Two facts are completely ignored in this discussion:
1.) There are
3 positions to hold a weapon and you mix them up here.
- Aiming (ironsights)
http://www.specwarnet.com/europe/KSK_MP5.jpg
- Shouldered (or ready)
http://www.baseops.net/militarybooks/army_7.jpg
http://www.infiltrationmod.de/waffen/m249_03.jpg
- And resting it down on the hip with your arms all the way down just basically holding the weapon with 2 hands lazily.
http://40mm.com/M203grip_Iraq-.JPG
TC:E only has Hip & IS - you're talking about different things. It is true that the 1st person view looks like something between shoulder and hip but it is intended to be at the hips and that is what the 3rd person model represents (properly).
TC:E has Ironsights (which is not too accurate because the head/eyes is a bit too far away from the sights):
clicky
(don't be confused that it's a Trauma model, the anims are the same...just didn't find a better picture).
or here.
and Hips:
clicky
Not featured is "shoulders".
The ironsighted view doesn't bring the weapon close enought to the model's eyes, that is true but it is a
2.) Limitation of WET engine. Actually, all 3rd person animations are anims from original ET. It doesn't make any difference between firemodes etc., in ET you simply "hold the gun". The ironsight animation is an anim of a certain weapon in ET (forgot which) that is suboptimal (same thing like the left hand having a distance to the weapon). The devs KNOW about these issues (they are obvious, aren't they?) but it still isn't sure if the software bought by the donations last year will really let them alter the anims.
This has all been answered so often...
Animation issues MIGHT be corrected. But TT's not 100% sure. If you have such big problems with sooooo many aspects of the game ("the devs have to change this, they need to implement that, this looks crappy, that is not shiny enough, isn't destructable, tires on cars don't deflate, water doesn't look good enough etc. etc.) - why don't you go and play a different game? If I think a game needs so damn much improvement or it won't appeal to me as a gamer - I play a different game.
This is not a "who finds out the most insufficiencies of an outdated game engine"-contest. If you like it or not.
). Especially if these guys are supposedly special forces so they should have no problem. Icompleted my service in the army about 2 years ago and I have to tell you, weight of the weapon doesnt matter, you get used to it, I had to slug around the M249 for 5 years...and in combat or wargames you want to have that thing at the ready, and that thing is much heaver then any of these sniper rifles would be. Of course we held our weapons at an angle most of the time like the following images, I think this perhaps would be more accurate for this mod.
