Kinetic Effect of Bullet Impact on the body

Seriously, I hit a person with 1 bullet from my Desert Eagle or from my M16 and they shoot me back instantly.

Now, last time I checked, a bullet from a Desert Eagle or an Assault Rifle (M-16) would hit you anywhere and spin you into the ground.

Any plans on modeling this? Half of the fights I get myself into in INF are at point blank range, I hit the other guy first with 2 or 3 shots of my DE and they simply turn around and pump a shotgun in my face.

Please, fix this, it is very annoying and unrealistic.

"Peace, Faith, Virtue"

You telling me that a DE shot at point blank range has NO kinetic energy? My god man, even a paintball gun will make you topple over if its on high power.

Maybe you dont understand what im saying. If a bullet hits you, it WILL knock you in the direction the bullet was going.

In INF I see people getting shot at POINT BLANK range with large caliber (not .50 though) weapons and standing still as if nothing had happened (well, they do get their health reduced, but thats not the point).

Have a bullet impact effect on the soldiers. If you are getting hit by a rifle bullet you sure as hell cant turn around and shoot that person back with your shotgun, you'll be too busy falling over.

"Peace, Faith, Virtue"

I've been shot in the leg by a 22....

it hurt like hell, and my vission went a little blurry... I was sick from infection for two weeks... but other than that, it was fine.

A bullet will knock you over if it hits you in the bone.

I agree that at pointblank the rounds may go through the body... bone or no bone. But the fact remains, no one will ever take ONE bullet at point blank range in the chest/groin/legs and be able to turn around, aim, run sideways or bunny hop while firing... and keep on doing it for 10 minutes.

"Peace, Faith, Virtue"

Bullet Impact and Torque

Thought I'd add my take to this apparently confusing and flame-ridden issue. While I agree with DeadEyeDan's momentum calculations, to directly subtract the momentum of the bullet from that of the running man implies that the bullet hit him exactly at his center of mass. If it hits him anywhere else, there will be torque. Say for example it hits in the shoulder, something like 1-2 feet away from the center of the body. Assuming the bullet just lodges in the shoulder (which probably wouldn't happen in real life), all the momentum is transferred to that area. The momentum of the bullet is much greater than the original momentum of the shoulder area in the opposite direction, since the shoulder weighs much less than the entire man.

So the man's shoulder gets some angular momentum. There is no counter-torque to spin him the other direction save maybe the friction between his feet and the ground, not much if he's in the middle of running. (If he were standing still it would at the very least throw his aim off). This angular stuff doesn't affect his center of mass motion, so DeadEyeDan is again correct that he will keep moving forward while spinning. If you're in the middle of a running stride and suddenly find yourself facing backwards but still moving in the same direction you were running, odds are you won't keep your balance, thus the falling. Well, that made sense to me at least.

I WAS SHOT TWICE

well...i was shot twice with a sigsauer p228. one bullet hit my shoulder and jolted my body sharply to the right and the second bullet hit my upper arm which sent my 180 degrees and to the floor. THAT STOPPED ME MOVING!