What would you like to see?

[Mr_Tea 0]

What i would like to see in an expansion = Addon request thread

That is more for the modders, from BIS i like to see something more than one or a few addons.

[Maddmatt 1]

...i think making an even bigger island would be a huge mistake. few people can enjoy Sahrani in all its glory as it is. most of us have to live with medium settings at best. the sheer size of the island is the main reason for the bad performance in this game...

The size of the island has nothing to do with performance problems, unless of course you have a huge viewdistance.

ArmA uses terrain streaming, so an island 10 times the size should have about the same performance assuming that what is rendered on the screen is the same. I'm not going to explain it any more, if you do care for the details then you can search around.

[BadBone 0]

I want to see more naval vehicles, another island, more helis, and lots of new pistols.

Aye! subs + battleships and carriers please

Is there a mod with this stuff?

[NoRailgunner 0]

You think BIS devs don't look at Addon request thread??

Have closer look and you'll see that the suggestions here the same...

maybe "wishes & hopes" would a better term for threads like this one

[kocrachon 2]

Marines take a beach in 2 days. Army holds that beach for 2 years. I'm compelled to respect both.

Thats one thing alot of people miss.

One thing that really ticks me off though is how people, especially marines, say that the Army is just an occupational force. Yet they don't realise that the US Army pushed in through more areas of Iraq than the Mariens did.

The US Army has a larger ground division. We have more Units as a whole period. If it wasn't for the 82nd and the 101st Airborne units, no one would have even been able to push in from the Northern areas of Iraq. We hit from Saudi Arabia and from Jordan And Syria all with Armored and Mobilized Infantry Divisions...

Yet people like my Fiancee's best friends husband have the nerve to say that the USMC does all the pushing while all we do is Occupy (Yet he has no room to talk, only deployment he has done is to Copenhagen as security for the US Embassy, and the only purple heart he earned was for stabbing himself with a knife while trying to show people a trick).

ANYWAYS, back on Topic...

If they do make a pure USMC and US Army, I want to see the CH-53 and the CH47.

And perhaps In flight Refueling aircraft? Although I don't think anyones missions last long enough to require that. Although Id be willing to make aircraft have 1/4 fuel just ot use it.

[turkeydriver 0]

OT response.  I must say that occupying taken ground poses its own set of challenges that are often taken for granted.  This is why the army missed their recruiting goal-only 93% instead of the Marines 110%.  

However hasn't history shown that both services, despite their differences and specific strengths, have been used for each others role as many times as not?

For instance, in Vietnam, weren't some marines dropped deep in country and some army units swept in from the coast?

and yes-the CH/MH-47 and CH/MH-53 with a usable heavy assault role are at the top of my list.

[Marines 0]

I'd want it to be a war that does not involve America, maybe something like OFP: Resistance was. Of course it would need new units to represent new army/armies. And a new island as good as Sahrani but with a different style to make it unique.

And a good SP campaign is a must. The ArmA one just wasn't as good as the OFP ones.

Of course ArmA needs one or two patches first, and maybe an improved campaign, before they start work on an expansion.

As an American, I fully agree. I'd like too see a new force, perhaps IFOR in the form of the UK, ADF, and or the NZDF.

[Commando84 0]

if they would make a expansion pack i would be happy but i wish they wait 6 months at least so i have money reserves again ;D

but content in a expansion pack would of course be one new island

, some new weapons and some new vehicles, the new vehicles would of course be more ships cause thats really lacking in arma and more objects for mission editors and island makers to use.

In vehicles some new bluefor and opfor vehicles would be nice but more bang for your buck is needed for the Racs or resistance side and the civilians who doesnt have shis or aircrafts i really miss the big selection ofp with ofp resistance had in civilian vehicles and units. also some changes in audio engine to have brittish english voices and maybe others in original language or with english accent some way to help addon makers so they can make bigger sized ships without the geometry limit, like it could be much more bigger so we can have big almost real life sized aircraft carriers and stuff in game. would be fun to sink one of them in multiplayer pvp game with a few well directed satchel charges after you have borded and shoot and sneaked inside the ship.

oh yeah btw the ability for addon mod makers or mission editors to add a new side next to blueforce , opfor or racs or civilian.

Ofp had 4 sides so i wonder cant arma support some more sides? could make for some intresting battles when you have to check out wich sides are allied with who

[Fred DM 0]

The island could be bigger with no problem, what do you think was terrain streaming implemented for?

oh yeah? i'm sure you don't notice any difference in performance between playing on Rahmadi and Sahrani, right?

come on, a larger area will always slow your rig down. terrain streaming is not a magical process that somehow makes huge islands have the same performance as tiny ones.

[Fred DM 0]

The size of the island has nothing to do with performance problems, unless of course you have a huge viewdistance.

ArmA uses terrain streaming, so an island 10 times the size should have about the same performance assuming that what is rendered on the screen is the same. I'm not going to explain it any more, if you do care for the details then you can search around.

i don't buy it. i can play on little Rahmadi with all settings on the max and my machine still has reserves. but on Sahrani, i gotta go down to low-mid settings to play even half-decently.

[SniperRedFox 0]

I'd like to see:

Ability to place buildings in the editor.

Ability set which buildings are pre-destroyed in the editor.

More weapons/vehicles:

M40 Sniper Rifle

SV-98 Sniper Rifle

F22 Raptor or F117

SU-47

AH-64 Apache

MI-28

Bradley Fighting Vehicle

Cluster bombs

Mortars

[xnodunitx 0]

For expansion I'd rather see more scripting abilities and whatnot, more things you can do with vehicles, not so much as in vehicles themselves. Of course it HAS to have vehicles, but not huge ammounts, more weapons would probably be a better idea.

[twisted 128]

I'll hazard to fill in what i'd like in an expansion.

NATO troops (brits/german/france, etc). with modern weapons/command structures/vehicles.

Guerillas (middle east or african) with older school weapons like g3, FAL, FNC, ak47, RPK, old PK, etc.

modern russian troops with new weapons/structure/etc and vehicles

NO US troops please, just for a change and becuase we have them in ArmA already and once the modding tools are out there'll be hundered of m4A etc.

a new island with one or two large cities.

a new SP campiagn that's based on realistic scenarios and is playable in coop

PS - very few new vehicles just the main ones (but the ones down should be very well done) and more weapons to make online play a bit more varied while still having weapon capabilities that are realistically simulated in relation to each other

[snakefang 0]

More weapons, like the MP-7 PDW, P90, british L85A1, FAMAS, ect.

More planes, F-16, F-18, F-15, F-14, along with some cargos, C-130s ect.

More helos, Apache, Hind, HUEY.

[4 IN 1 0]

an one off update that makes the game into the state it should have been, a complete Fix for most if not all the weapon and ballistic and config for it, some new features (tested) which enable more possible things in the game and add more realism would be welcome, A "REAL" CAMPAIGN

things that sounds more like a patch then a pack

[kocrachon 2]

I agree with Nato, but I dont think we need alot more aircraft. Especially not the F-14, seeing as its out of service now. Technically we should be removing the A-10 for the F-16 because the AF is phasing the A-10s out slowly and replacing them with F-16s.

As for Helicopters, I don't see why so many people want the Huey. Sure it still flies some sorties today, but they don't even account for that many actual operations to be honest.

And with all those weapons. MP-7, L85A1, P90, and FAMAS, sounds like you came from the world of BF2.

[4 IN 1 0]

basicaly all you need to wait is the tools

MP-7 : wait for an HK pack

L85A2: wait for the UK pack

FAMAS: wait for OFrP

[frederf 0]

Holy Crap. I just remembered what would be peachy fricken keen:

Rucksacks.

[Maddmatt 1]

The size of the island has nothing to do with performance problems, unless of course you have a huge viewdistance.

ArmA uses terrain streaming, so an island 10 times the size should have about the same performance assuming that what is rendered on the screen is the same. I'm not going to explain it any more, if you do care for the details then you can search around.

i don't buy it. i can play on little Rahmadi with all settings on the max and my machine still has reserves. but on Sahrani, i gotta go down to low-mid settings to play even half-decently.

Rahmadi has hardly any detail for one, and there are no distant hills and cities to render because the island is so small. The difference in detail is huge. Turn your viewdistance to a decent setting, and most of what you see is ocean.

Go to the desert on Sahrani with a low viewdistance, notice that the FPS is very high? Go to North Sahrani where there is much more detail and grass, you FPS will be lower.

Terrain streaming has nothing to do with what is being rendered on screen.

If you still don't understand, then go search and see what terrain streaming is about.

[Nemesis_wales 0]

demon ur out of order, just cos ur prob a yank an u got ur forces weapons in game, doesnt mean we dont want our, we WANT to se the good old ass kicking SA80, an some brit vehicles, y not, we pay for th egame 2, y is everything always bloody american!!!!

and the A10's r still supporting us in afghan so hope they keep them around

[KAOSInc 0]

Everything your asking for is being done at this momemt TRUST me....  

Maby not by BI, but by others...

Just keep an eye out for those

Awsome addons...

I've seen some awesome addons/Islands in OFP but the problem is that no-one uses them.

[ManDay 0]

Pave Low !

[turkeydriver 0]

I agree with Nato, but I dont think we need alot more aircraft. Especially not the F-14, seeing as its out of service now. Technically we should be removing the A-10 for the F-16 because the AF is phasing the A-10s out slowly and replacing them with F-16s.

As for Helicopters, I don't see why so many people want the Huey. Sure it still flies some sorties today, but they don't even account for that many actual operations to be honest.

And with all those weapons. MP-7, L85A1, P90, and FAMAS, sounds like you came from the world of BF2.

F-16s have been "replacing" A-10s for over 15 years now.  Yet the US just dumped a ton of money into buying new wing sets and the A-10C upgrade.  In reality, the A-10 will be around for a long while still-at least 2025.  I think an F-16 would a nice addition, as would a SU-25/39.  However, big fast aircraft that air used for air superiority have no place in the game as their battle is fought out of sight of the scope of armed assault.  A more feature-rich Harrier( GR9 anyone?), F-16, Su-25/39, or jaguar would be great-for the most part their weapons would be viable in game (AGM-65, dumb bombs, small smart bombs, and CBUs)

Also an OH-58D would be nice.

As far as the F-14-yeah it is sad its gone and shouldnt be ingame-however, one good point is that it was one of the first aircraft equppied with ROVER (albeit for its final cruise) which allowed the aircraft to send the LANTIRN image to a troops Laptop on the ground. This way the troops could talk the aircraft on to the exact position of the target (ie two windows to the left, down three floors, or three cars up in a line of traffic) The two man crew in a big fast jet that shouldnt operate below 15k feet doesnt make its incorporation realistic. If the game had realistic SA-2, SA-6, and SA-11. I would so go for it. Right now it would just be cool overkill for our side.

[Fred DM 0]

The size of the island has nothing to do with performance problems, unless of course you have a huge viewdistance.

ArmA uses terrain streaming, so an island 10 times the size should have about the same performance assuming that what is rendered on the screen is the same. I'm not going to explain it any more, if you do care for the details then you can search around.

i don't buy it. i can play on little Rahmadi with all settings on the max and my machine still has reserves. but on Sahrani, i gotta go down to low-mid settings to play even half-decently.

Rahmadi has hardly any detail for one, and there are no distant hills and cities to render because the island is so small.  The difference in detail is huge. Turn your viewdistance to a decent setting, and most of what you see is ocean.

Go to the desert on Sahrani with a low viewdistance, notice that the FPS is very high? Go to North Sahrani where there is much more detail and grass, you FPS will be lower.

Terrain streaming has nothing to do with what is being rendered on screen.

If you still don't understand, then go search and see what terrain streaming is about.

alright, i see what you mean.

but still: even in the Sahrani desert i have to turn down both details and view distance to get a decent, playable performance (P4 3.6, 2GB, X1900XT).

and what good would a larger island really do? i doubt anybody here can seriously say they've seen everything and been everywhere on Sahrani. and the campaign doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of what would be possible on Sahrani.

[Fred DM 0]

demon ur out of order, just cos ur prob a yank an u got ur forces weapons in game, doesnt mean we dont want our, we WANT to se the good old ass kicking SA80, an some brit vehicles, y not, we pay for th egame 2, y is everything always bloody american!!!!

and the A10's r still supporting us in afghan so hope they keep them around

yeah, but everyone wants "their" armed forces in the game, no matter if it makes sense or not.

when i comes down to what military most gamers would like to see and what military would make most sense in such a scenario, the US Armed Forces always win.

so now the Brits want the UK military. the french want theirs. the german theirs. etc. should BIS do all of them?