ARMA 2: OA beta build 80955

[Dwarden 1124]

http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php

[80336] Optimized: Reduced frame rate drops caused by texture loading (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/14397)

[79768] New: Mods can be configured using Windows Registry.

[79670] Fixed: AI warping at distance in singleplayer (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/1915)

[79645] New: parameter "angle" for reflectors

totally experimental beta , ALL bugs go on me ! :D:cool:

Have fun and thanks for reports

Notes:

Lot of crashdumps i got are still in WIP analyzed, but some were fixed and some hotfixed ... keep them flow to me! (especially from this build)

79768 i will explain later ... so don't ask

Edited May 13, 2011 by Dwarden

[Guba 0]

Great news indeed. Can't wait to get home and start testing :) Thanks guys.

[nkenny 1051]

woot + 1 char

[todayskiller 10]

Awesome, Thanks for this :)...Will Test Later Tonight or Tomorrow

[JuggernautOfWar 1]

What is this exactly?

[79645] New: parameter "angle" for reflectors

[Mr. Charles 22]

I asked myself the same question.

[celery 8]

I would guess that the reflectors in helmets and elsewhere can now shine at certain angles.

[valnwt 11]

This is gr8, thanks. Somethin to postpone school work :D

[celery 8]

The new patch makes flashlights move to the new aiming position before the gun gets there, which looks a bit silly.

[.kju 3241]

Any details on:

New: Mods can be configured using Windows Registry.

[nkenny 1051]

First look:

1. Erm. It appears to be impossible to shoot Drivers and Gunners in some vehicles.

edit: it appears as if the hitboxes of many of the unarmored vechiles is bugged. shooting the gunner on a US ARMY HMMWV kills the driver.

2. Though hardly conclusive I found an AI (without specfic waypoints) hiding in a house.

3. Has the BIS first aid module changed somewhat? It seemed to me that some slightly different animations were playing

-k

Edited May 13, 2011 by NkEnNy

[metalcraze 290]

I also hope that the running-right-animation-with-the-rocket-launcher was finally fixed. Makes the dude run at like 3x speed

[Smurf 12]

Any details on:

Yep:

79768 i will explain later ... so don't ask

Morechars.

[rok 0]

1. Erm. It appears to be impossible to shoot Drivers and Gunners in some vehicles.

Yep, noticed this too.

Shooting at gunner in a M2-HUMVEE actually kills the driver. I can empty whole mag to the gunner and he lives. After a while he jumps out and gets in to the drivers seat.

[nkenny 1051]

First look:

1. Erm. It appears to be impossible to shoot Drivers and Gunners in some vehicles.

edit: it appears as if the hitboxes of many of the unarmored vechiles is bugged. shooting the gunner on a US ARMY HMMWV kills the driver.

can anyone confirm. It seems to affect Armored vehicles for me as well.

1. Place yourself in editor

2. Put an allied Car. For example a CDF UAZ with Dhskm

3. Try to kill the gunner

-k

[metalcraze 290]

Put CDF UAZ with Dshkm - bullets just pass through the gunner and the driver

[c0nse-0n3r 19]

[80336] Optimized: Reduced frame rate drops caused by texture loading (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/14397)

[79670] Fixed: AI warping at distance in singleplayer (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/1915)

These sound promising :cool: .. hope to see multiplayer improves on warping one day

Awesome work...Thanks again BIS!

[metalcraze 290]

Tracers are bugged as well

Take any soldier with a gun with "visible" bullets (like a machinegunner) - switch to the third person and watch occassional long lasers piercing your soldier, going through his gun and disappearing into the distance.

Edited May 13, 2011 by metalcraze

[birtuma 28]

Yeah! For one fixed bug we get two new bugs... Keep up the good work! :D

Sometimes I think BIS should learn something about regression tests...

[metalcraze 290]

The good thing though is that animations while changing weapons are back to how they originally were.

No more nearly insta-spawn of a rifle in your hands when switching to it from the rocket launcher which looked really awkward. Keep this.

[Alex72 1]

Yeah! For one fixed bug we get two new bugs... Keep up the good work! :D

Sometimes I think BIS should learn something about regression tests...

Thats what we are doing now you see - testing.

Thanks BIS for the great support. :)

[birtuma 28]

Testing is a part of developing. As long as we don't get paid for testing, it's not our concern.

I'm really thankfull for BIS trying to support their games for long periods but they just should to reconsider the testing methods (if there are any).

[Dwarden 1124]

there will be lot of bugs related to visuals hence the "highly experimental beta" :) in first post

[nkenny 1051]

Intriguing. As is your new forum title Dwarden (unless I'm mistaken)

-k

[=wfl= sgt bilko 10]

It's trap!

j/k , thanks BI!