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There's a thread about that game in the off-topic board already. I personally think it looks like a great upcoming game, but find it hard to believe that they'll fit everything they've promised in there. So take the hype with a pinch of salt.

It's not gold, more like platinum!

Oh.. there is more ways how to do it. Copy paste and erease unwanted parts with smoothed Ereaser Tool is the easiest one. Never erase parts, use a layer mask and a big soft black brush Then use match color or hue/saturation to re-colour your face so it blends with the rest of the template. something like this, a quicky Is there a tutorial somewhere on the net for that sort of fairly advanced Photoshopping? That's the sort of stuff that's useful, and still every Photoshopping-tutorial I know of is just full of pointless tricks I'll never use. I know this is OT, but any links to tutes including stuff like layer masks, alpha layers and all that sort of fancy stuff that I've never been able to learn by myself would be much appreciated.

The reason why OFPers hate BF2 is because BF2 is mainstream crap, while OFPers are in the "sofisticated" minority of today's gamers. Our game is more "delicate" than games like BF2, CS or WoW. Therefor we act in an elitistic fashion. It could be compared to art-people. Just because they like to take on black clothes and walk in art galleries they believe that they are much more important than everyone else because they can feel the essence of the meaning of the art or whatever. I'm not saying everyone that likes art is like this (just like not everyone that likes OFP is flaming BF2ers) but there are a few, and you've probably met at least one of them. It could also be compared to a schoolyard. Older students feel themselves as more mature, more important and generally better than younger students - that is why they pick on them. It's also a way of boasting themselves and show their worth in front of others. So all in all, it's just a matter of showing how big your cock is. I play a more sofisticated game than you, therefor my cock is larger. And I can't stand anyone that can't feel the essence of the textures of the games or whatever. So simply put, we're elitistic arses.

I thought everyone knew about Guy Fawkes night. Thought it was as famous as the yanks' Thanksgiving. Well, at least we now know one Swede that knows about it.

I'd think it's unlikely as very few (even very few corridor-FPS' games do this today.

Hell, I'm still using a vanilla Logitech-mouse from 00/01 or something. It's not even optical, and has two buttons and a buttonable (?) mousewheel. If I can avoid it, I'll never change to an optical mouse. They are so... slippery.

The SP demo should be something like the original Ambush-demo, only adapted to ArmA (increased number of units, etc.) because the Ambush mission still represents the core gameplay in OFP/ArmA. The MP demo should be a very limited CTI, because I believe CTI will attract a lot of people that otherwise wouldn't even look at OFP.

Hey Placebo, do you know if any of the artists are single?

Uh... The game is released in 4 weeks. I don't think they are going to change the animations. In fact, I bloody well HOPE they aren't going to change the animations 'cause they are probably up to their arses in bug-fixing which is much more important.

Should be used a lot more though. It's a great forgotten lil' command. Too bad I'm not an addon maker.

OFP perhaps?

I really like this pic. In real life, the brush (bushes+tall grass) really does get that thick, just in my hometown too. Who knows how it could get in a tropical environment. This is the first game I've seen that actually has such realistically thick brush! It needs som shades though. Right now you can't tell what angle the shot is coming from. Might be because it's a still though.

Not to mention you're drawing some serious attention to you, something you DON'T want when you are on the move. Never draw fire; it irritates everyone around you.

2 kilometres? Wouldn't that lag like crazy?

TBH, I think it was kind of meaningless (in lack of a better word). Nothing happened really. It seemed to be segments of "cool teamwork" that was loosely edited together, although there were no connection between the "scenes". I didn't see why the teamwork was anything in particular, either. Although, I may not be the fairest of critics. After all, I'm a Flashpointer. I don't think I really understand BF2, nor the BF2-machinima. I must be the only one in the world that don't find Mine particularly (some segments are though) funny. I suspect you might get som more "professional" critics on a BF2-forum.

Well, I personally don't like respawn games. I hate them. 5-minute rounds like in CS or certain Call of Duty-game modes are my threshold. But I did try out the BF2142-demo, just to see if my old rig was still being able to play games on reasonable settings. I'm not happy with the game. I think it's too chaotic and too fast-paced - just like every other respawn game. But if you look beyond that, it is quite good for being a respawn game. Sometimes when you air-cav between the control points with the rest of your squad is actually quite intense and immersive. But then you get blowed up by some guy respawning behind your back. I did like BF2 a bit more though, which I also tested (coincidence actually, I usually don't test these games 'cause I always hate them). I found it more balanced and more... "logical". It also seemed a little more realistic. Being infantry in BF1942 and BF2 were actually rewarding if you knew how to play. In 2142 infantry mostly feels like the last solution if you don't have anything else to choose from.

That's a very good news IMO. I think i haven't heard from that feature before. Uh. That's already in OFP. It sure doesn't felted like that. If it was in OFP i sure hope they improved it a lot. Well, that's 'cause you are the player and since you are better (read: kill more Russians) than everyone else you also pose as a greater threat. Try to just hang on to the squad and only fire a round or two and you'll notice that you are NOT prioritized. It's logically really. Who would you target, the dude that is firing away his G36 and killing everyone around you or the dude that is having problem navigating in close quaters? The bigger the threat = the higher the priority. Simple.

That's a very good news IMO. I think i haven't heard from that feature before. Uh. That's already in OFP.

Well, I want the option to be able to throw sticks at people. You never know, it might hit 'em in the eye! Seriously, it's a feature that'll never get used. Ever, ever, ever. It wasn't used in OFP and won't be used in ArmA. I remember one of the first things I taught my Project Flashpointers: If you run and gun you might as well turn your rifle around and blow your belly out 'cause it's about as effective.

An single-player demo and an multiplayer demo are planned and will most likely be released prior to the full game going on sale. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=147280 Bloody nice screenshots in that article as well.

It's new for me.

I can't believe we're actually wasting time on discussing this. So what? You aren't gonna hit shite anyway. All I know is if I were NOT assaulting something (which would be 99% of the time I'd use the sprint button) I'd rather run with my rifle steady in my hand than for it to flacker around. But it's a silly topic anyway. Do we have nothing better to discuss? It's like the trigger-finger animation all over again. Why is there no thread (on the first page) about AI, viewdistance, vehicle-handling and things that actually matter?

His test-version was the E3-one, which I think we all agree weren't that impressive compared to the GC-one. But let's not stray too off-topic.

Quote from Swedish PC Gamer's Forums. Posted by one of the PCG-employees. Translated by me. I'm a huge OFP-fan. SWRace FTW! However, I'm a little bit sceptical towards Armed Assault. The preview that I've played wasn't as good as I'd hoped for, but it might only be because optimizations [No idea what he means by this]. Hjalmarsson [Another writer] is also a real OFP-fan. I've asked BIA:s [sic] PR-firm about Star force and this is the answer that I've recieved: [end translation by me] EDIT: Oh, it's apparently not just for Sweden. Bummer. Or, I mean, yay!