Student Pilot

Ok, quick question here. I know this thread is old, but I didn't know if I should start a new one (and clutter up the boards) or just get my question answered here. I'm looking at a new laptop, as my old one finally gave up the ghost. As I want to be able to run ArmA with it (yeah, I know, laptops aren't meant for gaming...) I am trying to make sure I get a compatible graphics card with the laptop. The laptop I am looking at has an Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100. As previous Intel cards have seemed to be incompatible with ArmA, I have my doubts if this one will work. Can anyone tell me if this card will work with ArmA? I can spend another $90 or so and upgrade to a card that will probably work, but if I can help it I would rather go the cheaper route (being in college and having few funds and all). Thanks for anyone's help. -Pilot

Could it be Rezina? Even if it's not, you should use Rezina. Â Very well made island IMHO. -Pilot

Bug Report: I've done a quick test on all of the earthworks and the truck, and the following earthworks have bugged fire geo lods: Earthworks 2 Dirt 1 Earthworks 4 Dirt 1 Earthworks 5 Dirt 2 There are parts on these earthworks where the fire geo lod extends above the earthwork itself. I would also imagine the geo and view geo lods would be similiarly bugged. Also, the old truck wreck has a bugged fire geo lod. I am unable to shoot past the back part of the truck behind the cab. It appears that the fire geo lod extends into this area. -Pilot

Excellent! Â This is a much needed addition to OFP. I did some experimenting, POPKA, with your earthworks (hope you don't mind), hoping to find a way to make the setdamage automatic. Â I think I found a way. Â In the config, add an eventhandler section: <table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">class EventHandlers { init = "[_this select 0] exec ""\NKHole\NKStart.sqs"" "; }; Which calls a script: <table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_object = _this select 0 _object setdammage 1 exit Which sets the damage to 1, as shown above. Â This seemed to work for me, and I didn't have to put anything in the init field of the earthwork. Thanks for these earthworks, they look great! -Pilot EDIT: Here's a FileFront mirror: http://files.filefront.com/NKHolezip/;7629289;/fileinfo.html

Strange...guess it's one of those odd OFP limitations. Oh well, thanks for trying. Can't wait till these are released! -Pilot

These would be a wonderful addition to OFP! Â And they look very well made, I am pleasantly surprised at how well they transition to the ground texture. Â Hope to see these soon! Quick question, do the earthworks protect you from grenades and shells? -Pilot EDIT: Would it be possible to add an init eventhandler to these positions which automatically sets their damage to 1 so the mission maker doesn't have to do it in the init line? (I'm asking because I know I'd probably forget )

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks a lot

Uh, "dedicated memory"..."shared memory"? Could someone enlighten a n00b on what these mean? Thanks for everyone's help, I appreciate it

haha, yeah, the laptop is getting up in years.  But it played OFP just fine, and I didn't even know what my graphics card was until I bought ArmA and has this trouble.  Maybe a new computer is in order... EDIT: Quick question, is an ATI RADEON® Xpress1150 256MB HyperMemory graphics card compatible with ArmA?

Damn, I was afraid that was the case. Guess I'll have to wait until I buy a new computer. Does anyone know what laptop graphics cards will work with ArmA so I can start shopping in advance? (yeah, I know laptops aren't meant for gaming, but being in college means a laptop is more useful to me than a desktop) Thanks for the replies so far.

Hey Fasad, great island you have here! It has instantly become one of my favorites. Even the airfield looks pretty good, which is sadly one of the most neglected parts on most maps. Good job. -Pilot

First year at college, woot! Studying international business, I have the following subjects: Management Computer Science Accounting History Bible Statistics I'm also going to try to complete my instrument flight training while at college, but time constraints may cause me to cancel the flight training. -Pilot

This is a project I have been working on per request over at the OpFlashpoint Forums. Â This addon adds female soldiers to the east, west, and resistance sides. Â There are no officers, pilots, crew, or special ops included in this package, nor do I have any intention of including them. These units are built around BIS's and Cassandra's models with some small improvements by me. Â These units are not meant to be the latest, super high detailed units with all the cool features. Â I made them to fill the void until someone more talented can make something better. There are two prominate bugs with these units: 1. With HWTL turned on, the textures will not work properly (they show as white). Â If you want to use these units, turn HWTL off. Â If anyone can explain why this happens and how to fix it, I would appreciate it. 2. By default these units have male voices. Â The only way to fix this is for the mission maker to define an identity in description.ext with a female voice. My thanks to Cassandra, who gave her permission to continue my project around her unit. See the readme for more info. Link East Pic 1 East Pic 2 Res Pic 1 Res Pic 2 West Pic 1 West Pic 2 -Pilot

Perhaps if you state what exactly is wrong/out of date with the constitution we can debate as to whether or not it should be changed/rewritten. -Pilot

Indeed, there are proceedures for spin recovery. Â One of the reasons I'm looking at a new simulator is to practice those proceedures. Thanks for the info, Kaan_ and supah -Pilot

...I like Wal-Mart. So now that we have the sign, is anyone up for making the building? -Pilot

Haven't downloaded the demo, yet. Â I used to use Microsoft's product until a few years ago, then switched to X-Plane, the primary reason being the flight model (I really don't care about graphics, as long as the planes fly realistically in all flight regimes). Â Are there any pilots who can comment on the flight model, its strengths and weaknesses? Also, is it possible to spin the aircraft? Â I have not yet found a commercial simulator that can simulate spins. -Pilot

Armed Assault, just because that's the one that's coming out soonest. Â Game2 is still a few years down the road, and I really don't feel like waiting that long for another great BIS product. -Pilot

@Average Joe Reminded me of some pictures from the military humor thread. -Pilot

To be honest, when I saw that Ukraineboy posted this topic, I thought it was another BIS bash. BUT, he does bring up many good points, without the unneccesary bashing. Â I like all the ideas, especially thermal sights and ballistic computers, except controlling the gunsights with the keyboard. Â Wouldn't this be a bit clunky to use? Not too keen on the manual driving, either, but if it's optional, why not? -Pilot

Ok, I adjusted the graves, thanks for the suggestion, ag_smith Click for picture Now the graves should be ready for the public beta (how many times have I said that to myself? ) -Pilot

Actually, that wasn't the problem. Â What I meant was, with all the blocks that would be necessary to create the geo lod of the 50m x 50m plots, it would far exceed the 100 component limitation. Â Each basic gravestone has 2 geo blocks. Â The basic 25m x 25m plots has 48 graves, which is just barely under that 100 mark. Ok, thanks for that. Â I'll get around to changing the graves (again), hopefully before the next public beta. -Pilot

Hmm, I never even though about the edges. Â What is the default setting on the edges? As GOON said, the plots are made of 25mx25m triangles. Â I was hoping for 50mx50m, but doing so would have exceeded OFP's geometry lod component limitation by a long shot. Thanks for the suggestions, they are always welcome -Pilot

...wow Thank you BIS, and congratulations on such a great game! Â Good luck to your (hopefully) many upcoming endeavors, especially Armed Assault! -Pilot

Happy Birthday, OFP! Â The game of the decade -Pilot