MP.Green

Mr. Murray’s Editing Guide SE1.02 was where I got started with the mission editing. Now I can make up MP missions with simple scripts, but I still come back to it from time to time. More than one time I found what I were looking for was right there waiting for me! Among all the tuitions, wikis, and articles I have read, I would say the Editing Guide is still the best for a beginner to start from. I have been waiting soooo long for the release of the Deluxe version in English. It almost took an age! I check back for updates every couple weeks only to find there was nothing new. When I knew ArmA2 was on the way, I started to decode the German version by Google translation tool –not an efficient way indeed, just can’t wait any longer.:D Thanks again for Mr. Murray and team. Awesome work!!

very down to earth question: if u want to buy a new computer only for ArmA2, dual cores or quad? if quad cores are not fully used or supported, is it wiser to get a dual cores with higher frequency?

Thank you for your quick response, Maruk. I'm sorry to have wronged them. From another standpoint, it could be a good news, Chinese company with a not so glorious history started showing some respect to copyright. More important, Chinese players now have the option to own an authorized copy. I'm looking forward to seeing ArmA2 in China market, too. Regards to the term and your awesome games.

The registration process took such a loooong time before I was finally allowed to post. Â The first thing I want to clarify is: there is legal protection on intellectual property in China - I can tell with confidence as an admitted Chinese lawyer - although I'm not specilized in this area. I have to admit the enforcement of IP-related laws is weak in China. There is a bunch of Chinese company cut cornors and bend the rules to make dirty money, but NONE of them go far. Let me walk you through the facts. Fromz and I are the members of a OFP/ArmA community in China(www.mp-ofp.com/bbs/). We were surprised when Soarsoft released an announcement on its website saying its had been granted the rights by BIS to publish and distribute ArmA Simplied Chinese language version in China because (i)the game setting of ArmA is too politically sensitive to pass the cencorship in China; (ii) Soarsoft had a very bad record of illegal copycating games- there was a rumor says they snatched a copy of Mount & Blade demo, cracked it, translated it into Chinese, sold it to Chinese players and claimed it was "developed" by their own!! When the developer of M&B found out what was happening in China, they posted a thread on their forum to warn all the Chinese player http://forums.taleworlds.net/index.php/topic,25342.0.html It looks like Soarsoft wants to play its ricky trick again, so Fromz volunteered to figure out whether they had due authorization they claimed by posting a thread here. Thanks to Suma who appears to be the lead programmer, the answer is NOPE. In a couple days after Fromz's post, a guy who claimed to be a staff of Soarsoft showed up in our forum, asserting that they are duely authorized to publish and distribute the Chinese version of ArmA and each pack they sell will include a valid CDkey. Considering the complexity of the issue, we closed the relevant threads, wishing it will fade out before anyone gets hurt. Now that's the whole picture. My question is: is there any way to dig out whether Soarsoft has any authorization from BIS (the developer) or Idea Game (the publisher) or any other party? Is there a list of authorized distributors anywhere on BIS's website? If not, there should be one! If it proves to be a trick, we need ACTION before the innocuous Chinese ArmA lovers spend their money on crippled copycat version-at least BIS should follow M&B's suit-post a warning on the website to alert the Chinese plays to the lousy trick of Soarsoft!