langgis08 10 Posted July 12, 2010 (edited) Playing some stuff of OA (doesn't matter if self made mission or official, so here comes no spoiling ;) ) I had the situation that the last living militia enemy has surrendered (holding his arms behind his head) ... I used the time of the non fighting to get my medic heal my squad ... after medic has healed all of my squad members I could even select in action menu to heal the surrendering militia man (what a "fair play" and contribution to rules of engagement and to Geneva Convention !) ... ok, I did so, let my medic help the poor man standing as the last one living of his group and watched what would happen now ... medic healed him, he (militia man) stood there still and nothing more did happen ... So I got this thought as a suggestion for a patch, for DLC, or for whatever that will come in the future: what about getting the option to ask a surrendering enemy to desert from his side to mine/player's side ? he wouldn't have the chance to become regular soldier of the army but he could just play as one of my AI-squad members in his outfit (for example keeping his turban, his own camo, ..., weapons he could get from us and so on ...) What do you think ? Or has this feature even already been implemented (official or by scripting for yourself) ? Edited July 12, 2010 by langgis08 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jelliz 10 Posted July 12, 2010 nothing official, but definately scriptable. But IMHO i dont think it should go as far as to join the player squad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Montanaro 0 Posted July 13, 2010 not realistic at all, but in certain scenarios for custom missions it could be neat, like in movie oriented missions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicholas 5 Posted July 13, 2010 Maybe have them join your squad and then have the option to kick from your squad. It's definitely possible, there was a zombie mission for ArmA 1 called "Quarantine", which was a multiplayer coop RPG. Throughout the infected zone, you could come up upon stranded civilians and "Rescue" them. They would join your squad and you were able to tell them to get into your vehicle. You would take them to the military base to be extracted and they would leave your group and you would get $500. http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=2509&highlight=YOMIE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ben_s 11 Posted July 13, 2010 I think the best thing you can have is the surrendered men then follow you, keeping with whatever mode your in, so you wouldn't have to command them. Then when you arrive at a outpost, or a US base or patrol or something. You can give the POW's to them. And then they are looked after. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
