animalica

I want to see an GAZ-13 "Chaika" and an ZIL 117 for russian VIP`s, Wolga and Moskvich for civilians and Land Rover Defender and Mercedes Benz UNIMOG`s in many variations. Lada Niva and Nova (also police), an russian ambulance and more russian trucks - but Skoda and Tatra trucks would be also good. Not to forget an BRDM with an turret and an BTR 70 or 80 would be also cool. Maybe mobile HQ`s which would be nice for missions (find the moving mobile HQ to prevent coordination of an planned attack..). That would be enough for me.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (RalphWiggum @ Jan. 09 2002,23:33)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">...So, i won't be disappointed at BIS for not able to come up with add-ons every month, but I would like to see BIS improving bugs and errors once in awhile.<span id='postcolor'> That`s my opinion too. Instead of creating new addons AND bug hunting I would prefered that they should first get rid of the bugs and then add more units, weapons etc in an seperate to buy addon CD. Where is the advantage of new units while bugs spoil the fun? First make an nearly bug free game and THEN add more things! In V1.0 the AI was superior (why snipers when an normal GI with an AK can do the same at night on 500m without IR goggles?) you often couldn`t finish missions although you completed all mission goals etc. And this was the reason why an friend of me who also bought V1.0 was so frustrated after 2 weeks that he decided that it is total crap and sold it. I wasn`t satisfied too but I wanted to like it because I saw the big potential of it. V1.2 wasn`t an real big difference when it came to MP and AI but since V1.26 I could at least enjoy the MP mode because of much improved netcode. And since V1.4 the AI was toned down to an enjoyable level so that I can now enjoy SP AND MP. Now it seems that OFP is on the right way and since the announcement of an OFP addon by BIS I see light at the tunnel (hope it`s not an train... ).

What about this one? Land Rover Defender Series One Or an MB Unimog - this can also used for thousand of different purposes.

Maybe modifying the official MP paintball map? Only 2 soldiers with regular weapons starting inside the arena and the starting points for the other soldiers are outside the arena but don`t forget to change the outside soldiers to civilians (and give them binoculars!). Maybe add a few watchtowers to the map. And people outside the fence got no chance to enter the arena without satchels or air and land vehicles. If you host the map you are the admin so you can choose who play 1 vs 1 and who will be an spectator. Just an idea...

Sounds interesting... just bookmarked.

What also would be interesting: Imagine "Veteran" difficulty where you never know exactly your position or the position of the enemy on the map. You only got your compass and your map like in real (GPS is boring!) and then you use an option for calling an artillery strike and point on the map where you think is the exact position of the enemy. And because you don`t know exactly where you or the enemy is on the map the artillery strike may hit you and your troops or miss the enemy or hit civilians and their houses cars etc. Would made it a little bit more thrilling... A little bit o/t - when it comes to navigation and orientation: Happened to me and other players in MP Coop: Wanted to approach to an village occupied by the enemy from the opposite entrance with an Jeep. We saw the church which was an good spot for orientation and drove in an wide bow around the village which was flanked by 2 sides by woods. Always looked on the map "this road, at intersection straight ahead, then right..." so that we don`t get lost - should be an piece of cake to make an bow around this village! When we thought that we were in an good position to appoach through the wood to the village we realized that we were totally lost without any clue how much offset we were to the village. But no one wanted to quit (hey it´s like in real and we got an job to finish!) and when we saw an house or an intersection we looked on the map to discuss where we may are. Instead of being 1 kilometer distance to the village we must be 4-5 kilometers away. Took us 3/4 hour to find the village and 2 minutes to get killed by the enemy - but nevertheless this was an good and fun match.

Tried the fishu arty yesterday. It`s an good and easy to use arty strike. What I like is the easy handling of the desired target location. This would be nice in an mission where you and a few AI soldier got to use an Jeep with MG for an reconaissance job. You don`t know exactly where are the enemy lines and their units, maybe meet randomly an enemy patrol until you find the position of a few (many!) tanks and infantry waiting in an small village or hiding in an secret spot for orders. And then you lie in the bushes with your comrades looking through your binoculars and order to fire after calling the HQ for report and what to do next. Then you wil receive orders to report coordinates for an artillery strike... After that you had to fight the remaining troops or flee if the action fails and head back to your lines - and if there would be an UH1 you could move to an pickup point, calling the heli and wait while the enemy troops are arriving... Uh, sorry - that was an little bit off topic.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Postduifje @ Jan. 09 2002,00:49)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Would like to get this addon, only at www.operationflashpoint.cz is says: BUGS FOUND NEW VERSION ON THE WAY. And I saw some cool snowfloaks (sp?) there too, it's a shame I can't read czech<span id='postcolor'> Hint, hint... In the upper left is the Union Jack (UK flag) which turns the page into english language - but you are right, the file is not hosted anymore. And thanks to the one with the VC link!

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Ex-RoNiN @ Jan. 08 2002,23:55)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Animalica, du koenntest natuelich alles in Deutsch von dir lassen, aber ich glaube nicht das dir dann jeder zuhoeren wuerde <span id='postcolor'> But I don´t think that I could write it any better as an person which native language isn`t english. And it seems that the difference would be marginal - my english post was misinterpreted and an german post would also no one understand. And to make it not an negative positioned only thread I also said what I think is positive about OFP and BIS - but it seemed that no one wanted to recognize this parts. And I also asked a few uncomfortable questions about the future of OFP and it`s community because I got a few concerns which may be wrong or right - the future will show it. But now I had to fear the spanish inquisition and their soft cushions because I also mentioned things which I didn`t like(d). "He said that not everything in OFP is or was good! Heretic! Tie him to an chair and start an MP game until the "Oh no... 4 is down" bug errr feature pops up and leave him alone, stereo cranked up!" P.S: Has the greek flag an special meaning?

As I can see people understand my thread wrong. They only see the things which I said weren´t good but they don`t see the good things which I mentioned while other things are theoretical questions about the future and my concern about it. And I did my best not to insult everyone and for the headlines - headlines should be short and point out what the thread is about even when it may sound a little bit rude. If there would be 100 space I could say it in an more polite manner but no one would take the time to read it. So you had to compress your main meaning of this thread in 2 small rows for description. I could use CS language but that`s not my style - "BIS/CM suxxor because they want bucks for every 733t" - would this sound good? And it also wouldn`t fit my questions and concern about the future. Vielleicht sollte ich in Zukunft meine Beitraege in meiner Muttersprache deutsch verfassen, vielleicht versteht man mich dann besser... My two €uro-Cents

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Fishu @ Jan. 08 2002,13:59)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Animalica, you must copy .pbo to \addons\ and all rest of the files to \users\<yourplayername>\missions\arty.Intro<span id='postcolor'> Ahhh! Folder "arty.Intro" - I created an folder named as the zip file "arty_Intro" so it was no wonder that it didn`t work. Thanks for the hint!

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Snake1999 @ Jan. 08 2002,17:02)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">This seems to me the far advanced mod regarding models and quality except "Invasion 1944".<span id='postcolor'> ahh,, you haven't seen Operation Vietnam then?? Operation Vietnam The BW mod looks really promising.<span id='postcolor'> Ooops! The last time I visited their website was at the days of the OFP V1.0 release... and then I never heard something of them again. UH-1, Hercules, dirt bunker... Good that you remind me of them! I don`t care if an scenario is realistic or not as long as it`s good.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Snake1999 @ Jan. 08 2002,17:02)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">This seems to me the far advanced mod regarding models and quality except "Invasion 1944".<span id='postcolor'> ahh,, you haven't seen Operation Vietnam then?? Operation Vietnam The BW mod looks really promising.<span id='postcolor'> Ooops! The last time I visited their website was at the days of the OFP V1.0 release... and then I never heard something of them again. UH-1, Hercules, dirt bunker... Good that you remind me of them! I don`t care if an scenario is realistic or not as long as it`s good.

Yesterday I tried the BW-Mod homepage again on my big PC (now I`m surfing with my old crappy `96 laptop in the comfortable living room) and discovered that the Union Jack on the main page doesn`t change to english language. So here are my instructions to look for more models: At the mainpage http://www.bwmod.de.vu click only on "Download" if you got no Flash installed, then click "Vollbild" for fullscreen and "Window" is for... yes, an windowed version. On the new screen there will be an bar on the left with different sections. "In Arbeit" means "in progress", there you can find unfinished 3D models. "Waffen" means "weapons", there you can find finished 3D models. "Fahrzeuge" means "vehicles", there you can find finished 3D models. Under "Download" you can find desktop backgrounds and an trailer which shows an "Gepard" (AA tank) and an "Leopard 1A5". And under "Forum/Chat" you can post an new topic when the website will be available in english language! And here I found a few more screenshots of the models: Leopard 2A5: http://www.jensrumpf.de/4players/leo2a5_1.jpg http://www.jensrumpf.de/4players/leo2a5_2.jpg BTR-70: http://www.jensrumpf.de/4players/btr-70.jpg PT-76: http://www.jensrumpf.de/4players/pt-76.jpg Maybe we will see it at the end of the year or at the beginning of the next year... And I think that the Vw 181 is today out of service and is replaced by boring Opel Vectra`s. But the Thing rocks - an friend of mine got an pink one - where there is no rust.

Yesterday I tried the BW-Mod homepage again on my big PC (now I`m surfing with my old crappy `96 laptop in the comfortable living room) and discovered that the Union Jack on the main page doesn`t change to english language. So here are my instructions to look for more models: At the mainpage http://www.bwmod.de.vu click only on "Download" if you got no Flash installed, then click "Vollbild" for fullscreen and "Window" is for... yes, an windowed version. On the new screen there will be an bar on the left with different sections. "In Arbeit" means "in progress", there you can find unfinished 3D models. "Waffen" means "weapons", there you can find finished 3D models. "Fahrzeuge" means "vehicles", there you can find finished 3D models. Under "Download" you can find desktop backgrounds and an trailer which shows an "Gepard" (AA tank) and an "Leopard 1A5". And under "Forum/Chat" you can post an new topic when the website will be available in english language! And here I found a few more screenshots of the models: Leopard 2A5: http://www.jensrumpf.de/4players/leo2a5_1.jpg http://www.jensrumpf.de/4players/leo2a5_2.jpg BTR-70: http://www.jensrumpf.de/4players/btr-70.jpg PT-76: http://www.jensrumpf.de/4players/pt-76.jpg Maybe we will see it at the end of the year or at the beginning of the next year... And I think that the Vw 181 is today out of service and is replaced by boring Opel Vectra`s. But the Thing rocks - an friend of mine got an pink one - where there is no rust.

I forgot something... This add-on cries for VC soldier models and some missions or an good campaign. Give them black clothes, an AK-47 and a few `nades and satchels - but no ricehat. But the sniper helmet will do the job like in the intro. But how do you shrink the 3D soldier models... I think the tv-series "Tour of Duty" should deliver enough ideas.

Götterfunkes arty: good, allows reloading and moving by hand and truck, different ammo types ootom (?): good but stationary, simpler in handling, no moving (?) fishu: can`t make it work and those other arty by joergF: after renaming some files (uses german only letters) I managed to make it work, seems lke arty support by ship or something, allows volley or salve (1-6 guns), degrees and distance,

Just tested it... Placed an Jeep with driver into the map, entered the Jeep as an co-pilot told the driver where to go and enjoyed the scenery. Very good add-on although some of the houses still look to european (stone). But there are already small bamboo huts and the bigger houses are covered with thatch (?). Streets are no longer tarmac they changed to dusty ones. I only missed the propaganda through loudspeaker from the jungle: "Give up Yankee capitalists, you got no chance... when you surrender now we treat you good..."

Let me guess... Hello Vietnam? First lesson in chzecheslovakian language? But I see no Charlies... oh wait, they are hiding in the bushes and woods!

O/T: If you want to see an good tv-movie about the UN I recommend the BBC movie "Warriors". It`s about an UK UN troop which serve with their Warrior tanks in Yugoslavia while the war. After seeing that movie you ask what the UN is for when they are not allowed to help.

I just discovered an new artillery on an german OFP website: http://www.operation-flashpoint.de/files/missionen/2253/Arijorgf.zip (219 KB) Inside are two folders one named with intro (I guess SP) and another one with all artillery data. The Readme is in very poor german and I guess that you call artillery strike because he recommend to place the car and the artillery somewhere on an isle far away from the battlefield. Need to try it out later since I surf now with my laptop in the living room. Of course I will try out all other here mentioned artilleries too.

I think the Land Rover would be an good add-on because it is well known as an military and civilian vehicle. I like this ugly car! There could be also an modified one for urban areas - an "flying hog". A few time ago I saw an real impressing one - long wheelbase, 4-door double cabin and in the back the pickup bay in normal size as the standard one. Wow! And what about a few cars more? An GAZ-13 "Chaika" or an ZIL-117 for russian vip`s and generals (good for sabotage and sniper missions) and for the normal people an Moskvich 417 or something like that. I wanted to post pictures of those real cars but I only found dozens of model scale ones.

Small improvements: When typing cursor right key should repeat your last message like in an fps shooter console. Annoying when you want someone to tell an internet adress and there is much traffic "on air" and the other wants to write it down and you had to retype it many times.

I never had this bug in V1.0-1.3 but had it a few times in V1.4 when playing online - it only happened in Coop because that`s the only mode I like to play.

That bug is annoying - but it looks funny. Armstrong has stolen an dozen of top secret russian hover-"tanks". Hope that the problem can be solved!