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Subject: Sniping Lag!!! I've had this problem forever (pistol/sniper rifle)
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Guys, I'm sure that this has been covered many times, and I'm sure that many people have suffered / now suffer with this, so please help me out!

The over-all networking code of the game just seems messed up... Killing someone with an Assault Rifle, especially a human pistol or sniper rifle, has never been more difficult! I even go to servers where I ping no higher than 50, and there is _still_ delay in my shots! Under networking options, I have my connection as DSL/Cable (Average), because I know it's very fast, but I don't know if it's fast enough to have on DSL/Cable (Fast), which is like 512 kb/s average speed. HOW do you guys snipe?! It's so easy to do on LAN, because there's no delay or anything at all! Even when someone is just running in a straight line, it's so hard to hit them with a sniper/pistol while zoomed in. It's like sometimes I have to shoot slightly in front of them, and then I'll have to shoot slightly behind them! There must be a tweak for this... I really can't show my true skill while all of this is happening.

Please help! - John.

  • 03.14.2005 8:16 AM PDT
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in halo, bullets do not excede the speed of light. also, there is a slight delay between when you pull the trigger and when th gun actualy fires. soulotion: lead your oppenents before you fire

  • 03.14.2005 8:19 AM PDT
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Heyyo,

Lol, I really need to create guides on me website and such. :P

Yes, in HaloPC, due to the netcode, you have to lead your shots. Think of the netcode like this:

- You need to aim where you think your opponent will be once the server figures out you shot your gun.

Simple as that. So if he's running right on your screen? aim 1-3 inches to the right of him, then shoot, wait for the slight delay to pass, and then once the server figures out "ok, he shot his sniper rifle" it'll say "hey, he hit him" and the guy will probably fall down, and hard. ;)

So yeah, the higher your ping, the more you have to predict where he'll be after the shot delay. The only weapon that doesn't seem really affected by the delay is the Rocketlauncher and fuel rod.. which's ghey cause those are already too easy to kill opponents with..

  • 03.14.2005 10:00 AM PDT

what a monkey

Download Halo ce & have a go at sniper traning map play it as a LAN host it will help.Also go for two shots one to wake them up then a nice head shot.............

  • 03.14.2005 2:28 PM PDT
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i really think since the xbox fanboys are getting what they want which is the downloadable content, that we should get a new patch that will fix the majority of the lag in halo.

  • 03.14.2005 4:03 PM PDT
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Lag........ how i loth it so.

  • 03.14.2005 6:53 PM PDT
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Heyyo,

It's not lag in this case, it's just bad netcode. Warping, forced to lead shots are the 2 weakest points of it.. actually, the 2 only weak points really. And if I were to place bets? I'd be $20 cdn that bungie wouldn't fess up n' patch the netcode cause they don't really care aboot HaloPC anymore, they have Halo2.

  • 03.14.2005 8:28 PM PDT