marcusjm

One question I have regarding this. Are there any good platoon behvaiour scripts on ofpec regarding tank platoons? There's many ai scripts for infantry but I'm not sure about tanks. I'm thinking about stuff like using hull-down tactics and similar maneuvers. marcus

One question I have regarding this. Are there any good platoon behvaiour scripts on ofpec regarding tank platoons? There's many ai scripts for infantry but I'm not sure about tanks. I'm thinking about stuff like using hull-down tactics and similar maneuvers. marcus

Yes. If someone made an actual working CH-53 for OFP they could advertise it that way ;). (sorry coulnt'd resist) BM

Some points taken there Denoir. But I dont want to dwell too deep into it due to the nature of the thread(ie US politics) I also want to stress something which is all too often mixed into one sad bag. Namelly immigration and refugees. I still(naivelly perhaps) belive it should be create a world where millions of people DONT have to flee their country. Mexicans thankfull do not have to flee anywhere at the moment. The only way to ensure that is to promote democracy and freedom as often as possible(preferably with peaceful means if possible) and wherever possible. Immigration however is not only good but necessary. Any country would stagnate without it, it's sad that some people refuse to understand that. EU itself has only begun to see the benefits of the internal movement. I'd even liken USA itself as many countries benefitting from "internal movement". USA has ridden through many crisis thanks the option for (most at least) to move elsewhere if a region stagnates. It is and was in the USA i was talking about. USA needs immigrants. Period. BM

So what it really is, is a flaw in the system. Instead of changing(or blaming) the system we find someone else to blame. That's what we should learn to do instead of finding scape goats. Or alternativelly make it easier to start succesful businesses for both new and old Europeans. For instance by making more business friendly tax systems. I can think of millions of things to do before starting to blame immigrants. I use the term "we" liberally here, but what is "we". Is there some border when you are "them" and become "we"? I don't know, never had a good answer to that really. I of cours prefer to think individual but that's a different debate. Btw. USA does have social security but as you say it's based on promoting work and not the opposite. Something we should work on rather than finding scape goats for those problems. Let me put it this way. I'm sure there's a middle road here. US social security could be better so could the various European systems(since they are too different to be called as one). Combining my reply to your second reply Denoir. The reason USA has come this far is because they had their fights and struggles over it. As far as seeing humans as products. I would say. They see potential in each human. They don't first as "What's your color, where are you from". They ask "What can you do for me?". Discounting some extremists etc. But in general it works this way. I've seen it in action and I see it everytime I see Americans here in Sweden. They have moved past many of the hurdles we(as in most European countries) are only beginning to see. Under no circumstance did i want to start a comparison debate btw. Let's stick to "US politics". As in Immigration from a US point of view. The only reason I used Sweden for comparison was to put my first reply into a Context which made more sense. BM

I truelly am happy about Liverpools success. It's so great to see a club that hasn't forgotten it's blue collar roots do so well among all those overpaid primadonnas(like Beckham) who forgot what football was really about. It's one of the few remaining big European teams which doesn't feel like some corporation run by nasty business men. I have allways seen Liverpool as the spirtual brother/sister to our own team here in Gothenburg (IFK Gothenburg). Not only because Liverpool is our British spiritual sister city marcus

Good(long) reply MilesTag. Text-heavy though . In the end I think it's about being afraid of the unkown(I think). I might seem like a simplistic answer but it's really the only viable answer I can come up with. Afraid of losing jobs, increased crime, weird diseases or weird smells from food they don't recognize. Whatever . To take an example from my country(Sweden). Every decade saw a wave of immigration(or refugees) from various countries. At first they werent accepted but with time the acceptance became bigger. EiZei mentioned "dark skinned" people but as someone with part Finnish parents I can tell that the VERY same arguments i see in this thread against Mexicans were used against Finns. As in "they take our jobs", "go home", "criminals all of them". This was in the early 70:s when the Finns were still quite new here. And Finns are neither dark skinned or have weird cultures. Same religion, basically same looking. Still hit with the same stupid in-tolerance as todays refugees(if people could understand that distinction at some point). I don't know how many times i got into fist fights after beeing called "Finn Jävel"(Finn-bastard) or something similar. I never backed down though ;). I have friends from as diverse countries as Iran, Poland, Russia, Greece, Croatia, USA, Lebanon, Israel etc. They have ALL been exposed to the same stupid comments at some point. Being called black heads, being exposed to anti-semitism (or anti-arabism whatever, slavic etc). It's just the same stupidity from different angle.s There's simply no logics or reason behind these type of arguments. In-tolerance is allways stupid and simply not logical. marcus

But on the bright side . I(as an Swede/European) find USA (and Americans) to be among the most tolerant country(and people) there is. Sure, you allways hear the bad things in news and things which could be better, but as a general rule it is better than anywhere else on Earth. It took it's time but it's getting there . Whatever else that can be said about Bush(good or bad). He has done a remarkable job of getting diversity in his cabinet. I think he's done more to promote it in real action than most others who just talks about it. I mean of course by manning some of the heaviest positions with afro-americans and latinos etc. Good thing for the future imho. marcus

My comment on the immigration issue. With the speed US production is moving to Mexico, maybe in the future it will be Mexicans keeping US illegal workers out ;). Now that would be fun . As they use to say here in Sweden. The Indians didnd't stop immigration in time. Now they live in reservation camps. (j/k). Seriously. I allways found it a bit funny that there were anti-immigration people in a country where basically everyone is an immigrant. Also in a country where it's clearly proven that immigration is indeed a recipy for creating a great country, rather than a disaster which is a typical anti-immigration argument here in Europe. USA is a living proof that immigration is not only good but necessary to create a viable country. Industry needs consumers to expand. Immigration = more consumers. As far as I'm concerned isolation is a recipy for disaster for any country(North Korea and Albania are two shining examples of that). There are simple economic reasons why it should be easy for people to move around and work wherever there's demand for it. It helps the wheels of industry roll and creates additional wealth for everyone. A true win-win situation. Finally. My suggestion to those "border guards" is to go and man those crap jobs that noone else wants to take except Mexicans. They can do that for free then since they were willing to walk the borders for free. I'm sure the farmers of Texas will be very happy. Bm

Well it was for a mission in fact(one of those tactical vignettes from Armor Mag). Since noone else has made missions from them I throught I would give them a shot. However armor combat isn't my strongest suite . This is the situation i intend to make. tacvig97-1 (links available in the mission editing forum/realistic missions) marcus

Well it was for a mission in fact(one of those tactical vignettes from Armor Mag). Since noone else has made missions from them I throught I would give them a shot. However armor combat isn't my strongest suite . This is the situation i intend to make. tacvig97-1 (links available in the mission editing forum/realistic missions) marcus

I'm studying those armor magazines with the intent of making them as missions for OFP. However; My knowledge of armor combat is less than I would have liked. If anyones previously active in any armored forces and have some spare time to help out(doesn't matter which nation really). Let me know . To mods. This was supposed to be in editing/scripting. Please move it if possible. BM

I'm personally interested in that add-on free dynamic campaign. It would make customization easier rather than having to remove stuff. marcus

Have they implemented riding in this? I'm surprised that not more fantasy RPG:s have that. BM

I just tested the Ranger (desert) unit from Laser on Tonal and they really blend in well. I'll say go for Lasers. marcus

I just recently re-bought it(GOTY) and it's still the best game in this genre. I tire quickly of other FPS games, not so with OFP. Maybe BF2 will change that ;). (at least the command mode seems intriguing). But it will NOT change my mind about keep playing(and simming situations) with OFP. Only OFP 2 can do that. marcus

Didn't someone plan to do a Twilight 2000 campaign for OFP? Maybe too ambitious, don't know. Would be fun too. This is my main point. In order to get innovative games one has to hope for small companies to do stuff like that. Big shots never tries to do anything like that. OFP itself is a good example of what small dedicated teams can do. marcus

I think BAS are good but those Laser units among the best I've seen overall. Yeah; This could be a nice show case scenario for those units. But for OPFOR I think those BAS units are good enough. marcus

Thank you. Though that R.P.G was nice too, didn't even know horses existed in OFP yet. marcus

I'm already regretting that i didn't write c-rpg . Otoh that unit looks cool. I'd like to try it. All those guys are part of the same player gang . marcus

Sorry, missed the change . Pity, it was a cool idea. OFP lacks original ideas currently. But maybe OFP isn't the ideal engine for that type of mod. UT2004 perhaps. marcus

It's not as graphically impressive as Oblivion but more mideaval feeling to it. And the cool point that you can lead a little army yourself . Maybe Gothic 2 is a better comparison combat wise. Or perhaps, a combination of Darklands and Gothic 2. Morrowind was good looking but lacked some of the depht that could be found in games like Darklands. I think a small developer is what's needed to get the really original ideas nowadays. Btw is that rpg soldier available yet? marcus

Has there ever been an attempt to model a mountaineer unit (US or some other nationality)? It would be sort of cool if you could have a type which could scale mountain walls etc. Maybe not like commandos but something else. Just curious. marcus

Great idea, never saw this before. I think this is what OFP needs more of. More original ideas like that Civil War mod. Too many are just a variation of the same themes. Just a thought. Couldn't this be expanded to cover the Finnish Civil War as well? My grandfather fought in that (white side). It is quite a sensitive subject though but still facinating. It would at least broaden the target audience a bit . One dilemma with all WW1 themed mods would be lack of cavalry in OFP, probably impossible to do good. Actually; The new Mount&Blade rpg is the only game at all where I've seen mounted combat done well. marcus

But maybe not alone as in solo . My picture of rangers has allways been recon and forward operations like securing certain key installations etc. Anyway, this operation sounds very good from your description so I'm confident it will be playable (nevermind if everything is ultra realistic). marcus