Just wondering...

[N.o.R.S.u 0]

I'm just wondering is somebody with Oxygen making some ground units, I mean so far I've only seen air units being developed & planned, mostly jets (IMO they are a bit useless and only fun to test). So if somebody here with Oxygen could make some ground units like BRDM, UAZ, Humvee and BTR-80 with a turret/MG, games potential as a infantry simulation would increase a lot IMO. New addons of all kind are of course welcome but I just hope that this jet/plane craze doesn't infect all modders.

[mattmayhem 0]

I totally agree with you on that. Helicopters are the only air vehicles imo that have a place in flashpoint alot of attention should be given to ground vehicles and different infantry aspects...there are much better games for flying jets than this.

[sn1per 0]

n.o.r.s.u. is right. I personally feel the same way. The oxygen should be used for creating something else than just planes and useless "toys".

[Eviscerator 0]

well i suppose its up to the modeller what they want to play with theyll make first, i personally like the aerial part of ofp more than the infantry bit, but once ive made what i want to make ill do ground units

[Wadi 0]

I think that fighters are not such a good idea, but plane transports are, as thay would be used for infantry.

[Aculaud 0]

I'm with everyone on this. Infantry could use a bit more details attended to.

[John C Flett 0]

The thing I'd love to see which is missing from OFP in any form is a mine clearing unit. Might be a bit difficult but it would let us do something we've never been able to previously.

[LordZach 0]

the only fighters i would maybe like to see would be WW-2 ones. they don't go insanely fast and with the right viewdistance a dogfight or a scripted bomb dropping by a P-47 would add a lot of environment to my WW-2 missions i like to make.

also something i never hear anyone talking about, a bloody mounted MG for the ruskees instead of a renamed m2. someone posted some resource links to one back in 2001 but i forget what it was, also a MG-42 or MG-3 for the resistance

i also agree that a mind clearing unit would be nice. i don't remember if engineers can remove mines but i think all you can do is go around a minefield. it would be fun to move in with a group of mine clearers to cut a hole in the enemy minefield and then send some tanks through it and give them a surprise.

infantry definately needs some work. to me it is the best part of OFP. you are very vulnerable if you act dumb. in tanks obviously choppers and mines and AT soldiers are a threat but you don't really feel vulnerable, you're just out there blasting everything. same thing with choppers. infantry takes planning and you're going to get your nose bloodied (especially if you get shot in the face) and i also feel it is being ignored.

if i had oxygen (and for that matter knew anything about 3d modeling) infantry would be my first priority

[N.o.R.S.u 0]

Zach your right, I also think that WW2/WW1 fighters are only ones that can be used properly in game. And the heavy machine gun Russians use is this one:

Kord 12.7

or this one

NSV 12.7 "Utes"

[John C Flett 0]

Nice looking guns. Can't see it would change the gameplay but just from a cosmetic level it would be nice to give the russians the right guns.

The other very easy addon that has crossed my mind often in special ops missions was something like a Zodiac. Any kind of small, low profile boat for stealth insertions.

[Intruder 0]

I think everyones starting off with fixed wing aircraft because they have very few moving parts to animate, so I assume they're the easiest.

[Speeeedy 0]

The things im really missing in this game are SAM's and Wheeled armor vehicles

[Eviscerator 0]

yes, a plane compared to a tank is a lot easier to do all you need is a fuselage, some wings and a tail and a few other things, ground units need turrets and tracks and lots of little details

[Intruder 0]

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Yup, I'm waiting for someone to put a well needed turret on the BDRM

[mattmayhem 0]

Finally a thread that has some good ideas...those ww2 fighters sound cool, in NAM they used a ww2 fighter...what was it called... and an armed brdm would be awesome.. add the m113's or bradleys turret and it would be awesome. Also a real wheeled apc would be cool like an lav-25 or a btr-60.

[quakergamer 0]

SA80

[Miles 0]

sweet

[Wadi 0]

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Cool - once that's been textured it'll be good.

I still want - scratch that, need a C-130.

[Paratrooper 0]

I love the new aircraft, they open up a new area of Flashpoint, I understand the arguments here, but I'm glad of the oppertunity to blunt the sword of enemy aircraft on unstopable ground assaults. Plus you can make some very interesting attacks on grounded aircraft; this gives the Spec. Ops a realistic job for one.

I also of course want transport plane and ground units, but don't knock the addition of great new units to the game.

[The Jub-Jub Bird 1]

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Might please you to hear that I am making an NSV then...

But it won't be out for a while...I have little modelling experience and I am a busy man.

Jubs

[expendable 0]

Someone smart enough could also edit the HMGs so that they could be operated from prone position. It is very easy to kill the fool with the M2 because he just stands behind the gun with no actual cover from fire.

Just making the tripod about 1 meter shorter and editing the mount position a bit would do it. Sounds easy...

[Darkhawk 0]

don't know how easy mine clearing would be but if the mines explode by having an explosion beside them then you can do something like the british viper and have a string of explosives go 100M out then detonate clearing a path

or one other idea is to have remotely operated vehicles (ROV's) that you control from a truck or something