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Subject: Head shot not registering.Is there any solution to this?

Hi all.Whenever i play team swat or team slayer, there is this big problem with head shots not registering.I do not lag in the game, but i do not also get host.My connection does not disconnect much in the day.What is the reason for head shots not registering?I aim at the head and shoot but the shots just do not register.I do not have a very high speed connection.I think its around 2 Mbps download and upload.The first shot, let it be from the pistol or the DMR, it just does not register in team swat.In addition to this i am playing from India, so i know that i will never get host against US and Europe players.Is there any solution to this because i am planning to upgrade my connection to 4 Mbps download and upload.Will that make a difference at all?Thanks in advance.

  • 02.25.2012 9:44 PM PDT

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  • 02.25.2012 9:45 PM PDT

"I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.
I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.
I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart."

Try setting you're search restrictions to good connection and my language.

This will make you're search times longer,but should match you up with more local players and or games with good connections.

  • 02.25.2012 10:10 PM PDT
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Aim for the head

Pull the right trigger

  • 02.25.2012 10:12 PM PDT

Normally this is connection. If you fire and there is a slight dely between them moving nd it telling you they moved then the shot will appear to go through their head and not hurt them. If this happens, try aiming slightly ahead of them (if they are moving) or in a different spot if the are standing still. Other than this and the previously mention search restrictions advice, not alot you can do.

  • 02.26.2012 1:10 AM PDT

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Posted by: DecoratedLizard
try aiming slightly ahead of them (if they are moving)


You are aware that the DMR is hitscan?

  • 02.26.2012 2:04 AM PDT

Welcome to the internet. Joy dies here.

I've had that issue too. Shoot them in the head. Blood squirts out. They keep on running. I think it's just lag, and being off-host. You'd think the MM system would give you more local matches, just because the connection would be stronger.

  • 02.26.2012 2:17 AM PDT

You are aware that the DMR is hitscan?

This has nothing to do with what he is saying. The connection lagging slightly means the person is actually a tiny bit ahead (or to the side if they are strafing) of wherever the reticle is, Aiming slightly ahead of this person can sometimes compensate for this.

  • 02.26.2012 2:26 AM PDT

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Posted by: SoW Crizoc
You are aware that the DMR is hitscan?

This has nothing to do with what he is saying. The connection lagging slightly means the person is actually a tiny bit ahead (or to the side if they are strafing) of wherever the reticle is, Aiming slightly ahead of this person can sometimes compensate for this.


If you shoot someone in the head and the shot doesn't register for a full 2 seconds, it will still kill the other player with a headshot so long as they don't move behind an obstruction. So what I'm saying has everything to do with what you're saying.

  • 02.26.2012 2:56 AM PDT


Posted by: snipe745
In addition to this i am playing from India
Not really much you can do about it other than search with good connection/language filter on or get a better connection yourself. Americans will tell you that you can't aim but they pull host 90% of the time so they don't know how it is to play off host across an ocean or more.

On the rare occasion I pull host in a 1v1 they get mad because their shots don't register and I'm like an 8 shot kill. Except they don't realise that's how it is for me EVERY game when I'm not host.

  • 02.26.2012 3:10 AM PDT

Thank you all for the answers.I have tried setting preference to good connection, but it takes a lot of time to find a match.I think i will have to play on normal settings and just adapt to the lag.

  • 02.29.2012 10:47 PM PDT

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Posted by: X El BaZzA X

Posted by: snipe745
In addition to this i am playing from India
Not really much you can do about it other than search with good connection/language filter on or get a better connection yourself. Americans will tell you that you can't aim but they pull host 90% of the time so they don't know how it is to play off host across an ocean or more.
Can relate, except for the pulling host part in 1v1s.

On the rare occasion I pull host in a 1v1 they get mad because their shots don't register and I'm like an 8 shot kill. Except they don't realise that's how it is for me EVERY game when I'm not host.


Can relate, except for the pulling host in 1v1s part.

[Edited on 02.29.2012 10:51 PM PST]

  • 02.29.2012 10:50 PM PDT