OxPecker

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (SirLoins @ April 14 2003,05:00)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Now Denoir, the almight one that has everyone hear by the balls, I don't ask to be banned, I DEMAND IT!!! I can no longer read anymore of your socialistist European (you too badgerbaby) bullshit. You guys have a nice life. Oh and by the way, did I mention FUCK YOU.<span id='postcolor'> Well, I'm opposed to the war and American imperialism in general, and guess what? I'm not Euopean! Don't make the mistake of thinking the only source of antipathy towards American foreign policy comes from Europe - most of the rest of the world can't stomach it either.

Spelunking?

Oh yeah, this is gonna be sweet. I can see some battles between the Deltas and Islamic resistance being played out on my PC soon!

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Ian Malcolm @ April 14 2003,01:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I started works on new Raptor... and how far are you with your T-Rex gemenis? <span id='postcolor'> You seem to have a bad case of red [X]

OK, a poll for you military types (and other gun experts). Which full powered (7.62x51mm) battle rifle is the best, in terms of accuracy and reliability. The new trend for most armies is towards less powerful rifles (5.56mm etc.) where soldiers can carry more ammo. Also, which armies/militaries still use full-powered rifles?

Quick question - whose side are civilians on? I know by default if you arm a civilian he starts shooting at East, but is that determined by who the resistance are friendly to?

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Vixer @ April 11 2003,08:38)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">8--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Landwarrior87 @ April 11 2003,058)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I think the sounds on the BAS m4's are not very accurate.. man i was watching discovery channel modern weapons.. they were shooting M4 ACOG Scopes, that the 502nd 101st Airbourne use and they sound more like a popping noise.. and the muzzle didnt flash every time a bullet came out.. and they were firing live ammunition.. it was practice rounds. I really like the textures on the M4's, they just sound so "Black Hawk Down'y" and we all know your motto is "BHD was 10 years ago, we aint making addons for that" so... any chance of an updated sound for the m4?? and the SAW and m240 sounds.. I STRONGLY SUGGEST THOSE SOUNDS BE CHANGED. THEY SOUND LIKE PUNKS.<span id='postcolor'> Well you watch discovery and we have our own militairy advisor, now lest listen to discovery then instead of the advisor? Â Â if its all that bad change the sounds yourself it aint that hard as long as you wont release the pack with that sounds on it<span id='postcolor'> Dude, be open to constructive criticism. Those sounds do sound very "videogamelike". Yes, we know you have a military advisor, but you don't need any military training to listen to a sound of a gun being fired in a documentary and know it sounds very different to what's coming out of your PC speakers

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (RalphWiggum @ April 11 2003,07:19)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">uhmm..excuse me, but could someone please tell me where The Iraq thread is? <span id='postcolor'> This started when people were discussing the merits (and benefits, such as healthcare) of enfocing your own ideal of democracy (or other ideal system of government) on other countries.

Thanks. Is there any way to change this, short of changing the civilians side? Say for instance I want the civilians to be friendly to the East, but hostile towards the Resistance. I know I can to this by changing the civlians side to East, but then the Resistance will shoot at them.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Hellfish6 @ April 11 2003,05:10)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (OxPecker @ April 10 2003,21:43)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3. The demo missions - just how basic or complicated will these demo missions be, or be expected to be. Will it be a simple "here is a mission with the new tank - go and blow up some enemy" or will they be 2mb epics featuring latest scripts, custom music and images etc. If they include fancy scripting and such, they might not give a true indication of the addons worth - i.e. scripts might be used to make the addon seem more fucntional than it actually is.<span id='postcolor'> My understanding is that it can be as basic or as complicated as the addon maker wishes. I mean, any of us could make a mission for an addon - it's a simple matter of one or two triggers and some waypoints at the most simple level. And I'm sure if the addon maker prefers not to make a mission that he's got a friend or someone else willing to make a demo mission for him.<span id='postcolor'> OK, I guess what I was getting at is what happens if someone makes a mission with a lot a fancy scripts that make the addon do all kinds of neat stuff, and the person who downloaded it thinks these are standard features of the addon. They may be in for a big letdown when using the addon in other missions. Good thing or bad thing - I guess it depends on your point of view.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Hellfish6 @ April 11 2003,05:10)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (OxPecker @ April 10 2003,21:43)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3. The demo missions - just how basic or complicated will these demo missions be, or be expected to be. Will it be a simple "here is a mission with the new tank - go and blow up some enemy" or will they be 2mb epics featuring latest scripts, custom music and images etc. If they include fancy scripting and such, they might not give a true indication of the addons worth - i.e. scripts might be used to make the addon seem more fucntional than it actually is.<span id='postcolor'> My understanding is that it can be as basic or as complicated as the addon maker wishes. I mean, any of us could make a mission for an addon - it's a simple matter of one or two triggers and some waypoints at the most simple level. And I'm sure if the addon maker prefers not to make a mission that he's got a friend or someone else willing to make a demo mission for him.<span id='postcolor'> OK, I guess what I was getting at is what happens if someone makes a mission with a lot a fancy scripts that make the addon do all kinds of neat stuff, and the person who downloaded it thinks these are standard features of the addon. They may be in for a big letdown when using the addon in other missions. Good thing or bad thing - I guess it depends on your point of view.

OK, my questions (sorry if they seem silly, but I'm not as well versed in the mechanics of how OFP handles addons as some) - 1. I mightn't be reading this correctly, but are you suggesting 1 installer/exe for each individual addon? Thats sounds like a LOT of downloading, which will put off the casual gamer just as much as the way things are now. It will also mean severs will have to give a list of each individual AAE exe file you will need to download. 2. Will there be compatability issues with existing addons - am I going to have to clear out my addon folders so as to install them? 3. The demo missions - just how basic or complicated will these demo missions be, or be expected to be. Will it be a simple "here is a mission with the new tank - go and blow up some enemy" or will they be 2mb epics featuring latest scripts, custom music and images etc. If they include fancy scripting and such, they might not give a true indication of the addons worth - i.e. scripts might be used to make the addon seem more fucntional than it actually is. All in all though, I think this sounds like an excellent idea. Some sort of addon standardisation is long overdue.

OK, my questions (sorry if they seem silly, but I'm not as well versed in the mechanics of how OFP handles addons as some) - 1. I mightn't be reading this correctly, but are you suggesting 1 installer/exe for each individual addon? Thats sounds like a LOT of downloading, which will put off the casual gamer just as much as the way things are now. It will also mean severs will have to give a list of each individual AAE exe file you will need to download. 2. Will there be compatability issues with existing addons - am I going to have to clear out my addon folders so as to install them? 3. The demo missions - just how basic or complicated will these demo missions be, or be expected to be. Will it be a simple "here is a mission with the new tank - go and blow up some enemy" or will they be 2mb epics featuring latest scripts, custom music and images etc. If they include fancy scripting and such, they might not give a true indication of the addons worth - i.e. scripts might be used to make the addon seem more fucntional than it actually is. All in all though, I think this sounds like an excellent idea. Some sort of addon standardisation is long overdue.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (DracoPaladore @ April 11 2003,03:29)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (PFC_Mike @ April 11 2003,02:47)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Saddam probably left the country, but why Russia? Yeah, they probably wouldn't mind pissing of the US but hosting a thuggish pig isn't going to do much good for you. And let's not forget that no matter where he hides, people will still be looking. Saddam's ideology isn't as effective as Osama's, so there's less reason to assist him. Osama has lost a significant number of his lieutenants. The same will probably happen to Saddam. Is Chemical Ali dead or missing?<span id='postcolor'> Huh ? <span id='postcolor'> I'm guessing he had two windows open, 1 for this thread and 1 for the Iraq thread, and replied in the wrong one.

I really like this pack, but I have small nitpicks, regarding the sniper rifles - The M82, as has been noted, should have a lot more kick (recoil), and possible a slightly slower reload time. Also, I don't think it has a reload sound. Finally, I think the firing sound could be better, if you like I will see if I can find a more realistic sound file. The M24 seems to be very underpowered - I was shooting at a squad of enemy sodliers, and finding that it was routinely taking up to 4 or 5 rounds to drop them. You might want to check the damage figure, and make it more equivalent to the ingame M21. Well enough criticism. The weapon I REALLY like is the M16 marksman version, very cool.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Akira @ April 11 2003,01:39)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (OxPecker @ April 11 2003,01:32)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (PitViper @ April 10 2003,22:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">We have far more control of our personal finances. Â We can also choose whatever healthplan we like and we only pay for exactly what we are getting. Also, our financial system isn't going to collapse in less than 30 years. Socialist systems != economic liberty.<span id='postcolor'> Funny you should mention health. From everything I've read, the American health system is a real mess. Only those wealthy enough receive decent treatment - god help you if you fall ill or suffer an accident and you aren't affluent enough to have health insurance. I'm happy to live in a country that has a public health system, where people aren't left to rot in the gutter if they don't have private health insurance. From a few Americans I know, they find our concept of a public health system quite odd, almost like some sort of socialist ideal.<span id='postcolor'> Here is a case of don't believe everything you read or see on TV. I'm neither wealthy nor affluent, and I have good healthcare and cheap prescriptions. The media tends to center on the plight of a few of the screwed, usually arising out of the evil HMO architecture. If you are poor (dirty poor) then no...you probably don't have health insurance, but that doesn't stop you from recieving treatment at clinics and hospitals. Â There is a problem with senior citizen prescription plans and costs, and that is what Congress is dealing with now. If you have a job, you have some kind of healthcare or another, which extends usually to your entire immediate family. Medicare and government sponsored programs have been underfire and constantly being debated in Congress and the news. It's clear that there is work to do, but people aren't "left to rot in the gutter" either.<span id='postcolor'> Well actually my opinion wasn't based on what I see on TV, but from what some expatriate Americans told me. Still and all, with the info I have at hand, I would have to say our concept of a public health system is a lot fairer to people all the way across the economic spectrum. But possibly the American health system isn't as bad as I've been lead to believe - true enough, I have never seen it first hand.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (PitViper @ April 10 2003,22:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">We have far more control of our personal finances. Â We can also choose whatever healthplan we like and we only pay for exactly what we are getting. Also, our financial system isn't going to collapse in less than 30 years. Socialist systems != economic liberty.<span id='postcolor'> Funny you should mention health. From everything I've read, the American health system is a real mess. Only those wealthy enough receive decent treatment - god help you if you fall ill or suffer an accident and you aren't affluent enough to have health insurance. I'm happy to live in a country that has a public health system, where people aren't left to rot in the gutter if they don't have private health insurance. From a few Americans I know, they find our concept of a public health system quite odd, almost like some sort of socialist ideal. And as for your financial system, thats a laugh. America has one of the dodgiest finances oin the world, present a facade of being this mighty economy, but in reality quite weak and unstable. I know you will scoff and tell me I'm crazy, but if I get a chance I'll ask a friend of mine who is an accountant to explain the nuances of exactly how screwed the American economy really is.

Almost an entire 2 pages in my newpaper this morning were plastered with letters all to the same effect - "See how happy the Iraqis are! I hope all you peace protesters admit you were wrong now!" And to that I have one answer - you really don't understand what they were protesting about. The protests weren't about supporting Saddam, or saying the way he ran his country was OK. They were about the US believing it is above international law, and showing it's willingness to enforce it's own idea of justice on a country whether they (or anyone else) like it or not. I'm sure the crusades were started for the best of intention too.......

This is the first I've heard of this pack, looks great- ftp://ftp.gamesurf.de/pub....071.jpg SJB Special Reaction Team Addons page From the site - </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">After some thought and discussion with various "advisors" within the OFP community, I have decided to make several new weapons for the S.R.T. Pack. These weapons will include: - M249 SAW Machine Gun - Glock 18 (Silenced with LAM) - A new M24 Model - and possibly a Barret M82A1 (.50 Calibre) Sniper Rifle As making the models and the config.cpp files to go with them takes time, the S.R.T. Pack will be postponed yet again. My apologise to those people who are looking forward to the units and weapons.<span id='postcolor'>

Thanks for the pic ~TooTall~

Another awesome pic Lee! I can't believe you get get your shots looking so greta, you lucky b*st*rd!

Can't wait to try this out - in the meantime, can someone post some screens, specifically of the M82?

I really like this M16/M203 pack, and I hope future addon makers think of equipping their units with them.

Does it have coop NAD adversarial MP modes?

I find all this talk of "wow, I can't believe we occupied Bagdad so easily" really interesting. How much of a fight did you expect from a military that is about 1/3 the size now it was during the gulf war, and that is using technology approx. 30 years behind what the US is using? Anyway, I truly hope it is all but over now, for everyone's sakes. [cynicism]Hooray, the good guys won! The "shining beacon of democracy" triumphs again. Another country you can sell Big Macs and re-runs of Friends to! A great victory for world democracy indeed. Forgive us if we aren't all in the streets waving the star spangled banner, some of us are still a little concerned about how readily the US steamrollered the UN and international law to enforce it's own agenda. [/cynicism]