hitscan
hitscan noun: a calculation to find the point at which a given line intersects an object in the game world, commonly used to determine whether a bullet or projectile hits a target.
Noun
hitscan (plural hitscans)
- A calculation to find the point at which a given line intersects an object in the game world, commonly used to determine whether a bullet or projectile hits a target.
- With this code the server now has enough information to perform hitscans: it has the position of the player, the player orientation, and the player look direction (camera rotation).2013, Alan R. Stagner, Unity Multiplayer Games
- Duel maps usually do not contain super weapons (eg, the Redeemer which fires a small nuclear warhead), but have one or two hitscan weapons (which when fired instantly hit whatever they are pointing at) and one or two projectile weapons (eg, a rocket launcher).2014, L. Galli, P. L. Lanzi, D. Loiacono, Applying data mining to extract design patterns from Unreal Tournament levels
Forms of hitscan
| plural | hitscans |
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Origin of hitscan
From hit + scan.
Questions about hitscan
- What does hitscan mean?
- Hitscan means a calculation to find the point at which a given line intersects an object in the game world, commonly used to determine whether a bullet or projectile hits a target.
- What part of speech is hitscan?
- Hitscan is a noun.
- What is the plural of hitscan?
- The plural of hitscan is hitscans.
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