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Water depth probably or simply glare textures to alleviate the monotony of blue! Â

The black lines are the road network. The different colours show the elevation, .... dark green being low land and getting lighter as the terrain rises and turns to white at the highest levels. The red lines are the contour lines that separate the different elevations. Â Personally I don't think that this is only part of the entire map. Placebo mentions an island not many islands, so we can assume most likely that this is all of it. Hopefully I'm wrong, but I doubt it! Â

oooh, touchy. He's right though, we have no idea.  Should be really fun though. First thing to do should be to load up the editor and place an empty chopper and a playable guy and fly around, sight seeing. can't wait!! No that's where you’re both wrong! We have got a good idea because we've got facts to play with. And regards Madagascar There are several water features showing yet no roads and towns are shown merely as black dots. This immediately indicates a very low scale map (zoomed far out). There's nothing wrong in speculating, and since there is no other information available it's all we can do for the moment!  Constructive criticisms only please! Â

Based on current information and assuming that this is a genuine map of sahrani, could this be a possible scale comparison? Â Quote from interview....."size wise it covers approximately 400km2, which is an area larger than Malden, Everon, Kolgujev & Nogova combined."

""Sahrani" will be a large, richly detailed and varied location, size wise it covers approximately 400km2, which is an area larger than Malden, Everon, Kolgujev & Nogova combined." "Also we will have a fully reworked animation system for characters." "Also subtly implemented in the engine will be features such as ambient lighting, real time shadows, HDR rendering and dynamic ambient life." "In December we predicted a H1 2006 release and that probably remains the most accurate we can predict for now." "....we continue tweaking and sneaking in new features until the absolute last second...." .......So many nice quotes from Placebo! Â Â

I dont think they are allowed to release them with a game and take money for it. They are, though, allowed to release it for free as soon as arma gets released. And from what ive heard, that is exactly what is going to happen That's great news Espectro! Where did you here that ....or is it just side talk? Makes sense though and I hope you're right. If you're wrong though .... .... Â Â Â ....Nah! I won't worry 'cos it's bound to get modded in sooner or later!

thoughts about this? Yep! No doubt about it a decent damage engine would make the game really sweet. GTA San Andreas type vehicle damage with bullet holes and breaking glass like in GR and lots of exploding barrels like in HL2. Wohay!! .......if only! Â

Even Mr Been is waiting for IT... So it looks like the 'ArmA Progress Updates' thread has got so little progress to report that we will have to resort to a 'silly faces for soldiers' competition! Â Â

Me thinks that maybe William Porter has been captured by the DRSA (Democratic Republic of Sahrani Army) and held for interrogation. Or maybe he's been court-martialled by his CO for publishing secret information! Â We await more news WP! Â

yeh ,noticed that too,it was a fast bird to huh,seemed to swoop in and hover bout 30 meters behind the vehicle.wonder if its recording the action ?. can only wish for aar You mean this one? Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â

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  Nice work as always! Are the roads yours as well? Looking forward to some great stuff from you for ArmA! ...All of your work will then have to sway in the wind! Â

Quote from the WP blog: ‘Sahrani,’ they said. I remember thinking, “Where in the heck is Sahrani?†Apparently it’s an island in the Atlantic Ocean. My first deployment, and I’m on some island nobody I know has ever heard of. Hmm! Maybe The Azores, Canary islands, Madeira or Cape Verde? Or over to the west the Bahamas, Antigua, Barbuda and Dominica. Bermuda and Falklands is UK. I keep looking on my atlas but heck I can't find it!   Â

Have some imagination FFS! Â Â

No current OFP Island is too small for railways. Look at AEF Treben island! I think it is more a question of whether BIS will get round to it or as you say just make better support for it. No big deal! But please we must have rivers! No rivers no bridges no boat trips and amphibious crossings ..or fishing! Â

OK I've blown it up a bit if it helps! Â Â Â Can't see any rivers yet though. And what about railways? But then again if the lower island is the same size as Nogova then maybe this detail would not show on this scale of map. Â Anyway, maybee I'm being a bit over optimistic about railways! Â

Map of Sarah...zoomed out I would think! source: William Porter Blog Might only be part of the map if you read the blog. Â

Legal issues apply when somebody sells someone else's work for their own profit. Community add-ons are not sold for a profit but are freeware and thus litigation would be very difficult! BIS on the other hand has to be very careful as they are selling their work for a profit. Â I would say expect the modding community to be very active after ArmAs release!

I read somewhere a while back in Codies own forums I think, a rep from Codies stating that they actually put quite a bit of input into the original CWC campaign and were largely responsible for Red Hammer. I guess this is the reason that BIS is pulling the CWC campaign out of ArmA due to potential legal issues. Â

Nice one Expectro! Ppl are gonna love you for this! The resolution is just AMAZING! Oh yes ..... and the way those trees just sway in the wind. This should keep all those 'can't wait' folks happy for ages! Me thinks me's gonna have another play and explore a bit more this fantastic landscape!

Feel sad for people like you, where is your imagination.  To some others: Stop beating up on people who critisize constructively, they can hit you back. This has nothing to do with patience, this is a video where one can see what's going on. OK seriously though I find that there is just too much assumptions going on here. Many ppl seem to think that this new video is the latest trailer from BIS and shows the total work on ArmA to date. Take care to read through the thread instead of just impulsively posting your opinions on what you think you’ve just seen! Here is the situation so far: A Russian games mag gets its hands on an old tech demo of ArmA. They play it and make a video as they do. Now here is a great story for their mag after all everyone is eager for more news of ArmA. So they publish the news with their mag and the video finds its way onto a Russian BIS fan site. Spook finds it and makes the links for us all to dl it. Euphoria kicks in 'cos we all think its from BIS and is the latest news! Not so folks!  It's been mentioned enough times already - it is not the latest ArmA trailer from BIS  Constructive criticism is fine, but over something that is already out of date is pointless. Let's just all wait for the real thing. Meanwhile enjoy this great find by Spook as it at least gives us an insight into what to expect if you take into account that it is only early WIP. Â

That wasn't a rant, that was spot on. Naa! .....It was a rant and he deserves a PR for it! Â Â

.......Most sensible post today! Â

Chill out guys! The fact that we have had to hunt this trailer down says it all. It's an old tech demo. If it had just been announced and released by BIS over their website and other places and done in English and other languages with news of a publisher and ETA .....then I would be concerned! A summer release date means there is still lots to do! With that in mind I think this video looks great!

Sweet! Thanks mate......