spooky lynx

I am concidering myself as supporter but I don't want their headache to become my. I have plenty of it even without Steam, thanks. Regularly. The only purpose I use Steam for is online game activation and launching them. Why should I update it?

Yes I have one just now. I had Steam switched in offline mode for some weeks, now I tried to switch it to online and... ta-da, it CTDs with error. And when I bought HL2: Ep2 I had to wait for proper activation and that sheety updates for some days because of overcrowded servers and lack of bandwidth. So in both cases I have to abandon one software because of troubles in other. I may have some connection problems now, but why the hell I have to wait for its repair to play my game in offline? I need only game but not all other additional stuff. If they want me to activate the game online - okay, but don't make me use that software anymore. I had several cases of inability to play HL2 and episodes without updates download. And Steam updates itself without my will. When such update is to be made but my connections is either slow of switched off I don't have ability to use the whole Steam. I will definitely not use them. I don't play online. So, while I was writing this post, my Steam client crushed four times, one time after try to update. No problems you say?

Once again. 1) Another software that is needed to run the game. I don't want my game to be dependent on some third-party soft (that may became broken). 2) Internet connection dependency. So no play offline if you hadn't switched Steam in offline mod before any trouble with your connection. 3) Steam EULA. 4) Auto-updates, sometimes client is unable to run without them. 5) Lots of stuff (friends list, achievements, library, advertisement) that I don't need at all. 6) Problems with mods and addons (look at the number of Steam-related topics here). Fresh news:D My Steam client just CTDs in a second after I decided to run it and switch from offline to online mod. And it does it for 5th time in a recent 5 minutes already. Great, so I lose my ability to play Black Mesa source.

Messing with HMG fire on T-80U will require the same for default units (T-72, M1A1) and some community-made mods that contain tanks. Without it the game balance will be badly damaged, because its' not fair at all when you have to turn out for using HMG while playing as T-80U commander but your enemies on M1A1 or BW/FFAA/SFP Leopard 2 or UKF CHallenger still have that 'RWS' available and don't have to be exposed. So there are two options: either create some universal system that will affect all possible tanks with AA MG station or not even bother with it until some developers-made solution. Oh and one more pain in the butt - how to make AI use such MG properly and make them turn out if necessary.

ArmA2 is unrealistic in general when it goes to vehicles. Damage system, physics and interaction with other materials, inability to simulate properly different types of ammo and armor, inability of AI to switch between different ammo of one cannon etc., etc. - all this makes the game unrealistic. So de-facto remotely controlled HMG station is less evil IMHO. Oh and I remember some tank addon back in OFP had HMG fire lock if commander is not turned out. The same was done in Bradleys addon that were unable to fire TOWs while moving. This may be done via scripting now but I'm against extra scripts that will definitely affect game performance.

Since nearly all ArmA2 tanks have an ability to fire heavy MG while being inside the turret I don't see any reason not to make the same for T-80U. The only difference - to make some restricted horisontal angles of fire that may be at the mount. ...or make all the mounts fitted with own NSV's;) It's possible in theory.

Do I not understand something or is it really not a problem to play on servers with your versions of game only or download the patch you need at any time you want and then click a couple of buttons and install it (and then to play again)? I thought that it is not a problem at all for every human being of at least 14 y.o. with average IQ. Then, BIS has not so crystal-clean update records and some patches bring more problems than clean bugs. So what will you do with that fancy auto-update? Now I prefer to read some reports about patches, both stable and beta and only after this install them or stay at current game version to prevent complete re-installation because of some craeppy patch. Oh, and I don't want another resource-hungry soft running together with the game. Especially when the game itself is far from being resource-friendly.

At what point do you mean?

x2. Now I'm not sure if ArmA 3 will be on my PC. I'm running Steam only because it's the only legal way to play HL series, but I'm not so sure about ArmA 3 coolness to bother myself with that Shi... oh, Steam once again. Sometimes games can't run without updates, and so does Steam itself. No matter of turned off auto update I had to download some unknown stuff for HL2 and episodes some time ago (when they were patched). Steam itself downloads its updates too, without my permission.

Guys, can you explain to me what are the differences between 'normal' and export versions of BMP-2 included in your mod?

Vesti-24 news channel noted that info.

Nope. It was said that this meteor was noted by observing stations. All the info was released post-factum.

"If you see the flash, it's already too late"© After this I'd like to see all the MChS senior officials to be thrown to prison. No alarm, no any preparations, nothing. If we will be attacked with missiles (that meteor looked much like it), nothing will be done.

Ehm... What may happen with all that drones when you will face not allahakbars sneaking in the desert but potent enemies who know how to use ECM and will have plenty of it?

Sad to hear this. I hoped Taviana project will last longer.

Most of detachments were transformed into North Western Group of Forces in 1991 after recognition of Baltic states by USSR and then had been withdrawn to the RF with most of its hardware.

D-30 has BK-6M and BK-13 HEAT rounds in its inventory so the main thing is to configure new magazine for the vanilla gun. It's even not necessary to disable arty computer. According to Wikipedia article BK-6M penetrates up to 580 mm RHA, so I'd say this and low profile of gun make D-30 rather powerful anti-tank weapon.

Use of CW by some anonymous and tons of shyte thrown at Assad after this was predicted from the moment of warnings from 'Friends of Syria'. So no surprise for me that in some day CW will be used there and all the blames will go to Assad just like with Hussein before 2nd Gulf war.

Maybe they should leave an idea of gender equality and female service in combat detachments? Or presume high PT male standarts for everyone who tries to get into combat deployment and screw those who are unable to fit in them. 40-th Army had no females in combat detachments. Only some nurses (who hadn't participated in any combat activities and sat at the base), stational hospital personnel, HQ staff and so on. But no weapon crews, infantry or drivers. The whole ME war theatre (Israel and neighboring countries) is tiny when compared to A-stan for example. So there's almost no problems with sitting at some remote FOBs with no private space, no hygiene and not the best supply.

Do you see many women that are capable of serving somewhere at small FOB in A-stan mountains with minimum of private space, constant threats, patrols, firefights, lack of hygiene, sh**ty food as infantryman or some heavy weapon crew just like as their male peers? I don't. Real gender equality means equal tests and physical stresses. But not one tests and requirements for males and other, weakened, for females to help the latter get some record needed for further career promotion. Either DoD will be flooded with lawsuits from many females failing the physical tests or DoD will have to weaken all the requirements for both sexes. And weakened requirements are not the best thing for those detachments that take part in combat (and not only for them). I don't believe that all that females who aren't able to perform current standart male physical tests for combat detachmants will toughen up and train themselves to be able to perform them finally. Instead of it they will sue DoD for those test preventing them to be 'equal' and being discriminating them. Oh and those females who will get to combat detachments finally just for another promotion record will become dead weight for their serving male peers who will have to defend such 'warriors' and make some cosy conditions for them - carry their loadouts, covering them in battle, providing with showers etc.

I really feel sorry for all the combat troops in A-stan that will be flooded with all that chick wanting to get necessary record for promotion.:(

Why???

Well, some years ago many of us thought that there would be no PC capable of handling environment with bigger dimensions and better graphics than in OFP. Now my 5 y.o. Socket775-based PC gives me even better FPS in ArmA2 than in OFP with less freezes and lags and surely with better graphics and complex big terrains. So I suppose it's not so hard and long-to-achieve goal to combine VBS2-like sim and CoD graphics. Especially with current technical development that becomes only faster and faster.

Nice to hear that this mod is alive:) BTW, is the gunners problem solved? I mean lack of gunners in all BRDMs and armed UAZ & Urals while mod is switched on. Regarding smoke grenade launchers at M84 - I suppose they are at too narrow angle, should be at about 30-40 degrees with turret front armor IMHO.

Any plans for BIS Mi-171Sh reskin in Soviet/RF colors?