Headshots.... is it all in our heads?

because ya arent using the sniper rifle or the ripper.......lol i dont know i dont understand that eather

I've taken heads off with the enforcer as well as the mini.

There are two separate issues:

1) headshots
These can only be done with the sniperrifle or the ripper. When your opponent dies, UT will check if you killed the opponent with one of these two weapons. If you did, UT will check where the last bullet/blade hit your opponent. If he was hit in the head (upper one third of the collision box), then UT will give you a headshot.

2) dying animation. when a player dies, UT will show a little animation of the person dying. Most models have multiple animations. One animation will show your opponent's head being blown off. When your opponent dies, UT will check where the last bullet/rocket/grenade/blade/etc hit him. If he was hit in the head, UT will play the animation where it looks like your opponent lost his head.

You should realize that 1) and 2) are not strictly connected. You can kill someone by shooting him in the head, but unless it was a sniperrifle or ripper, you will not get an official headshot award.

Did you play Unreal1 ? I loved it when you blew off the head of a Skaarj. He would use both hands to try and feel where is head was. Just when he was about to realize he didn't have a head anymore, he would drop dead on the floor. Lovely.

Oh, one more detail. When you make a headshot with sniper or ripper, if you hit your opponent in the head, he will receive much larger damage then when you hit him in the body (110 healthpoints vs 35 healthpoints or something). With all the other weapons, it doesn't matter where you hit him. Damage is the same regardless of point of impact.

it doesnt matter if you hit them in the hit or other parts with other weapons? because I swore hitting a person in the head with any weapon does alot more damage.

nah, only ripper/sniper fo more damage if on head(upper 3rd), all other weapons it don't matter

I think i did notice though is if u aim for the toe, u will hit with sniper but not with enforcer

headshot!





(yeah, that was lame.)

But what about hit-zones and armor? Don't thigh pads give more protection to lower body, while the breast-plate gives more protection to upper body? If so, shooting someone with armor in the head should result in normal damage, as opposed to reduced damage, so it is still an advantage. Only the shieldbelt provides full body protection.

I don't know how this is implemented. I've only read that the different armor types provide more protection for certain hit locations than others. Anybody know?

there is damage placement in ut, if you shoot some1 in the stumach, you won't c a headshot animation when he dies.
The armor does also work with damage placement, the hud shows it.

I would like to see the kinda weapon wound effects they had in soliders of fortune.

that is still the most violent game I have ever seen. and SoF 2 is going to more then triple the number of spots you can shoot a person, and make it FAR more bloodier.

Still though, 'tis strange how Thigh Pads give you full-body protection (which they do, I think). I would like to see 'wearable armour' someday, where you can actually see the character wearing the breastplate of armour (yes, armour ). I think that would be cool.

Roll on U2

Only the sniper rifle, ripper primary and chainsaw secondary are capable of inflicting true headshots - ie. a one hit kill when hitting the upper third of the bounding box surrounding a model. Don't confuse the animation with the hit-points.

Also, all armour protects all of the body - if you hit someone in the head who is wearing the thigh pads it won't do any more damage than hitting them in the legs.

Check out http://www.ocrana.de/utbible/ for the low down.

if you hit someone in the head with a enforcer it does more damage, i can take out a bot with no armor with around 3 shots if i hit thier head,otherwise it doesn't hurt them as much,im sure it will do the same with any other weapon

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it doesnt matter if you hit them in the hit or other parts with other weapons? because I swore hitting a person in the head with any weapon does alot more damage.

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yeah, but it isn't a guaranteed kill... so ut's not a "haedshot"

if you hit someone in the head with a enforcer it does more damage, i can take out a bot with no armor with around 3 shots if i hit thier head,otherwise it doesn't hurt them as much,im sure it will do the same with any other weapon

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damage no matter where u hit em

yes you CAN headshot with the enforcer, been there dont that. espcially with the mutator.

altho my Favorite is Another mutator making crotchshots.

"Crotch Master!"
(as if i didnt do that already OUT of game in one way or another )

I think the reason why its not declared a headshot when you behead with anything besides sniper or ripper is because you cant get a one shot kill with any other weapon. Everything else is cumulative so its not really that one shot to the head that ends it.

I saw this thread's title and immediately knew that Nem had posted it. Funny, that...