klavan

Well I was looking for a way to repalce the Humvves .50 with Strykers, in order to balance the missions (in my opinion OPFOR have some unfair advantage using BDRMs against jeeps) but I have some probs. I've decompressed the the PBO with WinPBO (don't redirect me to Eliteness since I can't get it to work and after reading some other threads I came to the conlcusion that other tools should works fine for mission files at least) and I've opened the SQM file using the latest CHOPSE version but I found such file incredibly messed up (an issue that I've no experienced opening with files from user made missions for ArmA). Eventually I found the classname for the vehicles to replace, then I had re-PBO the files and put it in the addon folder but after starting the demo to test the result the missions doesn't even appears in the menu. I wonder if the bisign files have something to do with my problem. Any hint? Thank you. Klavan

I should had read better lol! Klavan

Very nice video indeed! Too bad I've to wait for february for ArmA. Btw I hope to see more of these stuffs for other choppers, covering all the aspects of flying those mad machines....maybe one day I will be able to travel for more than a mile without crashing into ground like a stone. Klavan

Sure I will buy the game when will be out in Italy, mine was only an attempt to correct something wrong in the missions not to hack the demo (thisi is far far beyod my abilities and my will too). And after all I agree with BIS that demo missions have to be "protected" in some way. Well I will enjoy what's in my hands 'till now. Klavan

Yes I've renamed the file name and changed the SQM to match the addons requirements. Klavan

If think Baddo is right and my latest attempts seems to confirm that the bisign file have something to do with this: every time I try to load the demo I received an error message about "corrupted data" obviously referring to the modified mission files. Maybe someone from BIS could say something about this. I've tried to put an user's made MP mission in the addon folder, but again without success. Klavan

Wheeled.pbo size is 65,0mb for the demo. If you're right full version pbo should be larger. Anyone can canfirm this? BTW i'm going to try both methods: different compression tool and different names for the missions/pbo. I'll let you know later. Klavan edit I was talking about messed up SQM above, here an example: <table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE"> raP Ñ„ version Mission Z Intro ½ƒ OutroWin „ OutroLoose u„ Ñ„ addOns CACharacters CATracked CABuildings CAAir camisc casounds CAWheeled caweapons saraLite addOnsAuto cacharacters CABuildings CAWheeled camisc caweapons saralite randomSeed T Intel h Groups > Vehicles 7L Markers zg Sensors ,k ½ƒ briefingName @STR_MP_M04n10 briefingDescription @STR_MP_GAME_DESC_CSWEAP startWeather œ0ù> startFog ÏN ? forecastWeather MÛ ? forecastFog Œ¡= year È month day hour minute 2 > items Item0 B Item1 Item2 L Item3 à Item4 ¨ Item5 ¾ Item6 © Item7 ×# Item8 '( Item9 º+ Item10 R0 Item11 1 Item12 ç1 Item13 5 Item14 ; Item15 ü< Item16 ´@ Item17 B Item18 LC Item19 ˜D Item20 4I 7L side WEST Vehicles q Waypoints ¶ items Item0 Û Item1 Õ Item2 †Item3 : Item4 î Item5 Item6 R Item7 ¶ position YáƒE òT>C YV£E azimut ˜nÅC id side WEST vehicle SoldierWB player PLAYER COMMANDER leader rank COLONEL skill €? text aP init this addweapon "Binocular"; description @STR_MP_ROLES_UNITSNAME_ASSAULT_LEADER Õ position 'ïƒE ¥'>C M£E azimut ӽ·C id side WEST vehicle SoldierWB player PLAY CDG rank CAPTAIN skill ¶»;? text aP1 init this addweapon "Binocular"; †position ØøƒE E>C øJ£E azimut Vî³C id 5 side WEST vehicle SoldierWB player PLAY CDG rank LIEUTENANT skill €? text aP2 init this addweapon "Binocular"; : position É „E ©ò=C I£E azimut Vî³C id . side WEST vehicle SoldierWB player PLAY CDG rank LIEUTENANT skill €? text aP3 init this addweapon "Binocular"; î position Ø„E UÛ=C uG£E azimut Vî³C id 6 side WEST vehicle SoldierWB player PLAY CDG rank SERGEANT skill €? text aP4 init this addweapon "Binocular"; position -„E 8Å=C ÆF£E azimut RH¾C id - side WEST vehicle SoldierWB player PLAY CDG rank CORPORAL skill €? text aP5 init this addweapon "Binocular"; R position K&„E †¨=C ~D£E azimut RH¾C id X side WEST vehicle SoldierWB player PLAY CDG rank CORPORAL skill €? text aP6 init this addweapon "Binocular"; position 3„E ÜŠ=C 4B£E azimut #kÂC id Y side WEST vehicle SoldierWB player PLAY CDG rank CORPORAL skill €? text aP7 init this addweapon "Binocular"; ¶ items Item0 é Item1 6 Item2 ­ position ]´…E M$C j¬E type SAD Effects 0 showWP NEVER 6 6 position ¸…E M$C Úe¬E type HOLD combatMode RED synchronizations Effects § showWP NEVER ­ ­ position Ëô€E -b$C ©E description @STR_MP_M04r024 Effects showWP NEVER side EAST Vehicles < Waypoints L items Item0 … Item1 J Item2 » Item3 , Item4 position ňE Þ#C úM§E azimut [L¯C id side EAST vehicle SoldierEB leader rank SERGEANT skill úîî> markers E init group this allowfleeing 0; oldgrupa2 = group this J presence ÃÌL? position ·µˆE HÑ#C È7§E azimut íC id side EAST vehicle SoldierEB skill ¿a&?» presence ÃÌL? position EœˆE ˆÐ#C |6§E azimut íC id g side EAST vehicle SoldierEB skill ¿a&?, presence L> position U…ˆE ¬º#C .§E azimut íC id h side EAST vehicle SoldierEB skill ¿a&? presence Û‰º> position ®ˆE -É#C ¶)§E azimut íC id i side EAST vehicle SoldierEB skill ¿a&? items Item0 L Item1 ß Item2 T Item3 î L position ¢ˆE {ú#C O§E speed LIMITED combat SAFE Effects Ù timeoutMin A timeoutMid A timeoutMax ðA showWP NEVER ß ß position E—ˆE áú#C ðóªE Effects N timeoutMin A timeoutMid A timeoutMax ðA showWP NEVER T T position ©ˆE ¼Ã´#C Uu§E type CYCLE synchronizations Effects è timeoutMin A timeoutMid A timeoutMax ðA showWP NEVER î î position ÇKˆE It's not complete, but you get the idea!

Yes I did. I will tri make PBO then. @HomerJohnston No, I'm italian. Klavan

AFAIK such ability can be defined in the unit's config only. No way to turn a simple soldier into a medic in the mission editor. Klavan

Try this then: ((damage object 14393) > 0.999) Replace number 14393 with the proper object ID for the bridge. I've tested this line in OFP and it works fine. It shouldn't be different for ArmA. Klavan

Try: damage object (objectID) > 0.999 or !alive object (objectID) Klavan

It's not a matter of armour thickness. Simply you can't fight an armoured vehicle with a jeep. Klavan

What about modified CTF? I think it's quite unbalanced: BLUEFOR should have strykers not hummers with MG. BRDMs are quite an unfair advantage for OPFOR. Klavan

You're probably right: to say the truth I'm not a chooper/aircraft lover and I never was neither in OFP. So this is a minor problem (if this is a problem at all) for me at the moment. Now I have to leave: I feel the need to play the demo more even if today it's Xmas! Klavan

After triyng to fly an UH-60 I have to agree with those are complaining with the flying model: without proper peripherals is quite unplayable. The auto-hoover is pretty useless as the chopper do what it wants anyway: I've crashed to ground countless times while trying to figure how I should pilot it. Better to ignore flying vehicles 'till BIS (hopefully) will fix 'em. As for AR and light weapons I'm quite happy with 'em: in OFP I liked playing missions that featured JAM HD weapons so the new recoil/ballistic model is not a big challenge/surprise for me. Klavan

Well I played the demo many hours by now and I didn't find any problem finding fast servers..... Instead I have a question: although I've no probs with CTF and Coop I've experienced very long loading times for CTI and after a couple of minutes max of waiting I usually turn to something else. Is it me or somebody else are having the same issue? Klavan edit Another question: why I sometimes find myself being a seagull instead of a soldier ?? edit2 I've got the impression that the bullet dispersion is now increased a bit (less times being sniped by AI at 200 mt distance)? Am I dreaming?

<span style='font-size:13pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>BUON NATALE!</span></span> @Balschoiw Nice idea! Thank you! Klavan

I played the demo more now and I'm feeling comfortable with ArmA minute by minute. The movements are OK and weapons recoil/accuracy seems good after all (just take some time to train a bit with 'em), maybe not perfect, but not crap. Driving vehicles doesn't seems so much different from OFP, at least for wheeled ones. Unlucky I'm actually forced to play CTF only, since loading time for CTI are very longer at least for me: I just get sick after 2 minutes of waiting, too much for me. I wonder why. With the settings I posted above (I've changed 'em a bit in the meanwhile to gain a more nice overall graphic) I've got a good fluent gaming experience although I've got some probs with objects and vehicles LOD, but I'm pretty sure It's caused by my old crappy PC. I'm enjoing it! Klavan

Hi all. I've passed some hours playing MP with the demo and I'm pleased to see how BIS optimized the engine. They did a good job and with my current system (P4 3ghz - 1gb RAM - ATI Radeon 9600 126MB) a can play the demo with the following settings: I had some fun last night and even if I can't say too much about the game (i need to test it more) I enjoyed it very much: the new movement sytem is good (yes you need some time to feel confortable with it but then it's ok) and the new weapons recoil is a bit "strange" expecially for the AK, but I buried some bad guys neverthless! The most important things I want to say is that i will buy ArmA when it will be out in Italy and that I'm going to forget OFP! Happy Klavan

But I thought it was a Merkava! Klavan

I wish you all best for you Placebo and for your "dolce meta del cuore". Thank you for the patience and kindness all over these years. Ciao and GOOD LUCK! Alessio Milani aka Klavan

Very nice initiative, really! I hope to see this project grown as it could be one of the main reason for me to purchase ArmA (and a new PC......) when 505 will release it. I'm looking forward to this for sure! Klavan

What the hell! Reading so much posts about system specs requirements make me think something went terribly wrong with the final optimization of this game. In addiciton I'm quite disappointed by the several bugs found 'till now. Klavan

Hi Snakeman, what's the current status of WRPTool? Are you planning to release v1.00 before Arma release by 505? It would be nice to know what's new features will be included in this splendid tool at least. Cheers. Klavan

@To all the people who are whining for this stop by 505 I hope you will not get surpise if BIS will find difficults to reach an agreement with publishers for Game 2 when this will be ready one day.......