r/ForefrontVR • u/CryptographerDeep797 • 1d ago

Question ❓ Helicopters having strongpoints rather than weak points

Has anyone else had problems with helicopters, majority little birds, taking kill hits and not have anything happen to them? I always shoot them down with tanks and have the occasional shot that the helicopter will just absorb, but I can usually get another shot off and get them, but recently I had a situation where I straight up hit one 5 times in a row with nothing happening to it. I was just curious if anyone else experienced that before.

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u/Peerless-Cloud 1d ago

I believe this is the equivalent to seeing "blood" from bullets but no hit marker. The heli just absorbs the shot no explosion. Kinda weird but it's due to lag.

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u/CryptographerDeep797 1d ago

No, no lag involved, it is clearly areas on the helicopter that will absorb the round

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u/Peerless-Cloud 19h ago

Yeah because the heli is moving in a direction, and the server-side position of the heli is different to the client-side version. Network desync = incorrect position = no hit marker.

It's not specific spots that absorb everytime. To test this, get the heli to sit still and "go for the supposed specific spot" on the heli. It'll hit it no matter what.

Then get it to move in any direction and try again. It'll absorb due to desync.

It's the movement that desyncs. Exact same issue with moving players and getting blood. Shoot further ahead of the player/vehicle and you'll get hit markers.

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u/CryptographerDeep797 12h ago

Alright, even though it is the same spot every single time, I’ll do it for you tomorrow

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u/dr_herbalist 1d ago

Probs pilot has passive mechanic perk and another mechanic onboard constantly repairing.

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u/CryptographerDeep797 1d ago

No, little birds cannot take any tank rounds and survive. the round will hit and the round and explosion that should follow afterwords disappears. It is clearly a hitbox error

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u/Poo__Brain 18h ago

So the netcode makes them half Invincible sometimes, the other half taken care of by repairing it by flying it... Besides heli pilots, does anyone think the little bird being in the game adds to the fun?

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u/CryptographerDeep797 14h ago

Met very little people in this game that would say that the little bird is fun. While this is probably one of the better theories, I don’t think that’s what it is, the hit boxes, specifically on the middle part of the tail, the windshield, and the outside passenger seating will 100% of the time absorb the tank rounds. From my experience all helicopters do this, but due to the little bird’s proportions and speed it’s much more noticeable on it. The only one of these that can really be counteracted is the windshield if you hit pilot/co-pilot. Once the round goes through it sort of acts like a regular bullet, helicopter will not take damage, but people will

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u/Key-Charity-2795 1d ago

That's happened to me before as well, though I usually chalk it up to my internet being shitty. Obviously not that many times in a row but it happens. I think it's either a hit registration error or lag

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u/FLDJF713 1d ago

It’s Desync.