What do you *HOPE* will be in ArmA?

[ArchangelSKT 0]

In OPF CWC I believe you can see the explosion before you hear the sound, very cool too send a tankshell into a valley

[Guest Ti0n3r]

Incidentally, does anyone know if this feature is in OFP:E?

The recent videos of Armed Assault seem to imply they've taken this feature out, and that makes me sad, though it could just be the way the trailers were compiled.

That feat is in Ofp Elite and it will be in ArmA too.

[DBR_ONIX 0]

Uh? I was sure speed-of-sound simulation was in the current OFP.... Maybe it was a bit too fast to notice, but take something like the Javelin (in y2k3 mod, not sure what addon pack it comes with atm..), and hit a tank a few hundered meters, you'll see it explode, then a second or so later it'll explode..

- Ben

[ReverendTed 0]

Uh? I was sure speed-of-sound simulation was in the current OFP....

That's correct - it's in the current OFP and I just wanted to make sure it wouldn't be omitted. It's one of my favorite aspects of the game. (Oddly enough, I suppose.)

[Metal Heart 0]

I think OFP is the only game where you can:

1st: See the muzzle flash... maybe realizing you are being shot at...

2nd: get hit in the head... fall...

3rd and then hear the sound when you're already laying dead on the ground.

[FCOPZ-illuminator 0]

I hope there will include a "spectator mode" or a "free cam" to make nice videos or watch the battlefield during a fight between two teams...

Like in "Joint Operations". There is the ability to join as spectator and move around the battlefield only with mouse + keyboard

[DBR_ONIX 0]

Uh? I was sure speed-of-sound simulation was in the current OFP....

That's correct - it's in the current OFP and I just wanted to make sure it wouldn't be omitted. It's one of my favorite aspects of the game. (Oddly enough, I suppose.)

Ahh.. Yeh, theres no reason to drop something like that, atleast nothing that comes to mind.. And if it's been kept in OFP:E, I'd put money on them not removing it in ArmA...

- Ben

[punishment 1]

im hoping for more units not just ofp optimised, unusualy and interesting weapons like found here :

http://www.enemyforces.com/artillery.htm

Not just the bland old abrams v T72, T80 battles

[AtR 0]

I've read that island is going to be 400square km. What I want more than ever is a more realistic range differance. In OFP 100m,200m,300m seem very close which ruins the feeling of reality because it's a pretty good range in real life. If in real life it will take you some time to kill a bastard 300m away because you simply won't see him that good then in Flashpoint it's easy. More realistic range would give snipers a bigger role, not just a guy with optics as it is in OFP. Just my wish I'd really like to see in game when it comes out.

[scary 0]

I've read that island is going to be 400square km. What I want more than ever is a more realistic range differance. In OFP 100m,200m,300m seem very close which ruins the feeling of reality because it's a pretty good range in real life. If in real life it will take you some time to kill a bastard 300m away because you simply won't see him that good then in Flashpoint it's easy. More realistic range would give snipers a bigger role, not just a guy with optics as it is in OFP. Just my wish I'd really like to see in game when it comes out.

100m to 300m is not long range for a rifleman, in fact, 300m is a typical engagement range. Snipers typically shoot 600m to 1100m+. Machine guns are used from close range to around 1800m depending on the deployed role.

Any soldier that took time to hit a target 300m away because of difficulty seeing it wouldn't pass an apwt, so wouldn't be seeing active service anyway.

Engagement ranges in opf were much shorter than they would be in real life, but I guess they had to compromise to allow for the limitations of using a small screen.

[Uziyahu--IDF 0]

I'd like it if the helo controls could be toggled as an option to be like those in the Desert Combat mod for BF1942, BF:Vietnam or BF2. They make for much more realistic bird movement and are a lot more exciting and challenging to fly (once you learn to stop crashing).

I think that only those players who spend the 20 - 40 hours stick-time to learn to fly them should be able to do so. (Again, for whiners, it would be an option.)

[Guest Ti0n3r]

I hope the AI of the soldiers in player controlled squads will be better than in Elite.

Yepp, the AI in Elite is 100x better than in Ofp. But the AI of the soldiers under your command is HORRIBLE. If it's the same in ArmA... Well I'd take my cyanide

First of all - In Elite you can't even use the Combat mode commands, and this makes the squad act like a bunch of retarded chickens. They don't stay in formation. They stand up even if they know there's a large amound of enemy infantry a few hundred meters away. They often walk right into you line of fire. Etc etc etc etc. You have to see it with your own eyes...

Just had to get this out of my systäm.

[somebloke 0]

The release is what i hope for.

[Uziyahu--IDF 0]

You should see the RLI (real-life Intelligence) of HUMAN soldiers and what THEY will do in a training exercise.

Quote[/b] ]100m to 300m is not long range for a rifleman, in fact, 300m is a typical engagement range. Snipers typically shoot 600m to 1100m+. Machine guns are used from close range to around 1800m depending on the deployed role.

Any soldier that took time to hit a target 300m away because of difficulty seeing it wouldn't pass an apwt, so wouldn't be seeing active service anyway.

Engagement ranges in opf were much shorter than they would be in real life, but I guess they had to compromise to allow for the limitations of using a small screen.

Maybe in a desert, but in woodland and especially jungle climes the typical engagement range is much shorter, about 150 meters, I think.

The fact that soldiers could hit a 300 meter target only about 10 - 15% of the time was what inspired the H&K G-11 design. Sure, a guy could get 600 meter hits with an M16A2 if he was firing from a sitting position, using an unorthodox firing method (eye practically on the peephole, nose to the SIDE of the charging handle), wearing a lead marksman's vest, and a shooting mitt, but if it was so easy to get 300 meter hits with iron sights on an M16A2, almost every soldier in the U.S. Army would be a "Hawk-Eye" (40 out of 40 targets).

A red-dot optic makes the world of difference, but every time you re-weld your shoulder stock to your shoulder and your cheek to your shoulder stock on a weapon with iron sights, your weapon's zero has been thrown a bit off.

Yes, engagement ranges can be a lot longer, if there isn't intervening concealment, you know that those distant figures aren't friendlies, and you aren't averse to spamming them with inaccurate lead projectiles. (Of course, 7.62 x 51mm NATO can reach out farther.)

Soldiers on patrol won't be firing from prone supported positions (elbow in the dirt and hand holding up the foregrip is considered unsupported) and they will be under a lot more stress than they would be on a mere firing range.

The qualification range in America's Army is a darn-near PERFECT simulation of how difficult it is to hit those 300 meter targets with iron sights on an M16A2, and as a support soldier, I got only ONE chance at it every 6 months. (I couldn't keep trying until I got a perfect score, as in AA) It takes me right back to the ranges at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

[ArchangelSKT 0]

I'd like it if the helo controls could be toggled as an option to be like those in the Desert Combat mod for BF1942, BF:Vietnam or BF2.  They make for much more realistic bird movement and are a lot more exciting and challenging to fly (once you learn to stop crashing).

I think that only those players who spend the 20 - 40 hours stick-time to learn to fly them should be able to do so.  (Again, for whiners, it would be an option.)

Well BF:Vietnam wasn`t really that hard, I think it was quite easy, as in to easy to fly choppers there.

An option would be nice though so that side of the game doesn`t get neglected by gamers in general.

[funnyguy1 0]

Yepp, the AI in Elite is 100x better than in Ofp. But the AI of the soldiers under your command is HORRIBLE. If it's the same in ArmA...

Well, that`s one of the weakest sides of the ai...your team mates...I don`t want to repeat myself but being the only non-opfor on the battlefield who is able to survive a mission is well, kinda sof:double helix-like...

Things like spotting targets, being more suspicious during the firefight (trying not to expose on enemy fire and staring at the enemy instead of watching completelly different direction) need to be improoved.

The AI to AI battles are still quite bad...

[Uziyahu--IDF 0]

Compared to WHAT?

I'd like to know what game's A.I. rivals OFP's squad Vs. squad combat. I have trouble just NAMING other tac-shooters that even have full squad Vs. squad combat!

[bravo 6 0]

ARMA should have this: (better behaviour)

[Guest Ti0n3r]

Compared to WHAT?

I'd like to know what game's A.I. rivals OFP's squad Vs. squad combat. I have trouble just NAMING other tac-shooters that even have full squad Vs. squad combat!

Compared to Operation Flashpoint

It was alot easier to lead a squad of AI soldiers in Ofp than in Elite. In Ofp you had more commands to use, like "Take cover", "Danger" "Stay alert" etc etc. And most important of all, the AI did stay in formation.

To make it short. BIS, I hope you don't remove any radio commands in ArmA, since you did so in Elite.

[Blanco 0]

I hope soldiers will raise the alarm (or simply change their behavior) when they detect a friendly body (they never saw before), without the use of scripting. A good more autonomous AI is my main concern...

[kernriver 4]

I hope soldiers will call the alarm (or simply change their behavior) when they detect a friendly body (they never saw before), without the use of scripting. A good more autonomous AI is my main concern...

I agree. I guess the first thing a soldier would do when he/she comes across a dead sodier (enemy or friendly) is to rase the alarm and inform CO, aspecially if the body is near the camp or the base, i would like to see that too.

But, on the other hand, special forces soldiers (in OFP atleast) can hide the body...maybe it can be made so the grunts could do it too? So if you forget to hide the body, and enemy sodier sees it after a while, he raises the alarm and you are f****d, to say the least...

[Guest Ti0n3r]

Agreed. Soldiers should react to dead bodies. I always missed it in Ofp :/

I also hope they change the way you hide bodies. It would be better if you could drag away bodies instead of just make them sink into the ground.

[kernriver 4]

[quote name=Ti0n3r,April 26 2006,09:43

I also hope they change the way you hide bodies. It would be better if you could drag away bodies instead of just make them sink into the ground.

Yes, i would like that too. We would play OFP like Commandos in 1st person view

[Timblesink 0]

For all the stealth stuff, it'll be VERY necessary to make the movement method better... I'll never forget the time I ran straight past a house and got blown up by about 6 T-80s, all because I didn't release the "w" key 1,000,000 years ( ) before I got to the house. It'd also help the Ai in close encounters.

[phelican 0]

I really have my hopes up for the modding abilities. Mostly, I hope the script-commands work as they should this time. Like "publicVariable" (used to broadcast a variable) for OFP. This function broadcast, but doesn't consider packet-loss and such stuff.

Implement string-handling functions and the ability to read and write files.

Otherwise, OFP 1 is perfect... ;-)