Kakarotto

I'm familiar with his work, and I'm definitely a fan. I didn't realize he was a core member of your team, now that I do I am very happy. :) Edit: Just saw the animations in the following post, they're awesome, and that PKP firing sound is perfect. I'm more than satisfied now!

I've been having a great time with this mod, I really love the variety. I hope you guys win the MANW contest. Speaking of which, I feel like I should ask (although I'm sure I don't need to) just in case considering how much is at stake: did you guys re-submit your work correctly in the official MANW drop box (since RHS: Escalation was on the missing entry list)? The cutoff is by the end of today IIRC. And I'm just curious, did you resubmit the original version or an updated version with some of the improvements/additions you've been working on since the first release, as the deadline extension allowed for and encouraged? I think doing so could potentially really make the difference in terms of judging and securing the win. Even if not I think you guys may still be the frontrunners anyways, or at least among the top few for sure. Best of luck. :) Also I hope weapon/reload animations get as much love as you seem to be giving weapon sounds in the sound overhaul you're working on. Really just any proper reload animation for the AK-74M would make infantry combat even more immersive.

Amazing map, great work so far, I love the realism and density. I'm really glad to see people working on quality Ukraine-themed content. Yeah. I think the best way around that for now is to use as much Arma 3 vegetation as possible, as it seems to render a lot better at all distances.

Although it isn't on the poll, I think an improvement of medium and long distance terrain-related rendering is one of the most important things that needs to be worked on. The current situation, where it's easier to spot "hidden" enemies that are 600 meters away (if you have a telescopic sight) than those that are hiding 50 meters away, has a considerable and negative effect on gameplay. Also the action menu needs a total overhaul.

Thank you for your responses Maruk, this is really nice to see. :) I definitely understand your points about the limitations in what you guys can do concerning major performance optimization and CPU / GPU utilization. But is the RV engine really handling everything (loading, processing, rendering, etc) the way that it should, and as well as it should, for a modern (2013) game on modern PCs? When you guys created the first iteration of this engine in the late 1990s, PC technology was quite different, yet so much of how the engine functions is anchored in those origins. Would you agree that if you were to have developed a similar engine in today's tech climate, it would draw upon CPU/GPU/RAM resources differently and in a more modern fashion, leading to better utilization and multithreaded performance as in many other recent game engines? Aren't some aspects of this seasoned engine's resource use a bit outdated? Current performance is not where it should be, especially in terms of pushing the scale of missions to the level and beyond of the past games. Now as someone who has been playing OFP/Arma since 2001 and has great love for the RV engine's versatility, I certainly wouldn't propose you abandon or totally re-create the engine. Yet at the same time, as the years pass, it increasingly feels like the engine is being held back by its archaic limitations. So despite the great difficulty, if it's technically possible, I think it needs an overhaul and some parts may need to be re-written. This will allows the series to achieve new great heights. Otherwise it will be very difficult for all of us to deal with the same traditional issues in Arma 4 in 2018, especially since IIRC there isn't projected to be any major increase in CPU power. In regards to the original subject, I think there was a Dev post before about Nvidia reps wanting to work with you guys to see where they could increase performance, and I hope you take them up on their offer and let them take a look. That said, I still love Arma 3, and Altis is a masterpiece! ;)

I feel like several of the larger towns/cities in Altis lack features that make them distinct from other towns/cities. This is in part because of the limited number of unique buildings in game. In Chernarus it is quite easy to tell what city you are in/near just with a glance due to the unique layout and presence of certain buildings, and while part of it surely is that we just need to get used to this new map, I think Altis may be somewhat lacking in this regard.

Altis is absolutely amazing, but there's always potential improvements. These are the things that I would like to see: - More forests that can conceal troop movements. - More of the office buildings and hospital should be enterable. Many people want big enclosed interiors to have firefights in. - More unique (preferably large) buildings with interiors. As has been suggested, a town hall/government building and police stations would be great (and benefit mission makers). Maybe a couple apartment buildings or hotels. Urban should be a larger part of Arma. - Farming areas with crops - I like that the terrain is mostly flat with subtle elevation changes, it looks more realistic. But maybe a few more well-placed hills would add more variety, although it should definitely not be too hilly like Stratis is. I would like to see some of the roads be on hills with steep drop-offs on the sides, so you can't just drive off the side of the road if you get ambushed. - The desert sand area should be larger - Some of the road texture transitions (where two types of roads intersect) look strange and too pronounced, like where dirt roads appear partially on top of the nicely paved roads when the two meet. - Perhaps most importantly, it needs better distant terrain textures, as seen in this thread.

Nice work massi, much appreciated. I really like these modern-day weapons packs, and you have something in there for everyone. I have been enjoying playing with this. :) However I wanted to point out (sorry if this has already been raised) that a few of the "Russian Spetsnaz" guns in this pack are named incorrectly and not actually Russian variants, and are not in use by the Russian military / security services. The icons for the guns are correct, but the actual gun models in-game do not match them. For example, your "AKM" model is actually a Yugoslav/Serbian Zastava M70B1, your "AKMS" is actually an M70AB2, and your "SVD" is actually an M76 (mostly).

Just wanted to voice my support for this thread. The lack of detail in distant terrain is IMO one of the most critical issues affecting Arma and has a major effect on gameplay, as besides looking bad, it's often easier to spot enemies far away than when they are close. Something needs to be done, and I hope BIS recognizes the issue's importance for so many of us. And having modern visuals is important to attract new players as well. NordKindchen, your detailed post explaining and demonstrating solutions is awesome and your dedication is outstanding. I'm really excited to see that BIS devs are now showing interest in addressing the issue and could potentially take ideas from NordKindchen's proposals. I really hope we can get an official solution patched in, and it would be great if they could accept his assistance if necessary.

How elaborate are the reloading animations in Armed Assault? Does it show the changing of the magazines or is it like how it was in OFP?

Okay cool, I wasn't hoping for something over the top, I just wanted to make sure that they change the magazine with reloading this time.

Like 8 pages back you guys were talking about replacing the Mi-24 with the Mi-28, then dismissed the idea because you all were somehow under the impression the Mi-28 had only one seat as apposed to two seats like the Mi-24. This is incorrect, the Mi-28 has two seats, a pilot and a weapons operator. No idea where you guys got the one seat idea from.

I stumbled apon this thread using the search feature, anything new to report? I'm REALLY looking forward to this addon!

Hey I have a few questions, but I feel kind of bad for asking them as they may have been brought up and addressed earlier in this thread, but there's just so many pages to shift through so I thought I would ask here and let you guys yell at me because I figure at least one person will be kind enough to help me out . I downloaded and installed FFUR 2006, and started playing through the original Cold War Crisis campaign. FFUR seems to cause a lot of problems with it, several times events wouldn't happen when they were supposed to, no matter what. Like in the mission where you fight along side the resistance and in the very beginning you are in the forest and have to hold your fire until a group on a hill destroys the tank, they never fire on the tank. I tried many, many things, and left the game running while waiting in the forest for hours and nothing had happened. And if I killed a resistance anti-armor guy and took his RPG-7, the tank would start coming and the leader would be like "Oh god, the tank is coming, we have to fall back, mission failed". I had to use the end mission cheat to get past it. Another time is in a mission after that one where you start out and you have to man a machine gun while the Soviets are landing at the beach. I played through the mission and did everything correctly and completed it saying it was a success, but then it went to a cutscene with the U.S. Commander dude saying I am a disgrace and have failed and am being relieved of duty, then it kicks me to the title screen. Even using the end mission cheat in this mission gives this same result. Those two problems are just the ones I remember, there were others ranging from minor to other issues that stopped the missions from playing out. Anyone else have any problems like this? I was also wondering what relative time frame the patch was being released in. I know asking "When will it be released" is lame, but I'm not looking for anything close to a specific date. Are we looking at a possible release this month, or next month, or even later? And lastly I was looking at Benus's sights he was making, and I was wondering if these were going to be included in the new patch. If anyone is willing to answer these questions I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for your time.

If you guys were to read my post, I feel it would answer a lot of your questions and perhaps provoke new ones. It just seemed like nobody read it , so if you do read it, tell me if you agree, disagree, or think I'm a jackass .

Giving a late 2004 / early 2005 release date was their first mistake. They should have known there was no way they could make that deadline, and should have changed it to 2006 once we entered 2004. They don't even have any screen shots yet, and I sincerely doubt it is because they are going to reviel it all at once just before it's ready. They are just simply not far enough in the development process for whatever reason, and that's okay, but you guys shouldn't be surprised when you see people getting upset. When people see a date, the majority will believe it, even though they should better. All you people saying the delay is okay because they get more time to make the game better aren't entirely correct, as they are still just plain making the game. I would bet it isn't more than 50% done yet, probably somewhere between 35% and 45%. Even though 2006 is a much more realistic release date I am still going to bet they won't meet that either, and the game will be released sometime in 2007. You can't expect a game of this magnitude to come out only a few years after the originals release, even though they give you a release date saying so and telling you that it is coming along just fine, yet there being no proof of it coming along at all. And their second mistake was porting Operation Flashpoint to the X-Box. Not only does this slow down the development time of OFP2 considerably, but it's a waiste of money and recources. Compared to a game like "The Chronicles Of Riddick" OFPs graphics are terrible, and owners of the X-Box, the most graphically capable console system, are not interested in that no matter how great the gameplay. Even with all the updates they are giving to the game for the console it will still not appeal to the average console gamer. Another thing is the limitations of the X-Box. Although the X-Box can handle higher graphics than what OFP offers, it is still confined by stuff like low RAM. OFP won't be OFP without it's large levels and large battles, but consoles can't handle that. So they are going to have to cut back on some things, or find ways around them. And another issue is the X-Box controller, which even though it has the most buttons of any console controller, will never be able to give you the same level of control over your action menu, units, orders, and movement compared to a mouse and keyboard. And OFP needs this control to be OFP. Well that's the end of my rant, thank you for reading it. If you wish to disguss the contents of my post I would be happy to do so.

...What?

Is there a way to get them to attack everyone on the WEST or Civilian side?

Hey man, thanks a lot. I really appreciate it!

I don't have the best mic, but it's decent, and I can do naration voices pretty well. If you still need a narator just say so, and I'd be interested in finding out how to tryout.

Ok that readme just made things even more confusing for me. Sir, please just explain to me what I have to do to get the group of zombies to attack people. Explain it to me as if I were a mentally disabled child.

Does anyone know where I can find the readme? Since I'm not that cool as to tripple post, I will edit the latter part of my awesome double post. Frst of all I still would like to know where to find the readme, I'm sure it's an obvious answer but I'm stupid. I started up a game with the Zombies, but this time putting game logic with them. I'm thinking that's probably how you get them to attack. But when I put any game logic with them and try to preview the mission, it freezes my computer completely and I have to restart. It freezes weather it's easy, medium, or difficult. Perhaps this is also adressed in the readme which I so desperately need, but if not can someone please help me out.

The BAS website has been down for quite some time now...

Mods have gotten in trouble before with LucasArts, many times.

I see a couple of AKS74U's in the first picture.