Interesting ArmA 2 Stuff I thought I might mention

[Nicholas 5]

Some of you may know this stuff already, I'm sorry if I wasted your time, by of course forcing you to read this

UPDATED: 3/15/09

I was watching the GC videos, and if you look veeery closely at the screen, you can already notice some features that people have wanted....

Here, in this picture you can see that there are multiple islands, I'm not sure if i have the names right.  Also, you can see that there are two versions of Chernarus.  A Regular PC one, then an "(XBox)" Version.  

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<s>And in this one, it seems that you can perhaps choose who who want to be on the Blufor/Opfor/Independent side.  So you could have the USMC as Opfor if you wish.</s>

Sorry guys, after doing more research, the factions are already chosen for the sides .   I found it in a different ArmA II video.    So For Blufor would be like USMC and whoever else.

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You can reload while walking, and running, but not when sprinting.

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Info and Description of codes, very simple and looks nice.

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There is a nice new command interface that is user friendly and more organized, it is also context sensitive.  Which means, when the command menu is open, and you roll your cursor over a soldier, it will change to specific options for that unit.

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ArmA II also seems to be able to support ALL TrackIR 4 head movements.  (Thanks DiabloTerror for info)

They Include-

Yaw (Look Left/Right)

Pitch (Look Up/Down)

Roll (Tilt Head Left/Right)

X (Lean Left/Right)

Y (Move Up/Down)

Z (Zoom In/Out)

http://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir/03-enhanced-games/game-arma-2.html

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Keep watching this thread, I may be perhaps be posting some more goodies if I find anymore.

UPDATED: 3/15/09

[walker 0]

Hi all

Well spotted Rick_James5591!

Kind Regards walker

[Nicholas 5]

Yes, this is all i could find. (For now)

[BLSmith2112 0]

Ya'harr! Good find sir!

Rahmadi? Hows about desert island 2009 instead

[Scrub 0]

Chernarus (XBox)? Some people will be very excited about this (not that it means anything, it's very easy to hit the delete key on a feature that's TBD)

Good eye!

[BLSmith2112 0]

Tell you what, if the command menu is on the left like it is here:

I will absolutely freak out. 6-8 Years of it being on right, suddenly on the left.. Ahhh!!!  

[Deadfast 43]

^ That doesn't look like the command menu we are used to - seems more like some kind of a quick one (possibly favorite actions?).

BTW, the second island from the bottom is "Utes".

[sk3pt 0]

I will absolutely freak out. 6-8 Years of it being on right, suddenly on the left.. Ahhh!!!

I think you will get used to it in 5 minutes.

I like it.

[paragraphic l 2]

Nice but one thing I think different about is the Side + Faction feature... I guess you select Side and then get the Factions available for that side. I don't think you can select the faction and then choose to which side it belongs.

And Rahmadi was in one of the first videos to show how much detail is added in ArmA II I'm not sure if it will stay in the released game, although it would be nice just to have as sort of demo to check FPS and other new features, just to compare it against Armed Assault

[kavoven 4]

^ That doesn't look like the command menu we are used to - seems more like some kind of a quick one (possibly favorite actions?).

I would guess that, too

[dentist guba 0]

i guess the XBox chernarus (if that is what it says) is the same but with maybe lower res textures and maybe less polys.

maybe that being there hints that they have been working on the xbox version alongside pc.

[Maio 293]

The reload and walk has been confirmed . I cant remember where though

[ricbar89 0]

i guess the XBox chernarus (if that is what it says) is the same but with maybe lower res textures and maybe less polys.

maybe that being there hints that they have been working on the xbox version alongside pc.

Hopefully, with E:TW and ARMA2 now looking so good may get a new PC anyway, but it would be nice to have it on the Xbox, i would certainly pick it up.

This should also put rest to the 360 or PS3 version speculation, we now know which one, unsurprisingly it the 360.

[4 IN 1 0]

The reload and walk has been confirmed . I cant remember where though

the same video from GC08

[Maio 293]

The reload and walk has been confirmed . I cant remember where though

the same video from GC08

Lol . What the hell

[dentist guba 0]

that quick menu is context sensitive - i guess it will change when there is, say, a vehicle under the cursor.

[Nicholas 5]

Quote[/b] ]Chernarus (XBox)? Some people will be very excited about this (not that it means anything, it's very easy to hit the delete key on a feature that's TBD)

I found a bit higher quality one and it DOES say XBox on it.

Quote[/b] ]Tell you what, if the command menu is on the left like it is here:

Yes there is a new QUICK command menu also, it's a bit less complicated and more user friendly and "Organized"

[BLSmith2112 0]

Quote[/b] ]Chernarus (XBox)?    Some people will be very excited about this (not that it means anything, it's very easy to hit the delete key on a feature that's TBD)

I found a bit higher quality one and it DOES say XBox on it.

Quote[/b] ]Tell you what, if the command menu is on the left like it is here:

Yes there is a new QUICK command menu also, it's a bit less complicated and more user friendly and "Organized"

Interesting. Is that said somewheres in those GC videos? I'd like to see/hear it. Has anyone actually seen the real radio then?

[Nicholas 5]

Sure, Victor, let me find the video of the radio really quick

Here it is

At 4:35, you can hear Maruk say there is a new command interface.(That is Maruk isn't it?)

Also at 6:19, you can see that it IS context sensitive, when he moves the cursor over the soldier, it changes.

[Alex72 1]

Isnt this that menu for the devs? Wich they could slow down speed with etc. Like some debug console.

Hope it is some kind of command-info thingy though. That explains the function and a short syntax in wich it would work. hehe

/Alex

[Nicholas 5]

No, THIS is the Developer Debug center.

The picture i posted is a thing in the editor where it shows information about hte code, such as.

hintCadet "TEXT HERE"

Would probably say something like -

"hintCadet is a code that will make a text box appear in the upper left corner"

[Alex72 1]

Ah gotcha. yeah thats how the console looked like heh. Some time since i saw it.

Alex

[Nicholas 5]

It also seems that ArmA will now support all head movements, including roll!!!  HOpefully Roll will be included, because in ArmA, even though there is no roll, i still tilt my head while im flying lol.

They Include-

Yaw (Look Left/Right)

Pitch (Look Up/Down)

Roll (Tilt Head Left/Right)

X (Lean Left/Right)

Y (Move Up/Down)

Z (Zoom In/Out)

http://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir/03-enhanced-games/game-arma-2.html

Added more things to the thread.

[BLSmith2112 0]

Sure, Victor, let me find the video of the radio really quick

Thank ya.

This is putting me off a bit.. I don't get the point of all of the circles in the center of everything, imo it takes a lot of the immersion out.

Unless thats what the old "[ ]" used to be.

[Raphier 0]

^ That doesn't look like the command menu we are used to - seems more like some kind of a quick one (possibly favorite actions?).

BTW, the second island from the bottom is "Utes".

obvious actions. So it works faster...