RedRogue

1. Unplug your mic from your soundcard, or unplug the voice commander 'hockey puck' from your computer. 2. Run the OFP preferences, go to setup voice or whatever it is. Run the voice setup and you will get an error. Your Von transmission has just become disabled. Your RW will now come thru clear to others. The rest of the members of your squad will need to do this to come thru clear. Don't forget to reconnect your mic.

I looks more to be a represntation of a lava flow from a vent. The vent being the crater, the flow being the odd colored land and burned trees around it. That is a volcanic island you know.

You where to far away the radio transmitter for the satchel charges has a limited range. Walk back toward the bombs and eventually you will be able to detonate them again.

You may be experiencing control input lag which seems to be more prone to occuring under win2000/XP. Set your prerender limit to O or as low and it can go, turn off vertical sync and see if that helps any.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Silencer @ Feb. 21 2002,23:06)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">it's not fun shooting my friends... you america don't really understand that becuase all the games you play you always as a american killing the russians.<span id='postcolor'> Cry me a river while your at it.

Well I finally submitted and installed Win2k during my latest format. And after finally beating 2K into submission 8 hours later I was ready to test OFP. And then the dreaded mouse lag appeared. Acutally its more than just the mouse, its any control movement. I've done the usual of setting the prerender limit to 0 and such but was wondering if anyone has come up with a definite solution(s).

This is the .cpp file if you are able to edit it. This file comes from either the demo version of the game or the early first version of the game. This is not the .bin file which is encrypted (unless you have decrypted this somehow) the .bin file has many errors fixed as showing in Satchel's sound pack because he uses the .cpp Laws and missiles fly to short because the thrust times are different between the two files The .cpp does not represent what is in the .bin file.

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</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (John C Flett @ Feb. 16 2002,18:30)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The russians used to say 'Quantity has a quality of its own'. Sure quality counts but it can be swamped by numbers, it can still be failed by poor support and it tends to be disproportionaly expensive. I think it was Chuck Yeager took part in two demonstration dogfights, once flying the 'superior' american fighter, once the 'inferior' enemy fighter. Both times he cleaned the floor with the other guy. Its the person behind the machine that really counts.<span id='postcolor'> It was a captured Mig15 they where testing. He also did a straight dive with it to see how unstable its tail configuration was. Something when asked by the Russians, they couldn't believe becuase even the engineers and test pilots wouldn't do it and it was a forbidden manuever in the Mig15.

You know they are called "UNOFFICIAL" addons for a reason. Remove all your addons that are unofficial, then run the game and see if its fixed. If that doesn't even do it reinstall the game. If it does fix it, start addons the addons back in groups of 5 or so until the problem returns, remove 4 of the 5 addons you just last installed and see if the problem is there, if it is then the remaining addon is causing the problem. If it doesn't add one of the 4 addons you just removed back and run the game. If the problem returns then the bad addon is one you just put back, if it doesn't test the remaing 3 addons until the problem returns, once it does you have your problematic addon. Edit: READ THIS - Courtesy of The Avon Lady

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Sir Smokes Alot @ Feb. 16 2002,03:31)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Ok I was thinking  Russian quanity vs U.S qualty what is better. Then I remember WW2 and German qualty vs U.S  quanity. Ok at time WW2 the German army had best rifles,SMGs,machineguns and tanks.  It took 3 to 4 hit from M4 Sherman to take out Panzer VI Tiger tank only one from Panzer VI Tiger take out M4 Sherman ! U.S could make way more M4 Sherman's then Germans could make Panzer VI Tiger's! Allie quanity beat the German qualty. So I beleve quanity beats qualty.<span id='postcolor'> Um your leaving alot out of that equation. Like: 1) Air superiority <<---- really bad for a tank when you don't have it 2) They where kinda fighthing Russia at the same time, and the fighting on the Eastern front was hella brutal. And Russia had at what is estimated at the time the best performing tank (can anyone say T-34 ) 3) Don't underestimate the the European allies, Britian made some sweet Sherman upgrades. And In my opinion the best piston engine aircraft ever produced (Spitfire). And of even more importance the Merlin engine which went in them, and the P-51s. Sure the U.S. manufactured alot of them, but they where british designed. 4) The list goes on and on. And oh BTW Nazi Germany quality turned into crap as their manufactoring base was destroyed (Air superiority) and they had to result to manufactoring inferior steel and equipment. Also a tank is a bit useless if you don't have fuel to run it.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Sir Smokes Alot @ Feb. 16 2002,03:31)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Ok I was thinking  Russian quanity vs U.S qualty what is better. Then I remember WW2 and German qualty vs U.S  quanity. Ok at time WW2 the German army had best rifles,SMGs,machineguns and tanks.  It took 3 to 4 hit from M4 Sherman to take out Panzer VI Tiger tank only one from Panzer VI Tiger take out M4 Sherman ! U.S could make way more M4 Sherman's then Germans could make Panzer VI Tiger's! Allie quanity beat the German qualty. So I beleve quanity beats qualty.<span id='postcolor'> Um your leaving alot out of that equation. Like: 1) Air superiority <<---- really bad for a tank when you don't have it 2) They where kinda fighthing Russia at the same time, and the fighting on the Eastern front was hella brutal. And Russia had at what is estimated at the time the best performing tank (can anyone say T-34 ) 3) Don't underestimate the the European allies, Britian made some sweet Sherman upgrades. And In my opinion the best piston engine aircraft ever produced (Spitfire). And of even more importance the Merlin engine which went in them, and the P-51s. Sure the U.S. manufactured alot of them, but they where british designed. 4) The list goes on and on. And oh BTW Nazi Germany quality turned into crap as their manufactoring base was destroyed (Air superiority) and they had to result to manufactoring inferior steel and equipment. Also a tank is a bit useless if you don't have fuel to run it.

If I have time I'll make a a screen .mpg demonstration of these cheats in use by me on the FragHaus server (I'll quickly demonstration my M16 firing heat rounds with a scope on it away from everyone else then leave.) I have notified BIS twice about this, from their responces I take it they do not feel this is quite the issue it is. But its their game and their call...... edit: BTW this has absolutely nothing to do with Memory HEX editing while the game is in play.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (BigQEd @ Feb. 15 2002,19:52)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The Multiple Law shots would be the Trainer that is readily available... no surprize there. I know some C... but not sure I can see how this would be done without accessing the Memory (while game is running) or altering the PBO in some fashion.<span id='postcolor'> Its all really very simple, doing it this way you don't even need the trainer for multiple law shots, hell you can make your laws lockon and track.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (BigQEd @ Feb. 15 2002,09:05)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">RedRogue... if you modified the game PBOs in the ADDON directory I would think the game would not operate properly. I mean if you have an ADDON that doesn't match the servers ADDON it will bark and drop you to desktop. I mean it is rather easy to change these things... just like I made an SU25 with Sidewinders as an extra ADDON but I wouldn't think it would work properly in a normal game without the special ADDONs even if you modified the default PBOs. Correct me if you know differently...<span id='postcolor'> It doesn't involve modifing the .pbo files, I'm not going into detail about how to do it but its relatively simple if you have had any C code experience. Unfortunately it works without the server being affected in the same way also so it can be used in ANY MP game with OFP current setup (Tested this on several pub servers). The changes also are only available to the cheater (i.e. my PK spits Heat rounds where others would fire normal bullets). Frankly I was rather horrified when I found it and realized how easy it was to do, so I went on GSA under a seperate name and started watching a few people getting surreal kill rates. After a few hours almost all of those I was watching where just really good players, but a few where in the "that ain't right" category. I saw one player with no recoil or dispersion on his M-60, and one guy fire multiple laws without reloading. As I've said I've notified BIS and it is entirely up to them what is to be done or not done about it.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Rogue2020 @ Feb. 15 2002,06:28)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Just tried the infinite ammo trainer and this thing is totally fun...you take the M16 +M203 and shoot grenades none stop and it's like a damn air strike......it's totally fun.....if it causes fade in my game I will be totally pissed because this is harmless fun...nothing more.......<span id='postcolor'> Ah poor u

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Rage_Frost @ Feb. 12 2002,09:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">ok smarty pants we ban them as WE see them. have you seen 8 laws fired withing 2 sec's. well we have. maybe you should look into this cheat as for that "thinking" thing we can't get proof on paper, program, ect but when you have two admins watching guys shoot laws like a rifle on full auto what more can I say. if you can say more please say it... and P.S. I fixed that it now says if you get caught cheating you well be banned no more thinking. and for someone to get banned it takes to admins to see it happen not one so that cs remark is out the window.<span id='postcolor'> Actually and quite unfortunately I have come to see why there is a huge possibilty for a larger growth of cheaters. Currently I can reproduce any cheat that involves alteration of a unit (unlimited ammo, tracking LAWs, no recoil rifles with no dispersion, invincible units.) I can make M21s that fire heat rounds, satchel charges that cover the entire island. Its all very sad and its such a wide open door. Subtle cheats could be done this way (putting scopes on M16s, increasing a mags ammo slightly, etc.) And do to the current amount of addons and how they work none of this would be detected until in use in game, and the subtle ones probably never detected. I've informed BIS of course how all this is impossible (without the use of an external app) and although I have recieved a somewhat lackluster responce to the issue, they are aware and what is to be done about it is in their hands.

Shaatan I think I've found that I ONLY get this problem with the rain sound in the SP mission Revenge. Odd? Although I have ran across something else. Â After playing thru the campaign again for a while with the Sound Pack installed and noticing my AIs now where crap shots with the LAW (Odd they have always been snipers with those things before?). I ran a little test on desert island with me playing a LAW soilder and a few barrels apprx. 200 meters out. First with the Sound Pack in aiming straight (center of the sight) at the barrels. Of course it missed but I ran to the center of the explosion and marked it against the hillside to the west. Then I uninstalled the Sound Pack completely and reran the test (I saved the mission in the editor) and fired at the barrels again at the same spot center of sight. Ran to the explosion and marked it again to the west. After rerunning this several times over it was apparent that the LAW with the Sound Pack installed was landing 30-50m short compared to the soundpack uninstalled. Now since the config.bin file is unreadable in any editor I have I do not know if it is editable, but I do remember if I'm not mistaken that someone said to edit the config file you would have to use the one from the demo or earlier version correct? Which was a config.cpp correct? Â It appeared that the LAW with the soundpack installed had a shorter time of thrust (i.e. how long till the rocket exhausted its fuel) and began dropping earlier that without the soundpack installed.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (DarkMarksman @ Feb. 13 2002,22:26)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">gee i figure with 1000 ghz (1 million mhz) you should have no probs...<span id='postcolor'> ROTFL

Crap. I knew I would find something. On my system with EAX off and HA on or off the rain sound gets alittle loud, especially when there are not any other sounds for OFP's sound scaling to pick up on. Kinda goes like this, hey the rain sound is better than the original......... k either its raining harder or my sound is going wacky...........what are we in a hurricane?............... OMG my ears my ears the rain!!!! P.S. It got so bad in the Mission revenge I was firing off random rounds just to get the sound to tone down a little for a bit.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Satchel @ Feb. 13 2002,23:53)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">For the magazine reload there are 2 distinctive "clicks" and a "clang" in the normal reload sound sample, the rest are environmental sounds playing into, meant to simulate handling of the weapon and magazines, like aiming it, changing firemode selector, rattling of the handguard or equipment caused by this action, collision of the buttstock with equipment pieces on your load bearing harness etc. In the german army the weapon is reloaded with firemode selector in the "safe" position, you secure the weapon before the magazine is pulled out, put the new one in, and unsecure it for firing when you have your target lined up again, this also produces additional clicking noises, that are faint but noticable.<span id='postcolor'> Yes there would be many audible sounds of someone reloading. I was mearly pointing out the main ones that come to mind and appear to be apparent in the new Sounds. I would not expect nor think you would implement all the sounds that would be involved in reloading a weapon. Let alone for each different weapon. The sounds of various bits of equipment clinking off each other when you walk and run, duck and crawl are great, if not downright awesome. This is why alot of veteran units, especially ones that are employed in tasks where you don't want to be seen, tape over metal pieces of gear (i.e. harnesses, clips, braces,etc. etc.) nothing like sneaking around on recon going clink... clink... clink.... clink... clink...

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Shataan @ Feb. 13 2002,22:23)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">ok I really dig the new sounds. Why can`t a combat sim just arrive with this quality of sound right outta the gates? lol Well done Satchel.  I have only tried the Battle at the end of the sp missions list, but it sounded amazing. The only thing that didn`t seem right was the reload sound.  It seemed to be either really non existant, or too low in its actual aural effect. I liked the ingame one a tad better in its beefy solid sound.    Can the reload sound be beefed up at tad?  thx  The tank firing and explosions are amazing.  I like that the breathing sounds when running are not so in your face. Loads of subtle stuff to peruse here, but so far so good. {S} "And when I reload I hear a distinct removal of old magazine, insertion of new magazine and cocking of the breech."      I cannot hear these distinct sounds. I will go in again and try this with no battle sounds around me and see if this is more audible.<span id='postcolor'> Well the use of the word distinct was a very poor choice. There are two clicks and a third longer sound a mix between a click and a slide I guess. From what I've used in rifles these would go along with releasing the old magazine, inserting the new on, and then cocking the rifle to chamber the first round to fire. The sounds aren't distinct for individual rifles, they aren't really distinct to any rifle I would say but they are better than the original OFP clink clink when reloading.

Viper I use a SB PCI 512, the lowest SB card made with that MUX chip and supports surround sound. Run HA all the time, EAX is another story (Thus no surround sound )don't think that has worked right for anyone. 512s are like $40 too if I remember. Live cards are too expensive and the drivers just too buggy and CL never gets around to updating drivers worth squat.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Sith @ Feb. 13 2002,20:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Ok....I tested the addon a bit and there are a few things I noticed: - AK and M16 sounds are very weak. They almost sound like they have a silencer or something. - The handgrenade (and mortar) sounds are more like a 'puff' right now. I understand that they dont produce a Hollywood-style inferno, but right now they just sound like a rather loud smokeshell ignition. - New turret moving sound doesnt work for some vehicles (M2A2). - When I tried switching on Hardware acceleration ingame (started the game without), my sound went all crazy (high screeching sound)...this might be my soundcard tho. - Crawling over the ground hardly makes any sound. Crawling usually is kinda noisy, with all your gear dragging over the ground etc. You might wanna improve that a bit. - Weapon reloading sounds could use some work IMO. You hear 3 soft clicks and that's it. I like the new tank sounds (moving, turret, firing, etc), walking sounds...and the rest I still have to check out I'll be back with more results soon.<span id='postcolor'> Hmm which soundcard do you use Sith? I use a SB PCI 512 with drivers made who knows when cause CL is crap on making new drivers. Both the AK and M16 are very close to what I've heard in real life, although I find the AK,M60, and PK to have alot/excessive echo after a shot (guessing sound clip was in a firing range with alot of flat walls or hills around) but it ain't too bad. Handgrenades are pretty loud to me with more of a bang than the original. And now when I'm crawling I hear alot of equipment scrape and rustling, alot more than the original (good thing). And when I reload I hear a distinct removal of old magazine, insertion of new magazine and cocking of the breech. However I 'think' its working so well for me is because I can use Hardware accel without a problem and I don't even have to turn it off and then on after loading the program like the readme suggests. The HA may be the fatal flaw with this for most people.

Bravo! This is great, no more of the weak M60/AK popgun sound. I spent 30mins just playing around to find the new sounds. New autocannon sounds for the Helos are great, same for the shilka. Hot engagements are great, all those GMPs opening up and the new ricochetes landing around really bring a new mood to the game.