Sgt. Drake Savage

Friggin amazing pics Question though, do you have any pics of the progress of the UH-1N, or could you just repost the last ones, they arent showing up anymore.

Yeah I am also in love with your NATO camo Sigma, any chance to see your great LAV in those colors? BTW great tanks

I must admit that at first I wasnt really expecting much from your choppers, seeing how things turned sour with the USMC mod. But you have proved me wrong and each pic looks a lot better than the last. They are starting to look really high quality man, keep up the good work

Pretty much everything I want has been said so far except for 2 things: 1) a script that makes em use their ffar's against infantry (more often, ive only seen the lbs use em against inf like once or twice in all the times Ive played with them, which is a lot of times  ) 2) Something that I noticed a long time ago but noone has ever mentioned, it seems like all of the OFP choppers, from the BAS lbs to the BIS chinook, to DKM's Havoc have a problem moving sideways from a hover.  They always go one way fine, but if you try to go the other way, the choppers just tilt to a really high angle and stay in place/move extremely slowly. Could you guys take a look at the chopper configs and see if there is a way to fix it, or is it a game engine issue? Edit: I really like the idea of making both guns have big bright tracers like the Havoc, would make their gun runs a lot scarier and better looking.

The picture under the Join the Community heading looks like a British Lynx to me, not a huey.  Something about an international coalition is also mentioned on the site. Looks like all of you "forenurz" can quit ur complaining about all the US stuff  Edit: I dont see any animals either

Can anyone explaing how the group uplink thing works? I have no clue what I am supposed to do with it and or what its even supposed to do. Didnt see anything about it in the readme

I know this is a bit offtopic but I suppose it has some relevance in to the differences between BAS' Rangers and the other Army soldiers: Would anyone be so kind as to explain the different body armor, load bearing equipment, and helmets in use by the military since this is what will make BAS soldiers look different? My understanding is that the traditional army forces use interceptor body armor, MOLLE lbvs, and the PASGT helmet. The Rangers Im not so sure about, all I know is that they wear the TC2000 helmet? Ive also heard mentioning of the RACK (ranger assault carrying kit i think) which Im guessing is the Ranger's load bearing equipment. And what is SPEAR? I think it is some sort of military gear but in not sure what it is or who uses it. Also, do the Marines use the same gear as the Army grunts?

#1 BAS Desert Pack -- everyone complains about the inbalance between Rus and US addons yet I still dont have any US ground vehicle addons. #2 a USMC UH-1N with good grey textures -- most beautiful chopper ever, BAS says someones making one but I have a bad feeling well never see one til maybe sometime after OFP2. #3 Updated A-10 with different loadouts, working hud, some scripts and good grey tex's -- Noone has mentioned doing this but I can still be hopeful

Just like to point out that the pics you posted Blackdog are the older 212. The Marines are gonna replace the 212 (UH-1N) with the 412 (UH-1Y) but I have no clue how soon. Anyways nice chopper, though i think the 412 looks a little goofy

I get an error at the start of every mission: "Sound CoC_Obhum not found" Also is it possible to move the m101 when you break it down? It seems like they automatically set back up a few secs after i order them to break down. Other than that, simply stunning

Well it is supposed to be a USMC lav right? I know they are a Canadian team but i thought they were doing this one as a favor to their buddies down south?

There what is? What are you thanking BIS for? I dont get it....

There what is? What are you thanking BIS for? I dont get it....

Any chance of seeing a US woodland texture for it instead of the Canadian green?

I know this probably a little bit more work than you are planning on for the chinook update but I just had to make a suggestion   How about a bundle of fuel bladders to sling underneath (like this:Fuel Bladders) so we can use the chinook ot set up forward refueling points. And a net full of ammo crates for rearming some specops troops. I know its a lot to ask for but I think it would make the Chinook more useful and differentiate it a little more from the blackhawk. Btw, are you gonna update the sling load script so that u dont lose ur loads when you fly over objects? I noticed the blackhawks dont have this problem as much.

In case some of you dont remember, the Air Force has been trying to get rid of the A-10 since before Desert Storm. Â But when the first gulf war came along the warthog performed marvelously and those who were speaking out against the plane shut up for awhile. The higher ups in the Air Force love the fancy, high-tech planes and the A-10 just doesnt fit in with that philosophy. Â It is pure brute force, which is a little too Russian for them. Â That is the only reason they are trying to get rid of the plane, not because of poor performance or weaknesses to SAM's. Â Frankly the A-10, if employed correctly, shouldnt have to deal with anything bigger than a shoulder launched sam. Â It is the job of F-117's and other planes to fly into the SAM-laden areas. Oh one more point that noone has mentioned: the A-10s low and slow flying makes it EXCELLENT as an observation plane (I think their were even planes designate OA-10's). Â An A-10 pilot can loiter over a battlefield and acctualy see with his own eyes friendly and enemy troop movements. Â Higher performance jets need a man on the ground to give them this info. Â I think, im not sure though, that it is also used in the SAR role locating downed pilots too. Im not saying the F-16 is a bad plane, but dont dog the A-10 for all the wrong reasons.

I think a lot of people are misunderstanding Deadmeat. From what I can tell this is gonna be a Nogova police addon, not LAPD. There is no reason for SWAT teams or riot police on a tiny european island with a few small towns and a bunch of villages. I think what he has looks good, though I hope you plan on removing the automatic machine gun from the boat

AZcentral.com A bit of local news for you: Supposedly a major fuel line from Tuscon, AZ to Phoenix, AZ ruptured on July 30, but we are just feeling the effects of it these last few days. Â A majority of gas stations in the metropolitan Phoenix area are shut down. Â The ones that do have gas have extremely long lines to wait in. My story: Â after hearing about the shortage at work Sunday I decided to go out early in the morning (3 am) to try to avoid the lines. Â Absolutely no gas stations within about a 10 mile radius of my home had gas. Â I figured I was just wasting more gas and my guage was reading pretty low so I gave up. Â I went out again today (Monday) at about 3pm to try again after hearing a lot of stations had gotten more gas and reopened. Â Well I passed about 4 stations that were all sold out still and then I finally found one with a big line so I jumped in. Â About 15 mins later an employee came out and let everyone know that the station had run out of gas too. Â So I started heading home when I passed another station that had a line so I gave it go. Â Surprisingly the line moved pretty fast and before I knew it the gas station attendant was pointing me to a pump (though some bastard coming in from another entrance tried to cut me off lol). Â First thing I noticed was the price, $2.03 which is up from only $1.50 a few days ago. Â It cost me $30 to fill my small 15 gal tank and another thing I noticed was that the gas pumped extremely slow, took me 20 mins. Anyways it was kind of strange having to wait in a long line for gas. Â The long lines, the traffic problems being caused by them, and on top of that the extreme Arizona heat, tempers are running and there are reports of fist fights breaking out between people waiting in lines. Im not old enough to have been around in the 70's but everyone is comparing it to the shortages back then. Â My point, these are stranges times we are living in lately, with major blackouts, gas shortages, heat waves, wars etc. etc. Â I have been wondering if these events are only the beginning of something much worse?

Lol I was in fact just trying to spark some conversation  A lack of gas supply (I think the correct term is scarcity) alone is not a sign of the apocalypse.  But a bunch of strange crap happening at the same time all over the world could be seen, by some, as a sign of something to come, maybe even the apocalypse. I myself am not a religious person.....

Lol its kind of funny hearing about all the problems with the heat in Europe and then when I heard what the temperatures are I was really surprised. Here in Arizona its 100+ a good portion of the year with about 2-3 months of 110+ And yes AC here is a must but the heat still doesnt keep people from going outdoors. I dont have any AC in my Jeep and the heat doesnt bother me much (although I get pretty soaked in sweat when i go for a long drive, especially on the crowded freeways where the temperatue is a lot higher). Anyways my point is the human body is amazingly adaptable, you guys just need to adjust and get used to it P.S. I wish the heat in Arizona would kill off some of our senior citizens, or at least send them back to their home states, damned snowbirds!

Theres been a lot of those RPC worms going around lately.  I got the W32.Spybot.Worm last week after downloading a mod for Half-Life.  Took me awhile surfing the Microsoft newsgroups (tons of people are having this same problem) but I eventually cleaned my system out without having to reformat.  I had to download trial version of Nortan Anti Virus to fix it since my free AVG couldnt detect anything. Moral of the story: Norton may be expensive but its definitely worth it. Anyways back on topic: Im sure I dont need to tell BAS how good the chopper is   so Ill just make a few small personal requests: 1. Could you make the door animation commands add and remove the doors to the normal MH-60L? 2. It would be awesome if you could do a dark olive drab texture for your UH-60L.  OFP really needs a good standard Army blackhawk. 3.  I know im beating a dead horse but I still wish you could put in the 2nd door gun (maybe cut some polys in other places?). Well thats my feedback for the public beta, I think Ill just go play with the blackhawks and be happy now Â

It looks like the whole front of the humvees need to be a little bit longer, which would also solve the problem of the hood (not bonnet u crazy Europeans ) being too steep. I know you based it off of BIS' humvee but like a lot of there other models the dimensions arent that accurate. There is one other issue Id like to point out: the desert textures on your delta/rangers and the textures of Maarfy's vehicles are both great in there own respect, but the problem is they dont match together that good. From what Ive seen the desert fatigues are the about same shade as the paint on the vehicles. Compare these two pics to see what I mean: BAS' Textures Real Life

Actually Id rather haven no guns than one gun lol. Its like a plane with one wing, it just looks....goofy lol. Everytime i use the BIS blackhawk that one gun sticking out the side is like a big giant eyesore. It messes up the symmetry of the visual appearence or something like that lol. Maybe im just weird

I can do without the fuzzy dice but im disappointed that you removed the eyecandy gun. Sure you dont need it but I think it will make the chopper look a lot cooler. Theres a lot of things you dont need to use polys on (hell it will still fly if you didnt model the whole tail section), but they just wont look right without them. Surely the gun cant use up so many polys that it makes it unuseable? Oh well, Ill have to wait for the release to see how it really looks but maybe youll change your minds for the next beta?

Im kinda bummed out about this. You announced all these new projects liek the desert pack, opfor pack, patriot launcher, etc etc which all look pretty cool. But then you cancel the whole marine project which a lot of people were really looking for, which makes me not so stoked about all those other new projects. I hope you reconsider, I (and i think a lot of others) have been looking forward to these Marine choppers since you first announced em.