William Porter's Blog

[jakerod 254]

Hmm I see they revisted this spot. Someone should try to find it on the google earth map of sarahni.

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It isn't that hard. You can clearly see the islands in the middle bay like area. It is taken from the southern part of the island along the north-eastern shore. There is a small dot of land in the water just offshore that you can see on the map and also in the photo.

I am fairly sure that that is right anyway there is always the possibility I looked at something wrong.

[meyamoti 0]

Indeed,Its quite interesting with the dynamic shadows now,I love that feature,in most if not all games as time goes by,shadows remain the same,but now we'll get shadows that move with the direction of the sun,awesome . Then of course is the water changes as already stated.

OFP allready has dynamic shadows that move depending on the suns direction, but the shadows are pretty basic in OFP compared to the new shadows and shaders used in ArmA.

Tides allready change in OFP gameplay, if you play long enough near where theres a low level water crossing you will notice the depth changes over time. In long CTI's this can make waterways crossable or uncrossable in vehicles depending on what time the CTI starts at in OFP.

Hmm..never noticed the thing about the shadows...what I meant was that the water level changes and wil probably be like OFP:E,it rises but with waves rather than flat water.

[westy159 0]

Why do the pictures in Chippers post look so different from each other?

[chipper 0]

the first one is really old.

[meyamoti 0]

Like months if not year or so old,before the new animations,new models or normal maps.

[bravo 6 0]

I have 2 questions:

Where was/is William Porter?

Why blog was replyed by hes friend Frank and not him?

[Journeyman 0]

I have 2 questions:

Where was/is William Porter?

Why blog was replyed by hes friend Frank and not him?

1) On leave, presumably back in the US.

2) Frank is his buddy and agreed to look after his blog during his absence.  

[NeMeSiS 11]

OFP allready has dynamic shadows that move depending on the suns direction, but the shadows are pretty basic in OFP compared to the new shadows and shaders used in ArmA.

I dont think they are truly dynamic, in OFP they were updated once every 5 minutes (or when the sun moved a bit, wich was standard once every 5 minutes)

But it worked great, you almost never noticed that they skipped a small bit when they moved, and it didnt murder your FPS

[bravo 6 0]

I have 2 questions:

Where was/is William Porter?

Why blog was replyed by hes friend Frank and not him?

1) On leave, presumably back in the US.

2) Frank is his buddy and agreed to look after his blog during his absence.

Sorry, im not very familiar with that expression, on leave.

Does that mean he went for a "vacation" (to home) and be back to duty when vacation ends?

[Journeyman 0]

Sorry, im not very familiar with that expression, on leave.

Does that mean he went for a "vacation" (to home) and be back to duty when vacation ends?

Yep!  

[lilwillie 47]

"On leave" can be for multiple reasons.

He earned a leave, and his C.O. granted him one because of his outstanding performance.

Family emergency. Such as a death in the family.

Pre-deployment leave. Although Will is already deployed it wouldn't apply here, but as a example. In the Marine Corps, before a MEU is to sail out the Marines get a "leave" to do as they wish.

just some examples.

[Raptor 10]

maybe, if Porter arrived back to sarah , the island is actually at war ?

[bravo 6 0]

maybe, when Porter arrived back to sarah , the island is actually at war ?

what War?!?

Thats a vacation place! When William comes from "vacations" he will go to another vacations (Sara)

[stegman 3]

So, is William Army or Marine?

I see they use the AH1W (or "Z" as argued else where), i thought only the Marines had those?

[lilwillie 47]

So, is William Army or Marine?

I see they use the AH1W (or "Z" as argued else where), i thought only the Marines had those?

No clue, I haven't heard rank or procedure mentioned.

With digi-camo now being worn by all forces it is tough to tell. It started with the Marines, and the Army and other branches have adopted using it.

One of the few times the Marines got a toy first.

But my guess with the forces on Sara is Army, just as OFP was.

[stegman 3]

So, is William Army or Marine?

I see they use the AH1W (or "Z" as argued else where), i thought only the Marines had those?

No clue, I haven't heard rank or procedure mentioned.

With digi-camo now being worn by all forces it is tough to tell. It started with the Marines, and the Army and other branches have adopted using it.

One of the few times the Marines got a toy first.

But my guess with the forces on Sara is Army, just as OFP was.

Hmmm...just did some detective work.

...i had a look on his blog theres a link there to Army TImes may be a fair guess that he is army rather than Navy

Still have yet to see any civilains, we know there are civilain cars, so who drives them?

[dslyecxi 23]

Quote[/b] ]With digi-camo now being worn by all forces it is tough to tell. It started with the Marines, and the Army and other branches have adopted using it.

The USMC MARPAT pattern looks distinctly different from the Army's ACU. The soldiers we've seen are Army, since they're wearing ACU camo.

[lilwillie 47]

Quote[/b] ]With digi-camo now being worn by all forces it is tough to tell. It started with the Marines, and the Army and other branches have adopted using it.

The USMC MARPAT pattern looks distinctly different from the Army's ACU. The soldiers we've seen are Army, since they're wearing ACU camo.

I agree. they are "different" but they are both founded on the same idea. digital designed camo's..

With the pics shown. And digi's shown, it is a tough sell for me. Some pics look Marine, some Army, maybe poor video quality on my part...

[dslyecxi 23]

I agree. they are "different" but they are both founded on the same idea. digital designed camo's..

With the pics shown. And digi's shown, it is a tough sell for me. Some pics look Marine, some Army, maybe poor video quality on my part...

Let me rephrase what I said.

As a former US Marine, who has seen more MARPAT than you could shake a stick at and owns both woodland and desert MARPAT and wore it ALL THE TIME, the shots we've seen are NOT MARPAT and are actually Army ACU.

It's not debateable.

It's ACU.

Every shot of ArmA I've seen that has a digital camo pattern has been of ACU.

Every single one.

[stegman 3]

Ok guy, take it easy

US Marine eh? How long did you serve?

(Also what does MARPAT)

[lilwillie 47]

Case closed then, ACU. I'll take a Marine's answer as the absolute answer anyday.

Thanks for your service,

[dslyecxi 23]

Here's a composite I just made to illustrate the different patterns (ACU, MARPAT woodland, MARPAT desert).

Quote[/b] ]US Marine eh? How long did you serve?

Four years, got out last August.

Quote[/b] ](Also what does MARPAT)

This explains what MARPAT is.

[lilwillie 47]

Two excellent links. Thanks.

[Big Dawg KS 6]

Indeed there are differences even behind the fundamentals; ACU is designed to be a multi-purpose camo that suits any environment to a reasonable degree, while MARPAT, on the other hand, is supposed to "blend in" exceptionally well in a specific (given) environment. The only thing they really have in common is a pixelated "digital" pattern - which is no longer a unique design.

[Journeyman 0]

ACU is designed to be a multi-purpose camo that suits any environment to a reasonable degree,

... I'm not so sure about that! ...

Can you see the soldier?  

ACU works like any other camo ...useless in the wrong setting!  

In the right setting however...