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This is just too much to even begin discussion about. Maybe when you die you get answers to all these questions. That would be great fun for a while actually...

Yup, that was the one, thanks Itchy

I use the super-ai mode and veteran difficulty. I haven´t yet have the guts to turn off the crosshair, I have explained this to myself by the fact that with a modern assault rifle you can hit a target by firing from the hip. And in real life you have pretty good idea of the direction your gun is pointing which is not the case (yet) in pc games because of the not so 3d screens. I was pretty complicated there, hope you know what I mean. I play airsoft and that learns you to fire accurately from difficult positions, though aeg and real gun are not necessarily so comparable. And hey Albert Schweizer, do you remember when you posted a link to voice command program for OFP few months ago? I tried to search that one, but I didn´t find it. If any of you recalls, I would appreciate the link (for those runtime libraries too)

Hi-caps are bad. I used to play with FA-MAS SV, and I only had 2 regular mags for it, so eventually I allways had to click in the hi-cap. In most AEGs Hi-cap mags get stuck easily, you have to screw the ammo feed rotor (don´t know what its really called) in order to keep your gun firing, and at last the hi-cap is noisy as hell. Try to run quietly with half empty hi-cap and you´ll get it. Furthermore, hi-cap users tend to just go prone at nearest firing position and fire continuously at the general direction of the enemy. That really lowers the realism-rate. Airsoft is for fast-paced realistic action, or at least should be. Otherwise FA-MAS is not a bad gun. It is light, has too much abs-plastic and too little metal, and it makes squeaking noises when you handle it. X) 1100 rnds per minute is the reason why I used it for almost a year. With Beita Spetznaz comes 250 round hi-cap, (looks like Dragunov mag.) but I have rarely used it, since I bought a shitload of regular mags along with it.

If you want an airsoft pistol, then Gas BlowBack model is the only option. It works fine if you keep it clean, which can be hard though. I play with AK B-spetznaz AEG(Tokyo Marui) and M9 Tactical GBB(Kuan Ju Works). Airsoft is very popular sport in Finland, we organized a scenario game last summer that had almost 200 players.

I don´t see why that island would be located between Sweden and Finland. No warzone there... except if all the of rest of Finland has already been conquered. Some island in lake Saimaa or Laatokka (in Russia near Finlands border) would make more sense. And ofcourse we´ll be using finnish units against russians, the swedish are of no match to us X)

Try Sniper or The Way of the gun for starters.

One thing that bugs me a bit is that when you have say 50 different addons it makes your unit list in the editor really long. And since almost all addons are about one weapon or vehicle it gets really messy. Soon you don´t even know which addon you are using, like with the Hueys or g3a3 rifles (two by lost brothers plus the resistance version, are they all the same file?) Ideal configuration would be releasing of complete army packs which are correctly grouped, realistic and FINISHED) Not pre-alpha test version 0.2c-which-gets-updated-every-day. I guess this just requires too much work for a simple fan to do. I would even pay some money for BIS-quality army packs...

They seem quite flat, though... Could be because of the too colourfull textures.

Someone smart enough could also edit the HMGs so that they could be operated from prone position. It is very easy to kill the fool with the M2 because he just stands behind the gun with no actual cover from fire. Just making the tripod about 1 meter shorter and editing the mount position a bit would do it. Sounds easy...

That looks like Fa-Mas SV. I thought the f2 uses M16 compatible mags? It´s nice, hope the ROF is 1100 rnds/m like in real life.

Realistic Us-soldiers from Vietnam era would also have definitive shellshock and heroine addiction

There is something oddly familiar with this... Ever heard of Titanic... or seen Babylon 5

It looks like it´s from robocop or something. That shiny bright chrome finish or (too)sharp textures must to it. Heh, the first negative post about it... I´m a real party pooper.

Then again one could also question any Taleban casualties... Well, not really, all that hi-tech gear Americans have will certainly get them some hits. (Just that it´s hard to tell between women, children and guerillas when you look at them through some aircraft targeting system...);) By the way it´s interesting how media uses terms "terrorist" and "guerilla", anyone here know the difference between them?

I have found these "We need an (insert any weapon)" - threads very futile. Other thing that gets to me is these ten pages long arguements about wich is the best gun. Of course, none of those arguing have ever actually used these guns, (Barret .50...) but since they have seen it on tv or read some Tom Clancy book about it they feel very solid about themselves. Then there are some members in this forum who have major difficulties in typing... Counting typos is great phun. My english ain´t so special either since I speak finnish. ...Yes and then there are few "True Patriot Americans" They usually go a bit out of the line with their narcism. Don´t know are they joking but they make themselves look quite moron. No offence.

Damn that Garand looks obsolete! I wonder did they look as worn out when they were brand new. Well, it´s not supposed to be piece of art for it´s a tool.

...some pictures of them would be good. Vaikka pitää ne silti hakea, kun ne on luultavasti parhaat (ja ainoat) suomalaiset yksiköt tässä vaiheessa...

All these addons won´t do any good if we can only use them in SP-mode. (yes, they are nice toys) I think the first priority should be to improve the multiplayer mode so that it would be something better than just 8 vs 8 CTF. Have you played Starsiege: Tribes? 128 players, both sides have their own Commanders... That´s something that a game like Flashpoint deserves.

Nice model, but Finns used mostly old German tanks like Sturm and such. Most of finnish soldiers never even saw friendly tanks in the whole war =)... Well, it´s just a game, so do what you like.

I still don´t see what good would a pistol do for the game. Of course everyone knows US military uses M9 for service pistol, but is it really issued to every officer or just for those who work indoors and don´t want to carry their M16A2´s around the whole day... Pistols just are too inaccurate and weak. Mostly because their short barrel and short calibers. I have tried some pistols, mostly 9mm, and it is quite a challenge to hit anything that is 30 meters away with them. ...and only amateurs run out of ammo with their rifle...

Or China attacking to SW Asia, and NATO, EU and Russia interfering... China has greatly increased their military budget, it could happen any day now...

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">: PCG_DANIEL Feb-21 10:40 pm To: SH3LL_SH0CK (2 of 6) 1499.2 in reply to 1499.1 We're just poking a little good-natured fun at the hardcore "realism lawyers" who wrote us to denounce Ghost Recon as being inferior to Operation Flashpoint. Obviously tastes will diverge, but I've consistently noticed that Op:Flash fans can't take a joke. So in true PCG fashion, I'll continue to make fun of the realism lawyers<span id='postcolor'> One could jump to a conclusion that this whole award is a joke. GR uses a game engine which is not suited for outside missions. I mean, Red Storm has used almost the same engine since Rainbow Six. It is obsolete. GR is not total crap, but it is soulless and wrong to compare it with OFP. OFP gives a neutral (and therefore more realistic) view of theoretical war between USA and Russia. This is something none of the "milsims" that I have played before (DF 1-3, Tom Clancy games,...) have succeeded.

I was just going to say that... There is another "bug" with m16a2 or in this case xm177e2. First get yourself an xm then find some rifle grenades (mortars) when you load your mortar into xm barrel the whole weapon changes to m16a2. Instantly after firing the grenade it changes back to xm... Looks a bit funny. It might be fixed already though haven´t checked this with 1.30 patch...

I think that the skill level matters in the game, and not only in the soldiers accuracy or use of bullets, but also in their moral. This can be easily tested with for example a NATO mechanized infantry squad. If you don´t change the skill values (especially the officers), they will abort their attack as soon as the M113 gets destroyed... And if the skill setting is full, they will advance at all costs.