Take the soldier’s finger out of the the trigger guard while reloading their weapon.
Dark Flow care about the little details like correcting the ammo count for tactical reload of a closed bolt magazine fed weapon, discarding bullets inside a magazine that have cut out (Type 2 SMG), adding foam to water, and they are much appreciated.
Anybody who have used a gun would have been at some point instructed not put their finger on the trigger unless they are ready to shoot, this is referred to as trigger discipline. Having a finger inside the trigger guard while reloading is very unsafe as it can lead to unintentional firing of the weapon also known as negligent discharge.
The correct way is to have the trigger finger outside and above the trigger guard during reload.
Animate the soldier’s facial expression upon receiving damage.
Soldier’s face should react to received damage. This screenshot does not convey pain; the soldier is emotionless even after receiving a fatal damage.
The image below immediately tells us which person is experiencing pain despite us not knowing what happened before hand.
A degree of facial animation in the form of moving eyeball, eyelid, and vertical jaw movement is in the game, but more could be done to make the soldier’s expression feel genuine. At least animate the eyebrows and the lip to express a few emotions.
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“Never put your finger on the trigger unless you are going to shoot.”
This is a common saying among military geeks. In Japan, there are many people who abuse this advice, and nowadays, even when watching movies, it is rare to see people with their finger on the trigger.
Look at this guy, he is being threatened at gunpoint, but the person threatening him does not have his finger on the trigger…
Film production companies were too nervous.
Joking aside, and seriously considering your suggestion, to what extent was the “no finger on the trigger” principle prevalent in the 1930’s and 1940’s?
Did the US or Japanese military teach it in basic training? And how well did the soldiers enforce it? That is my question.
That is a US government instructional video for the Thompson submachine gun, and there are several scenes where the soldier has his finger on the trigger even when he is not firing the gun.
This makes me think that the “finger trigger” was not so thoroughly practiced at that time.
(6) Marksmanship with the Thompson Submachine Gun - YouTube
My concern is that if “finger triggering” is the norm in modern Tactical training and not in WW2, it could become an anachronism.
I think we need to examine this before we modify their “finger trigger”.
Here are a few from my “finger-trigger” collection.
As for the soldier’s facial expressions, I would be very happy if they could be more expressive, but I think it will be a difficult process.
Adding facial animation may require re-modeling the character’s face for proper rigging. It would be a fairly extensive rework.
It would be nice if such improvements could be made in the future, but I don’t think it is necessary to do so now.
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It is important to establish a firm finger placement on the trigger when firing. The pull of a slightly misplaced finger on the trigger will have an effect on the sight alignment and therefore the bullet trajectory, however my suggestion is concerning having the finger outside of the trigger guard during the reload of the weapon where the safety is off and the are are much movement to the weapon.
It can be dated back to 1913 in the book The A B C of Rifle, Revolver and Pistol Shooting by Ira Louis Reeves establishing that one should consider “All Firearms Are at All Times Loaded.”, and “The trigger should never be pulled until the identity of the thing fired at has been established beyond any doubt.”
A WW2 manual of operation for the M1917 Enfield states on page 63
“(f) The trigger finger is placed in the trigger guard each time the bolt is closed.”
This bullet point is an exercise for handling of the weapon during a cease fire. There are no mentioning of having the trigger finger outside of the trigger guard until ready to fire, however this teaching is not what I am suggesting.
What I suggested is to have the finger outside of the trigger guard while reloading, this idea was taught during WW2 as documented in the British Army operation manual for the Thompson SMG.
Small Arms Training Volume I, Pamphlet No. 21 The Thompson Machine Carbine 1942
" 3. Loading and Unloading
i. To load ---- Hold the machine carbine with the right hand on the pistol grip, forefinger outside the trigger guard, … "
If you look at the soldiers in idle at the homescreen you can see that they can move their eyebrows, jaw and blink. They already have a skeleton for the faces. Even with just 3 expressions for an animation that might last a few seconds for pain and anger, and ADS could improve immersion greatly, it doesn’t have to be like a Pixar animation. As of now the AI look and feel like robots devoid of any feelings.
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If you’re gonna add facial expressions for pain and things like that you also might want to add groaning In pain or being hurt so just can’t hide when they’re bleeding or crawling through barbed wire unless they patch themselves up
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“Do not aim at something that you do not intend to destroy”
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