Questions about realism

**musketer** · February 15, 2016, 04:48 PM

Hello, I have two questions:

Is the weapons in the game has a realistic range and inflicts damage realistic based on caliber, range, type of weapon (rifled/smoothbore etc)?

Whether, for example, the effectiveness of muskets depends on the distance from the target?

**Trig** · February 16, 2016, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by musketer

Hello, I have two questions:

Is the weapons in the game has a realistic range and inflicts damage realistic based on caliber, range, type of weapon (rifled/smoothbore etc)?

Whether, for example, the effectiveness of muskets depends on the distance from the target?

Pretty much yes. Only for gameplay purposes we reduced the maximum range of most muskets from some 500 meters to 150, since AI would otherwise always engage at maximum range, but historically the firefights took place at much closer ranges.

**musketer** · February 16, 2016, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by Trig

Pretty much yes. Only for gameplay purposes we reduced the maximum range of most muskets from some 500 meters to 150, since AI would otherwise always engage at maximum range, but historically the firefights took place at much closer ranges.

Thank you for your answer. I am glad that you care about realism

I have another question: Are the battles at night in your modification?

**musketer** · February 21, 2016, 06:25 AM

Do battles in the night are present in this modification?
Such as in the pictures (from another modification):

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**pappagoat** · February 21, 2016, 12:30 PM

Yes we spent a lot of time modeling ballistics. Ranges are set for the average field use in the ACW, not the weapons necessary effective range.

**musketer** · February 22, 2016, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by pappagoat

Yes we spent a lot of time modeling ballistics. Ranges are set for the average field use in the ACW, not the weapons necessary effective range.

I am very glad that that you care about the details

I asked a second question, and probably was missed: Is the night battles are present in this modification?

**Railin12** · February 22, 2016, 09:20 PM

No

**musketer** · February 23, 2016, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by Railin12

No

So I hope that in a future update, the night battles will be added.
Guess there weren't too many such battles during the Civil War, but you should add them because gunshots and explosions in the night look amazing and epic