ArmA Progress Updates

[ade_mcc 0]

Unbelieveable, things like this always happens when I take a couple of days away from the computer!

Screenshots look fine for work in progress. Very happy to hear that there will be new animations.

So in the space of 6 months we can look forward to more screenshots, videos, and a demo before the game itself. All things come to those who wait...

[shadow 6]

Anyone else noticed that in one of the pics the destroyed tank the turret is facing backwards? this wasnt possible in ofp  

omg in 4 years I haven't noticed that the turrets are always facing the front after destroyed

That has always been possible but for some reason never been taken advantage of except in ECP. Well... in ECP 1.086 anyway (was a bug with it in 1.085). The update is coming, don't ask when.

[simulacra 0]

One thing I really hope for is that BIS "tightens" the controls of your character.

For some reason the movement in ofp seems sluggish and out of control, kind of like my guy is doming things a cpl of milliseconds after i press the key...

Not to mention the wierd mouseacceleration in the GUI

[shadow 6]

I like the center deadzone of the cursor. It makes it easier to study the terrain (look for the enemy) without having to let go of the mouse to make sure I'm not moving it.

[brataccas 0]

BMD?

Anyone else think the vehicle furthest on the left of this picture looks like a BMD a bit? Looks like the vehicle is facing towards the right which would make the turret too close to the front for a BMP. Plus the missile tube on top could be off of a BMD. Then again I could be completely wrong and it could just be a BMP-2.

or maybe a BMP3?

[ade_mcc 0]

so, no update to http://www.armedassault.com/ yet then?

Otherwise, it seems like the ArAs media ball is up and rolling proper.

[Jezz 0]

yeah could be a bmd-1p.  bmp-3 is doubtful as there still using t-72A i think either that or its B without ERA

in the first pic is it me or is one a m60 as one seems to have a different shape from the others

[Colossus 2]

BMP2 for sure, it's caterpillar track is too long to be a BMD.

BMP2 has 6 wheels* while the BMD has 5 wheels*.

*(No including the two wheels at the ends)

EDIT: Turret is looks like it's a BMP too and the cannon is long and thin so it's not really a BMP1P either.

[hellfish6 7]

They're BMP2s.

[Jezz 0]

looking at it again i agree the turret is to far back for a bmd

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

Quote[/b] ]BF2 is merely a portion of what OFP is,if even that,sure BF2 has more fancy graphics however thing of your view distance and not to mention the area you can move around,the vehicle limits/infantry limits,after you look at these things you can see that if BF2 had some of the things that AA has then it wouldn't be nearly as high in its graphics.

Who is saying BF2 has good graphics? I dont share this point of view! I played the game for a while and still do, but I never thought the graphics were good at all. For me this is rather a better version of Worms3D and thats the way to properly play it.

[ziiip 1]

You must be blind if you say BF2's graphics sux, or you played it on low details.

[xnodunitx 0]

Hmm good point,its funny because either the stuff shines too much or too little,not to mention the lag,you can't even put the textures on high without anything else and get no lag

Their okay I suppose but honestly to get BF2 to look good at all I find that you have to turn on the lighting effects,otherwise,no it doesn't work out. Not to mention SF has even higher requirements so ya might as well just buy a new computer.

Still if it were BF2 VS AA/OFP:E I'd just take the second thing as their so much better in so many aspects. I love the new enviroments,their so...alive...as if you feel your fighting in a real place..some area's you find many trees,bushes,grass,sometimes you can even find rocks dug into the ground,like on Clean Sweep II,its not the same as PC,But ANYWAY,before a mod jumps on me for getting on off topic.

Judging from the little bird their keeping the terrain bump maps which is excellent because it makes it appear as though there are mounds in certain light without taking many faces/poly's.

I could be wrong but it also seems they are using a new type of terrain tool or just making their terrain different,judging from these two pictures.

http://www.bistudio.com/games/aa/ArmA_Progress_01.jpg

http://www.bistudio.com/games/aa/ArmA_Progress_04.jpg

The water I honestly believe in that picture was an error of some sort,OFP:E has very similar at the front point where the water meets the land but further back there are only waves and no more crests.

The MP abilities sound very interesting as well,I'm wondering how their going to pull off the 60+ player including AI with those large enviroments.

Not to mention they say the land mass will exceed all of OFP/Res combined...thats gona be huge..like a continent or somethin.

The vehicle animations sound interesting as well,one thing I wonder however is will things be able to animate within another animation? I can't think of a real techincal explanation so I'll just try...Basicly what I mean is,when an object is animated can something within that animation animate as well,like an object turns within an animating object?

I'm also very pleased with how their keeping the community in mind,I hope now that the naysayers that said that they don't feel bad about it now,****** little ********.

And last but not least,physics,I'm interested to see how this goes as its already been demonstrated (once again I find myself-) in OFP:E,you shoot a barrel and it moves,shoot it enough and it falls,and this doesn't just include cutscene barrels but all of em,I remember in one mission I shot some barrel and it exploded,went a bit into the air and came down and was rolling around on fire.

Another thing is the vehicle physics,now when a light vehicle is hit it gets some distance or shot into the air a bit,but not tanks..I remember this one time on a cutscene of the Russian Nogova invasion..A T-72 fired and I saw a tractor fly over a house with smoke comming out of it,definatly a interesting sight.

The only thing that OFP:E lacked and I believe the reason that some gave it a bad review was simply,the vehicles,because if their saying the textures and things are bad then their xbox must be faulty cause mine sure as hell doesn't show N64 graphics

[Reddy 0]

I think arma is same old shit ofp with directx9 support and grass all over the ground. Models, animations look not changed. You expect a miracle, you will got blured and grassed ofp-1 with same shitty water with new wave texture where you can dive to death for sure. Dont blame me if i ruin your last hope, i just like to do it

[brataccas 0]

I dont agree with the above post, I cant say why im too tired atm

[svendejong 0]

Quote[/b] ]I think arma is same old shit ofp

Quote[/b] ] Dont blame me if i ruin your last hope

I dont wanna rain on your parade buddy, but after two posts, and calling ofp 'old shitty' I dont think anyone in this forum is gonna have his hopes influenced by anything you say.

Reality check. :-)

[xnodunitx 0]

I think arma is same old shit ofp with directx9 support and grass all over the ground. Models, animations look not changed. You expect a miracle, you will got blured and grassed ofp-1 with same shitty water with new wave texture where you can dive to death for sure. Dont blame me if i ruin your last hope, i just like to do it

Okay this post is going to come off rude----

Well I have a question for ya mister hope ruiner,exactly how is DX9 crapy? OFP wasn't originally using it and if you have ever played or even looked at pictures of OFP:E you might actually know a bit of what your talking about,so far from my examinations I am seeing much of what OFP:E has to offer which is very very pleasing,I'm hoping,infact I know that AA will be different when it is released so you can eat your own words. Btw how about being a bit less negative "same old shit ofp",pft,fine go play your overdone graphicated games with the same old missions,same old storyline and nothing new,as for liking to ruin last peoples hope,wtf is wrong with you? I mean seriously the world is bad enough and people in general are bad enough so why do you have to come on being an asshole about it eh?

Waves are not textures their models dumb**** and once again,if you have ever played OFP:E then you might know a bit of what your talking about buuuut you obviously don't,I mean hell you can just LOOK at the pictures and see that AA is different.

Well I feel much better.

Hmm...I wonder why people sign up for forums only to post negative comments..

[brataccas 0]

Hmm...I wonder why people sign up for forums only to post negative comments..

unfortunatly some ofpers are "small wee kids" the bottom line is "hes talking bullshit!! (reddy that is)

[stakex 0]

I think arma is same old shit ofp with directx9 support and grass all over the ground. Models, animations look not changed. You expect a miracle, you will got blured and grassed ofp-1 with same shitty water with new wave texture where you can dive to death for sure. Dont blame me if i ruin your last hope, i just like to do it  

Ok lets point out a couple things here...

1. If you hate OFP and call it "Old ****" why are you posting on a Flashpoint board?

2. The press release says new animations and anyone who has ever played OFP can look at pretty much any of the screenshots and see the models are diffrent.

3. Its impossible to tell how the water will look from one screenshot, that was taken a long distence from the water. Not to mention the game is a WIP.

4. Ruin what last hope? You have absolutly no clue what your talking about... why would anyone listen to you? ArmA is going to be a much better game then Flashpoint. Even just the larger islands and better graphics make it so, but there are many other new features as well... not just grass.

Of course everyone is welcome to their opinion, but to go and make idiotic comments like this, that are not based on any facts is just retarted.

[Reddy 0]

Yeah i call ofp old and shitty but i do it lovely cause we all know there is no same game at the moment.

Why am i trying to ruin your hopes? I care about you really. If you are expecting the best game in the world and get "same old shitty with dx9" it could make you unhappy. But if you are thinking the game will be as i said above, but BIS gives us the best game in the world - you will be happy for all 200%  

Really, i was soooo bored to read all this threads with begin "I think ArmA will be so great and perfect, omg i dont believe" and "I think ArmA will give us an ability of ..........................................................................................

..........................blablabla"

Who asked about OFP:E? Yes you r right, i havent played. But tell me, where are shadows from tank and forest on screenshots. What's the difference between models from VBS1 and ArmA. You think water looks great? I think i saw that animation when the soldier goes stand in ofp about 5 years ago. And that animations of running. Looks like soldier has really hard problems with legs. But yes again i havent played OFP:E so i have no right to say about ArmA, sorry for i did that.

Thank you all for replyes you made me smile, thats the general what i wanted from my posting. I'm not so young to be "weeeee kid"

I wont call you anyone "idiot" "dumb***" or something, i understand ofp is part of you, i made you hurt with that words, and all in all i dont care what you think about me, you dont know me

[xnodunitx 0]

Yeh I did go a bit overboard,the shadows are indeed casted on trees and pretty much all objects now,as for where they are casted this depends heavily on sunlight direction,still yes I feel the best way to get an idea of AA is to play OFP:E as the two are very identical.

[Sniperwolf572 758]

If we like the "old shit", why the f*** would we mind having DX9 and grass thrown into it?

Just my 2 pfenings.

[Reddy 0]

we have no another new better shit you know

[DrBobcat 0]

Quote[/b] ]we have no another new better shit you know

Did you even read the press release??? Jeeze...

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

-Dynamic Range rendering

-Reworked lifelike animations

-Fully streaming game engine allowing extremely large environments loaded with various special effects

-New huge sized battlefield (landmass exceeds that of all islands from

Flashpoint & Resistance combined)

-Dynamic weather and daytime simulation (including tides and star constellations) Ambient wildlife

-60+ player multiplayer (plus additional AI), players can join at any time

.....

Those are just some things. But I doubt you even read that. You just wanted to nitpick and bitch. And btw, don't preach to others because "you care about us." We are all capable of taking care of ourselvse. If you do not wish to purchase this game, then don't. Plain and simple.

The game is still many months away from release,

Caz

[Reddy 0]

oh ye i saw "reworked lifilike animations", i posted my opininon about that

yea i've read press release, also i've seen screens, i posted my opinion about that

i'm capable to decide would i buy or wouldn't, you are right with that notice. And the most of you are only capable to scream how it will be great, i posted my opinion about that