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To quote an afro-american who is now in dire need of support "Yes we can". Try HeinBloed's GDT HDR mod. It works wonders at reducing (not eliminating) HDR to the level that best suits you.

Is it true that the latest version (v1.3?) is only compatible with OA? Or is it just for certain details like the Diemaco? If so, is the latest A2 version v1.2?

I reassure your English is fine, so far ;) That resolution seems OK to me. Thanks for the remark about the broken link for the GDT Grass Mod. I've now fixed the link. Please try all my recommendations. I have spent many hours testing them and others too. It shouldn't take you more than 15-30 minutes. Trust me mods CAN increase your framerate, e.g. trimming the grass helps reduce the workload on your CPU. Good advice from Avoidable. Let us know how you get on.

@maltro: Your video card and RAM seem fine but your CPU isn't that fast (2.4GHz). So to compensate, have you tried following these tips? Also what resolution are you playing in?

Hi I'm stuck with ACE 1.3 cause I don't have OA. I really like it but I'd like to know which features it includes (I feel I've barely scratched the surface). I had a look here: http://ace.dev-heaven.net/wagn/Features But it seems to include all ACE features, i.e. including those from the latest version of ACE (v1.5?). So is there any way to filter out ACE 1.5 features so that I only see ACE2 1.3 features? Sorry for posting this here but I couldn't find the ACE2 1.3 thread.

Gunter: been looking at your mod in much greater detail so I was wondering what's the performance overhead of the HARP mod?

@Mondkalb: really looking forward to this. Brings back great memories of Pteranadon's Vietcong. BTW couldn't help noticing that your Q6600 at 2.4 GHz is kinda slow, prolly bottle-necking your 4870. So maybe you wanna try pushing her slightly. Most Q6600 can easily hit 2.6-2.8 on air, 3.0 if you're lucky. An extra 20-30% doesn't sound like much, but trust me, it makes an enormous difference. Especially with A2. @Daniel: "frogs" that's no way to speak about the old colonial masters. Typical Roast Beef ;)

@firstrecon : I'd agree with BlackMamba that you need to upgrade your CPU. However I'd avoid high-speed (3+ GHz) quad cores and suggest instead a high-speed dual core as you get more "bang for your buck", i.e. they're cheaper and almost as good, e.g. Athlon II X2 265 for £60. After that you can try overclocking it (squeeze an extra 10-30%). With the money saved I'd also replace your GeForce 9200 with a recent mid-range graphics card, e.g. Radeon 6850 for £150 On the whole I'd say you should replace your graphics card first because: a. GeForce 9200 is fairly weak b. your CPU is fairly strong c. it's easier to change a graphics card that a CPU However, I'm concerned that your PC is a laptop. If so, all these hardware upgrades are pointless due to the closed nature of laptop computers. In which case your only hope is to fine tune your computer's software using such tweaks.

Thanksf for that, guess I'll have to skip this one. To be fair it was hidden behind the spoiler button. Seems strange to hide such essential info like that. Hardly what I'd call a spoiler...

Are you referring to the latest beta patch for OA? Or the latest beta for A2? Really looking forward to try this!

I quite agree. The reason that most people game is because its interesting and, heaven forbid, fun. One of the best ways to grab someone' interest is to get them to relate. Relating to characters that act like robots unlikely (unless of course you're in a Spielberg film were all Wehrmacht are Nazis and therefore evil). Prolly the best example is Arma's awful voice acting. Pretty much everyone I've shown A2 is dead impressed (graphics, sound, AI, open world, etc.). That is until the characters start speaking. Then the disbelief isn't suspended, its reinforced! Those who believe that war zones are simply divided into 2 clear-cut sides of emotionless automatons are being very unrealistic. Now, more than ever, wars are being fought in areas where civilians continue to live and work. Their reactions and those of the combatants are often under appreciated by those who simply count kills and wounded. In many cases the greatest casualties are not the physical injuries but the mental afflictions. Recent studies estimate PTSD levels in veterans running at 20-30%. Compare that with 3-10% physically injured and 0.5-1.5% killed. You only have to look at the success of the Call of Duty tv series on platoon in Nam or Band of Brothers or the most recent effort, War in the Pacific, to see the importance of soldier's characters, their reactions and emotional development. Personally I think its a lofty but admirable goal. So I fully support any efforts in this direction. Way more than saw another 6 dozen more weapons/vehicles or whizz bang eye candy. Or maybe I'm just an 'ol git :-D

Perhaps a redundant question but is this replacement pack compatible with v1 of RH's M4/M16 pack? The reason is that I initially downloaded and installed RH's latest version (v1.1) but it requires OA which I don't have.

Not sure if 2 months counts as necromancy but... I've searched this thread but didn't see a reply. Anyone?

I'm also gutted for you because I also have a 4890 and I can run the game at 1920*1200 without any significant slow-downs (30-40 fps). The difference is that I've overclocked my E8400 from 3 to 3.9 GHz and I run a few mods that actually increase performance (see my above post). Not to mention all the tweaks I described in my earlier post. You might also want to try ATi's 10.4 Catalyst drivers.

Günter : any reason why VFAI is included if you've now added Robalo's ASR AI Rearm mod?

Hi guys, Sounds like you've got pretty decent rigs so you shouldn't be suffering such enormous slow-downs. So have you tried any of these tweaks? If not, let us know what mileage (if any) they offer. Hope that helps, C.

I wholeheartedly agree with the others - environmental sound effects are the poor step child in gaming. So many gamers seem to be hypnotised by graphics. I'm stoked when I hear good sounds. For me its just as vital in the suspension of disbelief. I've spent hours searching for such sfx for table gaming. I really appreciate how hard it is to find good quality recordings. I even tried recording my own effects at one stage :j: Kudos to investing in such an inglorious aspect!

Win7 64 rocks mate. I don't see any reason to stick with WinXP-64.

Or go to an internet cafe, download it and copy it onto a USB drive?

Sorry to hear your pain. A2 has indeed come some way but don't expect any miracles ;-) Seriously, that's a very nice rig you have there, so you should definitely be getting smoother frameates . Although I'm sceptical about 10k view distances AND smooth framerates. Have you tried these tweaks?

@Cole: what I meant was: a. can I dump all the files (RH's SMG pack and your replacement) into the same folder? b. don't I have to remove the original cfg file for it to be replaced by yours? Thanks for the quick reply and I hope you soon find more time for A2.

@sagitarius: I think your suggestions are excellent except that specialists (snipers, heavy gunners, etc) should ideally grab appropriate weapons (rifles, machine guns, etc) but if they can't then they should take whatever weapons they find (assault rifles, pistols, etc). What do you think?

Excellent news. I play with a group who are too lazy to install mods :j: So any mission that has no requirements is a big plus. I 've just downloaded your mission and look forward to testing it over the next 10 days. BTW will you be updating your "Into the hills - Panthera" mission to have WICT embedded?

Sorry if this is a dumb question but is the 2.1 Missile box the spiritual successor to the Aerial Weapons Replacement Pack?

@Laertes: thanks for such a quick reply! So does that mean I can have several replacement mods in the same folder? - RH's Pistols mod - RH's AK mod - RH's SMG mod - RH's M4/M16 mod - Deadfast's Pistols replacement config - Deadfast's AK replacement config - Deadfast's SMG replacement config - Cole's M4/M16 replacement config