Shotgun only firing 1 pellet

[Bororm 1156]

*******I've created a new feedback tracker for this issue, I don't know if that's actually helpful or not but it can be found here: http://feedback.dayzgame.com/view.php?id=12801 ******

 

 

 

The double barrel shotgun is only firing one pellet these days, on stable branch.  Anyone know if this is being addressed/known?  I've submitted some notes to a feedback tracker about the shotgun in general (http://feedback.dayzgame.com/view.php?id=11265#bugnotes), but curious if it's been fixed on experimental or anything.

 

It seems to me that this developed with the last minor patch to stable, though I suppose it could have existed before that and I just didn't notice.  I use the shotgun quite a bit however so I feel I would have.

 

I'll note that I shot a guy 4 times in the chest with it too, to no serious effect, so I'd say it is a single pellet and not something like all the pellets having no spread, or some sort of slug or something goofy like that.

 

Apologies for the shitty video, I clipped it out of some other recordings after I grabbed the shotgun off a guy I'd just killed and wanted to do a quick test.  My friend is just shooting a mosin for no real reason, but I've got a shotgun.  You can see it's leaving single bullet holes.

**warning some static at the start, watch your ears (no sound anyways) =P**

 

In comparison here is a shot from a while back of the normal spread from the shotgun at close range.

Edited June 18, 2014 by Bororm

[Goove 70]

Wow, that is actually out of control, i have not played this game in a while but i usually do spread tests like this as well.  This needs to fixed, or turned into a slug!!

[Bororm 1156]

Yeah it's pretty crazy how that slipped through some how.  I don't know what they could have changed to make it happen.

[wartzilla 182]

This explains why the shotgun is so damn useless these days. It's doing 1/9th the damage it used to.

I threw mine away because it was a waste of slots at this point, I hope this gets fixed so I can go scavenge a badass sawnoff again.

[Warhoax 63]

I would keep this though, but for a certain type of slugs. One large projectile & high damage.
But also make other slugs available, lower damage but greater in numbers & much larger spread.

[Khanarac 252]

There used to be slugs (green) and pellets (red), but they existed in the game before the shotgun did. Now Slugs are gone since the shotgun was introduced...for whatever reason.

[pacpac 22]

The double barrel shotgun is only firing one pellet these days, on stable branch.  Anyone know if this is being addressed/known?  I've submitted some notes to a feedback tracker about the shotgun in general (http://feedback.dayzgame.com/view.php?id=11265#bugnotes), but curious if it's been fixed on experimental or anything.

 

It seems to me that this developed with the last minor patch to stable, though I suppose it could have existed before that and I just didn't notice.  I use the shotgun quite a bit however so I feel I would have.

 

I'll note that I shot a guy 4 times in the chest with it too, to no serious effect, so I'd say it is a single pellet and not something like all the pellets having no spread, or some sort of slug or something goofy like that.

 

Apologies for the shitty video, I clipped it out of some other recordings after I grabbed the shotgun off a guy I'd just killed and wanted to do a quick test.  My friend is just shooting a mosin for no real reason, but I've got a shotgun.  You can see it's leaving single bullet holes.

**warning some static at the start, watch your ears (no sound anyways) =P**

 

In comparison here is a shot from a while back of the normal spread from the shotgun at close range.

 

 

 

THIS BUG IS ALSO ON EXP BUILD FYI

[Bororm 1156]

Well that sucks =/

[TheWanderingMan 170]

ALPHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA1111!!!

 

#INFUSION

[liquidsnake 275]

Isn't it a slug round? Maybe they mixed the ammo textures/descriptions?

[xalienax 621]

Its its supposed to be a slug it needs significant damage boost. shotguns are totally pointless to carry in thier current state.

[Evil Minion 943]

Isn't it a slug round? Maybe they mixed the ammo textures/descriptions?

Its the Buckshot - if it was a slug it would also need to be much more accurate.

 

I can confirm this issue for the sawn-off where I also got strange "phantom shots": I could fire 3-8 shots but only two left a single bullet hole each.

Edited June 14, 2014 by Evil Minion

[Bororm 1156]

Its the Buckshot - if it was a slug it would also need to be much more accurate.

 

I can confirm this issue for the sawn-off where I also got strange "phantom shots": I could fire 3-8 shots but only two left a single bullet hole each.

 

I was getting this with the blaze as well, I was able to continually fire on occasions, or fire like 3 shots instead of 2.  Although the others weren't actually firing.  I figured it was just lag or something, but it could be a straight up bug.  Was pretty annoying in the middle of a fight because some times none of the shots were actually real.

 

 

Isn't it a slug round? Maybe they mixed the ammo textures/descriptions?

 

I really doubt this as the damage is terrible.

[Maximillie 6]

just do headshots

[Bororm 1156]

Whether it's more helpful or not I've created a separate tracker for the issue, as it's still prevalent with the latest patch.

 

http://feedback.dayzgame.com/view.php?id=12801