sputnik monroe

  Ok point taken. Perhaps websites could at least post what standard the addon is balanced to?      Personally I can't see any reason for this to turn into a flame war. If some one can't handle advice and throws a tantrum maybe they should be banned, rather than the whole thread closed.  I see where your coming from though, post like this usually seem to degenerate.

  Ok point taken. Perhaps websites could at least post what standard the addon is balanced to?      Personally I can't see any reason for this to turn into a flame war. If some one can't handle advice and throws a tantrum maybe they should be banned, rather than the whole thread closed.  I see where your coming from though, post like this usually seem to degenerate.

Gotta love randomly generated numbers   I I still don't know why the deeply religous locals were throwing rocks at my tank and no one elses.

I set all their sensitivity to 1.1 and ear to .3, except for the snipers who I set to 2 and the Designated marksmen to 1.5. Didn't make a lick of difference. It must be the guns. Pity, for they look really good. My last idea is to switch the weapons out for more balanced ones. I don't know of any other AKS74s out there though. Any one know where I might download one? Ugh I gotta say I'm not looking forward to sorting through another config to rearm the troops.

Ok, I knew they were Sabots. It seems in the Rip the Heat rounds do more damage then the Sabots against tanks. At least when fired from the Static BS3.

I think they are supposed to look like that. I've never seen a soldier tuck in his BDUs.

Here some pics from a joint operation in a test I ran. The Wave Approaches The dead litter the field of battle. All their lives lost to take out such a small target. Czech and US regulars with 3 US deltas (several seconds after the pic was taken... 2 deltas)

Thats all I'm asking help for. I like the addon, I just would like to tweak it to suit my needs. Will that lower their engagement range? I thought it was something else that decided that.

Ok ok ok, every one has their own personal take on what is realistic and what is balanced. Could some at least tell me how to change their engagement range so I can be happy with them though? Is it the weapons that makes them engage that far? Â Â Â I simply cannot find a use for these units as they are now. They look great and are very promising but they just don't play well with anything. Â Â I just did a human wave attack consiting of lots of troops against one squad of vdv... The Human wave order of battle. Squads (all comprised of 12 men each) 1. Hyk 03 desert 2. BAS desert deltas 3. BAS desert Rangers 4. BIS US Infantry 5. BIS FIA Resistance 6. CSLA Recon Troops 7. CSLA Paratroopers 8. CSLA Infantry 9. Marine Pack Marines 10. BAS Tonal+OPFOR Government Troops = 120 men vs 12. 10 to 1 odds. Â Â Battle ground, desert island. I watched the batte unfold with camera.sqs. The results? Ok the VDV were all killed thanks to a heroic flanking manuver by the remanents of the Czech and US reuglars and the 2 surviving deltas. US Marines and BIS US troops were wiped out, alond with the Czech paratroopers and scouts. FIA forces were routed along with the US Rangers. Â Â Â Death toll = 70 dead. That's still insane. 12 vs 120 on a flat field with no cover? That should of been a massacre. Â Â Â Â Now please could some one just tell me how to lower their engagement range to match every one else? Pretty please. I love these new units they just need tweaked. PS. I posted pics of the battle in combat photography

Could some one at least tell me what value you edit in their config to lower engagement range? And what is the average engagement range for units in flashpoint? I really like them, I just can't use them in any battles because no other troops can fight them.

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">I think a world union is not possbile, becuase we got contries like the USA who would never join! the only chance would be, to isolate the USA and show the people, that a world union has much more advantages than staying in your little cage. Sounds like mob rule to me.

Actually Ghandi is quoted as saying "of all the deeds of England in India, The disarmement of an entire nation shall be remembered amongst the darkest" I'm very tired right now and going to bed right afte this reply so I don't feel like searching for it right now. The thing that cemented my opinion against Gun control was a holocaust survivor. He was a speaker at my highschool sophmore year. When he was done with his story he began taking questions. One of the guys in my school asked ," Why didn't you all just rise up and rebel" to which one of the teachers butted in and said " well violence is never the solution". The Holocaust survivor then snapped " We couldn't do a damn thing because the Government had disarmed us all.". He then went on to talk about Gun control in Nazi Germany. He finished by saying that knowing what he knows now he would of stockpiled weapons and hid them. I'm sure a lot of people where asking the same question during the 30s.

While I agree with that sentiment, I also like balance. I see two fixes, one every one else could update their units to have longer engagement ranges or two, Orcs could balance theres. The second seems the most feasible. Personally I'd rather go for choice one but lets face it, that'll never ever happen.

I really like these but I have found one little niggle in it. They engage at way farther range than any other infantry unit. I discovered this in their inagural battle on my computer. I had CSLA infantry (also being inagurated) and the Orcs VDV fighting each other over control of a village. The CSLA troops never fired a shot. I found that strange and watched them do the whole battle over again, same result. I started thinking maybe it was the CSLA troops and that they were underranged. To make sure I placed VDV at one end of the runway on the little island north of Nogova and Marpat marines at the opposite end. I then gave each squad a guard waypoint at the center of the runway. When I previewed the mission the VDV engaged the Marines at about an estimated 600 to 700 meters. The marines never fired once, not even after being fired upon. I ran the same test three times with the same results. I ran the same test with VDV vs Hyk troops also and had the same results. Is there something in the config that we could edit easily to lower their engagement range. At least until the next version of the VDV comes out. As it is now its just unfair, they are unstoppable. Heck I ran a test with the combined forces of the United States, Chech Republic, FIA, and Tonal Defence Force against them and they still one with out having a single shot fired at them. That and the Nuclear RPG are the only two unbalanced things I see about them. Other wise they are great.

I was going to post the following image I made in the Combat photography thread, but then I got an idea. Instead I'll post it in this thread with a challenge. All you need to do is identify the circled "objects" in the satellite photo.   Think of it as being a Intelligence analyst. Preferably you should post the reply with an edited copy of the picture with your writing and arrows on the pic pointing out the objects as you IDed them. You don't have to though, if your 56k or don't have a good image editing program simply describe the circled objects as best you can. Example: Example Reply with analysis:   Give all details on the objects as you want. The more the better. For example if you id a circled object as a RHS T62 Naval version no skirts and are correct then thats extra credit. The first person to post the correct analysyst (no misidentifications or errors) wins... Absolutely nothing! Thats right its all for fun no prizes no frills. So  with out any further ado the Challenge picture http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9021/SatImageLarge.jpg

Found one more. When ever I place a Mtlb zu23-2 in the editor and then preview I get a error message saying, "No entry config.bin/cfgweapons.machinegun23." But If I hit preview again the mission starts and seems to work just fine. Also the APFDS rounds on the cannons seem to do less damage to the tanks than the HEAT rounds do. Aren't the APFDS supposed to be SABOTs? I could be wrong on this one. Any how Just pointing out as many bugs as I can find before the next Beta rip. I figure the the more bugs that get found now the sooner the V1.0 non beta rip can be released. PS... I know I misspelled the AFDS round name I can never remember the full Acronym,

The T80 is fairly obvious, could be a T72 though. The fuel truck I could be wrong about. It looks like there is something there though that blends with the pavement, perhaps a FIA or Czech Refueler? I also placed a few (?) with not tags. Those are things I can't ID but seem to be of interest. Perhaps some one else can make them out.

These images are street level pics of the situation taking place in the 2nd Sputnik Satellite image challenge. Government Assembly Hall 10th story window looking south. View looking out the front gate. View looking south down Sapitol St. from the truck barricade.

You guess Correctly Messiah. It is a Rebel backed coup and the government Officials for their own safety have evcuated via the Mi8 to to the Tonal International Airport. However that is not the reason for the Security Barrack, and archive fires.

Yes and Yes. Good job Homer. Since this one looks pretty much solved I guess I should stark work on making the next one. If any one else wants to post some of these sat pic where's waldos feel free to post on in this thread. I'd loveto try some sleuthing also. The only thing I ask is lets try to have only one pic going at a time until its completely solved.

Found another one. The Chain gun on the hind rotates when fired in CSLA2, but in the rip it doesn't. When do you think the next beta rip will be? I can't wait all the helecopters kick ass, actually all the units do. I just need the full sounds and rotating gun to be %100 happy. Oh also is there a way you could have the chopper dust effects for all the choppers ( west east and Chech ) in the rip to? Or is it not possible. I hope you guys don't think I'm griping. I'm just trying to give constructive notes on stuff I've found.

I just downloaded the beta rip 3. None of the ripped armored vehicles HE or heat shots make sounds when they explode. THe guns make a sound when fired but the resulting explosion doesn't. I'm talking about firing at dirt or troops. If you shoot a vehicle you can still hear it explode, but thats the tank exploding not the round. Â Â I'm torn. I got the rip becauseI wanted to use dynamic range sound with it, yet with the rip I can't have the sounds anyway. Why don't you guys get permision to use the dynamic range sounds in your addon? I love em I can't stand the BIS explosions any more they sound too wimpy. By the way it seems to just be the Heat and HE rounds. The apfdslkd sabot explosions still make sounds.

@SCfan Close, very close. Try rearanging the words in your sentence. Yup, simple enough. Though you get extra credit if you can say why and what for. Yes Nope, keep looking Yes that is indeed the charred upside down BMP at O9. As for the Shilka, keep looking. Fair enough, but where did the vehicle end up? I'll forgive every one if they can't find it heh heh. Close enough. They are just burning. Correct. Yup it's tires, amongst other things. Absolutely. you listed the correct side also good job. I figured the one in the smoke might be hard to spot. Heh heh your way more perceptive than I was prepared for. I'm not sure what all the cars are with out opening up the editor. Some of them are trabants but not all of em. As for the bodies all over the street, very perceptive indeed (you must of looked at the high resolution pic) though not all of them may be dead. Yeah they are ok. I wont even have you give the grid co-ordinates since they are the only 3 objects not to move at all.

Raptorace you are correct about the Tipped over trucks at E8 they are infact barricades. Just a little more information, The Two big buildings are supposed to represent the parliment buildings of the Tonalese government. For more information on what each building is read the notes on the first challenge pick. They are Ministry of Defense, government assembly building, archives, servants quarters, and Security barracks. Just thought that might help a little on figuring out some of whats going on.

Here is the new challenge pick. The next one will be a different island and circumstances. Â Â Â The challenge this time is a little different. 1. What appears to be happening different since the satellite's last pass? 2. What are the where abouts of the Mi 8, UAZ, BRDM, Shilka, and BMP? 3. What is the cause of each plume of smoke? 4. Are there any new objects of interest on the scene? If so What are they and where? Â Â Some submited answers to this puzzle may bring up further questions to be answered. Think of it like a crime scene mystery. Â Â Â Here is a link to a 500k version with more detail (meaning you can zoom in and see better) http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/229/TroubleInTonal2.jpg