Projectile column effect discovered

[Aanker]

The 4th unkown column after the 'damage' column in the projectiles tables is related to the air resistance faced by a projectile.

I made the discovery having read the DB manual some pages back in this forum, where it said that shell/projectile fragments had very high values in this previously unknown column. Knowing how these objects behaved in-game, I gave a rocket projectile the value '300', with the effect that the projectile slowed down almost immedeately and fell to the ground.

[T.C.]

Brilliant work, +rep

[.Mitch.]

How do you know its not the effect gravity has on the projectile?

EDIT: Oh I see you said it slowed as well.

[klesh]

Did you let the PFM makers know so they can label the column in the next iteration of the tool? Please do!

[alpaca]

Hmm so this is like a drag coefficient? Interesting. Will have to fool around with it some time.

[T.C.]

Hmm so this is like a drag coefficient? Interesting. Will have to fool around with it some time.

I have, it has a strange effect relating to cannister. If you put it high enough the cannister leaves the barrel like normal and after a while slows down immensly and falls to the earth. Almost as if it someone put a magnet under its flight path (i know, wrong metal)
I think the number might refer to a distance, rather than the force exerted upon the projectile. Its a very useful way of really limiting a projectile to a distance, but it doesnt look very realistic.

[Condottiere SOG]

Setting this factor to one...represents one gravity. I have all weapons set at realistic ranges...so projectiles fall realistically.

[JaM]

is there any change if you set it to 10 instead of 1? I remember testing it some time back, and didnt get what i wanted to achieve ( having round shots to bounce low and more)