing for both uphill and downhill buddy

[soulfirez 901]

lol you have to decrease zeroing for both uphill and downhill buddy

correct

[real meatshield 424]

i stand corrected. been a long time since i had to deal with it irl.

[soulfirez 901]

i stand corrected. been a long time since i had to deal with it irl.

easy mistake to make and i believe the effect of gravity is properly modeled on balistics (ps is if you have forgotten why its because the flatter your bullets flys in relation to the earths gravitational pull the more effect it has on pulling it down thats why even firing up hill lowers zeroing...