How far can the sound of a gunshot be heard

I know from experience that even in this city and over the sound of even the highway traffic you can still hear a pistol goin ham from a mile or more away and when people start firing off AR rounds you hear that shit like it's next to your house. It's rare to go a night here without hearing guns going off all over in the distance. Hell I personally think zeds, bears and wolves should hear just as far as the players and aggro just the same. They need to be making survival more difficult instead of adding all these casual friendly bullshit changes to make it easier. This isn't the type of game meant for 'Balanced Gameplay' it's about survival and realism. I think it's far more accurate and realistic now than it ever was before. The only way you're hearing a large caliber shot at a mile or more is if it's nothing but flat, open, sparse landscape.ДЄs someone who's had the first hand real world experience, I fully support the change of sound in DayZ. Cities absorb and deaden sound by trapping it and bouncing it off the walls until the sound waves die out.

Trees deaden and absorb sound by changing and filtering it's direction. So all your negative input about wanting to hear a gun shot across two miles of mountains, trees, and cities is the most unrealistic thing anyone who's ever actually shot weapons extensively could imagine. Answer 1 of 19: Hi- was wondering how loud the One oclock gun is when you are off of. I'm giving you this input from first hand experience multiple times in actual practice. Even at 1800 meters (on open terrain) a MK19 Fully Automated grenade launcher sounds lower than a firecracker. I'm here to tell you that 3.5km (2 miles) you aren't hearing even a.

No offense to you 'experts' giving input on the sound changes in the last two updates (1.12 & 1.13).

How far can the sound of a gunshot be heard