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Hello everyone, I recently discovered that it is possible to adjust your formation by sending your troops a commands advance, stay back, left and right flank. When I looked for how to force to use AI commander to use these commands I failed. I think that BIS didn't give scripters possibility to use these commands which is basicly a shame. Also about it, its a shame that I cant combine those by saing soldiers for example 2x advance and 1x flank left to move them 80m in front and 40m in left of actual formations. This would add players very powerfull tool how to control AI soldiers. Basicly it would be very nice if they would give players/scripters more easy ways how to tweak the formations, because in vanilla they are useless.

Script for AI to take hull/turret down possition to some target or place. http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=119490

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Oh - thanks. I'm sorry for that spam. But I don't have enaugh time to read all the posts and its not written in any summary.

http://www.arma2.com/bin/null/thecode/ Can someone tell me what does these signs meens?? They are definetly chinese. But I don't know that language... It looks like some false hint for me - but I'd like to know what they mean.

Does enybody know how this works?? http://www.arma2.com/bin/null/thecode/

But someone should really start some kind of summary thread. So newcomers could have quick view to the game :) I don't feel like one to do it so I beg someone more appropriate to do it.

Yeah, yeah - still playing OFP :) since the demo ... but now I'm going to buy a new machine - OA is now what I have been looking for all the years <3

I'd like to write something about the original topic. Yes maybe it is not looking like a best solution, but it definitely is the best solution, because there is no other solution except then render grass at higher distances. You must count with capabilities of DirectX.

It would be really nice if we should have some pointer type in Arma 2 scripting. Since a=[1]; b=a; a=[2]; b will result [1] (but as http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Array (part array references) says it should result [2]) its impossible to make 2 variables work with same memory space. This thing can be very useful and also can much shorten some parts of scripts. Explanation for those who don't exactly know what pointer type should do. Pointer is a variable type which contains address to some other variable (can be also pointer). There is always a function which works with the pointer type and when this function is called with parameter of address (which is saved in pointer) it always return a memory space which is at this address. Example: let's have functions and operations $X - returns memory address of variable x #X - returns memory space at address x X=Y; - assign value y to variable x then A=1; P=$A; #P=5; now A will contain 5 So then if you will create in ofp/arma/ arma 2 some dynamic called variables with call format ["%1_variable = []",a]; you can feel free to do something like this call format ["_b=$%1_variable ",a]; //at this point _b is pointing at your created variable hint #_b; #_b = "test"; instead of call format ["_b=$%1_variable ",a]; call format ["hint %1_variable;",a]; call format ["%1_variable = ""test"";",a]; You can see there is the way with pointers is much easier to take in and there is also less way where to put some mistakes. And in some case if you would have too many of commands where you call "call format xxx" there is also some influence at speed of the script. It depends on how it should be the transposition of address and memory space done by programmer of translator. And also there is much more use for pointers. You can easily make your scripts easy to take in (or inspectional/lucid? translation comment: překlad podle slovníku ze slova "přehledný"). There is also possible to make very complex and easy to use data structures (more complex then arrays in ofp/arma/arma 2 which are really strong tool when correctly used). And when I'm mentioning Arrays - I REALLY MISS function to add value V at position [1,2,3]. For example db set [[1,2,3],V] then db select [1,2,3] (should be same as (((db select 1) select 2) select 2) )

So make a script. Well actually Im working on something like this (now for OFP, late I will transfer it into Arma 2). But if you want to, you can make another or try to help ;)

Thats bullshit man :D What I should rather see is possibility to cut wires. But this is bullshit :D If this was possible, there will not stay any obstacles for infantry.

Yes, thats a little problem. Arma 2 artillery system doesn't support LA (low angle) artillery support. Thats why it always take too long until splash comes.

Ok, no problem with it :)

Middle ages? 11th ~12th century - Europe? Dynamic evolution of vilages and towns? Battle system like in Mount & Blade? Building of castles like in Stronghold? YEAH I SEE IT!!! YEAH I LOVE THE IDEA!!! I ABSOLUTELY WANT IT!!! THIS IS THE HOLE IN THE MARKET!!! DO IT!!! I'm preparing to mod Arma 2 in that way, but I don't know how much free time to do this will I have, but I'm looking forward to see game like this for years.

Yeah :D I like it very much

As my favourite weapon is T-80 (I still play OFP) I really hate, that RPG doesn't make proper particle effect (seen in russian video here - 8:33). Yes, when RPG hits tank it's correct it creates huge amount of dust so tank crew is not possible to see who and from where fired. But theirs companions should be able to see. I love particle effects which are on helicopter rockets, these are great, but the one on RPGs sucks. For example some real videos: 1:00 - in dusty area And when I'm opening a new thread I'd like to say war is really nasty and I will love if Arma 2 will show war in its nastiness and dirty

Yeah I see, I trust you have truth. But in the linked Russian video it seems like there is no particle effect at all. But maybe it just can't be seen in 1st person mode.

And also, one problem of being on the roof top is, that you can only hardly flee :) Face it, if you are in battle, you will rather not go on the roof top, also bacause you are then better target for helis and snipers. Also snipers use rarely trees as shooting place. Sometimes for hiding, but this doesn't have a point. I don't see much use of it, as Arma 2 is not a simulation of CQB, however BI said with MicroAI it could be.

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Hi all, this may be REAL off topic, but understand, I'm not member of any other forums and I wanted someone to see this. As I'm leaving in month secondary school, I decided to make as a leaving work a 3D rendering program in Turbo Pascal 7.0. Yes, it sounds quite strange. Why did I make it in this language. There are two easy answers - because I'm lazy to learn any other language and pascal we are learning in school, and second, that pascal is quite underrated, so I wanted to show, this is also possible in pascal. So, its a rendering system using raycasting method. At this time, its possible to render a (plane)textured polygon with alpha. I wantad to have in final version also lighting and some sofisticated methods like bump-mapping or paralax-mapping, but time (and laziness) didn't allowed it. Please don't be cruel, I'm just 19 years old poor student so don't tak it too seriously, take look at some rendered pictures and if you want also at source code: source code in *.zip My first rendered image: Some of very next: and some others: :yay:

In Arma 2 it will be possible to make ponds. There will be no support for flowing water. But If you know how bigger rivers look like you will agree with me when I say, its possible to make river like this: Make long (river-like) pond, after it place some tie object (weir or some stones with water flowing between) and then again another river-like pond. I don't want to release some hoax but I saw in some picture it was made like this. Actualy I cannot find it. This all means, that it will be possible to have some kind of rivers in game, but its not sure that they will be in South Zagorie.

This doesn't mean that there will be whole Chernarus in Arma 2. It is definetly whole map of Arma 2, but there might be some procedural "infinite"(???) landscape. Of course I don't think that it will be possible to get in Russia in Campaign. So there will be some script which will create a huge Russian army with you as target.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/armaii/images/0/4/?tag=screenshot Is this suposed to be a wade (crossing place)??? And if will AI use it??