Cyberdwarf

I've made my views clear on aircraft before. "No" to bombers or F14s. I flew a Su25 up to over 40,000 feet yesterday (wow) but what was the point. All I could see were clouds and I was off the map. So, what purpose is there in having a bomber? Keep this thread going. I find it amusing reading rantings from kids who think its tough to swear and call everything they can't argue against as gay.

And I'm the one who asked the question in the first place. I like your last definition, though.

If anyone from BIS is reading this, could they give us a hint of what is coming in the next expansion?

Red Storm wrote ... "An airfield with ten A-10 looks really stupid" I agree. Ten Frogfoots look better but if you want to do a mission where you are defending your airbase from a Soviet attack, you have not got much choice. Yes to Aircraft as scenery. No to New Usable Aircraft. I am not going to reopen the UH-1 argument on this thread. Give one to the Resistance. They could do with a chopper. Regarding the 600m view distance, apparently there is an initialisation code to see further. I'm sorry I can't remember which site I got it from to give them credit. I can't quite see the difference yet having a relatively slow PC (PII 450) but does give me a good game. Just put the following in your initialisation field for your character (or perhaps put a trigger or script) setviewdistance x where x represents distance in metres. Anyway, today's addition to the pot for Additions. - More official weapons - More vehicles (Russian, Resistance, Civilian) - More Civilians (I'm tired of that whitish shirt for Man & Man3) That's my entry for the day, guys

Okay, for the "airlovers" out there, supposing you get the F-14, what do the Russians get in return? I still don't think a Tomcat would be suitable for OFP. In the Falkland Island War of 1982, we had Harriers. If there has to be another aircraft, the Harrier could plausibly be there in the Malden Islands Crisis. However, I think a Tomcat at full speed would overpass the island in a couple of seconds. Blink (or have a slow PC (PII 450)) and you'd miss it. Fog over Kolgujev and there's a high chance you'd fly your Tomcat straight into the mountainside. I like warplanes and choppers but OFP is not the place for an Air War. If I want an Air War, I'd buy a flight sim.

OPERATION FLASHPOINT MEETS TOPGUN ? I don't think so. It is bad enough when attack choppers in the game knock out your AA positions/troops before you can even see them and then makes mincemeat out of the rest of your troops. Short of bringing in AA-Guns/Missiles, there is nothing that could knock down a Tomcat. If there were Tomcats in the game, a certain term springs to mind. Game Balance. I am working on a long running mission where only a couple of Cobras are up against a Tank Battalion with infantry support. It needs to rearm to stand a chance. I am in favour of the idea to have an assault ship/carrier where choppers can be rearmed/refueled/repaired. Let the Russians have one as well, BiS.

Rob said ... "i think really we should have every weapon, vehicle and aircraft in that year area in the game so that we have the variety that the whole army did have. " No. Once you start going down that road, we would want everything that the Airforces and Navies had. "one thing though i think they should add though is a massive cruiser like the one they have but so that u can fit planes, heli's, men,vehicles and be able to take off or land on it" I agree with some form of ship to take off or land at but hardly an aircraft carrier as it would need to be d*amn huge in order to launch planes from. Also, no real offensive capabilities. A cruiser could wipe out anything coming at it unless the attacker had an Exocet missile and that is taking the game too far.

I'm from England and I would rather see more Russian equipment (BTR-80, BRDMs) but I do not particularly want to see the Harrier unless there is a British MOD for OFP. If that happened, I would want the Lynx helicopter. The Harrier would be a more manageable plane than the A10, hopefully.

Thanks, Red. Now I have been enlightened, I completely agree than an SDK would add a lot to the game and extend the program's shelf life.

Excuse my ignorance but WHAT does SDK mean?

Let the Russians and Resistance have more stuff before the Americans. So far, Addons have been ... America 4 Civilians 2 Russia 1 Resistance 0