Spyder001 1 Posted August 12, 2006 I think it would be neat if BIS looked at all the mods. They voted on if they would add to the realism of the game. Then, if it's approved, it gets added in an update. That way people dont have to go get it. I just got OFP, and there are no normal games. All of them have mods on I have no clue where to get them. It should be a bit more user friendly to create an even larger community. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sepe 1 Posted August 12, 2006 Well one reason why I don't have big 'n fancy mods like WGL, ECP and FFUR is that I've installed my OFP to the C disk which is only 20Gb, and I have less than 2Gb free space left (I try to keep it above 1Gt at all times). And I certainly don't want every goddamn patch to be 500Mb just 'cause there's a couple of new community-made explosion effects in it. And what about historical mods, like Napoleonic Mod, US Civil War Mod, SebNam, The Unsung, Invasion 1944, Liberation 1941-1945, WWIIEC et cetera? They are realistic but don't add much to the game's original, 2000's theme. Besides, with the huge amount of great addons that aren't exactly mods BIS would have to employ at least 100 new people who would do nothing but watch the fansites for news and try out new mods. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Metal Heart 0 Posted August 12, 2006 To original poster: Not gonna happen, it's a nice idea but not very realistic. If you don't know how to deal with mods and addons just ask the forums or the people who host the particular server what to do, it's usually not difficult at all. If you don't want to hassle with the mod folders just use a program like OFP watch or only play on servers that use just the default stuff (RES under server name, nothing else). To Dynamite_cow: You can move/copy OFP to a different drive without reinstalling. You don't even have to change the path in registry entries if you're lazy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Second 0 Posted August 12, 2006 I don't play regular OFP anymore. Past 3 years i've launched it about 5-10 times (well didn't count times when "oops! i pressed wrong icon!"). WHY: For everything. But here's list of MOST important i can figure out: -weapon recoils just sucks (thanks to FDF (i think) that every mod have increased their recoils), weapon handling is "heavier" original OFP's shooting feels too easy. Weapons sway increased to make hitting harder -sound are lame, all mods have better sounds. -FFUR and WGL have increased soldiers and vehicles spotting ranges, which means that you have to be more cautious, old tactics may not apply anymore. AI shoots with rifles to even 500 meters. And you can't say that new units wouldn't be pretty. -FDF imported new weapontypes to OFP, like crewserved missilelaunchers, recoiless guns (SPG-7, Finnish Musti), Smokelaunchers for armored vehicles which blocks AI "sensor" as well as players. stachelcharges may be attached to vehicles... they improve missioneditoin quite a lot (as you have more options to choose from how something is done.) -ECP makes whole game play feeling more immersive, although it doesn't do much else. forexample OFPs own mission like "warcry" are simply ten times better, as men are shouting "armor take cover" etc... Yep! File size vs. improvements/changes isn't effective, and changes differ from MOD to MOD, but certain cohesion is present and seems that main features are more common to different MODs + plus i don't know how many people "melt" MODs together to get good sides from them. Addons are more effective in terms of size vs improvements, but they aren't so balanced for The Great Picture. And it can be pain in the ass to hunt them down (or even figure-out what you are missing) to get even one (1) downloaded mission to work. Heck i would even delete my OFP before FDF Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EiZei 0 Posted August 12, 2006 I think it would be neat if BIS looked at all the mods. They voted on if they would add to the realism of the game. Then, if it's approved, it gets added in an update. That way people dont have to go get it. I just got OFP, and there are no normal games. All of them have mods on  I have no clue where to get them. It should be a bit more user friendly to create an even larger community. How on earth do you plan to fit together massive >500MB mods that have totally different idea of realism? My advice is just to join the irc channel of the server or visit the website. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
