ArmA 2 site hacked

[Tonci87 163]

But imagine that, all those people that are eagerly waiting to see what this all was about, and then the forum just crashes... Somehow I'm glad that I will be at work then....

[Alwarren 2767]

Past 10 years I've played only OFP,ARMA, CIV and GTA... I hate games like COD, BF, Crysis etc I've tried those but comeone, there is One word for those... CRAP!

A bit harsh, don't you think? Some games are just pass-times. CoD certainly is one of those. It isn't ARMA, but it isn't crap either. I know it's hip to bash it, and it certainly deserves some of the bashing it gets, but several million players playing it does mean there is something about it.

Past 10 years I struggle with exactly the same bugs, despite I love this product you can really piss of after so many years suffering and struggle.

I would call my experience with Operation Flashpoint, ARMA and ARMA 2 everything but "suffering" and "struggle".

Sure, sometimes I yell at it when the AI is stuck behind a wall or in a house, or if (like I had yesterday) the game just crashes (yeah, crash files for Dwarden are being prepared), but in general the game runs reasonably well, more so after the last few patches.

A few parts of the engine would do well with an overhaul (the animation system comes to mind), and a few more special effects with DX10 support would be nice. I'd love to see smoke and dust being blown around and vortexed by helicopter rotors, but in general, the RV engine is great for exactly what it is used for right now. It delivers a realistic depiction of your surrounding - in fact, when I saw my first screenshot of ARMA 2 (the water tank next to some shed) I thought it was a photo, and so did everybody that I showed it to.

Regardless of what they are going to announce (zomg it's only six hours left, and of course exactly today I am not going to be within reach of a computer :() I am quite sure I'll be happy about it if it relates to ARMA. I don't need Outerra. I don't need a new engine. I just want to continue to have the same kind of experience I had when I started to play Operation Flashpoint, just, well, maybe with more shiny glowing cows ;-)

[Tonci87 163]

I played Arma 2 on Release, Yes there were bugs, but I didn't experience really serious Problems

EDIT: Post Number 6666, I'm a Legend!

[jdmt 12]

From yesterday this is one big off topic, today after 15:30 we will have here mass orgazm or mass suicides ;D

At 15:30, on the 19th of May, 2011: BRIX WILL BE SHAT.

[ArmAriffic 10]

I would say we will have a new Forum record during the announcement. I` curious if the Forum will just crash....

If people post here will will probably get 500 posts in 5 minutes lol

[mant3z 1]

shiny glowing cows

Thanks to remind me, I forgot about this... epic fail ;)

[maddogx 13]

There is likely to be a wave of posts here leading up to 15:30, just like during the early stages of the ARG. Remember when we were waiting for Unuldor to get back from his treasure hunt and show us the pics of what he found? New page every minute.

I expect it will be like that. :)

[Daniel 0]

I don't think BIS want a mass suicide on their hands. It'd wreck their customer base.

[KEVINMGXP 20]

Remember when we were waiting for Unuldor to get back from his treasure hunt and show us the pics of what he found? New page every minute.

hell yeah! HE is the LEGEND of the forum, going out there and everyone was doing f5f5f5f5f5f5 zomg f5f5f5f5f5 where is he, crap!! f5f5f5f5f5 :D

I expect it will be like that. :)

I expect nothing less to be honnest ;)

kind regards

[lNTRUDER 26]

hell yeah! HE is the LEGEND of the forum, going out there and everyone was doing f5f5f5f5f5f5 zomg f5f5f5f5f5 where is he, crap!! f5f5f5f5f5 :D

Good times!! Had a lot of fun here with you 'hack thread veterans' :)

[PeterBitt 10]

i think after ten years with good old RV engine its not to unrealistic to get a new engine or heavily modified RV engine.

for example the elder scrolls series is getting a entirely new engine after morrowind and oblivion (after 10 years), the GTR series gets new engine for GTR3 (after 1000++ games released with gtr1 engine).

the new engine for the elder scrolls skyrim and GTR3 has pretty much the same problem as it would be for arma 3 -- the modding community.

BIS is a very comunity friendly developer, but do you realy think they wouldnt/shouldnt use new engine just because some modders would have to learn again?!

[KEVINMGXP 20]

NTRUDER;1927580']Good times!! Had a lot of fun here with you 'hack thread veterans' :)

I bet this will not be the last time we will have one' date=' i hope. On the one side i love to know what it is all about but on the other hand this was ([i']IS[/i]) a epic ARG thread. :D

You all saw what they did with the community ;) thats what bis is all about

Edited May 19, 2011 by KBourne

[WackyIraqi 2]

i think after ten years with good old RV engine its not to unrealistic to get a new engine or heavily modified RV engine.

for example the elder scrolls series is getting a entirely new engine after morrowind and oblivion (after 10 years), the GTR series gets new engine for GTR3 (after 1000++ games released with gtr1 engine).

the new engine for the elder scrolls skyrim and GTR3 has pretty much the same problem as it would be for arma 3 -- the modding community.

BIS is a very comunity friendly developer, but do you realy think they wouldnt/shouldnt use new engine just because some modders would have to learn again?!

Here is the ironic part about your statement. It IS unrealistic for them to make a new engine.

Everybody seems to forget about that "Take On: Helicopters" game. You know.. the one with the upgraded RV3 engine that will propagate upgrades/features/changes to the [rest of?] ArmAverse.

First, why would 1 developer want to use two completely different engines for development at the same time? But most importantly, do you really think Ondrej will give up his baby (Real Virtuality) for something fresh for the COD kiddies that seem to be filtering over here?

Edited May 19, 2011 by WackyIraqi

[maddogx 13]

I pray that BI's announcement today, if it is really Arma3, will state what engine it will be built on and make it very clear what kind of technology they are using. Just so all the new engine / Outerra speculation finally stops.

[mattxr 9]

We will get well over 1000 pages thats for sure ^^ its going to go wild, of course thats if they do release any information or if its really ecxiting information lol

[KEVINMGXP 20]

do you really think Ondrej will give up his baby (Real Virtuality) for something fresh for the COD kiddies that seem to be filtering over here?

Hell no they will lose the mayority of their real fan core i bet :eek:

[derdoe 10]

You seem to forget that Take on helicopters will be civilian based and maybe 5% of it will have links to the military. Secondly, how do the hints we received in the hacks corelate to the ToH? E.g. the ball breaking the wall, "the world will change", submarine picture etc etc.

I am sure it is NOT related to ToH besides that the developer is the same...

[KEVINMGXP 20]

You seem to forget that Take on helicopters will be civilian based and maybe 5% of it will have links to the military. Secondly, how do the hints we received in the hacks corelate to the ToH? E.g. the ball breaking the wall, "the world will change", submarine picture etc etc.

I am sure it is NOT related to ToH besides that the developer is the same...

You seem to forget that they can expand the game like Take on Tanks ships and so on? The game it selves has a lot more possibilities then only civic related content. Maybe it is just a part of something bigger and that does not mean that they can not build the next armaverse on the upgraded RV3

Kind regards

[the_antipop 10]

I pray that BI's announcement today, if it is really Arma3, will state what engine it will be built on and make it very clear what kind of technology they are using. Just so all the new engine / Outerra speculation finally stops.

I'm with you. Hopefully maybe a screenie or 20. And a teaser video... :)

[jdmt 12]

I'm with you. Hopefully maybe a screenie or 20. And a teaser video... :)

20 Screenshots > 15 second video.

Wait, both of them would be amazing.

[WackyIraqi 2]

You seem to forget that Take on helicopters will be civilian based and maybe 5% of it will have links to the military. Secondly, how do the hints we received in the hacks corelate to the ToH? E.g. the ball breaking the wall, "the world will change", submarine picture etc etc.

I am sure it is NOT related to ToH besides that the developer is the same...

What does it being "civilian" have anything to do with it? The RealVirtuality engine has fantastic simulation of everything "military".

Just about anything else has no direct correlation to "civilian/military". Apparently anything civilian don't use engine optimizations, physics, realistic flight models (yeah i know its a helicopter sim but thats military stuff right?), audio enhancements or a thousand other things that could be improved for that game and filtered over to the ArmA series.

I'm willing to bet your made up "5%" statistic is far from reality. You seem to not have been around long enough to understand the ways of the Spanel brothers and Bohemia Interactive.

PC Gamer Interview

PCG: I’m being dumb here, but: will I be able to shoot things? There’s nothing especially military that’s be shown in the trailer or screenshots, but with the damage and ballistics modeling that you already have in place, it’d be a shame if it went to waste…

JC: Take On is certainly a civil-oriented game, but–given our experience with military-based gameplay–we can’t help it if a few scenarios sneak in around the side! It’s a little early to talk about specifics, but I can confirm that Take On Helicopters exists within the context and operates within the rules of the Armaverse–and we all know that a war or two broke out.

[Innomadic 10]

I'd prefer 20 :p

Here is the ironic part about your statement. It IS unrealistic for them to make a new engine.

Everybody seems to forget about that "Take On: Helicopters" game. You know.. the one with the upgraded RV3 engine that will propagate upgrades/features/changes to the [rest of?] ArmAverse.

First, why would 1 developer want to use two completely different engines for development at the same time? But most importantly, do you really think Ondrej will give up his baby (Real Virtuality) for something fresh for the COD kiddies that seem to be filtering over here?

Well its no secret that CQB is frustrating in Arma, and theres no evidence as yet that RV has done anything to address this.

I think its more got to do with RV not being well optimised since not everyone can afford to build a new rig (i know i can't). If TOH is a upgraded engine, all we know about its abilities is that it has a higher draw distance, more detail and a better physics engine. However for some of us that implies even harsher system requirements.

We've all been raving about Outerra because its system requirements are lenient, it has seamless orbit to atmosphere capability and the best thing of all? Looks FANTASTIC even at alpha stage, and since we're all arma addicts, we can see the implications of these features.

I also hate the way that aircraft and helos simply look too big for the landscape, so a better sense of scale that still provides core Arma infantry gameplay would be a plus for us pilots. We just don't know what the TOH engine will do.

Which is why an engine confirmation on the announcement would be a relief to us all.

[ArmAriffic 10]

@MadDogX or anyone that updates Arma Enigma wiki

Make sure you write down the announcement on the Arma Enigma wiki, I will go to sleep and wake up with hundreds more pages and it will take ages to find what they say

[mant3z 1]

Good night m8... you will miss the moment when the world will colapse :)

[4 IN 1 0]

How about "both" a new DLC/expansion pack for ArmA2 and an new ArmA3 in the pipeline a few years later?:D