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Inaccurate

Scatters the aim point of an arcing shot before its arc is solved.

Specification
Applies to
BulletType
File
rules.ini
Section
[<ObjectType ID>]
Value
boolean
When omitted
no

The scatter reaches only a projectile that is also Arcing=yes. The offset from the barrel to the predicted target position is moved in a random direction by between half of [CombatDamage] BallisticScatter and all of it — half a cell to a whole cell at the engine default — and the ballistic arc is then solved to that displaced point. The shot therefore falls short, long or wide by that much, and the firer never corrects for it.

rules.ini
[MYARTILLERYSHELL] ; a BulletType, registered by a weapon naming it as its Projectile
Image=120MM
Arcing=yes
Inaccurate=yes

Two smaller effects do not need Arcing. A projectile that goes off within 32 leptons of its target is normally moved onto the target’s center so that the blast is seen to strike it; an inaccurate one is left where it went off. And the anti-armor and anti-infantry ratings the engine works out for an object carrying the weapon are halved; those ratings are consulted only when a newly produced unit is told whether to wait in the middle of its base or out toward the edge.

A shot fired from a platform that is moving is separately marked inaccurate for that one shot, but nothing live reads that per-shot mark. Only the setting on the projectile type is consulted.

See also — Arcing, BallisticScatter