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</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (LBGS_Stewart @ July 09 2002,05:59)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">if i was going to get a shot gun that could be eather Semi auto or Pump with a push of a button it would be the "Franchi SPAS 12 Â Â with the Folding stock<span id='postcolor'> Adammo actually made a Oxygen produced Spas-12 shotgun model...but it had some problems with its sound where you only heard it from the first person view and not from a 3rd person view or when other soldiers fired it. It's part of his addon pack#1 with the FBI units and Star Wars droids. I'm not sure if he ever fixed it...it would be a shame if he didn't because it's a damn good looking addon. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Adammo @ July 08 2002,20:30)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I will look into the new dash and sounds.. But I won't upgrade just for sound alone. Also I will be leaving the choppers gunner where he is. He is a co/pilot and also spots for you while you fly. Â If I make this a passanger then he will not report targets to me when he spots them. I also played a game last night where there where only 2 of us.. 1 pilot and 1 gunner in the AH6. Â We had a blast .. I dont want to take this ability away from the vehicles.. because I feel it limits what can be done with it. MANUAL fire works with the pilot using the CTRL key. If you don't want to do this.. get a decent joystick. I use a "Microsoft force Feedback II" for flight and use the Q and Z keys for alt. Â The rotation of the joystick base allows you to control the rear rotors to spin the chopper. This is needed for fast extrations and drop off's..It really improved my flying when I got that joystick. Â I will never fly via mouse again..You can't do all the manuvers with only a mouse.. it opens up a whole new world with a rotating base joystick for the choppers. Plus the joystick allows you to set the fire to manual and when you fire.. it fires in automatic.. Issue solved Capt Moore<span id='postcolor'> A joystick is only good if you like flying with a joystick. I haven't tried one in OFP yet, but I hated using a joystick in most flight simulators...maybe because I only used cheap joysticks...I don't know. But I didn't like them and can't afford a new one and even if I did like them I couldn't use them because as I mentioned to you before, my game souncard is not working and my only other soundcard (a M Audio Delta-44) works for game sound, but doesn't have a MIDI/joystick port....and that card is not coming out as it's part of my home studio. Also the AI pilot by himself spots targets just as well as when he has a copilot from what I've seen of the modded version I have that only has a pilot. But oh well, like you told me you can't please everyone which is true, especially if noone else is asking for this feature except me. I guess I'll just have to use a modded AH-6 for now. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Konyak-2 @ July 09 2002,14:19)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I feel obligated to add my .02 euros here..  My Antonov had very temporary textures in the screenshots.  I could have made them less temporary and released it, but that isn't the only thing that takes a lot of time to do.  In my case getting the plane to fly in a satisfactory manner, so that the AI could land it, yet make it so that it feels big, proved, and is proving extremely hard to get right.  On top of that, it has started to bounce it´s front end while on the ground.  Then there's all the LOD´s for it.  In the case of such a huge plane, I have to be very careful when the detail drops off, because you can see it from further away than a small cessna.  But the main reason I have put it on ice, and I suspect others are laying low as well, is because of the new texture resolutions that Resistance offers.  I am still waiting for a copy, and I want to see how big the textures can be.. seems people don't agree on that still.  Konyak<span id='postcolor'> Nah take your time to do it right Konyak. A huge addon like that is something worth doing right. But if you can keep us updated on the progress cuz people all over the OFP community have been wondering what has happened to your airplane. But it's good to know that the Antonov is still being worked on. Keep up the good work! I'm really looking forward to that addon! Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (NVA Killer @ July 09 2002,05:16)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">the one in OFP are the older version the US military use to use, i think they fit in with the time period...but not sure, but i know for sure they were used in 1980<span id='postcolor'> Well then can you or anyone else find pictures of any night vision goggles that look like the ones in OFP? Because I have NEVER seen any that look like that anywhere. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Legionnaire 7 @ July 08 2002,18:31)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I beg to differ...the binocular type goggles are sweet! Plus, the AN/PVS-7 are relatively new, and since OFP happens in 1985, I think that these are appropriate as they were prolly still in use around that time. Later! -Legionnaire<span id='postcolor'> Yes, even so the NVG model used in OFP looks like crap. Â I've never seen any binocular type NVG's that look like that. If they are a model in the original OFP demo then they should be easily modifiable. Also I believe my old Army Reserve unit has the PVS-7's or something very similar since the early 90's. If we had them I'm sure they were around in 1985. Unfortunately I don't remember the exact model that we used but they were monocles. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Vinsen @ July 08 2002,16:50)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I don't know if it's possible but could someone make realistic looking NVGs like the ones on VBS1. They would look much better than the cardboard box and yoghurt pot effect ones we have in the game. Â <span id='postcolor'> I agree! Â They look pretty bad. Â Also U.S. forces should have monocles with just a single lens instead of two (AN/PVS-7). Â Here's some pics of it: However I believe the ones that U.S. military pilots use are binocular type goggles. Â That's the type that's already in OFP, but I agree that they look like crap. Â Somebody should be able to fix them up properly. Â Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Adammo @ July 08 2002,07:58)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">lol, I told everyone if you want to modify the choppers on your own.. don't tell me about the problems, you won't get support. Either you have a unauthorized copy of Resistance..(which I doubt) or you downloaded someone's modified version of the littlebirds. Â And I can't provide support for other peoples tinkerings with the choppers. Get the un-modifed choppers here: ofp-zone.de I hope this helps.. Capt Moore<span id='postcolor'> All these problems are precisely the reason why I hope that you come out with a update of your AH-6, otherwise like you see, there will be a whole bunch of different versions of your Little Birds floating around all over the place, some that work, some that don't work. Â Many of the ones posted unfortunately do not even clearly state in a read me file or somewhere that they won't work in Resistance or vice versa. Worst of all, many of these modified Little Birds will WRITE OVER your original Little Bird. So I hope that for the AH-6, you'll take out the gunner and just make that a passenger seat so that way the mission makers can decide whether or not to have a copilot and the PILOT will be able to easily fire on full auto (without using the CTRL key trick) if they use a mouse. Â The other main reason why people are trying to mod it is so that they'll get it working in Version 1.46. Â Not everyone has Resistance yet, and some people might not get around to buying Resistance for quite awhile. Â It would have been best to release a 1.46 version of the pack. Â But oh well... Â BIS should be paying you since a big reason a lot of people bought Resistance was so that they could use your helicopters. Â At any rate, PLEASE remove that gunner. Â There is really no good reason to have him in there when that spot can just be changed to a passenger position for a co-pilot/observer. Â Currently trying to lock onto infantry targets on the ground from a distance (in order to get the gunner to fire) is next to impossible. Also doing high speed strafing is impossible unless you hit the left CTRL key while firing, but usually my fingers are too busy controlling the other controls on the keyboard. Those little short 2-3 round bursts just don't cut it for area saturation which is the primary purpose of a minigun (filling a large area with a large amount of lead thus increasing the probability of striking enemy personel and/or equipment). Your idea of switching from 7.62mm to 5.56mm to up the fire-rate also sounded like a good one since the AI pilots/gunner doesn't fire the minigun at armored targets anyways. Â But I also think that the current fire-rate is just fine (about the same as Keg's Kiowa Warrior which I thought fired pretty darn fast). Â Anyways overall the helicopters are great but I hope that you continue to refine them and make them perfect! Â For starters you take up that offer about the improved rotor and minigun sounds. Â That would be very cool if the sounds are good! As always just take this as constructive criticism because these addons are damned good and you are very talented at this...but if the addons can be improved easily, no reason not to. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Eviscerator @ July 08 2002,05:04)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">oh and the bmp in real life has 19mm armour in the hull and 23mm in the turret...not such a safe place to be now :/ bis have way over armoured the one ingame, an axe could penetrate this thing the brdm has 10mm of armour all over...<span id='postcolor'> Actually the BRDM in OFP is in fact a BRDM-2 which has 14mm of armor on all sides. That info is from the U.S. Army field manual FM 100-2-3. http://www.sovietarmy.com/vehicles/brdm-2.html For pictures of the BRDM-1 look here: http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/brdm-1.htm The nose is much longer then the version in OFP. I just wish they had put in the 14.7mm turret on the BRDM. BUt I guess they just didn't want to take the time to finish it up...or they wanted to make it the equivalent of the Humvee or something stupid like that. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Doggy @ July 07 2002,17:17)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">yeah the armor on it is absolutley rubbish<span id='postcolor'> The armor stats could be a little higher but remember that it's a light armored car. A .50 cal M2 will rip it to shreds in real life. I wouldn't be surprised if 7.62mm AP rounds can penetrate it. But...unfortunately the OFP engine uses cumulative damage rather then penetration capabilities of weapons, so if fire enough shots at it with an assault rifle, it will blow up. That part is unrealistic...but oh well. The armor stats could stand to go up a little bit...but not too much. It should be more or less around the same level as the BMP. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (TYsiEK @ July 06 2002,16:08)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">AH-6v2. The Cargo posision in this chooper is in the engine rotor. I have this bug in a 1.46 OFP version, not 1.60 or OFP:R ! .<span id='postcolor'> That's because his Little Birds aren't supposed to work in 1.46 unless you heavily modify the cpp file. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Eviscerator @ July 06 2002,16:17)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">how can they prosecute me if i put in the config and readme that this addon is only for people with resistance if you tamper with it its your problem not mine :/ it will only work with resistance as the config for the hokum is in the resistance addons(i have added new weapons and names), its not bis' textures they are completely redrawn, i havent seen bis having problems with the addons released in red hammer, there have been thousands of su-25, m2a2, apache addons and they havent had a problem with that<span id='postcolor'> Evi, I think the problem is that some people missed what you said about the class problem. Everyone seems to have latched on to the belief that you are going to release it yourself for 1.46. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KKB @ July 06 2002,01:23)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Hate to crash the party, but Johnboy has a point... As long as there was only one OFP it was no problem, since allthough addons contained BIS models, you needed the game to do anything useful with it. But taking stuff out of resistance and making it available to folks who don't have resistance and giving them a chance to use them in the old OFP might be a problem... I'd ask BIS about this to avoid getting in trouble. Â <span id='postcolor'> True, but then again there are so many more reasons to buy Resistance other then that helicopter...that's just icing on the cake. Plus we Yanks here in the U.S. are still here waiting or Resistance and drooling over that Hokum! (sniff). But I have a feeling that he's not making it to work with 1.46. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Frisbee @ July 06 2002,00:43)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">good thinking blues,some mods just don't get off the ground because they're too ambitious it might be better to make it one or more campaigns with an addon pack (with new missions and addons released every so often) i'd be glad to help with the story if needed,and maybe some mission editing,but i'm in no way good,keep that in mind  <span id='postcolor'> Now all that is needed is some people good at texturing, and hopefully, a 3d modeler who won't mind doing a few models like a T65 Thrush cropduster, OH10 Bronco aircraft, a limosine, and maybe a few Oxygen based units like the idea of a stereotypical dictator with a fat cigar or a pipe sticking out of his mouth. But the main thing needed is a good texture guy who can retexture units...that's no easy feat. I believe that the guys with Oxygen can texture a lot easier then without Oxygen where it takes some serious amounts of work at least from I could tell when I tried messing around with some texturing tools (I gave up). Otherwise you'd just have to make do with the exhisting addons which is what I'm having to do at the moment. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (MDRZulu @ July 05 2002,09:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I have full auto but I never use the mouse cuz it sucks, I really dont think he can fix that cuz i have seen bis choppers with the same prob.<span id='postcolor'> Yes like he said, with a joystick it will fire full-auto. Some people like yourself do indeed feel very comfortable using a joystick and hate using a mouse. Others like myself feel more comfortable using a mouse and keyboard. Also the problem CAN be fixed. The other BIS helicopters have this problem precisely because they have a gunner (like the Cobra and Apache). However try playing Keg's Kiowa Warrior and you will see how the minigun is supposed to work. It is possible to fix it, because I HAVE a fixed version that works great, but really I would rather see Adammo himself create a proper update to his own creations. We don't need a half-dozen different versions of his Little Birds floating around all over the place which is why it would be best if he did the fix by simply removing the gunner. He could always just make that seat a passenger seat, that way it would be up to a mission designer if they wanted to have an other pilot sitting there. Anyways, Max Res to Adammo if he fixes his AH-6 so that it doesn't need a gunner to fire full-auto. Without the gunner it has a ferocious rate of fire and performs exactly as it should. The AI pilot also uses it expertly and really blazes away with it. On one mission I made one AH-6 saved my ass when I was fired upon by two Russians while I was reloading. The AH-6 nailed both of them with his minigun just as their gun fire was zeroing in on me. That was an incredible experience!! Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Legionnaire 7 @ July 05 2002,06:50)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I agree with Bluesman that it should be a fictional country. The conflict in Colombia has been going on for so long and is so complex, that you're bound to offend somebody by using a real-life location. I think a MOD with this kinda storyline would have great potential. Like you mentioned above, you can have a branching storyline with mercenaries, DEA & CIA agents, special forces, rebels, etc. etc. Actually there's some very interesting stuff that could be done by basing missions off of real-world CIA's Seaspray unit ones during the 80s, and that article I mentioned. It could even become a several-part campaign/conversion each telling a different view (much like the OFP franchise) As always, if any of you need any pictures or mission ideas, I've got quite an archive & have read a lot about this stuff, so I could be useful in helping out. Cheers to all, --Legionnaire<span id='postcolor'> Yeah I guess you're right. I'm half-Colombian myself and yeah the situation there makes the Middle East look simple in comparison...so many groups competing for power in that country that it's difficult to tell at times who the good guys are and who the bad guys are. So yeah, you're probably right you'd offend someone basing it on any real life civil war in Latin America. I know I'd be offended by many possible scenarios that I won't even mention as I don't want to start a flamewar over political ideology. But yeah I think I do like the idea of "war on drugs" type MOD on a make believe country/island. I'd still like to see some crop dusters and DynCorp mercs though. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Karppa @ July 05 2002,08:10)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Vixer @ July 05 2002,05:22)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">yeah teg that would be cool having that in ofp! some fat guys with tatoo's and helmets LOL<span id='postcolor'> Yeah, and they would rape all the women in nogova. Or have sex with each other. This is what every infantry simulator needs<span id='postcolor'> Dude...you miss the point. OFP is capable of being MUCH more then just an infantry simulation. For example many people are interested in making murder mystery mods and things like that. With police units and biker units you could make some fabulous mods with great stories that could really capture the imagination and keep the player absorbed in the game. I don't see anything wrong with that. I mean people are making all kinds of wacked, sci-fi mods with the OFP engine, I don't see anything wrong with a police/biker mod. Of coarse it wouldn't fit in with the current infantry/armor/aircraft units but it could be used with civilian units and other civilian mods quite nicely. That is why I'd like to see some big Harley Davidson motorcycles and some biker units.... and not to go raping women. Their could be rival biker gangs for example and a "Biker War" mod could be made with police units playing on the Resistance side so that they attack either side or both sides on some missions. But more the anything it would just be an awesome feeling to go thundering down the streets of OFP islands in a massive Harley Davidson. Police versions could be made as well (or perhaps Honda Goldwings for them). Anyways, lots of possibilities...and this is coming from a ex-Army guy who loves OFP and it's infantry combat. I just also see the possibilities to expand OFP into many other areas. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Bluesman @ July 04 2002,13:30)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">(posted on OFPEC boards too but I want to see if there are more interested in this project which is on idea stadium so far) I have yet to see anyone take on the typical Central/Latin American style conflicts. I have an idea i've been thinking about for awhile. I was thinking of a fictional Dictatorship island. Not quite unlike the game Tropico. One could have various factions like the Army, Rebels, Church,Labor Unions, Intellectuals etc. Main millitary forces would be either the Rebels (typical gerilla style). You would have intervention forces (Contras style) and potential WP invasions. Maybe a bit of RPG style where you play Junta style and control your own forces and units (like secret police, assasination squads etc). You would of course also have the "War on Drugs" with Drug Lords and their "farms". I'm not really a modeller but i can do scripting, help with story and exchange ideas if anyone else thinks this. Interesting potentail addons to this island would be resorts places, golf courses, tourists(with flower shirts and all). Typical unit models: The typical dictator with sunglasses. The typical gerilla leader with a big cigar and beard . The key is to use a fictional country to not end up in endless discussions on real politics like in those other mods. Potential multiplayer variant: It's. Dictator mode basically. As a Dictator you have to rule as many days(or years but this is game time) as possible. The other side (or sides if this is possible to do) as a goal has to do what they can to topple the Dictator from power and likewisse the Dictator has to do what he can to stay there. When the coup/revolution succeeds they change sides and time is calculated. Not quite like Assault mode in UT but similary calculated. In order to have the army loyalty on your side you would have to issue certain bribes and build certain structures (brothels or pubs and similar entertainment) while that action would risc the church factions wrath. Furthermore, deal out money and manage the various factions that could jump off to the other faction. Likewise side 2 has similar means to try and sway the factions to their side. Island would consist of various bases which would give victory points etc. Just some more ideas Bluesman/Barman/marcus Note: Junta was a popular boardgame and imo one of the best beers & pretzels boardgames ever made. Just so everyone knows where the reference Junta points to .<span id='postcolor'> There is already such a MOD being created. The MOD is at: http://www.ofpcol.galeon.com/inicio.htm This MOD is based on the current Colombian civil war which has just about all the things you talked about. The real life conflict is chock full of various guerilla groups, drug lords, farmers, politicians, death squads, CIA spooks, DEA agents, dipolomats, U.S. Special Forces, labor leaders, journalists, DynCorp mercenaries, ect.. ect.... I suggest you contact the leader of that MOD and offer your services. I talked to him before and he's Colombian and has a pretty good understanding of the conflict. Well worth looking into. I hope he gets Oxygen. If he gets things rolling I might make some missions for him. I've already made one Colombian mission using the Hemp addon and the Bell Helicopter addon my Martin but I think I'm going to replace that one with a Huey. I just wish someone could make some DynCorp mercenary addons. I'm sure I could dig up some picks showing their uniforms (although usually I've only seen them wearing DynCorp T-shirts). Also I've been trying to get help for converting the OFP Cessna into a crop duster (for spraying drug fields) but so far nobody has wanted to help me with trying to add a smoke dispenser to one. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Adammo @ July 04 2002,17:54)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Also don't forget that your ah-6 has 2 miniguns on it... <span id='postcolor'> I know it has 2 guns on it.. thats they the ammo decreases at twice the normal speed of one gun on the chopper. If you guys like I can always release a v3 of the ah6 with 5.56 mini guns that fire at 4-5 k a min. I don't want to upgrade the v2 version because everyone needs to have the same version of the chopper or else you get issues. But a new ah6v3 would work. Â What do you guys think? I think it would also match the mini's on the choppers in BHD much better. Â Looking at the casings that were falling from the littlebirds in BHD it appeard that they were using the modified m134 to shoot 5.56 Nato rounds. Capt Moore<span id='postcolor'> Adammo...the fire rate is not the problem in my opinion. The problem is that you have a gunner and it's only firing in little bursts. To me that defeats the whole purpose of even having a minigun if you can't hold down the trigger and strafe an area. You have more then enough ammo to strafe all day before running out of ammo. If you're trying to make it realistic PLEASE remove the gunner because in real life Little Birds don't have a seperate gunner. The pilot does the gunning. Also as far as a joystick goes I hate using a joystick myself so that's a no go. Anyways I think you should leave the firerate as it is, and take the gunner out and I think people will be MUCH happier as they'll have a nice fully auto minigun rather then crappy burst fire. Being a gunner is no fun either when you can't aim the guns. I think that if you make a 5.56mm version and still just does that burst fire stuff that people are still going to be bitching about it just like they did about the colors of the Littlebird (remember I had warned you about that also). If I had known about the way the minigun fired earlier I would have bugged the hell out of you to fix it. So I hope that you can take out the gunner when you have time to mess with it. That will make it like the Kiowa Warrior in that the pilot will have full-auto capability. Anyways just take that as constructive advice. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

Has anyone mentioned the most obvious motorcycle? A Harley Davidson. That would be incredible to have big ass Harley Davidson with a nice huge thundering sound when you crank up the engine and that nice rumble when it's just idling. Make it with a biker unit addon and it would be perfect!!! Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Baztard1984 @ July 03 2002,13:56)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I was looking for some vegetation which I can place on a mission that I currently have in the works which I can place infront of sangbag and cammo fortifications to delay them from being detected by enemy AI. I Recall that Planet of War mod had a long grass addon on their old site but I haven't been able to find it. any other addons would also be appreiciated. I also tried the bushes, trees and buildings addon made by Ketegys (sorry if thats spelt wrong) but I couldnt find the object in the editor. If anyone could help me out here I'd appreiciate it, especially the long grass from POW I'd be very grateful. Thanks in advance.<span id='postcolor'> Well there is a "hemp" addon...which I guess you could call grass.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (quakergamer @ July 03 2002,01:17)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Well I guess you are wrong. My M109 FIRES like artillery. Ai cant use it correctly, becasue they dont know how but you can it like artillery. Those who beta tested it know what I mean !<span id='postcolor'> Ok then please explain how it works. Screen shots maybe? If you mean that you can elevate the barrel high then that's not much of an artillery system. But if you mean that you can accurately fire at a target that is, for example, behind a hill, then I for one would be very impressed. The key word is *accurately*. I have a had other arty makers tell me the same thing but it turned out that all they had was a tank gun that fired at a high angle. There was no way it could be accurately targetted except for direct fire. I hope indeed that you have gone beyond this. If not maybe other people will enjoy just using it like a tank. I'd probably just use it as a prop and just use a bunch of artillery simulation scripts. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (dsawan @ July 01 2002,18:07)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Hi, all. Could someone tell me wherre the M-109 Paladin arty unit is of OFP. I would imagine it is out by now. I saw something about it in the forums a while back. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Douglasdsawan@earthlink.net<span id='postcolor'> I think that the main problem all of the arillery mods are having is a simple one.... no artillery system exhists in OFP. In other words it's going to be incredibly difficult if not impossible to make a M109 that you can actually use for accurate indirect fire. It'll just basically be a big tank unless some highly skilled scriptors figure out how to make some kind of targetting system that doesn't rely on external scripts. But unless BIS helps them with that I don't think it will be possible. But I hope I'm wrong. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (bugkill @ July 01 2002,11:38)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">miles teg, Â Â Â that is just my point, if they felt bitter, they should have kept it in the family, not spilling their guts to CNN or other news channels. when you become a ranger, delta, airborne or leg infantry, you know that you will fight battles or wars that are along political lines. if you can't stomach it, then you don't need to join or even discuss it afterwards. i can tell you this, if i ever get a chance to get into combat and i lose some buddies, i damn sure will not question the validity of their deaths or share my political views to the media. we are adults and we volunteer for this, there is an understanding of what will be asked of us and sometimes it may not be pretty. the media don't care about us, they want to hear that soldier talk about how horrible it is and how they were played for fools and used as pawns, when it is a bunch of BS. -snip-<span id='postcolor'> Yes that is true, but you have to remember that these soldiers bitching are ex-soldiers now. As far as I know all of the ones that talked so much to the media were all out of uniform and civilians when they did so. When you are discharged you can say whatever the hell you want. You are no longer under any obligation or code of honor or whatever. Many Gulf War soldiers (ex-soldiers) likewise complain bitterly to the media about their health and how the DoD doesn't listen to them about Gulf War Syndrome and about how they were forced to take experimental drugs, ect.. ect... That is their right once they are a civilian and that is why as far as I am concerned they have earned their right to complain all they want now that they are out of uniform. When I was in uniform by the way I also was very outspoken about DoD policy concerning the usage of experimental drugs on soldiers. However I was very careful on how I voiced my complaints and did so in a proper manner through my chain of command rather then go to the media or something. I also had a perfect service record for 8 years. In a situation like Somalia, likewise I would have done what I was told to do to accomplish the mission and would have not have gone to the media afterwards while still in uniform. Instead I would raised hell within the chain of command and with the proper officers (not in front of the other troops which would undermine morale) in order to make sure that screws ups didn't happen again. If you know how to work the system, you can get things changed in the military. It may not earn you brownie points for promotion, but it earns you respect. But once that uniform comes off you can say whatever you want about the military, your unit, or your government. What this has to do with the BHD MOD I don't know. I just hope that when it's made it's a good one and not worse then my BHD mission. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (bugkill @ June 30 2002,10:15)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">the_real_chaser, -snip- but that does'nt make your fellow soldiers' death less significant. it made me pissed off to see and read some of these rangers talk like that and made me question their effectiveness and why in the hell they signed up to be rangers in the first place, was it for the black beret (it's tan now and they cried about that) or just to be called "elite". in spec ops, you will get asked to do things that are not entirely good, as a soldier it is not your place to ask "why are we here?", but instead its "what must i do!", they get the missions that conventional units don't do, the down and dirty missions. they know all this, but a hand full of them sounded like a bunch of draft dodging hippies after this fight and warriors don't do that. i just wanted to get that out in the air and as a real soldier, i can say what i want on this subject, because i'm serving right now at this moment. so, the_real_chaser, if you gonna make a mission about TF160, it would be better to make it a backdrop and use the circumstances in recreating the battle. using real names and all that is a waste of time, make up other scenarios and new missions. try and be original, don't copy the same formula like all the other bandwagon jumpers are doing after one viewing of the movie (which was a good movie, but watered down). also, ask and do research before you go off and release something that is like a hollywood production. realism and accuracy is what alot of guys are looking for in this game, please maintain that standard. well, i'm sorry for the rant about the rangers, but i'm passionate about being a soldier and it pains me to see soldiers talking like civilians, especially when it concerns fellow comrades that lost their lives for them, not for a cause or the american flag, but for them.<span id='postcolor'> I dunno...I was a soldier also, and while I agree on most of what you said and about how they had a soldier's death it's a death none the less. Most real soldiers I know don't look forward to a "soldier's death" unless they have a death wish. Most soldiers I know have families and loved ones that they want to return to. I think that they have the right to whine all they want after a horrific battle like that. It was their buddies that got killed and many were pissed because they were pulled out and not able to complete the mission. However overall they faught as they were trained and did a very professional job overall. However they were also lucky that the Somalies were such crap gunmen who just sprayed fire and were high on khat most of the time. A more formidable opponent would have most likely given them much higher casualties. At any rate, I think that unless you are a combat veteran who has faced similar circumstances that's it's a low blow to criticize those young men just because they feel a little bitter about being pawns in a political game. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (the_real_chaser @ June 29 2002,22:06)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">hi guys Do to some internal problems and outfalling personal i have to make this thread! We the Black Hawk Down ´mod need urgently new modelers and skinners some people how can make good and working confic.cpp! Short description: !! This mod is based on a True story !! The Mod is playing the invasion on somalia in 1993 when US forces moved into somalia to capture the high Leader of the gi habid clan to restore democaticy in somalia !! BUT THEY FAILED badly more information on Black Hawk Down a mod for OPF this page is also in english!! if somebody is intressted to join us as a member or co worker please post here or the_real_chaser@freenet.de or ICQ 135228390 Thankx Chaser     <span id='postcolor'> Failed badly? Wait let me guess...you're European ain't ya? It was the U.N. who partly failed, not the U.S. alone. However many goals were achieved, mainly that of saving a lot more people from starvation. As for the actual mission show in the movie "Blackhawk Down" while Aidid was not captured, many of his top officers were. In addition considering the odds the U.S. forces faced, combat casualities were relatively light while Somali casualities were extremely heavy. The goal of that mission was not to hold ground but to grab the targeted members of Aidid's clan and pull out. Unfortunately it resulted in signicant casaulties. Regardless most of the mission goals were met and U.S. forces faught extremely professionally in some of the fiercest urban combat since the Vietnam War. The mission was however no doubt a mortal blow for the whole operation. The one video on CNN showing the bodies of U.S. soldiers being dragged through the streets and mutilated was enough to end the entire mission...so goes the power of television and perception management. At the end of the day there were no real winners except for those who were spared from starvation (and the warlords who gained power). At any rate, I would be very disappointed if your MOD is just an attempt by some anti-American Europeans to show how horrible us yankee captalists are invading poor innocent 3rd world countries. I hope that it honors the memories of those who perished on both sides of the conflict. Chris G. aka-Miles Teg<GD>