Somebody ask this for me

MDRZulu · November 25, 2001

Somebody reply here and ask if join in progress is going to be implemented, and remember flamers I didnt ask for it I just asked someone else who wants it to ask for it.

Tex -USMC- · February 28, 2002

It will not be implemented

LordZach · August 27, 2001

i dislike join in progress for this game, it's just not suited. how would you like it if some guy drops in when you're trying to lead your squad and he has no idea what the hell is going on because he missed the briefing?

MDRZulu · November 25, 2001

well imagine a battle lasting days to take an island because players can join in and enter the fight, and imagine gaining back those 4 players you lose everytime you launch a game.

Tex -USMC- · February 28, 2002

Do you want this to thread to go nuclear or what? You asked a question, I answered. If you dont want to be flamed, I suggest you leave it at that

dayglow · September 21, 2001

Make it a server option and everyone will be happy. They will just bitch about all the servers having/disabling it

COLINMAN

LordZach · August 27, 2001

yes it would be nice in some situations, but most it wouldn't.

IceFire · February 17, 2002

I HATE it when the game drops me into the middle of a game and it has already started and I missed the briefing and I am the leader.

This one time, that's what exactly happened.

I immediately got put into the game. Â It didn't show me the briefing.

The game had only begun a few seconds before I got in, but it was one of those coop missions where we get immediately are on a transport heading straight into combat.

It was a "saving private ryan" "D-Day" game.

I immediately got into the game all confused and realized that I was the leader, and had about 7 other men under my command asking me what the hell the plan was. They were like "Hey Ice, are you there man?? What's the plan??"

We had about a few seconds before we reached the landing zone. Â We were in a boat. Â And I had no clue what the hell was going on.

I quickly explained to my teamates that I was clueless. Â And someone quickly gave me a rough description just before we got thrown into heavy fire.

Most of my men got killed, and only me and 2 other guys made it far up the beach. Â

The only thing that made it really cool, was the way that as soon as I got into the game, my men were already asking me. Â As if my body had been there for a bit, but some lag made it that I was not in the body til later. Â I mean that they could see me before I got into the game.

It was like waking up out of a black out and realizing that all your men are surrounding you asking you things wonderign why you are not responding.

Kindof like in the movie "saving private ryan", where Tom Hanks blurs out and comes back to see his men asking him, "What now??"

I did get it together as best I could to lead a somewhat decent assault. Â But in the circumstances, it was a disaster anyways.

It was like the move, complete havoc. Â There were hundreds of enemies, and many other NATO "AI" boats beaching also.

So like hundreds of other "AI" men assaulting the beach also. Â It was great! Â Just like the same part in the movie!!

There were bodies every where, and all the Americans were getting cut up from machine gun fire. Â

Great mission. Â I just wish I could get into the briefing and join with my men.

I am generally great at leading. Â And do it really well in singleplayer.

HellToupee · September 7, 2001

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (LordZach @ May 16 2002,16:08)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">i dislike join in progress for this game, it's just not suited. Â how would you like it if some guy drops in when you're trying to lead your squad and he has no idea what the hell is going on because he missed the briefing?<span id='postcolor'>

would you dislike it when you miss a game buy 1min and have 1hour or more to wait and they wont reassign cause its taken them so long just to get it going in the first place. We rary finsh a map because we always droping players and more people joning and waitin and tellin us to reassign, for coops and stuff not needed but we usually have too many people on gp for coops and its a mission to get a game going.

theavonlady · July 4, 2001

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (DayGlow @ May 16 2002,05:56)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Make it a server option and everyone will be happy.<span id='postcolor'>

Yep. Agree.

LordZach · August 27, 2001

peddle faster

vo0do0 · March 24, 2002

Sounds like you'd really like my mission IceFire...I stopped making it though...For some reason, the friendly AI choppers that were supposed to come in and drop people into the fray didn't follow their waypoints and practically seemed to be avoiding the "drop guys here" trigger...

ale2999 · September 18, 2001

I am not sure but in the nu mptest if u r the server host in the bottom left part of the screen there is a lock that can be unlocked, I dont know but that might be to enable or disable join in progress

JAP · January 11, 2002

If they can implement JIP why not make it so that the person who joins during a game gets to see the briefing before actualy being thrown into the game !

That shouldn t be too hard to do wouldn t it ?

Placebo · July 23, 2001

JIP hasn't been implemented, nor will it be implemented for a very very long time, if ever

Tex -USMC- · February 28, 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (ale2999 @ May 16 2002,23:14)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I am not sure but in the nu mptest if u r the server host in the bottom left part of the screen there is a lock that can be unlocked, I dont know but that might be to enable or disable join in progress<span id='postcolor'>

nope

ale2999 · September 18, 2001

what is it then? Suma........

elendil004 · May 4, 2002

I dont think jip would be good, but what would be nice, is say you make a long mission (take HALO black op for example), say after you clear the first town, you get reinforcements (aka all waiting in lobby). So in real long missions there would be one or two points where the lobby would get integrated, coudl take over the dead squadmates spot. It wouldn't be in the middle of combat either (or might it? ) so the leader could get everybody organized.

qUiLL · June 30, 2001

you have to remember though that BIS is doing (or did) an overhaul on the networking code....for all we know in its completed state maybe it does support join in progress. after all i thought it was the original code that prevented them from doing that? not saying that it will be implemented but IMO i wouldnt rule it out...

whisperFFW06 · July 11, 2001

I think Suma has already stated that even with the new code, JIP is not possible to implement, because of the very same reason as before : to much data to transfert during game progress, and synchronization mess. So, same answer as ever : no, JIP is not possible in OFP.

Mohamz · January 8, 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (IceFire @ May 16 2002,05:36)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I HATE it when the game drops me into the middle of a game and it has already started and I missed the briefing and I am the leader.

This one time, that's what exactly happened.

I immediately got put into the game. Â It didn't show me the briefing.

The game had only begun a few seconds before I got in, but it was one of those coop missions where we get immediately are on a transport heading straight into combat.

It was a "saving private ryan" "D-Day" game.

I immediately got into the game all confused and realized that I was the leader, and had about 7 other men under my command asking me what the hell the plan was. Â They were like "Hey Ice, are you there man?? Â What's the plan??"