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[-RuN- 0]

What do people have against this idea?

Anyway, why being against ANY new ideas?

Does it waste that much of your time or money to have creative people trying new things for that game?

I am of course all for it, and maube next will we have sardines to go with Klink`s fish boats..

Or a "captain Nemo" mod and its giant squid.

I hope to see very soon that tail`s shark menacingly making round around me as a pilot at sea waiting for the rescue to save me.

[Sepe 1]

escape from where, surf camp

Malden military base? I've been using it as a prison sometimes.

And I think it would be kinda funny to have sharks in some civil-RPG:s, and those crocs are a nice idea. They could use the PC's Tiger script I guess.

[somebloke 0]

What do people have against this idea?

Anyway, why being against ANY new ideas?

Does it waste that much of your time or money to have creative people trying new things for that game?

I am of course all for it, and maube next will we have sardines to go with Klink`s fish boats..

Or a "captain Nemo" mod and its giant squid.

I hope to see very soon that tail`s shark menacingly making round around me as a pilot at sea waiting for the rescue to save me.

Reason we're against it is, It Just Wouldn't Work in Ofp.

Besides most of ofp's action takes place on land and in the air, what need is there for a shark to come leaping up out of the water, only to blown up by a cruise missile from 5 miles away.

Also, what use is a shark, just sits there underwater till you go in, then gobbles you up.

Anyway who in their right mind is thinking, "Oh If only i had a man eating killer shark so that i could get eaten in the water", anyway?

[LepparD 0]

Hate the shark lover then anyways I stand next to that thread, besides you don't like the idea stop wasting my time lets not start an argument if this was a submarine you wouldn't be complaining its the 3 dimensional underwater movement which is the challenge, the shark is just making the thread more exciting than a submarine. this add on is also another sensible idea for multiplayer, instead of putting a deathzone why not let them run out on a boat and lt the sharks eat them? this is more useful than you think it could be, besides you ain't complaining about the fly mod is it because he has more posts or more experienced than you, I am probally one of the least experienced models here but i don't go around making a mockery of other peoples work to seriously, I say its good or its crap then give my reasons I don't waste my time explaining how i don't like the member who else doesn't, so lets move on without more pathetic unconstructive comments

Waste your time??

Anyways, 3d moving underwater won't work man, it just won't. First reason, OFP water isn't deep enough. Second, OFP water isn't really water, its just a fat surface that moves up and down, with nothing underneith it. Third, AI, an AI controled shark would never be able to pop out of the water, reach up on the boat and grab people. Fourth, too hard to make it look anything like real, and Fifth, why the hell would anyone want a bigger boat?

Cant be done?

Thats what they said about water reflection, see-through water and now sharks.

There was a time where we couldnt make models, then we could. Then came a period where we couldnt make islands... woups, we solved that one as well... Then it just werent possible to make blablabla...

Who says we cant have submarines... or sharks for that matter. Many addon makers (and programmers in general) make their addons for the challenge itself. I see a shark as an excellent idea. (Lots of animation and scripting). Let the fellow do it, i for one will download it, just to see how well it turns out. Thank god for the people who are creative, or we would still be around playing pacman.

[stu 0]

I was reading this topic and thinking about the GDI Orca and i came up with this

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/Stu_Art/Shark5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/Stu_Art/Shark3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/Stu_Art/Shark1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/Stu_Art/Shark4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/Stu_Art/Shark2.jpg

[eestikas88 0]

yeah!

[mrbean1112 0]

Personally, i would not be too interested in a shark............................But an itchysoaur From HALF LIFE ! Lol. Actually, i am almost never in the water, so i would want some more scary land creatures to hunt me down. I think that would be cooler than a shark (For now)

[ExtracTioN 0]

A crocodil, snake, fox, wolf, sheep and a camel I will be satisfied with those

[***friendlyfire*** 1]

yeah basically more wildlife in ofp would be good thanx for u'r opinions for my idea and those who are not as intrested thank u 2 i guess

thats a great shark model you posted great

I also love extractions idea for a croc this would be great

thanx philcommando for been one of the most friendly members with this topic

my ideas are stupid...

no they are just different and more imaginitive please don't say that

Quote[/b] ]Start with it first and try to get use to the 02,cfg and script systems. Once u get the hang of it, it's gonna be pretty easy to make others.

I can already model but I won't post most of them because well they are...stup....I mean different

couldn't u use the sea as a barrier then make the shark a air unit which can only pass so far over the barrier, I think this would of course take sum excellent scripters

[DKM Jaguar 0]

Many addon makers (and programmers in general) make their addons for the challenge itself. I see a shark as an excellent idea. (Lots of animation and scripting). Let the fellow do it, i for one will download it, just to see how well it turns out. Thank god for the people who are creative, or we would still be around playing pacman.

That is the point: many ADDON MAKERS go ahead and make what they want and no one has a right to say that's wrong. But constantly dragging up these ideas without showing any willingness to do them yourself is not a way forward. If it had been done as this stu person has, suddenly producing pictures and showing the fact they are commited enough to their idea to do it, then there would not be this problem.

But you talk of all these new ideas and how limit after limit is being broken.. yet another point: What limit is being broken when creating a shark which can benefit ALL users?

Submarines have and are being done, and they work, but this is not a submarine simulator, and it is far from perfect. Perhaps concetrating on the strengths of OFP, such as the massive scale of the warfare it can simulate, instead of botching together ideas which half-work and practically make ofp look even weaker than before in those areas would be better.

And to suggest that someone somehow wants to stop new ideas just becusae they don't agree with ones which appear to have next to no useage is just wrong. I mean, what did DKM ever do which was never done before?

[CAPAIRMAN 0]

A crocodil, snake, fox, wolf, sheep and a camel I will be satisfied with those

I agree that someone should try a crocodile. That would be useful and possible.

Friendlyfire, if you can make it, go ahead; even if it is for no other reasons than than out of spite(great motive) for your critics

[philcommando 0]

hey jag, i have the greatest respect for your team,heck! my first addon ever downloaded was from your team - tungusta and still have it in my games. Even a team member did make it to the rarified strata of BIS - the great rastovich himself.

To be honest, i was shocked and am against change once. I thought i am the only mad one here and didnt realise there were even crazier people than me - the zombie mod. Whats that gotta do with ofp - a war guns and rifle toting mod? But i held my peace and watch it grow into one of the best mod in ofp with a huge following, and realise the potential of ofp - it can be for everything.

Same with the civil war mod - thot it was gonna be a 1 week wonder and now look at it - another fantastic mod with a huge following turning out to be another great mod.

A shark or a tiger or a swimmer may not be anything limit breaking to the class of BAS, but it will allow an introduction of suspense enhancing the game. eg:- as soldiers, when we fall into water, do we die in real? doubt so,( lol! talk about realism!) we swim or at least swim as long as we can till help arrives. What better way to make swimmng better if we enhance it by the probability of sharks prowling somewhere out there?

Point is - there is more to ofp than guns and airplanes if we allow and encourage it to grow. We would all the more be better off for it as it will allow us a wider choice to try out new things instead of being stagnant in one concept. War is not just about guns and planes...its about the climate of fear, from all angles. Without fear from the unexpected, i doubt if ofp would be a good game other than a digital artist grooming studio.

To some, half a glass of water seem half empty, but to others, it seems half full. Some will be thankful there is even water, and some will take the steps to make the glass full. Didnt your team DKM made the glass full with the tungusta over bis's shika?

[BATPBC 0]

Just to jump on the "pro shark" bandwagon, I (as a mission maker) have thought of scripts to simulate sharks comming to dinner after a plane has to ditch in the ocean. Now that we have pilots with rafts.

This of course being a "real" possibility if he is there for a extended period of time and or injured (the blood thing).

A actual shark addon would make the realism even better, those of you that have played with the tiger addon know what I am talking about

Be great with any of the USCG stuff or the new Seahawks, CSAR baby!

just my 2 cents.

[nephilim 0]

@phill

its called tunguska

not tungusTa

so much to speak of respect hihi

kiddin

@DKM Jaguar

theres been one many stuff u havent done b4.

just look around

doenst mean i dotn liek ur stuff

its really good ;)

[***friendlyfire*** 1]

So basically you are saying wait till ofp 2 cums out with better water before going this far

[DKM Jaguar 0]

@DKM Jaguar

theres been one many stuff u havent done b4.

just look around

doenst mean i dotn liek ur stuff

its really good ;)

You missed the point: there's plenty of new stuff we HAVE done, so the validity of accusations about trying to stand in the way of "progress" is questionable.

I'm not going to futher explain my argument, it's already been stated to death, and it's apparently not just me who shares it.

[theavonlady 2]

I wish I had a sparkling new ADATS to target a great white with.

[Sepe 1]

Why not a Scud?

Hmm how about shooting at a whale with the chemical scud? "Save the whales"

[***friendlyfire*** 1]

or why not make the shark a boat which has an animated jaw when it attacks

[ExtracTioN 0]

If Master Chief release his transparant water than I can see no problems with sharks not realistic or not suited in OFP1 from the pictures of MC you could see through the water.

We have CoC swimmers, pilots with raft and Philcommado's swimming script.

Come on MC release those transparant water

[miles teg 1]

What I'd like to see perhaps is something a little less fancy and probably do'able. Simple shark fins moving around in the water just for atmosphere. I imagine that would be fairly easy to do and just take away the boat engine sound and give them a cycled series of waypoints to keep the sharks circling around a particular area like for movie cutscenes showing a downed pilot in his raft out in the middle of the ocean with sharks circling around his raft.

Little things like that would add to the atmosphere and would probably be do-able.

Chris G.

aka-Miles Teg<GD>

[Victor_S. 0]

Id be more interested in this shark idea if you had a model in game, and i think the reason some people are against the idea is because you do not seem to have made an attempt at doing so as of yet. If you want to put the time in I say go for it, but I dont see the point of a thread just to say what would be cool in ofp... just my opinion.