Spread

Post » Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:08 am

I was wondering; how does weapon spread work?
Lets take the Holorifle for example; the normal spread is 0.4. Does this mean it has 4 degrees of spread, or 0.4 degrees of spread? Because if it's 0.4 degrees of spread, the Holorifle has a nearly negligible spread compared to the Anti-Materiel Rifle's (0.015 degrees of spread), while there is a pretty drastic difference if the spread is 4 degrees, since the AMR would only have 0.15 degrees of spread.

Here's the reason I'm confused:
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Weapons_spread

Now, how would the users stance, weapon condition and skill affect accuracy? Does it reduce the weapons actual accuracy, or simply make the weapon sway more, meaning you'll be less likely to hit targets?

Thanks to anyone (if anyone) who answers some or all of these questions!
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meg knight
 
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Post » Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:50 pm

from what i know, spread is the accuracy of a gun

e.g a sniper rifle bullet goes straight, therefore it has low spread while shotgun bullets go everywhere, therefore it has high spread

forgive me if i am wrong
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Post » Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:35 am

I would like some legit crosshairs for once.
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Post » Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:30 pm

from what i know, spread is the accuracy of a gun

e.g a sniper rifle bullet goes straight, therefore it has low spread while shotgun bullets go everywhere, therefore it has high spread

forgive me if i am wrong

All true; although I'm wondering about what the specifics are, such as how much spread the wiki's 0.4 actually is in degrees, how stance affects accuracy, etc. :)
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Post » Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:44 am

All true; although I'm wondering about what the specifics are, such as how much spread the wiki's 0.4 actually is in degrees, how stance affects accuracy, etc. :)


maybe it is 0.4 degrees in opposite directions forming a cone
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