MAS AH-64's look fantastic!

[GD Mast 0]

Hi Franze,

Your AH-64's for ArmA look fantastic!  Just checked out your post in the photos area.  Hopefully you'll release these at some point.  Just love those pictures, even went to your website and downloaded the AH-64's for OFP.  Even those look fantastic.  

GDMast

[FlyinBullets 0]

Whether he releases his soon, or not, we need more variety to choose from for AH-64's. (I believe the only one out right now is from map-facts?) I still don't know why one didn't come with the game, since the Apache has basically replaced the Cobra now.

[GD Mast 0]

Well...BI mixed US Army equipments/units with USMC equipments/units.  The Marine Corps still uses the AH-1Z Super Cobra and the US Army uses the AH-64 Apache.  Marine Air supports the "grunts" on the ground.  Officers wear the USMC cover on their heads, should be the Army cover or what-ever the Army calls their cover (former Marine here, we call our hats "covers".  The M-16A4 with ACOG has the red fiber optic on it.  Last time I checked, US Army uses the ACOG without the red fiber optic.  Marines use the ACOG with the red fiber optic and different reticule to reach out to 800m.  Lots of little minor/major discrepencies depending on how you look at it.  

I agree, the Apache should've been the attack helo  over the Cobra.  A-10 Warthog fits in very well.  I would've chosen the F-16 Fighting Falcon over the AV-8B Harrier.  On the other side, the Su-25 "Frogfoot" would've been a great choice for ground support for the SLA.  I would've liked to see the Mi-24 "Hind" and the Mi-28 "Havok".  I know RHS came out with the Mi-24 which I downloaded and luv.

I also agree that the all ArmA aicraft should have a better selection of ordinance loadouts.  Just my 2 cents worth.

GD Mast

[xnodunitx 0]

That depends on what you mean by "Variety". If you mean more then the US then yes that is planned for the works.

If you mean by Difference in time and "types", not country's then yes, there will most likely be-

AH-64A

AH-64A Modern

AH-64D with FCR

AH-64D without FCR

Currently loading weaponry is as it was with how he did in OFP, those of you that have used it know what I'm talking about.

And yes it is true that the AH-64 could have been a better choice, had it been mostly US Army, most of the units in Arma are US Marines, therefore having an AH-64 in place of the AH-1Z would only further de-rail the realism.

[vipermaul 246]

Yes we need Opposition variety so we can balance a good tvt mission actually even against a good AI Team.

[franze 196]

Anything you see in regards to our AH-64 should be considered a WIP and not final. The screenshots I took were to show that we are still alive and porting the helicopters over as well as other units.

I won't give a definite release date until the conversion process is complete and several changes are enacted.

[Cpt. FrostBite 0]

And yes it is true that the AH-64 could have been a better choice, had it been mostly US Army, most of the units in Arma are US Marines, therefore having an AH-64 in place of the AH-1Z would only further de-rail the realism.

Excuse me? Better check your facts again.

The US Marines don't use the M4, don't use the Stryker, don't use the blackhawk and don't use the ACU camouflage.

Every unit EXCEPT the UH1-Z is Army, so the Cobra is a very bad choise in this game. It should have been the apache. Ditching the cobra and replacing it with the apche would increase realism.

[-HUNTER- 1]

Personally I think it would have been better to change the blackhawk for the UH-1N helicopter. Because you'd have support coming from a LPD offcourse for instance. With harriers and UH1N and cobras as support.

Change the stryker into a LAV and give the soldiers the marpat camo. Then your also done! Because the stuff that the soldiers are wearing is mostly based off usmc equipment like the hat of the officers, only its in ACU camo.

The whole storyline and idea behind it, is more a marine corps mission then an army one imo. But anyway, thinking about the future, we will have all the needed addons at some point.

BUT to get back ontopic, I think this apache is waaaaay better then the old one from OFP. I was glad to have it in OFP when it was released because the model is much better, and the avionics and all the gadgets that came with the plane are much better. I also like the Koiwa together with the apache.

And about weapon loadouts, please dont do idiot layouts like 4 mavericks, or sidewinders and those strange weapons. Just stick with the most used loadout with 8 hellfires, 38 FFAR, and 1200 30mm, and possibly 4 stingers, its much better and more realistic then 4 freaking huge mavericks...

[franze 196]

Excuse me? Better check your facts again.

The US Marines don't use the M4, don't use the Stryker, don't use the blackhawk and don't use the ACU camouflage.

Every unit EXCEPT the UH1-Z is Army, so the Cobra is a very bad choise in this game. It should have been the apache. Ditching the cobra and replacing it with the apche would increase realism.

I don't know what the USMC uses in terms of individual weapons - not my area of expertise.

But I can tell you that the AH-1Z isn't the only Marine unit in the game. AV-8B is used only by the Marines; they operate M1A1 tanks; and the Stryker, while not operated by the USMC, is "strikingly" similar to the LAV.

Additionally, as I had stated in another thread, if AH-64s were not part of the original contingent (remember, in the story it's only a very small number of US Army forces on the island) then it's very unlikely to deploy them as that takes a lot of time to get them into the theatre. A amphibious assault group would likely be in the area and available quicker as opposed to the time it would take to deploy other support units.

As for manhunter's point about the UH-1, I believe it would have been better to give the RACS forces either UH-60s or UH-1s and leave the Army UH-60s out of it altogether - for the same reasons as stated above.

As for Apache, don't worry; we won't be going beyond the tried & true M261 rocket pod (with of course, 2.75in rockets and the right warheads - M229, M151, M261, M255), M299 digital launcher rack (and your choice of AGM-114A, C, K, L, and M HELLFIRE types), and of course the optional AIM-92 Stingers on the wingtips. Lastly, let's not forget the auxiliary fuel tanks!

I also hope to make a more diverse armament set like what we did with the F-18 instead of restricting loadouts to 4 basic types.

In the end, we'll see what the coming weeks bring for us!

[GD Mast 0]

Thanks Franze,

Originally I was commenting/admiring your AH-64 Apache pics (which are great btw) and was just replying to FlyinBullets' comments.  Good info too.

GD Mast

[Dark SudoNix 1]

And yes it is true that the AH-64 could have been a better choice, had it been mostly US Army, most of the units in Arma are US Marines, therefore having an AH-64 in place of the AH-1Z would only further de-rail the realism.

Excuse me? Better check your facts again.

The US Marines don't use the M4, don't use the Stryker, don't use the blackhawk and don't use the ACU camouflage.

Every unit EXCEPT the UH1-Z is Army, so the Cobra is a very bad choise in this game. It should have been the apache. Ditching the cobra and replacing it with the apche would increase realism.

the marines do use the M4!!?!! They are actually in fact, replacing my units m16's with m4's... and Staff NCOs are issued M4's... as for the acog scope. That "fiber optic" strip on top the other guy was talking about actually obsorbs sunlight and makes the chevron crosshair glow in low light conditions makingit easier to see i have tried to qual with my m4 and ill tell you from my personal experience, of firing my issued m4, that it is way less acurate than an m16... just so you know... check your facts stud... have a nice day

[Dark SudoNix 1]

and another corection just cause it annoyed me... its the Ah1z Cobra... the dual engine four bladed huey is the UH1y

[xnodunitx 0]

Whoa man, did you really have to bump such an old topic? O.o...when I first saw it again I was thinking "Wait..what what, ah crap I shouldn't have posted those screens x.x" Anyway..since we're on it I was talking about the helicopters, not what weaponry or ground vehicles are used.

[franze 196]

Closing topic - way too old.