I got the GOTY version (embossed box) for Xmas a couple of years ago. I still love this game and have lost count of the times I've redone all the campaigns. It's so fun, diverse and incredibly big.
Unfortunately, running out of ammo is the worst thing. It happens all too often and it's always when you're pinned down and there's no dead soldier nearby to help. Trying to take out a platoon of T80s single-handedly also proves impossible with one RPG-75 and 3 rounds - and I'm the sort of person who prefers to leave the battlefield with every bad guy/vehicle dead. (M21 & RPG75 preferred weapons).
So I have to resort to the TKC Ammo trainer, (v1.96) which adds a whole new element of fun to the game. For instance, you know that mission where you're holding a base, and you get your men to man the machine guns on either side? The men come, then the tanks and finally the gunships ("We can't.. fight.. gunships!"). Well it's great to prove them wrong by firing a barage of RPG-75s and seeing the pilot eject (only to be RPG'd on touchdown!). Taking out Mi17/24s and a bunch of tanks that in some missions you were meant to hide from is very good job satisfaction. It's great nicking the chopper and using unlimited rockets to destroy that town that took me prisoner in the CW campaign. Also, many 'virtual lives' have been saved by telling my team to halt, while I, the Lone Wolf, go behind enemy lines and come out, smoke and bodies behind me, Stallone stylee!
But more seriously though, infy ammo is almost vital for the standard rifles. A god trainer is perhaps overkill, but I completed the missions before using one with v1.91 anyway. This also added a new element of fun - and it was strange to be blown in the air by tanks.
However, all these trainers activate FADE, and the Bizon seems to always be the first victim. I can understand FADE for copy protection, but it's a real bummer that it gets in the way of these trainers. I think there's nothing wrong with cheating in SP mode. And for people who've completed it (several times) and just want to toy with it, what's the harm? So I'm asking the game designers to PLEASE do the following for the next patch :-
Build-in a (LSHIFT-) Ammo cheat
Consider reactivating the "IWILLBETHEONE" god cheat (not essential but would be a nice touch :-)
Allow the ability to Save anytime without having to use "SAVEGAME" instead
This would give players the freedom to cheat without FADEing the game. What with OPF being a few years old, and with OPF2 on the horizon, it can surely do no harm. As for non-cheaters, I wonder how many use SAVEGAME? I think almost everyone would agree that to save only once is frustratingly impossible and this needs to be fixed.
I'm not asking for cheats in MP mode - that would be morally wrong, but cheating in SP is fun. Bring it on please!
Thanks (and fingers crossed).