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[John-berg1995]

Let me explain what I'm reffering too

 

You and another player are facing off. Both down to one shot kills. 

 

You aim in and depress the fire button first but nothing happens? Then die? At first I thought I was just slow on the draw but it's happened twice this month and it was really obvious today when I know for a fact a good 1/5th of a second or so I shot but it's almost as if  the game did not let me fire because I was already dead despite not having 0 HP or have been hit by a shell

 

Perhaps I'm getting to deep into the system. But I know it's happened to me and my friends on rare occasions. 

 

Perhaps it's just lag? Though I doubt it. I have very low ping. 

[Restless_Vermin]

John-berg1995, on 11 February 2019 - 07:30 AM, said:

Let me explain what I'm reffering too

 

You and another player are facing off. Both down to one shot kills. 

 

You aim in and depress the fire button first but nothing happens? Then die? At first I thought I was just slow on the draw but it's happened twice this month and it was really obvious today when I know for a fact a good 1/5th of a second or so I shot but it's almost as if  the game did not let me fire because I was already dead despite not having 0 HP or have been hit by a shell

 

Perhaps I'm getting to deep into the system. But I know it's happened to me and my friends on rare occasions. 

 

Perhaps it's just lag? Though I doubt it. I have very low ping. 

All the time! Also when I’m platooning with my mate, his screen always loads up a couple of seconds before mine. He’s always saying “oh it’s mines” and I’ve got a black screen. We both have the same PS4 system, we both live near each other and both on same internet. He’s a bit of a geek and he does t know why!

[Rubbelito]

John-berg1995, on 11 February 2019 - 08:30 AM, said:

Let me explain what I'm reffering too

 

You and another player are facing off. Both down to one shot kills. 

 

You aim in and depress the fire button first but nothing happens? Then die? At first I thought I was just slow on the draw but it's happened twice this month and it was really obvious today when I know for a fact a good 1/5th of a second or so I shot but it's almost as if  the game did not let me fire because I was already dead despite not having 0 HP or have been hit by a shell

 

Perhaps I'm getting to deep into the system. But I know it's happened to me and my friends on rare occasions. 

 

Perhaps it's just lag? Though I doubt it. I have very low ping. 

 

What you see on your display and what happens om the server ("the truth" ) is not always the same thing.
For the  same reason we have "ghost shells" and also when you hit a target when you really think the shot should've missed. On the server you didn't miss but on  your display it looked like you should (and obviously the other way around).

Low ping certainly helps the cause, but it doesn't make you immune.

Edited by Rubbelito, 11 February 2019 - 07:52 AM.

[M4ntiX]

Your reaction time may be quicker but if your opponent has less ping, you're screwed. Yeah, I had this happen on few occasions and not only in WOT. I get it's frustrating, but it's to be expected in games that are run server side, tbh. Nothing to worry about.

[Jope2209]

It happens, I'm 100% sure it happened to me at least 10 times within last month. I'm preaiming red tank and he's around corner, I get to shoot first but my tank explodes before my shell leaves the barrel.

[DwarfOnDrugs]

Yes, every game i play on NA server

[ForsakenArchmage]

Lag or ghost shell generally causes that ghost cells are rare but happen lag is individual bases

[PYLE33]

How does this relate to the gun not firing but the click noise can be heard indicating that the server registered the  command but the tanks gun still fails to fire. I get this all the time. Fully loaded, fully aimed and have been for some time. Just get clicks repeatedly when trying to fire. If it was lag or excessive ping the game wouldn't register the trigger pull with the repeated clicks or there would/should be some other notable symptoms with it. 

[M4ntiX]

I bet sounds are on the client side.
Same thing happens in Siege, for example. You will hear the click of the striker but the actual shot will follow with a delay (depending on latency).

[Thekidkybo]

It's happened to me before. Though the only 'clicks' I hear are when the gun is still 'reloading'

 

I die more than i live anyway, so I don't even use it as an excuse

 

S

[Stedyone01]

Yes this server latency phenomenon happens to me playing WoT Console all the time as well. Same exact thing! I usually will rage quit after tossing my controller.

[PYLE33]

M4ntiX, on 11 February 2019 - 07:54 AM, said:

I bet sounds are on the client side.
Same thing happens in Siege, for example. You will hear the click of the striker but the actual shot will follow with a delay (depending on latency).

 

That makes perfect sense. With so many aspects of this game being server side it didn't occur to me that sounds or at least some of them are on the client end of things. You would think that being a PC player too I would have connected those dots. I suppose having the FPS, ping, and server reticle on the battle screen when that stuff happens the old brain dismisses it and without those inputs it just leaves ya wondering what just happened.

[caglassc]

I actually had a game where I shot someone - saw them die and then "burp" the screen flashed and came back with me dead - the tank I killed still alive and another tank having shot and killed me from the rear.  This was a few years back - but I still remember the "what the hell" moment.  I've had the occasional I thought I fired first and the shooting and killing each other at the same time thing.... It happens....

[DoubleRR3]

Yep most of my deaths seem this way 

[Vorpallion]

Oh it happens all the time. I just assume it's a lag or ping issue to the server and really I was dead earlier. 

[ThermalStone]

Greedo, is that you?

[SPUK4U]

ForsakenArchmage, on 11 February 2019 - 10:30 AM, said:

Lag or ghost shell generally causes that ghost cells are rare but happen lag is individual bases

 

Is the shell that comes after the tank already starts to explodes a ghost shell?    See picture

[Blossomy_Hippo]

John-berg1995, on 11 February 2019 - 07:30 AM, said:

Let me explain what I'm reffering too

 

You and another player are facing off. Both down to one shot kills. 

 

You aim in and depress the fire button first but nothing happens? Then die? At first I thought I was just slow on the draw but it's happened twice this month and it was really obvious today when I know for a fact a good 1/5th of a second or so I shot but it's almost as if  the game did not let me fire because I was already dead despite not having 0 HP or have been hit by a shell

 

Perhaps I'm getting to deep into the system. But I know it's happened to me and my friends on rare occasions. 

 

Perhaps it's just lag? Though I doubt it. I have very low ping. 

 

I know what you're talking about, but i always just thought it was me getting slower (and older) on the trigger finger.

Don't forget that you actually don't know when the other guy pulled the trigger, if it's input lag due to the server the other guy is gonna get delayed too.

[PYLE33]

caglassc, on 11 February 2019 - 10:01 AM, said:

I actually had a game where I shot someone - saw them die and then "burp" the screen flashed and came back with me dead - the tank I killed still alive and another tank having shot and killed me from the rear.  This was a few years back - but I still remember the "what the hell" moment.  I've had the occasional I thought I fired first and the shooting and killing each other at the same time thing.... It happens....

 

That screen flash. I had almost the exact same thing happen this last December. Circling an ISU-122S with my Type-64. Wore the ISU down to about 50 hp, hit the trigger as soon as the gun was loaded for the kill shot. The stupid screen flashed, both our tanks teleport-ed to a slightly different spot and the positions were reversed. I was blown up and the ISU was still on half its health backing away from my tank. Got to watch the ISU player do a barrel wag at me and drive off. 

 

[Pit Friend]

Very often and it never stops being frustrating. It’s apparently a lag thing but it always feels like the game just decided “Nope, that guy gets to win today.”