# Does direction of fire matter for accuracy?

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**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [March 23, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-direction-of-fire-matter-for-accuracy/23039 "2020-03-23T00:55:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ragno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ragno/32/5935_2.png) [@Ragno](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ragno)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-direction-of-fire-matter-for-accuracy/23039/1 "2020-03-23T00:55:44Z")

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Sorry for the kind of revival of the thread.

If the game calculates the dispersion in an arc, does it means the position of the target to you has a relevant outcome?, i know basically all aiming is in a straight line but is there a better change of hitting if aiming in an XY axis (meaning up/down left/right of the window screen) than on a diagonal?

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-direction-of-fire-matter-for-accuracy/23039/2 "2020-03-23T01:55:27Z")

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No the direction doesn’t matter at all, just the distance.  
Most things are handled on a grid, but accuracy calculations for ranged combat ignore that for precisely this reason.

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**Author:** ![Sticker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/sticker/32/6178_2.png) [@Sticker](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sticker)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-direction-of-fire-matter-for-accuracy/23039/3 "2020-03-23T02:41:46Z")

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It is worth noting that diagonal distances are further when circular distances are enabled. The exact details, however, I do not recall. 1.5 sounds right but I could be wrong.

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**Author:** ![anothersimulacrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/anothersimulacrum/32/10770_2.png) [@anothersimulacrum](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anothersimulacrum)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-direction-of-fire-matter-for-accuracy/23039/4 "2020-03-23T02:50:55Z")

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square root of 2, so roughly 1.4