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Ok, this is a fill the spaces thread. Most of us are making models and managing ok, but I know there are many who don't fully understand all of what they are doing. I would like to gather all the purposes and uses of each LOD into this list. 1. Resolution LOD, is the one you see, and it's numbers represent the distance range it works in. LOD 1.00 will show that model up to 100 meters away from it. LOD 0.10 will show it up to 10 meters away, and so on. 2. Geometry LOD. This one defines the collision detection for the engine, as well as governing vehicle mass distribution, and therefore how it handles. Watch the blue dot, center of mass. 3. Memory LOD. Handles definitions for animated things, axis points, lights, smoke and so on. Quite a bitch because it's all in czech 4. View LODs. These are for models that show the part of the vehicle that the passenger would see, be he a pilot, gunner or cargo. 5. Fire Geometry LOD. This one I have no clue about, and would be nice to get input here. 6. View LOD. Not named for a crew position, so I'm not really sure what it does. 7. Hit Point LOD. Not used it yet, presumably for defining damage taken in various areas of the model. Confirm. 8. Roadway LOD. This one only really works in Resistance, but it allows vehicles to drive on this surface. In regular OFP, it only semi works, and if you walk and crawl on it, it makes the camera shake. 9.. 10.. Ã'm at work, so I'm probably forgetting some of them, feel free to add them if you know them. It would be nice to get real info on the LOD's I wasn't sure about as well. Konyak (really bored

I'm finally hooked up to the internet again and am able to host this version that I did soon after finishing the first version.  It's still not as fancy as many addons now being released, but when I did this version, there were only one or two finished addons with animations.  Sorry it took so long to get it out there, but here it is, as is: Link to Zip file: 6.7 mb Some pics: Sunset Flight Truck loading into front New for this release: 1. Fully working and animated landing gear. 2. Openable rear cargo doors on flyable version. 3. Openable cargo doors, front and rear, extendable ramps on static version. 4. Shadow now works. 5. Additional detail added to front cargo area. I'll admit that my heart has wandered far and wide since I released my first, and so far, only Addonov, as I like to call it.  But not so long ago, I turned on OFP again, and the magic was still there.  I´m quite amazed how much activity is still going on around this game after all this time, and all the familiar faces still here.  Glad to say   I really hope you bother to download this version and enjoy it as it should have been almost a year ago.  Enjoy! Konyak

Anyone here ride road bikes on a regular bases? Part of a club? Just restored an old Peugeot 15 speed racing bike and have re-discovered the great feeling and efficiency of this mode of transport. Especially zipping by the idiots who buy mountain bikes to ride around in town on On topic, I'd say Armstrong could pull it off again. But wasn't there some incident last year that gave him a little lead? A penalty on a competitor? Konyak

Sorry, off topic I suppose, but I just can't let it go FYI, Maya is considered the most powerful 3D program out there and is used by most of the movie industry (New StarWars movies and Final Fantasy for instance). Â It has a rather steep lurning curve as it's UI is not as conventional as other programs, and has less of the "presets" effects and features Max has. Â Perhaps that is why to some it seems less powerful as it's true beauty lies in it's open ended design. Â Max on the other hand is more mainstream, made for the masses and rather easy to use and quick to produce nice effects. Â Max has a superior renderer as well, which is often the measure of a programs performance. Â Maya users usually don't use the Maya renderer for outputing their work.. Â *Pant* Â ok, rant over

Am in the process of installing this Mod/config and had downloaded the FULL pack. After copying the addon folder into my addons directory, I found the pack is missing the following addons: 1. COG HueyCobra 2. Dawg (allthough I could have sworn I saw it copying ) 3. ECP_DR_extra_sound_3 4. hfr_apac 5. SIG_T55w 6. SIG_T55wreck 7. TACTEvents 8. usmg Hope that makes it easier for people to gather the bits needed. Konyak

Speaking of "just watched".. I just watched the Cell, and thought this twisted character would be cool for MP Â He was tricky to do because he was only on screen for 1 second and never faced the camera directly. Now if only I could find the "inside the mouth" texture, so I can make it black too. Konyak

That map is called earth. It comes with Real Life Mod  LOL Or maybe Konyak has found an OFP 2 screenie? Actually, as amusing as it is, I'd say, good question Stryker. It is in fact a real map (Iceland), but there is nothing really there that says it isn't Flashpoint either. The question is testament to how great this game is and how far it has come Ok, back on topic. Glad you like the template, and do more zombie faces! That's a really disturbing face you made there ! Konyak

Not impossible, but hard if you don't know where the polygons match up along the face. Â I didn't find any guide for this, so I made a grid texture and derived the following template from that. Â It should help those of you who want to try this on your own a whole lot. Â All you need to be able to use is Photoshop 101 : Â The rubber stamp tool I use a larger picture to work with, and scale it down to 256x256. Â It would be interesting to see if Liquid Snake has a better template he's willing to share, or if he uses a completely different system. Konyak Woa.. some mod deleted a bunch of posts here that weren't exactly off topic, that I was replying to. Anyhoo.. Somone said it's hard to match up the side and front of the face so you don't get a line.

This whole video doesn't make any sense.. At worst, it's a tank crew without a brain. There´s a disturbing presence here, that of the media. Like most of the media today, they seem to be most gleeful if they can find faults with US operations, wherever they may be. There's a lot of fine people operating in the military, but we don't get to see them, since that doesn't further the media´s agenda today. So, we see this video, professionally narrated (sounded like that nut Dan Rather, not sure though) and elegantly set up so that the viewer is in fury against these soldiers. I'd vager that bn880 is right.. this was a show, and these soldiers are probably as mad or madder at the media crew for presenting it as they did. So that's what's most disturbing.. I'm having a really hard time finding videos showing US troops helping out, doing really honorable things, yet I know they are commonplace. We've heard from returning soldiers that there is great frustration with the media coverage, and this is a fine example of that. Konyak And to the one who said "American stupidity", I don't remember anyone saying "Norwegian stupidity" after watching the dog slayer video recently.

Mmmm.. Archon? Â Arcon? Â Something like that.. Great game Naaaah, this is Archon: Wizard of Wor! !!

Mmmm.. Archon? Â Arcon? Â Something like that.. ..No, that's not it... Great game though Funny, I have the old C64 in it's original box and the HUMONGOUS floppy disk drive in it's original box still and two Atari joysticks Was going through some stuff and found it.

Actually, a friend of mine knows a guy who flew one, and the Russian pilot suggested they put about 2 tons in the back since they were just going out for a spin, and it didn't have a payload at all. Reason was, that once airborne, it's hard to land even if you press the collective all the way down! Of course, it's exaggerated, but it seems awfully willing to lift stuff, be it extra fuel or a frozen mammoths Konyak

That's more like it When I saw the video, I thought, here's the wheelchair of the future. Seemed silly to have a "fat bastard" in camo trying the thing out, as I could only see this as a godsend for people who have lost, or lost use of, their legs. Now, I know at this stage the skeleton is dependent on actual human legs for balance, but they are already able to hook up nerves to electronics so perhaps it's not so distant. But, this is a military forum Looking at that gleeming, complex mechanism and thinking of it in a palce like Iraq... well, if they can't keep sand out of an M-16!! Konyak

Great mission! I found one possible bug.. I had blown up some bmp´s and saw a crew running along on the ground, and decided to not waste a FFAR on them, so I landed, jumped out and shot them dead. When I got back in the chopper I got an error message with some crap about expected object and player this and that.. Sorry, didn't take a screenshot. Thought it would go away if I returned to base, but it stayed there. I'd really like to be able to get out here and there and clean up. I'd also really like to have a Coop version, in which other player is officer of the ground unit that is to be rescued. Survive till the chopper get's here and pop that flare. Think its possible to make one player switch between units like that, so that he effectively playes all the officers on the ground? Either way, having a load of fun playing it, and yeah, I had (still have) a C64, even had a Vic20 before that Konyak

From the CIA site you pointed out as your source: Sounds similar to the sites I referred to.  If you want to debunk those statistics, be they from the Heritage Foundation, or any other source, you'll have to do better than just dismiss it as a conservative site and therefor totally untrustworthy. Did a quick search on whatever sources you are getting your info from, apart from site above and found this : Help poor Americans Sorry, couldn't resist  To dismiss my personal experience so completely shows arrogance.  My point was based on a fact that is real, and your "Billy-Bob" sterotype was a made up generalization.  The girl I spoke of is relevant because she is one of those poor people who are, according to you, not supposed to be able to become rich, that it is a myth. LMAOROFL! *THAT's* your source?? OMG, guys I think I'm gonna rupture a spleen.. He´s quoting the CCHD. Well, that takes care of that! Consider this over on my behalf, big waste of time. Konyak

Been following this with some interest.  No expert mind you, and aggree that some balance of social/capitalist government is the ticket.  But I'm afraid Denoir and Bn880 are both using seriously flawed statements to build an argument on.  Denoir:  Have you even been to the USA?  I seriously doubt it, yet you love to hate it so.  These statements of poverty and starvation had warning bells go off all over.  I've been to 45 states and the situation you describe just didn't fit in.  Third world?  Africa?  Please Denoir, I must say you dissapoint me. I fear you are being hasty.  Here's how it works: Poverty Definitions And if you need your "statistics" translated to the real world, then this should be an interesting read for you: "poor" Americans The above is more to in tune with what I have seen in the USA.  I've spent some time in Alabama, in "Rocket City", where NASA co-exists literally with your stereotypical "Billy-Bob".  There I met a lot of young Americans that were completeing their Engineering degree on a scholarship they got for getting good grades in high school.  One girl was your "trailer trash" girl, who's boyfriend worked a belt sander so she could finish her education.  That's motivation, effort and hard work breaking the mold you clamp on them, as if they had no hope. If you asked me if I'd rather live in Sweden or the USA though, I'd probably say Sweden, but only because it's culturally closer to me.  M21Man and Wardogs defenses are pretty sound though.  In the case of genetics, while certainly there are "Stupid" people resulting from inbreeding or simply alchohol consumption during pregnancy, let alone drugs, the main problem is their own mindset or attitude.  This is passed on between generations, so you could call it genetic.  On Topic:  Nobody seems to raise the point that Gates´income is also based on his responsibility.  Or any "boss" for that matter..  I used to think like Bn880: Why should he get more than me, company car and all that, but I "work" harder than him?  Anyone who takes his job seriously, and is responsible for 10, 100, 1000 or 100 thousand people working for him, will have to make extremely hard decisions that effect those peoples future, their families.  Believe me, that's not for everyone and many people would rather work lower levels than carry that burden. Konyak

Some I took recently.  All unedited, except one, take a wild guess as to which one  The one of the shuttle is correct scale in relation to traffic, as there were some vans driving along behind it on the original pic. Puts it into perspective. Plan to do more of those. Konyak

Iceland is still one of these elite countries that have a state run TV that forces you to pay for it, even if they have a huge income from advertising, and there's other stations to watch. They operate receiver finders, and knock on your door to see if you have a TV Crazy So that's three countries..

As far as my vote, it sits firmly on Unimogs. Â Got a couple of '58 and '62 model ones, and there's not much on new trucks that isn't in those trucks. Â Suspension is amazing and on many sites you'll see them pulling Hummers out of mud pits. Â I have modeled it with OFP in mind, but mostly for my kicks, using the textures off our trucks, to be used by Resistance. Some pics: Darn.. now I can't wait for summer Konyak

No, that´s the new Europe. I think he's talking about the old Europe

Dean da Mean motha This is the guy that scored top of the list for most of our more "advanced members" Dean speach Yeah, he's definately the man for the job. Will have the whole world in a blissfull embrace in a matter of minutes Just a little balance.. Konyak

I didn't say he doesn't raise good or valid questions, I said it was a mockumentary, which it is, simply because he completely raises questions to further his agenda, as you point out. A documentary will cover all aspects, all sides and do so impartially. (a rare thing these days) Anyway, that video of the punch is great! Is that a left hook or a left cross? Jab? Whatever it was, nice execution, style and timing What amazed me though was that the recipient moron didn't even pause to think that he'd deserved it, no, he immidiately askes if they got that on camera for his lawsuit! It's almost as if he wanted that to happen and expected it. Suggestion to look at the moon through a telescope is a nice one Not only is it simple, but also immensly powerful. See a photo, or read credible evidence or arguments is one thing, but getting uninterrupted proof from seeing it first hand like that.. That's gotta make you go: We did that Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside Hope we go back there soon. Konyak

In that case, I'm ok with things. I must have missed that in the thread. I didn't realize how many were using textures from other games and how "normal" people considered that. I guess I'm an admirer of good textures as they are the hardest (labour intensive) part of producing an addon (and the part that receives the most praise). I'm sure you'll find people like Marfy and Sebastian and other great texture artists will see my point of view in this argument. And One: I considered my post to be aimed at making this OFP community a better place, by guarding the only rewards we addon makers get. Blackdog actually said it pretty well. Konyak

So is this one of those "Only in Germany" stories?  I'm no lawyer, loath them in fact , but I'm trying to imagine how he sees himself in the right.  He says that he put the tv in the box and into the cellar or garage, and cancelled the service.  That tells me he realized that he and his family could not control their TV addiction, and decided to take a drastic step to stop watching it.  Anyone who has tried to stop an addiction or habit cold turkey will know that seldom works.  In time his wife wanted to watch "some" tv, not cable but it turned out it was still working..  If the cable company had turned off their service like they were asked to, things might have turned out a lot differently.  Suppose this guy was addicted to porn, and wanted to "get better", it probably wouldn't help him much if his cancelled magazines kept showing up years after he cancelled them.  We'd say, oh, he could just toss them out when they arrive, but some people wouldn´t resist the temptation and just.. well, toss  Point is, he see's himself like an alcoholic that is getting free delivery of his favorite liquor, after trying to stop it from arriving.  I still think he's a moron, especially considering his requests, but there might be a chance he could have a case on the above grounds.  Hope to hell he doesn't win though  Konyak

They could provide most people per cubic feet Safety in numbers Konyak