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The reality is......
Posted By: Captain Spark	Date: 2/20/12 11:25 p.m.
In Response To: Halo: Combat Evolved and Bloom (uberfoop) : This has been a debate forever (Video by Spartan117FS) , and nobody seems to : know exactly what the reality is, so I figured I would go ahead and make a : video that actually demonstrates a reasonable sampling of possible cases. : Halo 1 Bloom Test : It's a lot weirder than most people realize. Almost everyone agrees that : tapping the trigger rather than holding it reduces bloom, but most people : don't realise that the sort of tapping matters. I don't know if it's : because the game has difficulty detecting releases if you release only for : brief moments, or if there's some other mechanism involved (like if bloom : increases while trigger is held and decreases while trigger is released), : but the less time you spend with the trigger depressed the better. Tapping : up looks almost as bad as holding the trigger, while tapping down looks : almost as good as firing slowly. : Halo 1 is effectively a zero-bloom game for precision weapons... as long as : you play to its weird nuances. I'm not sure why people are confused about targeting bloom? In Reach, targeting bloom is nothing more then the targeting reticle visually displaying projectile spread by expanding and contracting depending on the speed the trigger is pulled. Basically, bloom is a visual representation of projectile spread displayed by the reticle "blooming". In Halo 1, the targeting reticle is a static image for all weapons.

Message Index

Halo: Combat Evolved and Bloom	uberfoop	2/20/12 9:52 p.m.
The reality is......	Captain Spark	2/20/12 11:25 p.m.
Re: The reality is......	uberfoop	2/20/12 11:41 p.m.
Re: The reality is......	BlueTyphoid	2/20/12 11:55 p.m.
Re: The reality is......	Captain Spark	2/21/12 12:06 a.m.
Re: The reality is......	BlueTyphoid	2/21/12 12:15 a.m.
Re: Halo: Combat Evolved and Bloom	BlueTyphoid	2/20/12 11:27 p.m.
Please quit calling Bullet Spread "Bloom"	The BS Police	2/21/12 12:09 a.m.
Re: Please quit calling Bullet Spread "Bloom"	uberfoop	2/21/12 12:53 a.m.
Re: Please quit calling Bullet Spread "Bloom"	Hawaiian Pig	2/21/12 1:02 a.m.
Re: Please quit calling Bullet Spread "Bloom"	Gravemind	2/21/12 9:26 a.m.
Re: Please quit calling Bullet Spread "Bloom"	JonnyOThan	2/21/12 10:59 a.m.
After some quick research...	Gravemind	2/21/12 2:09 p.m.
Re: After some quick research...	JonnyOThan	2/22/12 3:21 p.m.
Re: Please quit calling Bullet Spread "Bloom"	Hoovaloov	2/21/12 5:38 p.m.
Re: Please quit calling Bullet Spread "Bloom"	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	2/21/12 7:59 a.m.
Re: Please quit calling Bullet Spread "Bloom"	Gravemind	2/21/12 9:32 a.m.
Re: Please quit calling Bullet Spread "Bloom"	The BS Police	2/22/12 2:15 a.m.
Re: Please quit calling Bullet Spread "Bloom"	Gravemind	2/22/12 7:13 a.m.
Re: Please quit calling Bullet Spread "Bloom"	FyreWulff	2/21/12 10:21 a.m.
Re: Halo: Combat Evolved and Bloom	Gravemind	2/21/12 9:47 a.m.
Re: Halo: Combat Evolved and Bloom	uberfoop	2/21/12 11:44 a.m.
Re: Halo: Combat Evolved and Bloom	Gravemind	2/21/12 2:38 p.m.
Re: Halo: Combat Evolved and Bloom	JonnyOThan	2/22/12 3:29 p.m.
Re: Halo: Combat Evolved and Bloom	Gravemind	2/22/12 4:17 p.m.
Re: Halo: Combat Evolved and Bloom	JonnyOThan	2/22/12 5:42 p.m.
Re: Halo: Combat Evolved and Bloom	FyreWulff	2/22/12 4:31 p.m.