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He is correct

agreed on both counts

hmm I seem to crash when I try windowed mode

Also there are mp missions that come with the game. Edit: BIS isn't responsible for what players choose to host on their servers.

Ping isnt the issue, up to 250 is acceptable, the issue is packets, lost packets result in 'lag' issues, the higher the ping if course the more likely packet loss will be and it depends on any interference that may occur in transit over the network which causes de-sync. @Galzohar, I get from 40 ping all the way to 5000 so it either depends on your location in regard to where most servers are or you have really poor service.

Well they are just getting started on making mods and missions and not all of the tools are out yet, so it will take a while, also alot of server admins run those two missions when they are offline so the server will keep running and people can use it. I played with FOW(?) something like that anyway german guys, and they had nice coop missions organized but when the admin was logging off he switched it to Domination.

I have also heard that certain Aussie internet provider is having issues

I've seen it on Domi, never seen it in another server since.

how many players can play on a COD server? Then think how easy to host them as well compare to ArmA 2 where most computers can barely play much less host (meaning dedi servers required) add to that length of time games have been released and with ArmA being a niche game, there will always be a significant difference between the two.

Are you using 1.02 now?

looks great

I was working on a couple of missions, but I am wary of putting forth the effort after the last patch made some missions unplayable, and we know another will be forthcoming.

It is hardly bland, but I won't argue that most of the stock audio is garbage.

yea if you don't paste what you are testing we cannot help you, if you are testing with the template and not the correct info, well, that explains itself.

sound mods are not "needed", however I believe Vop 2.1 is signed.

taken the wrong medication? :p very strange

I don't experience this, which is why it is important to have an experiment that is repeatable exactly for more than one person, so that they can see that the results are consistent. Just stating it doesn't solve anything, isn't consistent, and isn't proof. You think I am attacking you here, but really I'm trying to help you. The Devs know that 95% of complaints is BS from whiney people. Problem is, they have to look at each one to figure it out, some are obvious, others not so much. When you go through the process of making the mission, making video, screen shots, whatever, you are saving the Devs work, this moves the issue up the list to be fixed much faster and saves them time wading through the BS to find the legit stuff.---------- Post added at 10:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:22 AM ---------- That is indeed a possible cause. I've been one-shotted before but I've also had bullets sprayed all around me, this is why it is important to have tests than can replicate exact situations and bring verifiable results.

Perhaps the thing with the crew members is something to do with that mission because in the editor I cannot get one to fire on me with a pistol farther than 50m. Also important to note that by default in the editor crew members have carbine type rifles.

You stated you see them prone in the grass, they can still shoot that way. If you are implying that they were prone the entire time and were able to see your friends approach, that is different and still requires a repeatable mission that can consistently provide those results making it 'easy' for the causes of the issue to be pinpointed. I didn't say it was not happening, only that you should submit the repeatable mission. I am not implying in your case that you are full of BS as that is an assumption without fact, but we have seen many claims of this nature in here before that were subsequently debunked. In light of that, not only would making a mission assist the Devs in addressing the issue, it would also serve to preserve your credibility with the community (i.e. it won't be called into question by others)---------- Post added at 09:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:43 AM ---------- As to tanks firing through buildings, I would venture that is an issue of set penetration values. Then you would have to determine, the weapon type/caliber vs wall thickness/density and then determine whether it is intended (in the game code) for that particular round to penetrate that particular object type. The pistols issue warrants testing and is easily repeatable

Make a repeatable mission so it can be tested further by those that do that sort of thing. As for shooting through grass or bushes... I dunno, grass and bushes don't stop bullets, I recommend doing the same thing for such issues. It gets them fixed faster if they don't have to spend hours trying to replicate something that may or may not be happening. Remember it from the Devs point of view, for every legitimate complaint , there are 10 more from people who just suck at the game, and they have to test every one of them or else they miss fixing the bugs that really do exist.

Doesn't help that everyone and his mother has their own TS server. TS works great if you have a large squad and always play with the same people but most people won't be bothered with signing on to whatever TS server fits the random server they picked to play on. VOIP works fine (on servers that have it)for people to communicate. If people wont wait around and group up, is this result of so many new players or is the ArmA community not as team oriented as everyone seems to imply? I see often the suggestion to join a squad, but that results in a fragmented community and isolated "exclusive" groups with everyone else just milling about wondering what all the hype was about.

You mentioned Superpowers so I tried that, as well as a Domination mission and I did not have these issues. On the Superpowers one, when it loads it shows 8 slots in my team but on the left it shows 8 slots for bluefor and 8 slots for opfor so that would be 16 available slots, it will only show you the available slots for whichever side you picked to play. Could you possibly be misinterpreting what you are seeing in this case? I got the full 32 slots when I loaded the Domination mission. Anyway, hope this helps to clarify your issue.

Well guess what? That's what I get on Utes with nothing around. The thing to note is that you bought a pc just for this game and you didn't build a top end system, why do you expect top end performance? DOes that in your sig mean you have the gfx card in xfire? If so, it probably isn't working, not that it would make a difference because the graphics levels aren't the problem (btw your hd4850 runs about as well as my 9800 gtx , looking at benchmarks). Your processor is the problem (same issue I have). If you read about the forums you will see that the Core i7 is the one doing well which suggests that we need a quad with a clock speed of 3.0Ghz or better in order to get good performance. I believe we will get better frames once they release an optimization patch, but sadly, when your cpu is the bottleneck, everything slows down. I empathize with you so far as you were misled by the stated game requirements and recommended specs, everyone was. Anyway, my statements are aimed at people that have driver issues and things like that, the rest of us are just underpowered for what the game is. Our specs should have been the stated minimum. There was one clown complaining that he couldn't run on a 1.86 Ghz processor, which is well below even the minimal specs. Some people have issues that genuinely cannot be fixed by anyone but BIS, but they are in the minority when counted among the complaints in the forums.

Hmm , that's a good question. Or perhaps they are so in love with OFP (OpF for you sticklers) that more real doesn't 'feel' right to them. I guess they have to tell us.

Hah me too :p but I have found it useful in a few pvp maps so far