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    Bug Or Intended Gameplay Mechanic? (Windshield)

    Not sure if this is a bug or if it really is an intended gameplay mechanic. Pretty much I noticed that you cannot shoot drivers of vehicles through the front windshield unless you break it first. I find this to be a bit jarring and was wondering if it was a bug or not.


    No shots fired


    First shot fired. Bullet did not penetrate glass.


    Second shot fired. Bullet did not penetrate glass.


    Third shot fired. Bullet did not penetrate glass but has broken the glass.


    Three more shots fired. All three hit the sign.

    This is all the same for shooting at the windshield from the outside as well. Bullets will not penetrate the glass until it has broken.
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    This might be specific to computer, or maybe to that 1911 you have there, because I have not found this to be the case.
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    Right, could be that weapon. I accidentally throw cans out my window and it breaks the glass immediately.
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    Originally Posted by DrBAMF123 Go to original post
    This might be specific to computer, or maybe to that 1911 you have there, because I have not found this to be the case.
    I don't see how as it is an in game event that does not have to do with the visuals of the game. It looks like an issue relating to the code of the game.
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    My theory is it's an unintended bit of realism on Ubi's part. Most (if not all) modern windshields are hardened laminates and are more resistant than people realize to pistol caliber gunfire.

    Oooorrrrrrr........................it's more likely a bug. I hadn't noticed this, so I'll have to check it out! Good post!

    BTW: When I was in The Stan (security contracting) we preferred the M240 7.62 x 51mm and the PKM 7.62 x 54R over the M249 5.56 x 45mm for VCP, base, and mobile defense against VBIEDs (vehicle born IEDs) because of the much better penetrating power of the .30 cal rounds over the .22 cal M249 against windshields of oncoming admirers with a car full of explosives! 50s were even better!
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    Originally Posted by Flanker1Six Go to original post
    My theory is it's an unintended bit of realism on Ubi's part. Most (if not all) modern windshields are hardened laminates and are more resistant than people realize to pistol caliber gunfire.

    Oooorrrrrrr........................it's more likely a bug. I hadn't noticed this, so I'll have to check it out! Good post!

    BTW: When I was in The Stan (security contracting) we preferred the M240 7.62 x 51mm and the PKM 7.62 x 54R over the M249 5.56 x 45mm for VCP, base, and mobile defense against VBIEDs (vehicle born IEDs) because of the much better penetrating power of the .30 cal rounds over the .22 cal M249 against windshields of oncoming admirers with a car full of explosives! 50s were even better!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJgFt6JWxyc

    I'm not sure realism would exactly fit for this situation. Either way, I'd like to be able to shoot an incoming vehicle silently without the driver spotting me and alerting everyone around me.

    Either way, AP rounds actually pierce it and break the glass in two shots, compared to the normal bullets breaking it in three.
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    The glass cracks when I shoot it on the Xbox, but the bullets go through. I one shot drivers through both windshields as I'm driving all the time. Though I don't use one shot pistols in Far Cry ever except when forced to, so I can't say for the 1911 or any other semi.
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    Originally Posted by DrBAMF123 Go to original post
    The glass cracks when I shoot it on the Xbox, but the bullets go through. I one shot drivers through both windshields as I'm driving all the time. Though I don't use one shot pistols in Far Cry ever except when forced to, so I can't say for the 1911 or any other semi.
    It's gotta be a bug on pc then. It happens with all guns using normal ammo.
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    I've shot other drivers through my windshield and through theirs. Never both at once, I think. How many shots? I mostly spray and pray. However, I have one-shotted helicopter pilots through both the front windshield and through the floor bubble with my .50 cal sniper rifle. I'm on PC btw.
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    I have also shot many a cultist through the windscreen of their pickups, but always with the machine gun (don't know which, I'm not into gun porn)
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