Aim Assist

Aim assist  
General  
Pull modes All, movement only, look only, off
Set separately for Hip fire and aiming down sights
Performance  
Targets counted at once 8
Switched off RPG-7 (both hip fire and aiming down sights)

Aim assist helps you keep your aim on an enemy by pulling your aim toward a target inside the assist reticle. Each weapon class has its own settings, and each one picks a pull mode for hip fire and another for aiming down sights. The settings are stored in the game data. The figures below are the values as stored, not values checked in play.

Overview

Aim assist is a pull, not an automatic aim. The game looks at the enemies in a set area in front of you and nudges your aim toward them. How strong the nudge is depends on the settings for the weapon class.

How it works

  • Pull modes. The mode decides when the pull happens. All pulls when you move or look. Movement only pulls only when you move. Look only pulls only when you move the camera. Off never pulls.
  • Input. Unless a setting says otherwise, the pull needs input from you, either movement or looking (derived from the game’s default for this setting).
  • Targets. Up to 8 targets are counted at once for every class. A minimum weight of 0.125 is stored for every class.
  • Slow-down. The settings also hold a slow-down part, with its own rates. The data stores the rates, but the feel in play has not been measured.
  • Smoke. The cloud from an M18 Smoke Grenade appears to block aim assist on targets inside it (a static reading of the code; not tested in play).
  • Season 2. Season 2 set the pull and slow rates to 10 in and 8 out for every class except the RPG-7 (see Season 2 changes).

Numbers

Stored settings by weapon class. The data gives no units for the target range.

Setting Assault rifle LMG SMG Shotgun Sniper Pistol Melee RPG-7
Pull, hip fire All All All All All All All Off
Pull, aiming down sights All All All All All All All Off
Target range 30,000 30,000 20,000 20,000 40,000 not set 800 0

A class with no stored pull mode takes the game’s default, which is All in both modes. Only the RPG-7 stores an Off pull mode in the data.

Tips that follow from the numbers

  • The RPG-7 gets no help. Its pull is off in both modes, so aiming it is entirely up to you.
  • Smoke may block the assist. A target inside an M18 cloud probably gets no pull (static reading), so do not count on help against enemies in smoke.

What is not yet known

  • The units of the target range and the reticle sizes. The data gives none.
  • How strong the pull feels in play. The settings are stored, but the feel was not measured.
  • The data turns aim assist off for the RPG-7. It does not say why.

See also

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