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BUZZARD @ April 30 2008,15:58)]BUZZARD @ April 29 2008,15:33)]Dunno if you know this but the Dozer Mouse Tank seems to be fitting to this mod...
THX [ZG]BUZZARD
that is a nice tank! Do you have more idea's?
You're welcome, bennie
I'll let you know if I remember something more... Though the Dragonfly could probably also find its place here? I don't have pix of it ready but I'll edit the post with a pic later today from my archive... The Dragonflies aren't available for download anymore from anywhere AFAIK so if you want them I can send them to rapidshare and post the link here. http://www.dc3d.co.nz/Graphics/OFP/Aircraft/dragonfly.jpg
this?
Ah, those weren't the Dragonflies I was mentioning... rather, some "Mickey-mouse"-like single-crew helicopter-like flying things armed with a single cannon shooting between the pilot's legs - I'll post a pic of it when I get the chance...
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BUZZARD @ April 29 2008,15:33)]Dunno if you know this but the Dozer Mouse Tank seems to be fitting to this mod... ÂTHX [ZG]BUZZARD
that is a nice tank! Do you have more idea's?
You're welcome, bennie
I'll let you know if I remember something more... Though the Dragonfly could probably also find its place here? I don't have pix of it ready but I'll edit the post with a pic later today from my archive... The Dragonflies aren't available for download anymore from anywhere AFAIK so if you want them I can send them to rapidshare and post the link here. -
BUZZARD @ April 29 2008,15:33)]Dunno if you know this but the Dozer Mouse Tank seems to be fitting to this mod... ÂTHX [ZG]BUZZARD
that is a nice tank! Do you have more idea's?
You're welcome, bennie
I'll let you know if I remember something more... Though the Dragonfly could probably also find its place here? I don't have pix of it ready but I'll edit the post with a pic later today from my archive... The Dragonflies aren't available for download anymore from anywhere AFAIK so if you want them I can send them to rapidshare and post the link here. -
I guess it would be possible, Steele - just take a look at BIS's Kamov helicopter, there the gun is "off-center". Personally I would prefer it to be in the center, but wouldn't mind it being elsewhere, as long as it has no obstruction regarding a full 360 degree of arc of fire (hmm, thinking of which and looking at the pictures, as it is it wouldn't have a 360 degree arc of fire (rear seems to be blocked) , that would be great if it could be fixed), and the best possible elevation/depression, similar to the Apache's and Cobra's gun...
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shinRaiden, the pizza analogy was just regarding Choices in general, not just related to any singular aspect of the game like the helicopter flight model. Meaning, everybody chooses how to play ArmA the way he likes it best, and it would be nice to have a choice amongst possible FM's as well (in this particular case, adding OFP's as an available option). And no, I couldn't quite imagine how set'posing helicopters on a map with variable altitude would have anything to do with the OFP helicopter FM, which AFAIK ArmA is not able to mimic "out of the box"... Would need a patch to provide it I guess...
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BUZZARD @ April 29 2008,19:15)]you really don't want 'simple' flight model.Who are you to say what I want or not?! You're definitely not paying attention to this thread nor are judging what I want correctly - or you're doing it WRONG. What I want is the ability to CHOOSE. Not a question of ONLY having ONE FM OR the other. If you didn't understand plain english before, I don't think I could be more clearer in this statement now.
So you want the VBS2 simple flight model then? Did you even read the rest of his post?
The VBS2 flight model is nothing like the OFP flight model.
It seems like you are the one who doesn't understand plain English
The simple flight model in VBS2 is not eant to be used in a
game - it's to assist training. It's no fun for a game.
Quote[/b] ]As Sanctuary said, it wouldn't be IMPOSSIBLEOf course it wouldn't be impossible to add a second flight model as an option. Just like it wouldn't be impossible to make an option to replace weapons with laser guns. But whether it's possible or not obviously isn't the problem. It would be a waste of development time.
Why spend time creating a dumbed down flight model for people who can't handle the current one when they could be creating a new feature or fixing bugs?
It's not even that much harder than the OFP flight model. It just doesn't hold your hand as much. What other options would you like to have for the game do things for you
Does it not hold your hand enough?
Surely there are things more worth debating than a chopper flight model that is too hard for some people? How about having the developers focus on another issue instead of a few people's lack of patience/skill
Instead of making other people spend time developing and testing something to hold your hand, spend a few minutes of your own time to learn how to handle something a little more challenging.
I must admit I do not know VBS's "simple" flight model but the fact that someone takes a choice away or presumes something on my behalf regarding my choices I find offensive, Madmatt. And what your definition of
is may not be the same as for others - or do you presume to be a standard of your own?Quote[/b] ]fun for a gameAs for what I'm astonished is that so many people defend BIS whilst others see that BIS broke something in ArmA that already had been fixed in OFP. And breaking that adage is something that can really ruin follow-ups to something that existed there before it. As we all know by now, ArmA wasn't a step FORWARD in every department with regards to OFP. In some perhaps it was, in others it remained the same (some bugs present in OFP made it into ArmA) whilst in some aspects, like the flight model, both for helicopter, but especially for planes, was a step BACKWARD. But, just not to ruin the experience for those that want something more, in your words, "challenging", I'm PRO-CHOICE. And I really don't know why it's so difficult to let everybody choose the ingredients of his own pizza, so to speak. Also, I think you may put too much faith in ArmA 2, for BIS proved to be able to repeat some mistakes whilst creating new ones, I wonder what the heck makes you think ArmA 2 will be the fulfillment of anything you hope for it to be?! I could almost hope that they screw up something you liked how it was in OFP and ArmA just to read your whining lines about your high-expectation ArmA 2... I'm of the oppinion they should fix ArmA up first so as to please amost everybody  (and that can best be achieved through giving CHOICES) and then present ArmA 2 with any completely new features. Otherwise I must admit ArmA-wise one can only feel like a lab rat.
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you really don't want 'simple' flight model.Who are you to say what I want or not?! You're definitely not paying attention to this thread nor are judging what I want correctly - or you're doing it WRONG. What I want is the ability to CHOOSE. Not a question of ONLY having ONE FM OR the other. If you didn't understand plain english before, I don't think I could be more clearer in this statement now.
@W0lle: Whilst hopes are high that ArmA 2 may attain perfection, what I want is improvement on a product I already acquired. And your statements about FM modification being fluid is void when one considers that the current OFP FM is most probably FINAL. So it would just be a question of having the possibility of choosing THAT FM or another which may be as crazed as it is changing by patch to patch, but the OFP FM is a SOLID REFERENCE. So, if, having a choice amongst both FMs, someone decides to moan about the ArmA one - heck, be my guest. But at least give us a choice. As Sanctuary said, it wouldn't be IMPOSSIBLE - and I doubt it would take a month or so, heck, maybe not even a week. I guess we can all wait for a week later for ArmA 2 if the ArmA we all have already gets substantially better by allowing a choice between FMs.
@SS9 Heck, the Plane's FM... that's even worse... There's another example of how well it worked in OFP (taking into account what was possible) and how comparably messed up it is in ArmA... Again, and for that too, I'd like the ability to choose...
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Nice!
Ah, and I hope the gatling gun on the gunship will also be movable (like it's visuals indicate). Dunno if it's no biggie to config, but if you need an example on how a single pilot manages flying AND aiming a turreted weapon, there's, amongst others I guess, the example of Cassandra's what-if chopper, the X-31A
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Daniel @ April 28 2008,16:54)]Does the Cobra having less rotors have anything to do with this?Actually, the Littlebird could do with only one rotor, instead of the Cobra's two... (there have been tested versions of the Littlebird without the tail rotor)... Â
If you're talking about rotor blades though, it's a different matter... Could be that it's very well the case though I'm no expert on the matter, but the fact that after the first generations of helicopters almost all subsequent helos are having more than 2 blades per main rotor could be evidence of it...
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Monty, the reason why it's hard-coded into the game is probably the only reason why it has to be BIS that has to change the game through a patch so as to give us the choice - it's not something a mod could do. If anybody is able to change the FM it's BIS, and I don't think that they'd consider such a task "impossible" - it would be hard work but not "impossible". But, since so many of us would appreciate it that much, I think BIS should try to give us that choice between an OFP-like FM and an ArmA-like FM. Â
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why don't include an option in difficulty settings? :-flight model simplified (OFP)
-flight model advanced (Arma)
and everybody happy (including me) Â
Quote[/b] ]but about every other month, some idiot will start a new thread saying OFP was more realisticdon't know if it was more realistic , but i liked more at least
If this were implemented, this problem would be solved. Period. Let everybody choose for himself. Isn't "pro choice" what OFP/ArmA is all about?
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Nice vehicle, D@nte! I always liked 6-wheelers
Could it be armed with a large cannon, like those anti-tank wheeled vehicles? That would be best, since it could be configured as a 6-wheeler. But I do like the design. Is the 8-wheeler going to be much different from the previous design? -
That's cool!! And his VF-1S is awesome - much better than the one that exists for OFP (for those that remember it, heheh) - Still, Mechs are still missing from ArmA unfortunately, was kinda hoping for a High-MACS or a Wanzer...
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Yeah, something with the length and width of the vehicle in focus of the pic you posted D@nte, but with the taller height of the vehicle to the left (the one with the trailer). That should prove to be a nice concept. Alas, I could try to take a pic of the Mobile Command Post (MCP) of the game Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, with a construction arm instead of the missile... I'll try to get a screenie soon... But here's a pic of it...
Something like this but amplified in size would be perfect!
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Yeah, I agree, something approaching the MCV would be cool, but I think it should look more like a deployable base rather than something that looks like it's there to construct other things... In any case it should be tracked and massive!
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Knowing the issues with object collision of OFP I doubt that doing a drive-on platform WON'T result in said vehicle starting to bounce as if it were on a big air ball...
Personally as I said I wouldn't mind seeing a more mobile repair shop, one that would be deployed by a vehicle, and could be repacked onto the vehicle for deployment elsewhere - that would work in OFP, Airwolf Mod have one of their Volkswagen Minibusses as FIA army ambulances set up so that it deploys a working medical tent where soldiers can heal... therefore, a large vehicle deploying a mobile repair station would be cool ( something that would look like it could easily be put together and then later dismantled for transport ) ... Would be cool to have a rather large (larger than any recovery vehicle so far) tracked mobile repair shop deploying vehicle...
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Wow, that repair center idea sounds great, D@nte! Hope you make it an independant "object" so that it can be placed like a garage/workshop able to fix any vehicle. I was always disappointed that in OFP the buildings that were supposed to fulfill that role never did (unlike the gas stations that always worked flawlessly). Â
Also, nice work on the fighter! Looks Schecksi! Â
Btw, could they have an alternative paintjob, like in all-metal finish?
Edit: Come think of it, could it be kind of some sort of mobile deployable repair station?
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I want this for my garden!
MfG Lee
I got a better place - my dad's old resting and rusting radio mast would make as the ultimate launch platform for it!
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You mean the ones that have two "Mickey-Mouse-ears-like-propellers" and the gun is in a very masculine position? Â
Yeah I still got it somewhere, just lemme get home and I'll upload it to rapidshare, D@nte - I'll edit this post with the download link. Â
Here it is: Download of Dragonfly pack @ rapidshare
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Yeah, I remember the first one that had no walking animation but could fly with "wings" on it's back deployed... a pity they dropped that feature when they made the one with the walking animation...
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Thx [ZG]BUZZARD Â for the link.thx thx thx thx thx
You're welcome!
There's a ton of other mechs out there as well: Wanzers (I wonder why OFP.info doesn't have the pack with the rifle anymore, the old one before they were able to fly), the High-MACS (aka X-8000 Gun Griffon), the Patlabor Al-97 Hannibal, and also an old favourite of mine, the beta GDI Titan mech, which was on "east" side instead of west, curiously (good to have as Opfor without wasting a spot). There are others out there too but those are the best IMHO.
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Well, see you there then perhaps! I'm going to NYC in August!
Advance Wars for OFP
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Ah, those weren't the Dragonflies I was mentioning... rather, some "Mickey-mouse"-like single-crew helicopter-like flying things armed with a single cannon shooting between the pilot's legs - I'll post a pic of it when I get the chance...