# Improved Iron Sights - How Do They Work?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/improved-iron-sights-how-do-they-work/2752>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [August 19, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/improved-iron-sights-how-do-they-work/2752 "2013-08-19T04:49:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rivet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rivet/32/11_2.png) [@Rivet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rivet)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/improved-iron-sights-how-do-they-work/2752/1 "2013-08-19T04:49:00Z")

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Or more to the point, what do they do?

The description implies that they improve accuracy, but they don’t seem to have any actual effect.

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**Author:** ![ejseto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9dc877/32.png) [@ejseto](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ejseto)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/improved-iron-sights-how-do-they-work/2752/2 "2013-08-19T18:51:44Z")

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I don’t believe they do anything. A project-wide search for the id “improve\_sights” turns up nothing, i.e. no hard-coded effects. And as you noticed, they don’t actually improve accuracy, even though they claim to.

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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:** [August 19, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/improved-iron-sights-how-do-they-work/2752/3 "2013-08-19T19:01:32Z")

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whoops, that is a bug, it has the to\_hit stat set to a negative value, where it should actually be the dispersion stat.

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**Author:** ![Rivet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rivet/32/11_2.png) [@Rivet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rivet)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/improved-iron-sights-how-do-they-work/2752/4 "2013-08-19T20:38:09Z")

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I figured it might be something of the sort.

Seems to me like fancy reflex sights and such are the sort of thing that should make it quicker to draw down and fire your weapon, rather than making it more accurate.

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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:** [August 19, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/improved-iron-sights-how-do-they-work/2752/5 "2013-08-19T21:32:37Z")

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Yea that too, I have a work in progress branch that makes “aiming speed” a thing, I was planning on adjusting their effect once that’s working. Meanwhile more accuracy is worthwhile.

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**Author:** ![ClaytonRISING](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/claytonrising/32/75_2.png) [@ClaytonRISING](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ClaytonRISING)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/improved-iron-sights-how-do-they-work/2752/6 "2013-08-19T23:51:13Z")

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Yeah, that’s my bad on the Improved Iron Sights D: lol

I can see how optics could help you acquire the target faster, but they definitely do improve accuracy.

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**Author:** ![kilozombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@kilozombie](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kilozombie)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/improved-iron-sights-how-do-they-work/2752/7 "2013-08-20T00:06:45Z")

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They improve accuracy the same way being more perceptive does- guns don’t work like how they do in Counter Strike. Your gun will shoot how the barrel is angled, and the only reason iron sights are useful is to SEE where the bullet is going.