Bas

[wenker 0]

Does anyone know what ever happend to bas addon studios? they were making some hardcore stuff and the disappeared.. did they ever realease there seals? will they ever

[jankyballs 0]

BAS quit OFP some time ago, hopefully they will be back by Armed Assault or OFP 2. No they will never release their seals, maybe for Armed Assault.

[Cpt. FrostBite 0]

It's a long story.

The team had to deal with a lot of issues involving people spamming them to find out more about releasedates. The eventually stopped working on OFP addons. Some members of the team worked on other addons/mods for some time, but not much was released. Ebud did some very nice work one Vietnam islands.

The BAS SEALs will never be released and to be honest; they can keep them. The community made a lot of progress and units released by Hyke and Laser are far better han what BAS ever did. The BAS helicopters are still the best, though. Nothing has come close to the BAS Blackhawks and littlebirds.

The team is far from dead, though. The BAS team is currently working on VBS1 addons and a few infantry packs have already been released. Perhaps they'll go working on addons for ArmA when it turnes out to be better than VBS1 (how can it be worse?).

We'll just have to wait and see

[echo1 0]

I think it's fair to say that BAS's Pilots/Deltas/Rangers/Seals have been long outshadowed by Laser's excelent work.

[eestikas88 0]

yeh,but their helis rock!

[Heatseeker 0]

The BAS helicopters are still the best, though. Nothing has come close to the BAS Blackhawks and littlebirds.

They were pioneers introducing new workarounds for engine limitations and many nice addons and features but others have done better helicopters too, cough..OWP Mi-26..cough.. .

Seeing has they made art work for vbs maybe they have also made some stuff for arma too, regarding OPF they have quit a long time ago .

[MilitiaSniper 0]

I heard they came back as part-timers!

Sincerely, MilitiaSniper

[crave22 0]

Yeah, I saw a news article on OFPEC that said BAS was coming out of retirement. I can't seem to find it, though.

[gandalf the white 0]

The BAS helicopters are still the best, though. Nothing has come close to the BAS Blackhawks and littlebirds.

They were pioneers introducing new workarounds for engine limitations

DKM:

-downwash script

-minimap script

-working Hud

-startup procedure

BAS:

-ropedown script

-some stuff they got from DKM

.

OWP's MI-26 has some nice things, but I wouln't call them functionsl, apart from the ability to carry vehicles inside

[hellfish6 7]

I don't know why everyone knocks BAS. If it wasn't for Tigershark, Selectthis, Ebud, Deadmeat, Eviscerator and the rest of the team, we'd still only have shitty retextures of BIS models for addons.

They were the first addon team to promote quality over quantity, to make an effort at realism and pioneered a lot of brilliant modelling, scripting and mission making techniques. If it wasn't for BAS, you probably wouldn't even be playing this game anymore.

They were the first and greatest mod team for OFP. Shame on you all for still not giving them the credit they deserve. You're the reason they left the community.

[eestikas88 0]

i only said BAS rocks....

[Cpt. FrostBite 0]

Hmm. You're right Hellfish.

My post wasn't very respectfull now I look over it again.

I've seen TJP turn into BAS and have followed their progress since the first days. I had and still have a lot of respect for the team and they indeed did awesome work for the community pushing the limits further and further.

[Guest RKSL-Rock]

Im curious where does everyone get their info on what BAS does or is doing from?

[Jackal326 1181]

Couldn't agree with you more Hellfish. Addon making is a tough "business" because once you get a reputation for delivering, you're expected to knock-out addons like there is no tomorrow. The amount of time BAS put into each project making sure every detail was accurate (which is a good thing, don't get me wrong) is what drove the rather impatient community to the "When are the [insert name of addon here] going to be released?" questions being posted in every BAS thread over, and over, and over, and over, and over again. Although jankyballs' question is a fair and honest one, its only going to dreg up more "Why the hell can't they release what progress they had on them?!" questions from people that cant let things go.

[gandalf the white 0]

I don't know why everyone knocks BAS.

I don't, but I do think that DKM's work gets very overlooked... see the stuff above .

Bas has great vehicles, it's as they call.. "complete" .

[MilitiaSniper 0]

I don't know why everyone knocks BAS. If it wasn't for Tigershark, Selectthis, Ebud, Deadmeat, Eviscerator and the rest of the team, we'd still only have shitty retextures of BIS models for addons.

They were the first addon team to promote quality over quantity, to make an effort at realism and pioneered a lot of brilliant modelling, scripting and mission making techniques. If it wasn't for BAS, you probably wouldn't even be playing this game anymore.

They were the first and greatest mod team for OFP. Shame on you all for still not giving them the credit they deserve. You're the reason they left the community.

Like it or not! But BAS did make leaps in this OFP game!

Yes.., some stuff were others!

But BAS always made a leap in something new!

Sorta like pioneers!

One of the reasons BAS quit.

Was of the Bull$#!% from other people!

If it wasn't for groups like BAS, FDF, DKM, COC, TOW, Vit's Planes, and MapFacts.

I would have stopped playing a long time of go!

To me these fine people made a game, "BETTER!" than the original!

So let's hear it for the guys!

"Hip, Hip, Horray!"

Sincerely, MilitiaSniper

[stgn 39]

I must agree that BAS was one of the things that made addon making what it is. Thier stuff is still great although the amount of details(except the blackhawks) is not what is the standard today.

It was my impression that "BAS" was more "fustrated" with what they could do in OFP(scripting wise) than the spamming.

@RockofSL

"BAS" and others have posted pictures of BAS's soldiers in the combat picture topic. My best freind for ex. owns VBS and I somtimes ask whats going on over there. I bet other does the same.

STGN

[DBR_ONIX 0]

I think (as others do I'm sure) BAS's stuff, for when it was made, was excelent, but to be fair, there are better things out their now (Mainly infantry, their helicopters are still good, but there is modified/tweak/reskined etc versions of them, which are better)

I'm not saying it's bad, far from it..

Anyway, the info regarding what BAS are doing, AFAIK it true, they are working on VBS1 modules/addons, and stoped their work on OFP1 till OFP2 (Which at the time meant ArmA, as Game2 wasn't announced back then)

- Ben

[Messiah 2]

The BAS helicopters are still the best, though. Nothing has come close to the BAS Blackhawks and littlebirds.

They were pioneers introducing new workarounds for engine limitations

DKM:

-downwash script

-minimap script

-working Hud

-startup procedure

BAS:

-ropedown script

-some stuff they got from DKM

.

OWP's MI-26 has some nice things, but I wouln't call them functionsl, apart from the ability to carry vehicles inside

you also missed the working rope ladder BAS made... and dropping of strobes at night etc etc etc

i always did wonder, however, what happened to Jellybelly (TJP Productions) - great bloke

[nephilim 0]

afaik bas are going to make an ofp version of the sf1 /2units available for vbs1

check their site and the progress chart

[Guest RKSL-Rock]

It just amuses me that people seem to to know more about what BAS is doing than the actual members of BAS.  

I own VBS and have the BAS SF1 & 2 packs so i do know about the stuff they have done for VBS1 although after talking with members of the team for the last month or so i dont actually know of any new VBS work going on.

If it wasn't for groups like BAS, FDF, DKM, COC, TOW, Vit's Planes, and MapFacts.

I really wouldnt put Vit in the same group as all the others.  He hasnt added any inovations, just repackaged others work.

[echo1 0]

I think it's fair to say that BAS's Pilots/Deltas/Rangers/Seals have been long outshadowed by Laser's excelent work.

Okay, I wasn't dissing their work, I remeber full well first playing with their Delta/Ranger pack when it was first released nd having the same sense of amazement when I first tried Laser or RHS' units, what I'm saying is that they now look a bit outdated in comparison to more recent addons.

[Homefry 0]

BAS seems to spark a weird feeling in the OFP community. Some love them, some people don't. I joined the OFP community not to long after the initial release... and I've followed the progess of OFP pretty much non-stop since then. BAS was the one team where, when they released an addon, everyone would be stunned. From the Littlebirds, all the way to the Tonali SF addon (which, by the way, is one of my favorite addons for OFP), BAS kept doing new things that people thought were impossible. The MH-47 pack had plenty of pioneering features; the Delta/Ranger pack was the most comprehensive up until that point; and the Blackhawk/Pavehawks are still, in my opinion, the top helo addons for the west side.

After you look at their addons, then you have to look at the other things they did for the community. Nearly all of BAS's members did other things for the OFP community. I remember when I was just getting into OFP scripting and mission making... quite a few of the questions I posted over at OFPEC were answered by a BAS member. The bad reputation most likely stemmed from how they responded to the repeated complaining about release dates (or the lack of them). Add to that the fact that there were plenty of people in the OFP community that said things such as "Your addons are crap", or "fix this", or "stop teasing us with pictures". Instead of respecting the fact that the members of BAS took time out of their lives to make the addons for the community, they bickered and complained about things. If I were BAS, I probably would have been a little rude too.

But any news about BAS being around is good news... I think it'd be hard to argue with that.

[mrn 0]

Quote[/b] ]I don't know why everyone knocks BAS. If it wasn't for Tigershark, Selectthis, Ebud, Deadmeat, Eviscerator and the rest of the team, we'd still only have shitty retextures of BIS models for addons.

They were the first addon team to promote quality over quantity, to make an effort at realism and pioneered a lot of brilliant modelling, scripting and mission making techniques. If it wasn't for BAS, you probably wouldn't even be playing this game anymore.

They were the first and greatest mod team for OFP. Shame on you all for still not giving them the credit they deserve. You're the reason they left the community.

Agreed 100%

I never understood the abuse these guys received.

and don't forget Nagual, his missions were the reason I got back into OFP. The addons were the icing on the cake.

I distinctly remember the day I downloaded the Deltas and was completely blown away with the missions (which I still play today).

Previous to this I was being lulled away with eye candy (UT, RTCW etc.) but BAS made me realise that gameplay took priority and that pulled me back to OFP. I haven’t looked back since.

[CanadianTerror 0]

My only gripe with BAS was their ability to ignore the 50 positive posts telling them how great their work was and they'd instead focus on the 1 negative post by some 12 year old noob.

Now I know there was more than one negative (and more than their fair share in total) but some people in BAS just got too uppity over nothing...my opinion.

The addons and talent was always top notch and I would consider them one of the best teams to make anything for OFP.