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  1. I'd suggest a dual-core AMD based rig.

    You'd be better off getting an Intel Core 2 Duo than an AMD dual core. They're cheaper and they out perform anything AMD has atm.

    The e6300 Core 2 Duo is the way to go. For $180 (US) you can overclock it to at least 3.0Ghz on stock cooling/voltage, equal to the performance of a $350 Athlon. Even without overclocking it's a great CPU.


  2. For the moment i am just hating those dollish looking chucky the doll style faces!!!! mad_o.gifcrazy_o.gifsad_o.gif .

    Please do something about them , change them.

    I agree. I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that. They look like toy soldiers instead of humans now.

    Get rid of them ASAP, bring back photorealistic faces again.


  3. That's right, soon a US machine gun will cost as much as a Russian tank. wink_o.gif

    But I guess no one is planning on that kind of war. This is probably intended more for urban warfare. Still seems like overkill to me though, considering the price and reliability issues.


  4. Download Accelerator Plus (search for it) works for me. Only trouble is, the latest version puts popup adverts up (only appear when your downloading though)

    To get rid of the popups, if you have a firewall block DAP from contacting this address: 128.242.237.107


  5. If an Army lawyer or accountant retired and went to work for a corporation, would you still be upset about that? Or an MP who retires and joins the local police force and SWAT team?

    If they're an Abu Ghraib MP... wow_o.gif

    A privatized military would be just as screwed up as any other privatized, monopolized industry, why would things be different?


  6. I agree BIS should release an update, but only if OFP2 is going to be as late as it appears to be. Otherwise it's not worth the time. Let's also not forget they're working on the Xbox version at the moment.

    *Maybe* someone at BIS or Codemasters can pick some community models, graphics, and sound updates, quality test them and add them to an official "super config" but even this would take significant time and $$$. Things like ECP still don't work 100%, and it would require coding and testing to get them to be commercial quality and be compatible with all the missions. Anyone here feel like playtesting the all-new models and the new config on every OFP mission and then fixing all the bugs and conflicts you find?

    But I think that's not OFP's main problem. I think the main problem is a lack of join-in-progress multiplayer play. There are some amazing multiplayer mods out there, but actually getting a chance to play them with a decent amount of players is too difficult for the average person. Keyword here "average person", not OFP fanatic.


  7. Its also ridiculous the extent soldiers stay in squad formations, particularly if you are leading and u wanna get to a medic you move left and ur whole squad gets up and moves a yard left with you.

    Order them to stand where they are instead of maintaining formation.

    I consider it an interface problem more than an AI problem. Maybe something like more formation options would do the trick. Formations like "Aware - Loose" and "Aware - Tight". Or a Travel mode and Deployed mode, or even hotkeys to issue a command to an entire squad instead of having to select them first.


  8. Albert i don't think the pentagon or any other US gov are in on this, they use from what i have heard Intel and other footage which is freely available from coalition and non coalition sources. those who say it tastless, yes it probally is, but what is the dfference than someone creating these missions via the OFP mission editor?

    What's tasteless is the lighthearted treatment they gave to it. You get missions from a tight t-shirt bimbo named "Dax" who is supposed to be some sort of intelligence expert yet is clearly an amateur actress, and the videos included are the army promotional kind where they make the military seem "fun" and "exciting".

    OFP never did anything like this, it even had an ANTI-war message. That's what I always liked about OFP's approach, they stuck to realism, not propaganda.

    Except for the politically correct Red Hammer addon. wink_o.gif


  9. Whatever you want. Less frames means less "popups" of objects like trees, but a slower speed, more frames means OFP will maintain a fast, smooth speed but worse graphics.


  10. Quote[/b] ]Bush is so boring

    Not Al Gore boring.  biggrin_o.gif

    Yes, I'm never bored by Bu$h, he's a laugh riot. Sort of like watching the village idiot.

    Sometimes I still have trouble believing this guy is the president. What the hell!?

    I guess this gives hope to all the other cognitively-challenged out there that even they can succeed... if they have a rich daddy.


  11.     When was the last tank battle? Well there was the tank battle at Medina Ridge during the first Gulf War. The battle was a decisive victory for the Americans, with the loss of only one tank (and its crew survived to drive the tank out of their). I hate to imagine how Medina ridge would have played out with LAVs vs T72s.

    The Stryker is a glorified BTR-60, I fail to see what's supposed to be "revolutionary" about it. I guess it took the USA forty years to catch up to the Russians and Europeans with this kind of light wheeled APC design. Oh, and it costs 10x more. wink_o.gif

    It's good as a troop transporter, but it really shouldn't be used as a "fighting vehicle" in urban combat the way they're doing it in Iraq, and definitely not against tanks.

    They should look at what the Israelis are using, old M-60s with the turrets removed, and the Russian BTR-T and BMP-T which are T-55s and T-72s with the turrets removed. Those have some chance of withstanding an RPG or roadside bomb with all the added reactive armor they put on because of the lack of a manned turret.

    BMP-T:

    BMPT2.jpg

    Then again, I guess that doesn't really fit the "light vehicle" role.  biggrin_o.gif


  12. is there a way to darken the bruce willis face

    its a bit too bright?

    but very good overall

    Yes, the way is called Photoshop.

    Here's a screenshot of some of Liquid_snake's faces and my eternally unfinished upcoming custom sky in the background:

    faces.jpg


  13. you need it in a pbo i can send you my pbo (which is actually liquid snakes faces just tweaked a wee bit) and you can replace the config and pics with what you want.

    Scroll up ^^ smile_o.gif

    And you can see that i already said that i have them in a pbo.

    Now i just need to know how can i put them as the face to any unit crazy_o.gif

    ;)

    I made one too, but just for my own use.

    However, a full-fledged "official" face addon might be nice. With like 500 new faces in there. smile_o.gif

    Here are some suggestions:

    Multiracial faces: Asians, Arabs, Latinos, Africans, etc.

    Leader faces: Older soldiers, suitable to be officers, or politicians. Basically like Guba.

    Action hero faces: Everyone from Bruce Willis to Arnold, etc.


  14. So the question is will USA ever change or are the forces that wants to preserve the current situation simply too powerful?

    It's not going to change because the forces in 'control' of the situation play all sides to stay in power. They're not just from one party, or even one country. They stay in power by pitting all the have-nots against each other.

    There are those in power who want to maintain their power, and those that want to gain power. That's what really drives this world, everything else is a symptom of this conflict.

    I think the only way this will change is if some kind of third-party could mediate things, like Vulcans or something. smile_o.gif But that's not going to happen, so we're doomed. The conflicts will eventually boil over and someone is going to get nuked, it's only a matter of time.


  15. Cheney's daughter is an admitted lesbian:

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    The Lesbian Mary Cheney to Lead Her Father's Campaign

    What does Dick Cheney (Mary Cheney doesn't like Dick) plan to do about her abominable behavior? I mean, if they're so serious about their policies, it would be hypocritical not to burn her at the stake with the rest.

    That's the problem with these fundamentalist Republicans, they're hypocrites. Rush Limbaugh and his drug addiction is another good example.


  16. Let's just agree that OFP is the king of the hill, and hopefully shall be for some time.

    Other games sometimes can be pleasant diversions, but OFP is always the one I come back to. Have done so for nearly three years now.

    Yeah, I still haven't seen anything that matches OFP's features and realism. Some games have better graphics, or a better feature or two, but as a *complete* experience nothing comes close to OFP.

    Too bad more people don't seem to know about OFP or refuse to play it. Every time I see those Battlefield ____ games, it pisses me off. smile_o.gif

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