FAQ

Can all weapons penetrate?

Why can I shoot through a box from one angle, but not another?

These two surfaces look similar, but I can shoot through one and not the other. What's happening?

All weapons with a Penetration Power greater than 0 have the capability of penetrating objects, and even weapons with low Penetration Power can travel short distances through objects (e.g., through the corners of boxes).From certain angles a bullet needs to travel a longer distance to exit an object (e.g. from one side of a box to the far side of the box), and the longer it travels the more power it loses. If a bullet does not penetrate an object, it has lost all of its power mid-flight. Even if a bullet can penetrate an object from multiple angles, the resulting damage will impacted by how far it has traveled.Sometimes surface materials have a similar look, but are in fact different (e.g., plaster vs. concrete). To find out what surface material you are shooting, use the console command "sv_showimpacts_penetration 1" while on a private server or offline with bots.