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Nice work guys, seems the mod is moving at a swift pace  Are you or have you considered making a 4 Tonne Truck? either the new version or the old Bedford? Thats something i would like to see regards brit kit, with variants that could be refuel and repair vehicles also. Anyway, well done so far, keep up the good work Â

I voted WW1, because i think its just as iconic as WW2 or Nam, and just to be different. I find that era fascinating, the equipment, the style of warfare etc. Kinda surreal when you compare it to todays modern conflicts. IMO it is largly overlooked and forgotten in todays games. It would be quite a challenge to make the trench warfare aspect work, but it would be worthwhile if done well

I think its ok, the missions are much better. With more depth and atmosphere to the storylines, even if it did feel like you were taking part in the tv show the 'A Team' But I agree, that it was a wasted opportunity to add some content that was badly needed and requested by the community for some time... Im not overly impressed, but yea its acceptable.

This really looks great, im looking forward to it. I have a few ideas/suggestions: Have you considered adding some sounds to it? like perhaps machinery in operation, pipe work knocking against each other, generators running in the back ground, that kind of thing? It would add alot of atmosphere i think. Also have you come up with any ideas about the lighting? I would assume it would be lit up like a christmas tree at night. Â Maybe even have the option to turn the lights on or off would be a nice touch too. And it would be useful if there was an option to repair/refuel helos and boats from it. Well keep up the good work Â

Wow this is a pleasure to fly. thanks Gnat and Rien !!

It worked for me ok. Although I only saved 13 prisoners out of 35 When the trucks arrive, you get a new radio command, 'Board the trucks'. You need to activate this in the radio menu. The surviving prisoners should board the trucks then. Also you must order your team to board the trucks, and get in one of them yourself. If its not working, I can only assume, you didnt save any prisoners, or they are wounded and are not able to walk to the trucks, and are crawling about some place...

I picked up my copy this morning. Im happy so far. the Royal Flush campaign is pretty decent and well put together. The characters and story work well, its actually drawn me in, like the OFP/Resistance  campaign once did. The cut scenes and the use of sound, are very well done. Much better than any mission in Arma itself. Its more polished, and entertaining. I think the new 'Porto Island' will be very good for PvP online missions. I like this alot. To be honest though I was expecting more content, maybe Im just greedy. However I would of liked to of seen, animals, more additions in the civillian class, especially a female units, more boats etc, to make the islands more believable that they are actualy inhabited, and not just a play ground for toy soldiers. The addons you do get , some of them you already have due to patch v1.08. Which i think is rather lame and cheeky, even if they do state it on the dvd case. Overall its ok, im happy with the missions, happy with the islands,  not so happy with the lack of vehicles and weapons it includes. Well done anways Â

I just went and grabbed a copy this morning from 'Game' in the UK. (did pre order from 'Play.com' but they now tell me waiting for stock! ) I have the German DVD retail version of Arma, and its seems to be working ok with that so far.

I voted YES. It wont cure it all, but its a start. I dont play Arma any more online, since the 'Surge' of script kiddies and wanna-be hackers populated the public servers. Â I kinda think all this recent hype about them has only made people more eager to try out these scripts. And the makers of the cheats more determined to come up with more scripts, for the adulation and notoriety they think they will recieve. Its totally ruined it for me. Â I can tolerate maybe one or two games being corrupted by these people, but not every game, every night. BIS do something about it please!

I voted yes. I did consider the no option also. Anything is better than nothing, on a public server. Even if it stops only a small amount of cheating, I still think it would be worth it. The last few nights, I have encounted cheaters, or people only there to spoil the game. Some will suggest I join a private server to escape it. I do sometimes. But sometimes I wanna just dip in and out of a public pvp game and have fun with a bunch of random people. I play all the game types, not just one. Most private servers, stick to one game type anyhow. If it will mess up how we use mods I dont really care much for that. The community will adapt somehow, it always does. I think we should be thinking about the core game, that appeals to the majority, rather than the smaller different groups within the community who visit these forums. I agree with 'berowe' must of the servers are vanilla Arma anyway, except for people using sound mods of course. Some are like sheep, if they see someone exploiting the game they play, then some maybe inclined to think they wanna do that too. It spreads, it get worse. Punkbuster might not be the answer, But doing nothing about it, is not an option, I think.

What about giving points only to people in squads? Not to an idividual? Would this promote team play? So at the the begining of the game, people who want points, and the guchi weapons and gear, will have to join a squad to progress further. A squad leader slot would have to be available in the begining to kick start the process, however. Rank and points could be awarded to others, over time spent in such squads. Then perhaps when the squads have grown in size, or an idividual becomes a lieutenant or something, they can split from their current squad, and form another one. They could request AI as squad members until such time, a human player wanted to join that squad, and replace an AI slot.

I voted Small arms. They are prolly the most basic weapons in the game, but they can freak you out big time, when you dont know where the shots come from Especially when you are in the middle of reloading, getting ammo from crates, or even healing at a medic or tent.

Im of the same opinion as Shalashaska, it would be great if Engineers and Medics, had more of a support role to play in the game to score points, besides trying to kill as much as the other classes. The MASH and the FARP's are ok, but it would be nice to do a little more. Perhaps Engineers, could be tasked with clearing mine fields, that the AI put in place when the city they are defending is under attack. Or maybe at a certain point, during the game when the AI are being overwhelmed in a city they would blow up a bridge or certain buildings. Therefore giving the Engineer dudes some more jobs to perform such as fixing bridges etc. Or even clearing IED'd in abandoned cars along the roads, or booby traps discovered in the the cities. Maybe this has been suggested before, but would it be ok to have civillians loitering around the place? If they are killed accidently or intentionaly, it would have a big negative effect on your score, possibly demoting your rank. medics could heal injured civilians, or even evacuate them to a safe area. The same could be done with certain  civillian buildings, like churches, water towers, stores, oil pumps etc. It would be cool to try and promote the idea of not having any collateral damage during the game. Well its a great map, I enjoy it alot. More so than the more linear co-ops I usually play. Well done, keep updating the map, its awesome!

Op Mercalillo Fuse v.1.0 Mission Type: COOP and SP Players: 1-8 Map: Sahrani Language: English Infiltrate into SLA territory by boat. Destroy all the  artillery guns. Locate and kill the senior artillery command post officer. Destroy the ammo trucks. Extract. Notes: Night, mission. Custom loadout available on briefing screen, before start of mission. Its been tested in single player, works ok. Need people to try it out MP. Any feedback or bug reports welcome Download it from rapidshare.

Hi thanks for the link. Mercalillo is a place on the Sahrani map: Gg 45. Have no idea what it means, you will have to ask a local resident

Im happy with the improvements of 1.02, I can actually land pretty much where I want to now with a joystick. I dont think I will actually need to use autohover and as im finding it easier without all that over-correction that was required before.

I also had a nade selection issue during a MP game last night. I had two grenades yet couldnt select them to use. They were clearly in my inventory, but I couldnt use them at all. I picked them up from a dead unit previously. I was playing as an opfor sniper at the time. Pressing the F key didnt rotate the weapons either.

Just got the german version this morning, I played about with it for a few hours. Had a quick blast online in a coop. I must say i am very pleased so far (bugs excused). It is not a bad as some people would make it out to be. For sure I havent investigated enough yet, but I am enjoying what I have seen in a limited amount of time. my pc specs: 2800 athlon 1gb ram GF6600gt My in game default resoloution was 800x600, but I have upped it to 1024x768. Regards the advanced settings everything is set to normal apart from: Postprocess- low Anisotropic Filtering- low Antialiasing- low Blood- high visibility is currently @ 1200 With these settings it seems to be very stable. I will be tinkering about to see if i can improve the overall quality.

Guys I think we are just runnning around in circles here debating these things. Whats really needed is for someone from BIS to make some kind of statement, that all is well and what they are working on to improve the game. Just to calm everyone down. There is to much BS. It also seems to me that much of the PR of this game is being done and driven by the community, good and bad. Its ok to highlight bugs and things you are displeased with, but constant bickering and tittle tattle is harmfull. So keep the faith  By the way i havent even got the game yet, (ordered german copy) but i am still looking forward to it Â

Outstanding!

Nice to hear Redstorm, but what are your pc specs and ingame settings?

Thanks 'battle smurf '

It´s not a bug. Care to elaborate more? BIS said before the game was released that you'd drop everything but your sidearm while swimming, if I remember right. Yes you are right! And I thought it was supposed to happen as soon as you entered the water. However, it seems that you now have a limited amount of time that you can swim with your weapons before you are forced to drop them! .... Anyone counted this time yet?  ok thanks I must of missed that info. I take it back its not a bug Â

It´s not a bug. Care to elaborate more?

http://mega-file.net/file.php?file=d3540cc755bad468f6a2ec8a9f52d11e And when you stay in the water for some time... the equipment drops from you and I couldnt pick it up again  Wow thanks, I just wanted to see if the bodies floated or sunk And thats some crazy stuff going on there with the loadout dropping into the water. Are czech owners reporting these kind of bugs to BIS on their own forums?