girlyman

again, i'm sorry if this has been covered but i've been away from this game a long time, but isn't all these addons fracturing the online community? instead of everyone having the same access (other than the password ones) to the same servers, the result of the addons is u have a few ppl here and a few ppl there. u don't end up with a critical mass of players who used to duke it out in tanks, helos, or on foot night after night. true, ofp watch (thanks for tip, btw,) in theory, will allow everyone access to all the servers, but in reality, with some addons nearing 1 gig!!!, ur effectively locking out some players who just don't want the hastle. there's not the freedom of sampling different servers to find ones that suit ur style or w/o the immature crap since every server now has the potential of a long d/l ahead. i'm saying all this because i'm dismayed by the current state of ofp. since i've been back (1 week now,) i've only been able to play 3 games total. no other game, besides the old air warrior online flight sim from aol, has held my interest this long, but now i'm wondering if it's worth it.

ecp or fdf? i don't even know what they mean. i didn't modify any files or add any mods. the game is straight out of the box and patched to latest version. nothing changed at all. thanks on the face file size. it's just the standard face w/ camo painted on it using photoshop, but will check on size.

i've been away from ofp for about 2 years and just recetly got resistance. the problem now is when i try to play multiplayer, i find very few servers that's open to me. i ether get kicked or i'm missing an addon. what exactly is causing me to get kicked? (i'm not talking about playing for awhile and the admin kick me, i'm talking about clicking on a game and it won't even allow me to get in.) the other problem is i'd click on a game and it'll load for maybe 1 min. and then i'm kicked out with a message that some addon is missing. with the bewildering numbers of addons, what is one that most ppl use so i can cover most of my bases? why is there addons anyways? i don't remember running into this problem in cold war crisis. it seems the addons fracture the online community by not allowing everyone to have the same access to the same servers. i also get a message that i have a modified config. something or other in some games that i'm able to play. i don't understand this at all. i patched the game to 1.9(something,) is that what that is? could my custom camo face be it? is it a big deal to have modified config?