Hello Illfonic Team,
Sorry I do not exactly know if this is a bug or was implemented with intention but I have this weird muzzle flash issue with the M16 Mercenary '87 weapon when firing it while aiming down the sights. The muzzle flashes get too overwhelming to the point that it becomes difficult to use during combat sessions. The flash coverage is way too much to the point where I cannot see anything that is going on my screen. This makes the gun unusable to use. Hip firing seems to be okay but the muzzle flash still obstructs the overall vision of what you are doing while in combat. I am not sure if this occurs on the Playstation version of the game but it definitely happens on the PC version all the time. Whether you are on a day map or night map, the M16 Mercenary '87 has a large muzzle flash that covers the majority of my screen. It is particularly worse on night maps.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_YxEoHK9eONGKys7ME0jWMZZd21XbRlE?usp=sharing
Here is a google drive link to some screenshots that I was able to capture in-game showing the muzzle flash of the M16 Mercenary ‘87. I also provided screenshots of the QR5 Hammerhead muzzle flash for comparison purposes. By looking at the screenshots, there is a significant difference between the two assault weapons’ muzzle flashes where the QR5 Hammerhead has a muzzle flash that is non-obtrusive to the gameplay while the M16 Mercenary '87’s muzzle flash covers most of the view on your screen. Sorry if I only have screenshots based on the map Overgrowth, but this muzzle flash issue is reproducible in all the maps that I have played and their night variations. I have tried on both my desktop and laptop to see if it occurs on different computer configurations and on both systems it does happen with this M16 Mercenary '87 muzzle flash issue. I want to say sorry in advance if this is not a bug as I am not entirely sure if this was made by intention, but this does make it a bit unplayable to use to the gun as it is currently. I hope that you guys can help with this.
Thanks,
LewisDaDude
Here are my PC specifications for both my desktop and laptop:
Desktop: Windows 10 Pro Operating System Build 19044.1415, Intel I7 6700k CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Founder’s Edition 8GB GDDR6 GPU, 32GB of DDR4 Corsair Vengeance LPX RAM at 3000MHz C15, 6TB WD6003FZBX Black HDD with 256MB Cache, 1TB WDS100T2B0A Blue SATA SSD, and a 512GB WDS512G1X0C Black PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVME M.2 SSD
Laptop: Windows 10 Pro Operating System Build 19044.1415, Intel I9 8950HK, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile 8GB GDDR5X GPU, 32 GB of DDR4 Corsair Vengeance RAM at 3000MHz C16, 2TB WDBMYH0020BNC-WRSN Blue HDD with 128MB Cache, 512GB WDS512G1X0C Black PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVME M.2 SSD, and a 512GB Samsung SM961 Polaris PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVME M.2 SSD