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== How "Min Spread" works == | |||
Apparently most people think Min Spread is the minimum spread of the bullets (i.e. Min Spread of 2.0 means that the bullets will deviate at least 2.0 degrees). | |||
At least that's what's written on the Weapons page, and if read correctly I think some people made the same assumption in their comments on discussion page here. | |||
I just tested this theory, and with a Min Spread of 20 I still have bullets hitting very close to the middle (i.e. where my crosshair is aiming). (NOTE: my small guns skill is 71). However, most bullets have spread so large that they completely miss the target (from what I could tell, the spread sometimes seemed close to 45 degrees, but I did not measure it, this is only a quick observation). | |||
I think Min Spread is actually the AVERAGE spread of the bullets. | |||
To test this, I changed the Min Spread setting of my weapon from 20 to 45. I ended up with bullet impacts at nearly 90 degrees on the ceiling, the floor and the walls on the side. | |||
I think it works like this: if Min Spread is 20, bullets my spread anywhere between 0 and 40 degrees. Why? Because 20 is right in the middle of 0 and 40. | |||
If Min Spread is 45, bullets may spread anywhere between 0 and 90 degrees. | |||
If Min Spread is 0.5, bullets may spread a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1.0 degrees. | |||
And so on for any value of Min Spread. | |||
Basically: | |||
Real minimum spread = 0 | |||
Maxmimum spread = Min Spread x 2 | |||
This makes sense since the game needs a way to decide the maximum spread a bullet may have. | |||
NOTE: the real bullet spread of a weapon is probably affected by other factors, such as small guns skill, bonuses, agility, perks, and so on. Here I am not considering such factors as I only wish to explain how Min Spread works (I am not trying to find the complete spread formula). | |||
For example, with a small guns skill of 70 I did not have any bullets hitting at exactly 90 degrees, but the bullets which had the biggest spread angle during testing had a spread angle close to 90 degrees. Therefore I assume that other factors have a minor effect on bullet spread, however such effect seems small to my observations. | |||
Hope this helps. | |||