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If video game experience is of any relevance, I noticed that taking shots on the move with no time to react yields better results than consciously aiming. Ther

If video game experience is of any relevance, I noticed that taking shots on the move with no time to react yields better results than consciously aiming. There are times where I have time to line up my shot and track the enemy in my sights and yet in some cases I miss all my shots (I actually end up being out of sync with the enemy’s lateral moves, essentially lagging behind). On the other hand, there are times where an enemy surprises me and I move my mouse in a sudden motion, shooting while it’s still moving - I manage to land the vast majority of those shots (sometimes shooting twice in panic, but the first one turns out to be a hit - this is on PC so no aim assist as far as I know). Not that I would like to “prove” this hypothesis in actual combat, but I wonder if taking shots “by feel” is actually better than doing so carefully and consciously.

saulpw 4y ago
Sundance: "I'm better when I move" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbhI31AWzns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbhI31AWzns
dagmx 4y ago
You’re just describing carefully designed video game mechanics for adaptive hitboxes. The game is effectively giving you a way more massive hit box when you’re not scoping than when you are. In turn you are more likely to hit something but you usually do lower damage and bullets will prefer the torso hit box, so you’re unlikely to get a head shot.
- Nextgrid 4y ago
  Is that really true in PC, multiplayer shooting games?
  - dagmx 4y ago
    Yes. Adaptive hit boxes are a staple of FPS games for time immemorial. Since you emphasized PC I assume you’re also thinking of aim assist on consoles. Those are related but different techniques to help gamers. Aim assist moves the reticle closer to a hit box centre in screen space. However it doesn’t increase the hit box size because you’d often have overlapping hit boxes in screen space. Adaptive Hit boxes exist in world space and grow and shrink accordingly to user aim mode.

saulpw 4y ago

Sundance: "I'm better when I move" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbhI31AWzns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbhI31AWzns

dagmx 4y ago

You’re just describing carefully designed video game mechanics for adaptive hitboxes. The game is effectively giving you a way more massive hit box when you’re not scoping than when you are. In turn you are more likely to hit something but you usually do lower damage and bullets will prefer the torso hit box, so you’re unlikely to get a head shot.

Nextgrid 4y ago
Is that really true in PC, multiplayer shooting games?
- dagmx 4y ago
  Yes. Adaptive hit boxes are a staple of FPS games for time immemorial. Since you emphasized PC I assume you’re also thinking of aim assist on consoles. Those are related but different techniques to help gamers. Aim assist moves the reticle closer to a hit box centre in screen space. However it doesn’t increase the hit box size because you’d often have overlapping hit boxes in screen space. Adaptive Hit boxes exist in world space and grow and shrink accordingly to user aim mode.