Albert Schweitzer

Sorry, but I must admit it is quite refreshing after 2 hours of Stalker to go back to ArmA. And I am realy no only-BIS-Fanboy as far as games are concerned. I enjoy games from all sorts of genres (and also tried CSS as well WOW). My point is, Stalker isnt bad, but ArmA is definetly the most interesting game out there at the moment. I know that not every topic out there has to be about Armed Assault, but that was just the feeling that struck me after playing Stalker.

hey, we all struggle with the same problems! Â Â And there is no way we can always top the previous movie. I am currently downloading yours, I am going to watch it and then go to bed. So if you dont get any feedback then please dont think I didnt like it. However you say you deleted the source file. Well thats the most disgusting mistake that you wont ever do again. I got my movie files tripple saved all over my harddrives! BTW: I enjoy watching them all and most of us know how much work has to be put into this!

thanks, DeadMeatXM2 helped me out!

if you would have tried them you would know that they change the pitch etc but they dont change the "taste" of your voice. I now tried three of them (and probably got their shity registry files still on my PC) but none of them was able to create a DIFFERENT Voice. If anyone has a different advise (or a good freeware to use) please let me know.

Dallas, I asked that in Youtube too, how do you encode your videos? Do you use the mpeg4 or what? I am getting only very mixed results with Youtube unfortunately! Encode? I just taped it in fraps and edited it in Windows Movie Maker and uploaded the .wmv file to youtube. I don't know if that the answer you're looking for? The original .wmv file is 64,2 MB and of much better quality though, but I'm limited to using free hosts as youtube. Youtube generations lose lots of quality. hmmm. Maybe I should do the same too. So far I used quicktime ecoders instead of Microsofts but I guess Youtube screws them up. And I am not willing to post my stuff in low quality on youtube that took me hours to record!

Dallas, I asked that in Youtube too, how do you encode your videos? Do you use the mpeg4 or what? I am getting only very mixed results with Youtube unfortunately!

Ah, Armed Assault is just great... no question about it. I think we just got too spoiled with the perfection Operation Flashpoint had reached. Now the hard work is starting once again. Still, something that bothers me (and cant be changed) is the official campaign.. I mean what the xxxxx did BIS smoke when creating it?? I thought Resistance had taught us, that only a down to earth and authentic story would be appreciated by the community. But instead they gave us this Sims reporter and those cliché Marines. I hated them from the first second onwards and was desperate to change sides and shoot that over ambitious woman. Every time I finished a mission I was afraid having to go back to these Walt Disney Cutscenes. Is that how BIS thaught they could boost their sales in the US???

Good evening, I need a creative advise for a soldier who I want to show using the radio to get in contact with other troops. It doesnt have to be too accurate. Would you should the soldier from behind (standing in front of a table with a radio) using some normal talking animations. Or do you have a better Idea I could try out?

thats an idea... the hands have to be covered because they would be stretched to alien size right?

yes I tried that. I found one which is "surrendering" where the guy keeps up both hands, if I film only one side of his body then people could assume he is holding some kind of object to his ear, unfortunately his hand is ABOVE his head!

come on, at least someone has to have an idea... it doesnt matter how I solve it (for a movie only) but it has to be solved!

Well your advise helped me to find a transitional solution. But googles alone arent the only problem, it is the same dilemma with most animations (except cargo, gunner, pilot and TV). I wanted to do a film and focus onto the face and into the google where I would mirror the image of what he sees. I found a pretty ridiculous solution, it doesnt work all to well but for now it has to be sufficient.

wow, thanks for the great effort! I realy appreciate that. Give me some time to test it! Â Unfortunately I am realy a noob in scripting. What I did was I created a soldier and gave him a waypoint to get to. Then I put into the waypoint "this exec "google.sqs". Into the google.sqs i put the following (I also could have chosen "AmovPercMstpSrasWrflDnon_AwopPercMstpSoptWbinDnon" as animation but that doesnt change anything. What did I miss? Do I have to give the officer a name for the script to recognise him?

let me try that.. no, with "removeAllWeapons this" and then giving him googles only he will do the same. He will take the googles, watch through them for a second, put them back, stand for 5 seconds, then take the googles again a.s.o!

Hope that helped! So far this has been the best solution, but he doesnt keep the googles up!!!! Anyone having a better idea??? I need that problem to be solved too!

Hi, I am currently investing a hell lot of time into creating a real 45 minute movie that doesnt simply do the "soldier running in slow motion" tricks but rather tells a real story with a real plot and characters. Unfortunately my ideas are a little restricted by the addons that are currenty available. When checking armedassault.info I regularly find new addons being released, which is great and shows the community is still willing to participate. But then again I find out, that there is a new sound mod, a new ArmA Launcher and maybe a new reskin and units of a national army, but thats about it. I fully understand and respect that addon makers work on projects they enjoy most and they got every right to do so. And I am also aware that criticising means being highly ignorant about the work that some people put into addons. But then again I believe diversity is everything. OFP wasnt a game, it was a whole world on its own. There were no limitations to creativity, there was no idea that couldnt be put into practice. If you had a crazy mission idea, you simply had to surf for adequate addons and download them. But now I have the impression people focus too much on addons for simple Multiplayer missions, which usually means military units. Where are the unorthodox addons that resemble those that were made for OFP? Where are the extra buildings? the civillian ships, units and vehicules? Where are the addons that make ArmA so different for every other multiplayer game out there? Have you ever tried to give life to a city with only military units being available? It wont work, it will feel just as sterile as Battlefield2. Maybe you will be able to create a challenging mission, but not one that tells a real story, makes him laugh or identifies himself with the character he plays. So please dont understand this as criticism, I am the last to complain about work and diligence that is being put into Armed Assault. But dear addon makers, rest assured, even if you only create a combine harvester, there are people who download and use it, and not just for a couple of seconds. If I would have more time on my hand I would definetly try to contribute a bit more, but unfortunately I am not able to do so. I put all my money into a new startup and by that of course risk my future career, so my free time is very limited. If you want to do some of us "more silent" players a favour go crazy with your addon ideas and we will definetly appreciate it! Thanks for your attention!

No! I thought my message was pretty clear. I hope for diversity, for the good "mix" of addons, and the the harvester was obviously just an overinterpreted example. And what exactly would be wrong with that? The amount of addons for Multiplayer is limited anyway for the sake of comfort. So the population of custom addons available will always be much higher than the one that can be found in missions online. Well I am using addons for a movie. Whats wrong with that? Â As I said it is silly to believe every addon should be made for and will be used regularly in Multiplayer. That's wish-thinking. Besides, I believe that many people including me often download addons just to try them out in the editor. I dont get the multiplayer arrogance? I would replace the term "usefull" with "popular". And thats exactly what this thread is about and I tried to explain my point of view what makes addons "usefull" and "popular" -> diversity.

I am sure most of you have already seen such an effect. Is this an ArmA script or just an effect of Sony Vegas movie software? If it is Arma based then please tell me where to find more info about it. Thank you and happy eastern

Dont be too strict with me. I tried to stress the fact that I dont want to complain rather then to assure addon makers that there are people out there who are very interested in unorthodox addons. If the tools are missing then this of course is a reason I must accept. But then again some might already now think of a project they intend to start once being provided with the necessary software. And I want to assure them that crazy addons  dont necessarily imply to become unpopular addons. @Jezz, thanks for the insight!  Unfortunately the conclusion that can be drawn from your points dont hint at a very bright future for ArmA! I hope creativity in ArmA wont only be restricted to fully proffesional addon makers. It would be a such a shame!

Okay, I try to find a video on youtube that shows such an effect!

I would like to create a smoke addon that I can light up. It has to be of a rather bigger size so if I place it inside a city centre it looks like a couple of buildings are burning. Is there any solution for me to quickly turn my settings (made with your addon) into a simple addon?

Thats exactly the point! They dont plan a PC version of it, (well they initially didnt plan one for the last either). And I am realy not into consoles. If a game has no editing and modification capabilities then it doesnt attract me at all.

but you cannot neglect the fact that crysis has an incredible graphical potential. The previews of this game are breathtaking.

Just bought the game and starting playing it. The graphics are rather unspectacular, the athmospherics are good and the gameplay is okay. It doesnt deserve to be hyped, but it is a fun game nevertheless. I did a mistake though, I accepted several quests without knowing that there is a time limit for them all. So I guess I failed quite a lot of them.

Well lets go into that Agree, however Arma doesnt realy require good FPS since it isnt a fast paced shooter like CSS or BF2. A frame rate of above 20 is generally achievable and that is what your brain needs to translate Frames into Notion. well actually there arent many terrible ones left. I dont consider firing the last bullet of a magazine and hearing three shots to be a tremendous bug. I had simillar problems. But I have a seperate Windows Version installed that I use for gaming only. And since then I didnt have a single crash. With a clean and updated registry and drivers it is unlikely that the game still wont run. Well I measure the excitement of a game by time played. And ArmA keeps me entertained longer than other games do.