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Those models are teh win. Can you give us a hazy deadline that we can harass you about? It's really hard to know what our SF are doing equipment wise in the field. Unlike the Americans who are apparently quite happy to be photographed and whose choice of pistol holster/tactical vest/trainers/radios etc. etc. is quite readily available in lots of "airsoft" type forums, our SF have this strange aversion to the entire world knowing where they are and what they are doing Photographs from Afghanistan (there's 6 or 7 that I've seen) it looked like lots of C8 SFW (L119A1) carbines were being used but who knows whether that is representative or what's being used in Iraq? The Nightstalkers mod have a nice looking C7/C8 pack in the works. edit 12thMonkey If you posted what the "L" number of the C7 was, would you then have to kill us?

If you guys don't want it, great. BIS don't want you to buy it. Just please stop with the wailing and the gnashing of teeth. It's sad to watch.

This is a superb idea. It would totally remove any confusion over addons.

I did read the thread and you started it by mentioning VBS1: edit Anyway, I am obviously all for high quality addons for Flashpoint. I don't know if it's just a setting I have turned to "low" somewhere or something with DXDLL, but the textures seem to be the real difference.

I don't understand the need for mentioning "VBS1" in this discussion. Aside from those leaked Core units you are not going to be getting VBS1 units in OFP:R, because they are encrypted. If you want to make very high quality addons that include the things VBS1 modules include then great. Don't see what that has to do with VBS1, though.

Could BIS make it so that you can simulate more different optics this time around? I am mainly thinking of TI and different generatons of night vision here. The best approach would probably be some sort of open ended structure for things like NVG's and Binoculars.

What's wrong with being too lazy to search for and download individual addons? Serious question. Well If you dont put forth the effort why should someone else? Because someone else wants people to play their campaign for Flashpoint?

What he said. OFP2: BTL

When VBS1 wasn't available in the US & Canada, people complained. Now it is available people are complaining. I don't get people, but what else is new? VBS1 has music. I think it's either mostly or entirely the same as the music in Flashpoint but I can't be bothered checking. If you're thinking of buying VBS1 and money is even slightly an issue, take BIS' advice and don't. It's 85-95% the same thing as Flashpoint and to get the most out of it you will need to buy addon packs and spend a lot of time in the editor. I got VBS1 instead of a bunch of lousy XBox games I would have been getting to pass the time.

What's wrong with being too lazy to search for and download individual addons? Serious question.

Did those LOD bugs with the HK pack ever get fixed?

Did those LOD bugs with the HK pack ever get fixed?

re: crosshairs tethered to the center of the screen. IMHO FP has it right now. From the hip you can move the weapon and with the crosshair off you have to adjust your aim based on watching the bullets land. Aimed the weapon is tethered to the center of the screen. Some sort of "faded-out" sight view where only the sight at the centre of the screen is solid might be good for CQB to simulate having both eyes open but generally I don't think a tethered cross-hair a la other games would be a Good Thing.

The Poseidon engine does not impress people graphically. Personally I think it looks great (especially with very high quality models as in VBS1) but that isn't the reaction I get from a lot of people I try and introduce to OFP. I am sure that if BIS were able to tell you anything, they would.

Babelfish translates Artificial Intelligence in English to Künstliche Intelligenz in German.

Doesn't strike me as something that would work very well. Flashpoint is all about teh shooting, policing is not.

Yes... because they are almost certainly going to give out definitive information concerning a buyout that is still being negotiated on a gaming forum.

BIA is still working on expansions for VBS, that's why I am going to buy it But I like the idea of a user made expansion pack, if you can get some good addon makers and make a nice mod maybe BIS can help. Cause I think they want to release an expansion but they don't have time to make one. So maybe some talented addon makers can work freelance for BIS, to make an expansion for us ADF2, SF2, IDF1 all been announced. Can't wait. I think some sort of standardised consolidated addon pack(s) would be a terrific idea. I was trying to introduce a clanmate to OFP and I was wondering how exactly to introduce him to addons. What's he going to do, download the new stuff and load it up in the Mission Editor? What you need is good missions/campaigns that require the addon packs. edit Hey, not that I'm suggesting there aren't websites with missions on. It just feels like the focus is wrong. All the newssites seem to focus on addons. That seems to be where the hype is.

You can sort of do it at the moment if you split your squad into teams (it's 9, 9, 1 etc. on the command menu). The AI should do that too though.

But if they released the SDK you wouldn't be stuck buying their expansion packs. I presume you've played it already, but if you want some good CQB AI check out SWAT3.

The civilian version is Flashpoint

I found it unbelievable that Bruce Willis character hadn't seen ethnic cleansing firsthand before. It seemed a little contrived that he was so shaken by it.

Er.. I meant what do they do? I see "IMEX" and "RECO" rescue squads in there but what are those units?

Sexeh. What are the SF units included?