LugNut

Thanks OP, you made my day.

+1 for the OP. Yeah, yeah, I've heard all the arguments before on why it's not needed..... Auto downloading from a redirect server is one big answer to growing the community, especially PvP.

I'd throw a serious hissy fit and refuse to eat my vegetables.

:eek::eek::eek::eek: That video..... it's awesome! This mod completely changes things, it should be adopted by all servers.

Kudos for BIS to even show it at E3. C'mon, it's a year away from release, who else would even show anything that early? I'm looking forward to seeing more as features get added and polished.

+1 op

Ran across this: http://www.teamorlando.org/gametech/downloads/2011/presentations/20110323_GameTech_Intro_VBS2.pdf Scroll towards the end to see the improvements and changes for VBS2 V1.50, I think it might give us an idea of what we might see for A3. Scuba Underground spaces Terrain overall sizes and cell size Night Vision Lighting improvements Window damage Wounding (gore) Assault ladders Accurate grenade throwing Multiple positions supported for firing rocket launchers weapon safetys

I'm all for it. Trying to understand the whole addon installation and various server requirements is a huge complaint from new users and frequently turns them away. PITA would be a charitable description.

+1 Bots just don't do it for me........

Ok, maybe the big brainers are right, A2 runs great considering how much elaborate stuff is going on. I'll agree with the intent of the OP's post though, it doesn't run well enough to play smoothly regardless of the reason. There's always stuttering, lag, LOD and texture flashing and loading. Unless I see a BIS developer throw up their hands and say "Hey guys, with todays technology, this is the best we can do" I'll continue to think there's a way to improve it.

* Better netcode and optimization! It drives too many potential players away, people get fed up with the stuttering/lag. *Better animations and collision detection. It drives too many potential players away, people get fed up with the clunky movements and getting hung up on twigs and such. * An integrated DL and Addon manegment system like every other FPS out there. Visit a server and if you don't have what they're running, you automatically DL and install it. It drives too many potential players away, people get fed up with trying to find, install and update their addons. See a trend here? We could have a much more viable MP community if these 3 things were fixed.

They have to set it in the future you ninnies, it's not coming out until 2012. Which is in the FUTURE.

I'm most hopeful about this, if it ain't fixed this time around, it'll be hard to get too excited.

I'm happy about the new animations and the PhysX effects, but I mainly hope it runs smoother. Any word if it's a new engine or the same?

Did they hire Smookie? :p http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=115889&page=61

Super nice guys!

Sprint Stop FTW! :eek: That fixes such a previously akward transition. Great work Smookie. Here's my proposal: 1) BIS should send you a big bag of Euros 2) Bis should release a patch replacing the stock animations and include all of yours. 3) Those who try A2 and bitch about it's "clunkiness" will no longer.

Those models look great, can't wait to play with them!

If it's political realism, that's fine by me. I get enough of that IRL. As long as the game is realistic, I could care less if it's the Blue Meanies against the Yellow Barge Bottoms.

Thanks for the latest updates, I too would like to see these anims become standard in the community and/or in PR or Ace. Just had to LOL at the suppressed guy with his hand on his head, when he's alone on the road, he looks like a great ape thinking.... :p

So, this might be a dumb question, but since it looks like you are going to replace all the stock movement animations with better ones, will we just be able to rebind the new ones instead of the stock ones using the same keys? Or will all the new animations have to be used only with new key binds? I do understand that completely new anims like the urban prone or slide would require new key binds... Dumb question #2. Would these have to be loaded server side as well?

Great stuff! Look forward to more.

I'm sooooo disappointed. As a guy who makes his living with torches, there's no way he could have heated that chain to red hot, let alone melted it with a bottled propane torch. They just lost me after that..... :p

I can live without jumping as long as we can still dance.

Lolz :D