Making it appear as though the battles are bigger

[porte 1]

Hello Arma 2 community, i've finally bought a copy of Arma 2 : OA! (all the way from Germany) and am looking forward to this game, but damn is it confusing at times.

Okay, so i've been playing some mission, warfare, and messing around with the editor. Which is all great fun, and i've been watching some videos, and checking threads, etc. about how to work the editor and what not. My question here is, how can I make it seem like there is a bigger war/battle going on around where my little engagement is happening, but it's not actually there. You know, atmosphere. Is there a way to do that? if not any direct kinds of way, do any of you know any sort of tips or suggestions? gun fire in the background, random artillery strikes, that sort of thing. A mod perhaps?

thanks for reading.

[iceman77 19]

A simple way is to use trigger sounds. Place a trigger and click on the effects tab. There, you will see several sounds. Ambient gun fire etc.

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Also, if the mission is small, and room for more "objects" without lagging, you can simply place different squads from each faction on the out skirts of your mission to attack each other. Also, may I recommend using the latest ACE mod (1.14rc), which can be downloaded with PWS. This will greatly enhance your immersion level along the way, as it's a full conversion mod.

[runforrest 10]

u might try this : http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=13459

viel spass :)

[porte 1]

okay...triggers. I've set one up, and i found the "ambient combat1" environment. However, when i place the trigger, nothing happens. I know there has to be more to this, but i don't know what to do next. I've tried grouping to my unit, do i have to type in the condition box? I know i had to do that to set up a village.

[iceman77 19]

put true into the trigger condition and see how that works. Also, you can set the trigger to a size (ie;100x100) and do "blufor" "present" and use this as a condition

[porte 1]

nothin'

[iceman77 19]

if you set the trigger near your unit. Put true into the condition. Add the ambient combat sounds via effects, it works, just did it :p

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Under effects, go to "trigger" and use the ambient - M16 or the ambient - Ak. Put true as a condition.

Edited January 6, 2013 by Iceman77

[porte 1]

Still nothing. I don't want you to think i'm lying. Maybe somethings wrong with my version of Arma 2.

Because, here are my steps i take:

place my player

click on the triggers

place a trigger right next to my guy

I put activation to bluefor

in the condition box. I highlight "this" that is already there, and replace it with "true"

go to effects on the lower left, and click on the environment and change the "no sound" too "combat ambient 1"

click ok

then ok again

click preview

nothing is happening though. did i miss a step?

[iceman77 19]

I added to my previous post. Please re-read. And you dont need blufor present and true. Just set the trigger size to 0. And place true in the condition. Using true as a condition, means it's going to trigger straight away no matter what.

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Note: The sound comes from the triggers location, for less or more sound place the trigger(s) where you like the sound to come from.

[porte 1]

it works! thanks a ton iceman77. got it working. and thanks for putting up with my incompetence. :)

[iceman77 19]

No worries, it was mis-information on my part.