diff --git a/src/game/client/clientsideeffects_test.cpp b/src/game/client/clientsideeffects_test.cpp
index 8d1e3858d..1eb404a22 100644
--- a/src/game/client/clientsideeffects_test.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/clientsideeffects_test.cpp
@@ -155,7 +155,11 @@ void FX_PlayerTracer( Vector& start, Vector& end )
 
 	//Randomly place the tracer along this line, with a random length
 	VectorMA( start, TRACER_BASE_OFFSET + random->RandomFloat( -24.0f, 64.0f ), shotDir, dStart );
+#ifdef NEO
+	VectorMA( dStart, ( length * random->RandomFloat( 0.1f, 1.6f ) ), shotDir, dEnd );
+#else
 	VectorMA( dStart, ( length * random->RandomFloat( 0.1f, 0.6f ) ), shotDir, dEnd );
+#endif
 
 	//Create the line
 	CFXStaticLine	*t;
@@ -164,7 +168,11 @@ void FX_PlayerTracer( Vector& start, Vector& end )
 	//materialName = ( random->RandomInt( 0, 1 ) ) ? "effects/tracer_middle" : "effects/tracer_middle2";
 	materialName = "effects/spark";
 
+#ifdef NEO
+	t = new CFXStaticLine( "Tracer", dStart, dEnd, random->RandomFloat( 2.5f, 2.75f ), 0.01f, materialName, 0 );
+#else
 	t = new CFXStaticLine( "Tracer", dStart, dEnd, random->RandomFloat( 0.5f, 0.75f ), 0.01f, materialName, 0 );
+#endif
 	assert( t );
 
 	//Throw it into the list
diff --git a/src/game/client/fx_tracer.cpp b/src/game/client/fx_tracer.cpp
index 749490438..5058beea9 100644
--- a/src/game/client/fx_tracer.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/fx_tracer.cpp
@@ -124,11 +124,12 @@ void TracerCallback( const CEffectData &data )
 
 #ifdef NEO
 	if ( bPlayerFirstperson )
+	{
+		FX_PlayerTracer(vecStart, (Vector&)data.m_vOrigin);
 #else
 	int iEntIndex = data.entindex();
 
 	if ( iEntIndex && iEntIndex == player->index )
-#endif
 	{
 		Vector	foo = data.m_vStart;
 		QAngle	vangles;
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ void TracerCallback( const CEffectData &data )
 		foo[2] -= 0.5f;
 
 		FX_PlayerTracer( foo, (Vector&)data.m_vOrigin );
+#endif
 		return;
 	}