I need help! Cant hit a damn thing.

[Delzoun]

I just downloaded 1866 last night, and i cant seem to hit a damned thing with my pistols or rifles, im certain im simply got the wrong idea about where to aim, but i just squared off against a guy who hit me 10 times i didnt hit him once despite aiming directly at his head. we both were stand still as trees he wasnt further then 10 feet from me.

[PsiShock]

Aim at his body instead? Bigger target=Hit more often? I've got this creeping feeling you're posting to be obnoxious...

But really, being in 1st person will help. Increasing firearms increases your ability to hit center. A more accurate weapon helps to.

[Delzoun]

Im serious. Maybe i need to go back and practice with the Crossbows in Native. All im asking for is a few tips on where to place my crosshairs on a moveing target. Also do my bullets fly straight or will i have to take in account my bullets falling toward the target if ther far away

[PsiShock]

Press fire and hold down as you typically would then aim past the target(if moving left or right) just a small ways. Release a shot and see how far off you are...then simply do it again with more leading. If they are coming straight at you, you only need to compensate for distance by lifting your shot slightly. If they are running away...let them have it....they will be running right into the rounds.

[insomniac]

Use accurate guns. Remington Army if you want to use pistols.

Winchester or Spencer as rifles.

First person view is the real crosshair.

Aim torso.

Don't shoot someone too close. You may miss.

There is a bug when you are on a hill and want to shoot someone below.

If you can't shoot, step away to another position and try again, don't insist.

Don't shoot rapidly, wait the crosshair to close.

When shooting a moving target aim in the direction of movement. I mean aim the empty space ahead of the target.

Or wait for him to stand still.

good luck

[Shrugging Khan]

I'm usually fighting on horseback, and using either a repeater or a shotgun (plus a sabre), so if you do so too...here's my priority list for enemies to shoot.

1.) Anyone aiming at me
2.) Anyone aiming at my men
3.) Anyone travelling straight towards or away form me
4.) Anyone in optimal firing range (close enough to not need to lead, far enough to not have to follow him to quickly)

5.) Anyone else

While this won't help with hitting things, it will instead make you get hit less often. And ensure that as many of your men as possible live to do the shooting instead 

PS: Always charge your horse into ground units trying to reload. Ha ha HAAA CHOP SLICE SPLASH ouch!
PPS: I'm slow today. Easy solution: Use shotguns. Double Eight Gauge if you fight on foot (one shot kill machine!), or any of the others if you're riding. You don't really have to aim as well with them, just go close and stick them as tightly into your enemies as possible.

[Delzoun]

Thanks guys, im getting a lil practice and thanks to the tips am doing much better. Started a new character as an indian wich is fun being able to fall back on bow when im having trouble hitting with gun.

[Evilknightz]

I pretty much get 100% shots from aligning the bottom 2 dots right with their neck

[Garem]

Delzoun, not on topic, but where does your name come from?

[Edwards]

Dungeons and Dragons. NERD ALERT.

[DrCroccer]

Is it just me or is the aiming system here very different from that from native M&B and any other mod? Because the aiming tactics I use for Eagle and Radiant Cross, Russian Civil War and the China mod and whatnot  don't seem to work here. I'm hardly inexperienced with the game. Do bullets travel slower in this mod than in, say, the Russian Civil War one?

[russik112]

Is it just me or is the aiming system here very different from that from native M&B and any other mod? Because the aiming tactics I use for Eagle and Radiant Cross, Russian Civil War and the China mod and whatnot  don't seem to work here. I'm hardly inexperienced with the game. Do bullets travel slower in this mod than in, say, the Russian Civil War one?

I have the same question but reversed dose the bullets in 1866 travel faster than is Russian Civil War mod?

[alabaman]

In this mod bullets actually fly at the speed of bullets. Unlike most mods where it's just yellow painted arrows falling a bit further  What I like is that you need minimal lead in 1886WM, atleast considered to other mods. I won't name these mods because I'd probably get banned for trolling.

Too bad throwing items are useless in this mod ('cept for dynamite).

[insomniac]

bullets travel fast in this mod.

[Articulo34]

A simple comparison:

The Eagle and the Radiant Cross, Musket - 160 missile speed
1866: Western Mod, Scoped Sharps - 260 missile speed

Thats a bit of a difference.