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How is this enforced, though?

I'm in favour of OP's and maturin's arguments. As we can't give precise voice commands to AI like we can to human drivers, manual input is the next best thing. One player juggling two tasks is far from being overpowering. I'm puzzled by steamtex's ad hominems and claims of game ruining effect when he agrees to rundll.exe's workaround suggestion (#56) in #59. Rundll.exe's suggestion of removing LEFT/RIGHT commands tries to achieve what steamtex's argued against the whole thread - direct control that is. Although, AI would still get confused by nearby objects and maneuvering the vehicle would still be crippled and unpredictable. Disclaimer: I've never played CoD, Battlefield or any other fragfest games, lest my opinion gets dismissed on that basis.

Now, this is something I would buy if I had the money. However, I probably wouldn't buy the extra Titan. Especially after overclocking your CPU, you should be golden. For the money, another Titan wouldn't give that much of an improvement IMO.

"our plans"

Some servers with 93825 beta auto-kick players with the message: "You were kicked off the game. BattlEye script restriction: #16" People here have experienced the problem http://www.kellys-heroes.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=72&p=40926 Me and my friend also get this error on a couple of DayZ-servers.

The blood screen has been there since OFP. This time the effect has been brought up to date. It doesn't necessarily make it more realistic, but I don't see how it makes it any less realistic. It think that having a strong visual cue that you've been hit is a good thing.

Yett's rig, as specified in the first post, should run Arma2 at more than 30 fps. Even though this is not directly related to Arma2's optimization, something's clearly amiss. It is what it is. Welcome to the world of PC gaming. Certain hardware combinations and different drivers just won't run properly. Yett, you should head to the troubleshooting section.

So you are worrying about the fact the Mission editor might be too easy to use and thus create a lot more user-created content (most of which would be of a low quality)? What a weird worry.

The feeling of being a small cog in a large machinery was a big part of the appeal of Operation Flashpoint. That was the selling point! Simulating different experiences in mechanized infantry. This was something that previous games never tried or even could do. I didn't care for the lone wolf night-ops missions then, and I don't care for them now. The cracks in the AI are easier to see in those kind of missions. I felt that BIS's decision to ride the current trend of focusing on a small team of "cool" spec-up guys with names like "Razor" etc. in Arma2 was a mistake. This trend started in Arma, where there were several small team and sniper missions. The campaign took a step toward the realm of cinematic rollercoaster shooters (mainstream). This plays against everything that differentiates the game series from other military games. The quality of campaigns has gone downhill after OFP and its extensions. They have been lacklustre and even broken. I own OFP and its extensions, Arma, Queen's Gambit, Arma2 and OA, but I don't think I've finished any of the Arma games (to be precise, I've completed few of the minicampaigns). The OFP campaigns I've completed several times. EDIT: Of course, it might be nostalgia speaking, when I remember OFP days.

A Cover Mechanic á la Red Orchestra 2 would be nice. It would make shooting from cover pure bliss, you could peep in and out of cover. It would also enable "blindfire" over walls and trenches. Probably would be too much work to implement though.

I remember these exact discussions just a couple of months before the release of Arma1 and Arma2. People kept saying how the released videos were work in progress and how the finished product was going to be something completely different. In both cases, it was evident that BIS was working on a tight release schedule and there simply wasn't enough time or manpower to tackle everything. A lot was only slightly improved from previous incarnations of the game engine - from the perspective of the end-user, of course. BIS probably has spent a lot of time reworking key aspects of the game engine to allow for new features and improve some of the old ones. Still there may be a lot that can't feasibly be changed without reworking the code from the ground up. Maybe there just is a point to which the animation system can be honed without starting to change everything else as well, so to speak. At any rate, let us hope this time BIS has enough time to finish the game before the release. At least the community alpha phase suggests that there's slightly more time to tweak the game. One thing is certain, Arma3 will be an improvement over Arma2. To what extent, we shall see.

Using the map is one way, but this almost requires that your difficulty settings shows friendlies on the map, unless you're hardcore :D.

I think the AI's vision is quite well adjusted at the moment, the AI definitely isn't all-seeing. You can hide in the grass and if you stay put the AI may pass you by a few meters away. Also, if the AI sees you in a corner of a building/rock, it will use supressing fire and you may retreat and change location and the AI doesn't automatically know where you are. However, I find that the AI does have a slight advantage in areas with dense vegetation in terms of getting the first contact, but that goes for friendly AI as well, which balances things out. In less dense vegetation, human player has the advantage, as you can usually spot the enemy before the AI.

Can Operation Cobalt be played co-operatively?

I tested this in the armory and got the same result. I also noticed that this problem happens when I'm turned out and press the [optics] key, otherwise I can turn about normally. When I'm turned in the optics view functions normally.

Correct.

I noticed that I can't turn my view in the Bradley when I turn out as the commander or the gunner. The view just stays still.

+1 A lot of useful tips to get the most of the AI.

I don't know what you qualify as a crappy rig, but I think it's fair to say that Arma2 requires a state-of-the-art PC which many people don't have as of yet. Few people would contest that. It is true that with the natural advancement of gaming hardware, more and more people (i.e. the average gamer) will soon start to have rigs that'll run the game. For example, my brother has an approx. 2-year-old rig (still above the minimum requirements) and he has to play with pretty much all settings low. Those visuals do bear a similarity to those of OFP. Of course there are improvements, but it's nothing close to Zipper5's picture. I recently spent 800€ to update my system to play Arma2, I installed the game yesterday and tomorrow I'll find out how the game runs. 800€ is a lot of money to pay and I won't still able to play the game with very high settings. Not many people, especially those who aren't familiar with the game series, will update their rig to play a game with as steep a learning curve and a lack of instant gratification. Just learning all the key commands is a daunting task for a newcomer.

I think a bunch of comprehensive tutorial/training missions would be a better way to teach the player how to play the game. Through carefully planned training scenarios it would really "sink in" that the player is indeed playing a game that aspires for realism. Armory, as it is now, is a bit out-of-place so to speak. It's not really so much of a tutorial rather than a sand-box environment in which to experiment freely. That said, a lot of people like that sort of thing. I think it might be worth retaining in further releases, if some of the more ridiculous/random challenges are weeded out. Additionally, it would be nice if there was an option to unlock all the weapons/vehicles straight away.

You may be experiencing lag from too high graphics settings. Try lowering your settings. It could also just be the fact the Arma2's (and OFP's and Arma1's) cursor handling differs from average FPS games.

You can get the game cheaper from play.com or Amazon.co.uk.

Haven't tried out yet, but it should be possible. If not, you need a little program called Hamachi which creates a virtual LAN and you can play that way.

I have hard time understanding your post, but I take it you have some kind of problems with the autorun. It would help if you could write the actual error message here. What you can do is you can disable the autorun and just run the game by using the shortcut on your desktop. Regarding your rig running the game poorly, without further details I can't but advice you to lower your graphics settings.

Have you tried to disable your antivir software when you apply the patch. It might prevent the installer from creating or modifying files.