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Headshot Logic

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I'm the type of person who analysis things and makes sense of them from logical perspectives. In this case the hit box, recoil, as well as cross hair notation. I’ve done a few studies analyzing and graphing the hit box motion in cs and what the highest probability of getting a head shot from aiming at a certain location. Here is what I discovered.

Crosshair
No matter what crosshair size used nor dynamic crosshair used. The upper vertical crosshair appears to be a few units out of place above the other lines. This is best noticeable when using a small crosshair; nevertheless this applies to all crosshair sizes and dynamics.
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2304/5..
With this in mind, this provides an extra opening for shots to land. Surprisingly the first bullet shot lands 90% of the time within the boundaries of this opening. The other 10% will land within the location of where it should land (in the middle).

Recoil
Not much to talk about here, recoil patterns were different and unique to each weapon. However, the general patter 1) the bullets would raise in an upward fashion, 2) the first bullet would usually land in the extra crosshair opening.

Hit boxes
They were always in place no matter what the movement (some glitches involved with alt-tabbing). However, when aiming the crosshair up close using the middle of the crosshair or the top of the crosshair both locations allowed for a head shot. But when aiming at the head at long distances the middle of the crosshair would miss 50% of the time, while aiming with the upper crosshair would hit what looked to be 100% of the time. (Note: this includes one shot, while multiple shots require better recoil control).

Conclusion: when aiming the best optimal location to aim no matter what weapon is at the upper neck, lower chin. This allows for the upper part of the crosshair to be aimed at the head and allow for an increased probability for a headshot. To further prove this analysis, watch this video of Eolithic and note where they aim their crosshair. You’ll notice the general location the first bullet lands is at that opening. You can also watch any other “frag movie” and note the location the bullets land as well as the area aimed.

http://www.noobflicks.com/watch/381/eolithic

This comment was edited at 05/30/2009 10:24 PM
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lol, the funny thing is hes right.
Euro

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#3 i dunno about you but i read:

QUOTE:
No matter what crosshair size used nor dynamic crosshair used. The upper vertical crosshair appears to be a few units out of place above the other lines.


I think he said any crosshair does this, not just small. But i dunno thats just me
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Very nice.


Iraq eh? I met a few of them on CS, they aren't greeted very pleasantly though...they got kicked from a few servers cause they were tagged as IG = Iraqi Gamers.
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Ethnics/culture should not effect the perspective on a person, general personality of the person in question should. But then again ignorance is bliss.

This comment was edited at 05/30/2009 11:04 PM
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this is all true

and pointless
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#6 and you don't think people judge me by where I'm from?

Ignorance isn't as bliss as arrogance.
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wut duh fux is dis...
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Thank god my pal Fodder and I have an aimbot.

This comment was edited at 05/30/2009 11:19 PM
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when i first started playin in 01-02 some of the guys at the lan i frequently visited (had no 'decent' pc at the time) told me, and i quote: "just aim at their neck", which sums up that WOT!
there are useful links on my profile (for 1.6) so check it out
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Yet again another reason to blame Americans for being racist fvcktards..they should all be nuked imo.
Good writeup man :)
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#12 wont come to america and say that
you can't un-read it
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#12 i'll look up ip's and find out when the next lan tournament in your area is and come find that as$
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says the guy posting on a forum hosted in the united states
:)
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#16 whatever makes you feel better about yourself. (:
you can't un-read it
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lol #16 is from alabama. he's in vent with me
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#21 you live in the fattest country on earth...
someday you'll understand

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#24 troll pz
someday you'll understand
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intelligence !!
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i won't believe it until fodder takes your words, uses a thesaurus then recreates it in his upcoming guide taking full credit for it. i appreciated your try though +fragged
I play videogames... does the rest matter?
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when you're close up, any good player is able to spray and control his recoil enough to put many consecutive bullets in the head.

from far away, you're dealing with a lot more need for recoil control. you're right about shooting for the upper neck/chin, because if you have good recoil control, you can place 2-3 bullets right in their face consecutively, and thats enough for a kill with just about any rifle. also as far as i know the hitbox for the head is not perfect with the model, and the tips of the model heads won't register as a hit, right?

anyway even in the real military from farther away you would aim more for the chin area, natural bullet drop will place those rounds in the chest. in cs there is no bullet drop but there is simulated recoil, so that simulated recoil will cause those bullets to rise and continue hitting the head hitbox.
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also, not to troll but, i've been to both spain and italy, and the hotels there had like no tv, cold showers, cold food. i just imagined it was like america in the early 1920's and it was cool though.

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Conclusion: Aim at neck.





A lot shorter. Lol.
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Nerdy stuff but good work OP. At least now I know better than to aim exactly at the head at range.
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#31 The hotels I went to in Spain weren't exactly top notch, but the showers worked, there were TVs, and the room-service food was fine. And I went with my school.
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you should explain this to Tony.
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This guy is right on the cross hair stuff, the neck stuff's legit as well...
Don't sh-t talk me kids.
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hhahhahahah nice
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Nice!!! Very astute observations....#1

This comment was edited at 05/31/2009 6:04 AM
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#31 why are you in your hotel room?
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#31 how is that trolling? trolling does not mean posting a lot.


people on gotfrag have the wrong idea.
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#31 stop with the trolling before i set my e-lephrichaun on you.
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about the crosshair part

you can't really say where bullets land by looking at the bulletholes, since they are incorrect
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#43.

With rifles, the bullet holes are almost 100% same on client and server side.

With pistols its a little different.
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almost 100%, nice try
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#44 that's not true at all, you're wrong, the correct spread isn't shown for any weapon client side. Different weapons make this more obvious, and ofcourse if you're stood still rifles will almost be perfect (since it wont hit outside of the xhair anyway, by much)
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ur vidz is on cs1.5, the hitbox changed with 1.6

edit : #46 right

the client spread is not the same as the server. the bullet impacts are wrong too. to see the real spread you must use "cl_lc 0" or" cl_lw 0" but you will need a very nice ping and the same fps as the server or it will seem laggy.

edit 2: i forgot to mention, these cvars are locked since the update.

This comment was edited at 05/31/2009 9:19 AM
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#47 so which is better at long distance? Straight in the head or neck? How about CZ also?
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Good research, you should be like the Scientist of CS or something.
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#48 lol you can't say this like that. 1v1 with ak47, the best is a burst in the chest as heaton said, only 3-4 bullets is enough. random players alway try to aim the head at distance and fail. the chest is the better solution for them. this is just an advice.

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