Projectile spawns next to the player

[Mind-Brain]

Hey @MyKarcio!

I’m just going to go ahead and answer your direct questions.

@MyKarcio

Is this offset behavior expected due to the difference in movement speed between the character and the projectile?

Yup! These would be classified as slow-moving, or at the very least slow-accelerating. Typically this would be fixed by increasing the projectile acceleration or shortening the spawn’s load time.

@MyKarcio

Is there a good way to correct this (visually or mechanically) without simply increasing the projectile speed or reducing the player speed?

See above, but personally what I would do is maybe try directly after spawning have the server teleport the projectile to the transform of the rifle muzzle, so once all the hard work is done all it has to do is set a new location. This could be done on both client and server with hopefully a similar output. Another idea is object pooling.

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@MyKarcio

Would you consider this a real problem, or is it negligible and I’m overthinking it?

It depends on how the game plays, really. Hotline Miami? Throw the whole game away. Heroes of Hammerwatch? I can work with that!

@MyKarcio

Do you have any best practices or suggestions to make this look more polished?

See #2

Hope this helps!