How to shoot a bullet in a trajectory for a sniper gun.

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Basically the straight line approach that I am using at the moment just is not realistic for sniper shooting. How would I go about shooting a bullet that would say travel over 1000 metres and drop accordingly.

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Well after only using Unity for a week and not being a great programmer the actual implementation in Unity is something I think someone else will answer far better than me. What I can tell you though is that I am trying to do a similar thing and I have found the following which were useful.

http://www.hornady.com/ballistics-resource

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/23-10/index.html

These sites give you the equations and theory that you need but they are not exactly simple ones mind.

As for implementation in Unity read here: http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/Components/class-Rigidbody.html

Apply a TrailRenderer to the Rigidbodys and you get a tracer ammunition effect. Very nice :-)

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I agree with Ende. If you need to factor in elements like wind, you can also use AddForce and AddTorque that are available in the RigidBody class.

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Sniper you say? Is it possible if you can give me the stuff needed for a zoom in? Ive made a assault rifle with a scope on the top. Not much point being there if you cant even zoom in. Much appreciated

if you want to zoom you can change the fieldOfView of the camera

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Thank you so much! That script worked just fine and it loads alright. It is so odd that my original script wasn't working since I just copied it from my other project, and it worked fine. Thanks again!

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