I guess one of the worst problems new players face in hedgewars are misleading weapon offsets. While this sounds a little bit techy it's quite easy to understand. Especially with Laser Sight enabled it's quite obvious that there seems to be something wrong while aiming with weapons such as the Bazooka.

If you're still not sure what I'm talking about, have a look at the following picture:


You'll notice the laser as well as the crosshair don't fit to the top of the weapon. The line used to draw both starts from the hog's center. That's the position where the shot will appear as well! It isn't an huge issue as long as you try to perform some high angled shot but once you want to shoot at something below you it's quite easy to hit your own feet. The weapon is pointing past the ground but the projectile will hit the ground leading to serious injuries to the poor hedgehog on your team.

This quite old (and potentially very annoying) problem will be solved in 0.9.14. I know existing players will need some time to adapt to that change but I'm sure everyone understands the reason for that change. If you're curious on how the new system works, look at the following screenshot or try it yourself using a SVN build.


Feel free to post your thoughts on this. The current offsets might still change so if you experience strange behaviour or simply wrong offsets, please report them.