Some questions about ArmA 2

[Rautatie 10]

I am planning to buy ArmA 2 in a few days, but before I do that, I want to some questions answered

1) Are there invisible walls at the ends of the gameplay area? How does the game stop me from going over the game area limits?

2) Are the streetsigns written in cyrillic or latin alphabet, and is it possible to get lost?

3) This is the most important question of all.

I really don't enjoy playing missions. When I buy the game, I just want to take a car or a bike and travel around the countryside without getting shot, and maybe spawn a helicopter or a plane and fly around a bit. Is this possible? Or do I have to play missions all the time? Is there a mod that could remove all enemies? And can I just spawn a helicopter/plane/car with cheats?

If you answer, thanks in advance. ;)

[jakerod 254]

I am planning to buy ArmA 2 in a few days, but before I do that, I want to some questions answered

1) Are there invisible walls at the ends of the gameplay area? How does the game stop me from going over the game area limits?

2) Are the streetsigns written in cyrillic or latin alphabet, and is it possible to get lost?

3) This is the most important question of all.

I really don't enjoy playing missions. When I buy the game, I just want to take a car or a bike and travel around the countryside without getting shot, and maybe spawn a helicopter or a plane and fly around a bit. Is this possible? Or do I have to play missions all the time? Is there a mod that could remove all enemies? And can I just spawn a helicopter/plane/car with cheats?

If you answer, thanks in advance. ;)

1.) Nope, it doesn't limit you, you can just keep walking, driving, flying, swimming, etc.

2.) I don't remember on this one I don't use them too often.

3.) I don't know if you can just spawn a car in the missions that come with the game, unless you open them up and edit them but you can edit your own missions and just throw in a car or a helicopter or whatever. That is one of the best features of the game. Pretty much if you can think it, there is a way to do it in this game.

[Deadfast 43]

1) Are there invisible walls at the ends of the gameplay area? How does the game stop me from going over the game area limits?

There is an algorithm that renders infinite terrain (which is not really interesting though as there are no objects or trees on it).

2) Are the streetsigns written in cyrillic or latin alphabet, and is it possible to get lost?

They are written in Cyrillic and if you don't have a map it is possible to get lost :)

3) This is the most important question of all.

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There is a very powerful but simple to use editor that comes with the game (Singleplayer > Editor).

You can do almost everything you want with it, including placing yourself a car to just drive around.

[Rautatie 10]

1.) Nope, it doesn't limit you, you can just keep walking, driving, flying, swimming, etc.

2.) I don't remember on this one I don't use them too often.

3.) I don't know if you can just spawn a car in the missions that come with the game, unless you open them up and edit them but you can edit your own missions and just throw in a car or a helicopter or whatever. That is one of the best features of the game. Pretty much if you can think it, there is a way to do it in this game.

Thank you very much. I think I'll buy this game and then just create a mission with no enemies and huge loads of planes and other cool stuff. :)

Oh.. And I appreciate if someone could take a few snapshots from the city/direction signs from this game. Don't ask why, I think they are just interesting :D

---------- Post added at 05:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:30 PM ----------

I apologize the double post, but I was thinking that is it possible to organize bombings (like in Mercenaries 2). Like, you could choose a target and a plane drops a bomb to that target. Is that possible? And.. Few minutes ago, I saw a YouTube video of about 50 C-130's crashing. Was that created with mission editor, was it part of a mission or was it created in multiplayer?

Here is the link to the video:

[jw custom 56]

Don't ask why, I think they are just interesting :D

Not in a sexual way i hope :D

[Rautatie 10]

Not in a sexual way i hope :D

Well, actually...

Lol no, i'm just interested about public transportation, traffic, and stuff like that. Btw, I noticed that there are railroads in this game. But are there any trains?

[jw custom 56]

Btw, I noticed that there are railroads in this game. But are there any trains?

There's some trains in the editor but if they can drive on the rails i doubt.

[telejunky 0]

There are train models in game, but they can't drive :( It is an engine limitation. But in the editor you can place everything(!) and just drive around enjoying the beautiful nature of chernarus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lypu9uddQ8M

[Rautatie 10]

There are train models in game, but they can't drive :( It is an engine limitation. But in the editor you can place everything(!) and just drive around enjoying the beautiful nature of chernarus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lypu9uddQ8M

Ok, thanks. Chernarus really looks beautiful. :3

Btw, have you guys played ArmA 2 so much that you don't get lost even though you don't have a map?

Edited August 22, 2009 by Rautatie

[Hedo 10]

Some screenshots for you:

http://img522.imageshack.us/i/arma22009082217211321.png/ - Chernogorsk

http://img22.imageshack.us/i/arma22009082217242326.png/ - the beginning of infinity (yes, you can go there)

http://img22.imageshack.us/i/arma22009082217273771.png/

http://img3.imageshack.us/i/arma22009082217284035.png/

I can take some more screenshots if you want.

[W0lle 1052]

Ok, thanks. Chernarus really looks beautiful. :3

Btw, have you guys played ArmA 2 so much that you don't get lost even though you don't have a map?

I still get lost most of the time, some areas look familiar when I come to them but especially when driving around I always end up somewhere far away from my intented destination. :)

[Tinker 10]

In vehicles I tend to plot out the route on map with small colored icons then drive with the gps up. Remove markers once at destination. Works just as good on foot.

[Rautatie 10]

Some screenshots for you:

http://img522.imageshack.us/i/arma22009082217211321.png/ - Chernogorsk

http://img22.imageshack.us/i/arma22009082217242326.png/ - the beginning of infinity (yes, you can go there)

http://img22.imageshack.us/i/arma22009082217273771.png/

http://img3.imageshack.us/i/arma22009082217284035.png/

I can take some more screenshots if you want.

Thanks a lot! I'd appreciate if you could take pictures of those big blue direction signs at intersections, a sign indicating the distance to the nearest city and city sign of Elektrozavodsk.

Btw, ArmA 2 community seems really nice. At some game forums, some people just say ''GTFO NOOB'', but here, people have kindly answered my questions and given me snapshots I asked. I am downloading this game right now, but because of my slow internet connection, I'll be able to play it on sunday evening. Can't wait..

[Hedo 10]

http://img30.imageshack.us/i/arma22009082218080598.png/ Elektrozavodsk

http://img5.imageshack.us/i/arma22009082218093515.png/ Elektrozavodsk sculpture

http://img30.imageshack.us/i/arma22009082218112714.png/ the big small blue sign

http://img30.imageshack.us/i/arma22009082218162975.png/ biggest city Chernogorsk from air

[Rautatie 10]

http://img30.imageshack.us/i/arma22009082218080598.png/ Elektrozavodsk

http://img5.imageshack.us/i/arma22009082218093515.png/ Elektrozavodsk sculpture

http://img30.imageshack.us/i/arma22009082218112714.png/ the big small blue sign

http://img30.imageshack.us/i/arma22009082218162975.png/ biggest city Chernogorsk from air

Thanks! I noticed an error in that blue sign. It says ''MCTA 3'', but shouldn't it read ''MYCTA''? I don't know a lot about cyrillic alphabet, but I do know that it's spelled incorrectly.

[W0lle 1052]

Thy cyrillic signs are not 100% cyrillic, IIRC it's more a mix of cyrillic and czech.

As for the nice community, well you will find such people as mentioned here too every here and then. ;)

[Rautatie 10]

Thy cyrillic signs are not 100% cyrillic, IIRC it's more a mix of cyrillic and czech.

As for the nice community, well you will find such people as mentioned here too every here and then. ;)

I see.. Does that mean ''Chernorussian = Czech written with cyrillic alphabet''?

And it's nice that I haven't encontered that kind of people yet, and I hope I never will ;)

[Bulldogs 10]

Yep. Chernorussian's speak Czech and I believe they write in Czech Cyrillic blend

[Rautatie 10]

Yep. Chernorussian's speak Czech and I believe they write in Czech Cyrillic blend

That's pretty weird. I thought Chernorussian would be gibberish based on russian :D

But i'm going to watch a movie now, so bye! If someone still wants to post pictures for me, I'll apperciate it. BYEE! :)

[ProfTournesol 956]

As for the nice community, well you will find such people as mentioned here too every here and then. ;)

We're kind of Dr Jekyll :icon_hug: and Mr Hyde

[Killerwatt 0]

Thank you very much. I think I'll buy this game and then just create a mission with no enemies and huge loads of planes and other cool stuff. :)

Hi and welcome to ArmAII. When you create your mission, just drop in the ambient civilians module, ambient civilian vehicles module and the ambient animals module to bring your world to life. You place these modules by using the F7 key in the editor and can just drop them anywhere on the map. No need to synch them to other units. Then just have fun driving or flying around exploring and seeing some Chernarussian life.

[Rautatie 10]

Hi and welcome to ArmAII. When you create your mission, just drop in the ambient civilians module, ambient civilian vehicles module and the ambient animals module to bring your world to life. You place these modules by using the F7 key in the editor and can just drop them anywhere on the map. No need to synch them to other units. Then just have fun driving or flying around exploring and seeing some Chernarussian life.

I see.. But how many modules do I have to drop to make the entire Chernarus come to life? Is one enough or do I have to place them like, every 500 meters? :eek:

[dmakatra 1]

One is enough.