ACE3/documentation/feature/ballistics.md

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layout: wiki
title: Ballistics
description: Realistic ballistic improvements
group: feature
category: realism
parent: wiki
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## 1. Overview

### 1.1 Realistic ballistics
Changes include adjusted muzzle velocity, air friction and dispersion based on real life values.

### 1.2 Realistic silencers and subsonic ammunition
Silencers no longer decrease the muzzle velocity and are generally less effective when used with normal ammunition. They now only remove the muzzle blast and flash. To prevent the crack caused by supersonic projectiles, ACE3 introduces subsonic ammunition for the 7.62mm caliber. This is also fully compatible with AI.

### 1.3 Armor piercing ammunition
Armor piercing rounds have higher penetration values against light armored targets and other obstacles on the battlefield. Their drawback is a slightly decreased man-stopping power. AP rounds are available in multiple calibers including 5.56mm and 7.62mm.

### 1.4 IR-Dim tracer ammunition
IR-Dim ammunition is similar to tracer rounds, but these tracers are only visible using night vision devices.

### 1.5 M118 long range ammunition
The M14 EBR now uses ammunition with decreased muzzle velocity and air friction to improve precision and energy retention at long ranges.

### 1.6 Fully config-based
This module applies configuration changes only and does not decrease game performance.

## 2. Dependencies

`ace_common`
Create missing documentation placeholders Creates placeholder documentation for modules which did not previously have any. If a module had the same name and apparent purpose as a module from AGM, AGM's documentation was imported into the placeholder. These documentation are useful to users for explaining what ACE3 changes. They are also useful to community admins who want to create a custom distribution of ACE3 and need to know which modules to disable. The documentation needs to be significantly fleshed out before it's ready for public consumption, but this should be a helpful start. 2015-05-13 00:28:18 +00:00			`---`
			`layout: wiki`
			`title: Ballistics`
Docs: proofread, 1st iteration Proofread AB, AI, Aircraft, Attach, Backpacks, Ballistics and Captives Fix typos, grammar, inconsistencies Not fully satisfied with captives, will reiterate 2015-05-17 22:39:48 +00:00			`description: Realistic ballistic improvements`
Create missing documentation placeholders Creates placeholder documentation for modules which did not previously have any. If a module had the same name and apparent purpose as a module from AGM, AGM's documentation was imported into the placeholder. These documentation are useful to users for explaining what ACE3 changes. They are also useful to community admins who want to create a custom distribution of ACE3 and need to know which modules to disable. The documentation needs to be significantly fleshed out before it's ready for public consumption, but this should be a helpful start. 2015-05-13 00:28:18 +00:00			`group: feature`
add categories to feature docs 2015-07-29 17:11:50 +00:00			`category: realism`
Create missing documentation placeholders Creates placeholder documentation for modules which did not previously have any. If a module had the same name and apparent purpose as a module from AGM, AGM's documentation was imported into the placeholder. These documentation are useful to users for explaining what ACE3 changes. They are also useful to community admins who want to create a custom distribution of ACE3 and need to know which modules to disable. The documentation needs to be significantly fleshed out before it's ready for public consumption, but this should be a helpful start. 2015-05-13 00:28:18 +00:00			`parent: wiki`
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Improve ballistics/advanced ballistics docs 2015-05-14 05:20:36 +00:00
Docs: proofread, 1st iteration Proofread AB, AI, Aircraft, Attach, Backpacks, Ballistics and Captives Fix typos, grammar, inconsistencies Not fully satisfied with captives, will reiterate 2015-05-17 22:39:48 +00:00			`## 1. Overview`

			`### 1.1 Realistic ballistics`
Create missing documentation placeholders Creates placeholder documentation for modules which did not previously have any. If a module had the same name and apparent purpose as a module from AGM, AGM's documentation was imported into the placeholder. These documentation are useful to users for explaining what ACE3 changes. They are also useful to community admins who want to create a custom distribution of ACE3 and need to know which modules to disable. The documentation needs to be significantly fleshed out before it's ready for public consumption, but this should be a helpful start. 2015-05-13 00:28:18 +00:00			`Changes include adjusted muzzle velocity, air friction and dispersion based on real life values.`
Improve ballistics/advanced ballistics docs 2015-05-14 05:20:36 +00:00
Documentation pass 5 - Documentation done except (medical, AtragMX, MicroDAGR, Vector, Kestrel 4500) - Typos fixed - enjoy the review MOWHAHAHAHAH. 2015-05-28 15:22:45 +00:00			`### 1.2 Realistic silencers and subsonic ammunition`
Docs: proofread, 1st iteration Proofread AB, AI, Aircraft, Attach, Backpacks, Ballistics and Captives Fix typos, grammar, inconsistencies Not fully satisfied with captives, will reiterate 2015-05-17 22:39:48 +00:00			`Silencers no longer decrease the muzzle velocity and are generally less effective when used with normal ammunition. They now only remove the muzzle blast and flash. To prevent the crack caused by supersonic projectiles, ACE3 introduces subsonic ammunition for the 7.62mm caliber. This is also fully compatible with AI.`
Improve ballistics/advanced ballistics docs 2015-05-14 05:20:36 +00:00
Documentation pass 5 - Documentation done except (medical, AtragMX, MicroDAGR, Vector, Kestrel 4500) - Typos fixed - enjoy the review MOWHAHAHAHAH. 2015-05-28 15:22:45 +00:00			`### 1.3 Armor piercing ammunition`
fix some documenation (didn't touch medical and mortar) 2015-06-03 13:15:14 +00:00			`Armor piercing rounds have higher penetration values against light armored targets and other obstacles on the battlefield. Their drawback is a slightly decreased man-stopping power. AP rounds are available in multiple calibers including 5.56mm and 7.62mm.`
Improve ballistics/advanced ballistics docs 2015-05-14 05:20:36 +00:00
Documentation pass 5 - Documentation done except (medical, AtragMX, MicroDAGR, Vector, Kestrel 4500) - Typos fixed - enjoy the review MOWHAHAHAHAH. 2015-05-28 15:22:45 +00:00			`### 1.4 IR-Dim tracer ammunition`
Docs: proofread continues Perform proofread on all \documentation\feature\ starting from AB till Explosives. All mentioned docs are uniform/standardized. Improve grammar, typos, etc. 2015-05-19 20:15:26 +00:00			`IR-Dim ammunition is similar to tracer rounds, but these tracers are only visible using night vision devices.`
Improve ballistics/advanced ballistics docs 2015-05-14 05:20:36 +00:00
Documentation pass 5 - Documentation done except (medical, AtragMX, MicroDAGR, Vector, Kestrel 4500) - Typos fixed - enjoy the review MOWHAHAHAHAH. 2015-05-28 15:22:45 +00:00			`### 1.5 M118 long range ammunition`
Improve ballistics documenation Thanks @ulteq and vking for feedback and help 2015-05-14 21:30:50 +00:00			`The M14 EBR now uses ammunition with decreased muzzle velocity and air friction to improve precision and energy retention at long ranges.`
Create missing documentation placeholders Creates placeholder documentation for modules which did not previously have any. If a module had the same name and apparent purpose as a module from AGM, AGM's documentation was imported into the placeholder. These documentation are useful to users for explaining what ACE3 changes. They are also useful to community admins who want to create a custom distribution of ACE3 and need to know which modules to disable. The documentation needs to be significantly fleshed out before it's ready for public consumption, but this should be a helpful start. 2015-05-13 00:28:18 +00:00
Documentation pass 5 - Documentation done except (medical, AtragMX, MicroDAGR, Vector, Kestrel 4500) - Typos fixed - enjoy the review MOWHAHAHAHAH. 2015-05-28 15:22:45 +00:00			`### 1.6 Fully config-based`
Docs: proofread continues Perform proofread on all \documentation\feature\ starting from AB till Explosives. All mentioned docs are uniform/standardized. Improve grammar, typos, etc. 2015-05-19 20:15:26 +00:00			`This module applies configuration changes only and does not decrease game performance.`
Docs: proofread, 1st iteration Proofread AB, AI, Aircraft, Attach, Backpacks, Ballistics and Captives Fix typos, grammar, inconsistencies Not fully satisfied with captives, will reiterate 2015-05-17 22:39:48 +00:00
			`## 2. Dependencies`

Improve ballistics/advanced ballistics docs 2015-05-14 05:20:36 +00:00			`ace_common`