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  1. Posted

    I don't have Xfire but you can find me on Steam with the same login name Sardaukar17.

    I was actually thinking about making a simple PvP map using jets with the missiles removed. Thought it would be fun to have a good old fashion dog fight. If you want I can message you when I have testable version. It wouldn't take much at all to throw in a couple of helicopters and join the same team. We could see which is better. (lol the bummer is that just before logging on today my trackball that I have had for like 10 years committed suicide on a tile floor. Need to go shopping

  2. Posted

    I have been flying since OFP was out and I never used a joystick. I admit though it is hard to fly using a Mouse. I have had a track ball for ages and never had a problem banking a chopper around trees 10 feet off the ground. One thing that might help is to take a look at your ingame sensitivity settings and find a combination that fits your comfort zone.. and of course practice. Pull up some choppers in the Armory. Some of the most common ones flown in the missions I have seen are the Huey, Cobra, and BlackHawk. They all fly a little different just as they would in the real world. The smaller it is though the easier it is (in my opinion) to learn how to fly on.

  3. Posted

    Oktane you can speak for me on this subject anytime.

    I would fall under the less informed category of players (happen to be form US too lol). I have 0 Mods installed for Arma2. And it is very difficult to get into a community of players without having to ask How to do it and get past all the errors to have a smooth game. 9 times out of 10 times allot of these communities are filled with Elitists that take it all way to seriously and make you feel stupid for not know what they do. It really does turn you off to the game. I play with a very small group of friends when we can all manage to get online at the same time. I really do believe that there are tons of people in this same situation. What would solve allot of this is if BE did try and take allot of these Mods that are most common and incorporated them into a patch of the game. That would be catering to those demanding plug and play users that you don't like but it would open up the community for everyone. (I am sure there are about 3 million legal issues in doing something like that though and I am also sure it is not cheap to do just add content like that. but since we are wishing...)

    I fortunately realized back in OFP that this family of games is the next evolved step in gaming. I even started to learn a little scripting and have made about 3 (almost completely not buggy lol) maps. I am tired of Coops though and realized that soon I am going to have to grit my teeth, do some research, and get the mods all installed and working. PvP is where I want to play. Want to see how tough these elitist are verse a real team of players.

  4. Posted

    Doesn't tactics apply to TvT, or what are you saying? o0

    Yes of course tactics apply in TvsT!! That is the best part of the game. But in regards to what some of these guys are saying it all depends on the map as well.

    A map that just pits 5 players with guns verse 5 players with guns on an open field would be rather pointless. But objective based maps where a team has to capture and hold verse another team, or a convoy map where one team has to deliver a vehicle to a destination on the map like that old Convoy map in OFP. Or even just a standard CTF map that includes some of the vehicles and aircraft Arma has to offer can be fun

  5. Posted

    Well I didn't read all 107 pages of this Thread but to answer the first post I wanted to put in my 2 cents

    I believe it is the PVP aspect. It needs to be encouraged with as you said, Dedicated servers and a core set of precreated scenarios. You can only play verse the AI so many times before it all starts to feel like the same mission.

    Once there is a core set of servers playing a core set of 10 or so maps all dedicated to Team vs Team scenarios.. I think this game will take off.

  6. Posted

    Me and a buddy of mine are starved for some good old PvP action on arma2 here. We played back when PvP was alive and well in the OFP days and have watched it slowly die and fade to nothing in Arma and Arma2 now. We even had an unofficial clan called [CPS] (Capitalist Pig Squad) lol... Forgive the name we were much younger. If there is a community of friendly players that still play Team vs Team based maps please let me know. I still think about some of the victories in those old matches. BlackHawk rescues and convoy ambushes that you had to wait for 15min for that perfect moment. We've been on hideous for a while now but really want to get back into it.

  7. Posted

    I started the game back with OFP and have played it through till now. Like many who played OFP and ARMA and then ARMA2 I took a few breaks here and there. What hooked me.. and I really think what can hook you too is the PVP aspect which unfortunately is all but dead with Arma2. When you can take 2 teams and pit them against each other.. When you are playing using all of the tactics and strategies against live players... this game is a wet dream... Eventually you will think to yourself.. "This map would be better if it had this" and you will find yourself learning the scripting aspect and making your own. That is the entire other half of the game for me. I have never made a Map that is played on a large scale but for me and few of my friends it is a good time.

    Everyone here talks about the tactics and strategy but Human vs Human beats AI any day of the week and you don't have to worry about Psychic AI.. just clever players. Me and one or two others are starved for some PvP action and maps. If there is a community out there that plays like that LET ME KNOW!!!

  9. Posted

    Has anyone else run into this issue?

    When I host my map or test it in preview mode I can rearm, Refuel, and Repair my vehicles at the Warfarebuilding "USMC Service station". However, when I test the map out on a dedicated server NONE of the ammo crates or buildings that normally allow this seem to work anymore for vehicles.

    I can still get gear for myself but when I pull my vehicle up to the service station I get nothing when in any other case, but dedicated server, I can rearm and repair there.

    Why would that ability be reserved for just PC hosting and Preview mode? Is there a Server setting I am not aware of that turns this option off?

  11. Posted

    You showed me what I was doing wrong. Thank you lol. Your the first in 5

    days and 2 websites.

    I was doing this:

    #wp1
_wp1 = _grp addWaypoint [wp1, 1] 
[wp1, 1] setWaypointType "MOVE"
[wp1, 1] setwaypointBehaviour "COMBAT"
[wp1, 1] setwaypointcombatmode "RED" 
[wp1, 1] setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL"

    When I should have been doing this:

    #wp1
_wp1 = _veh addWaypoint [wp1, 1] 
_wp1 setWaypointType "SAD"
_wp1 setwaypointBehaviour "Aware"
_wp1 setwaypointcombatmode "RED" 
_wp1 setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL" 
goto "WpNumber"

    Incindentally if someone, anyone needs to set a large string of waypoints you

    can see at the bottom of that brief script there it goes to #WpNumber. I'll

    show you what I use that for and how to make your waypoints chosen

    randomly. Since this post will probly get hit allot due to the way I named it..

    With ofcourse that intention.

    I'll post a section of what I got.. (I apologize for the SQS it's all I know)

    ?!(local Server): Goto "exit"

_veh=_this select 0

_wpnum=1

#WaypointMaster
_rand = random 5
_num = _rand - (_rand mod 1) 
~1
?(_num==0):goto "Wp1"
?(_num==1):goto "WP2"
?(_num==2):goto "WP3"
?(_num==3):goto "WP4"
?(_num==4):goto "Wp5"

;---------------------------------

#wp1
_wp1 = _veh addWaypoint [wp1, _WPnum] 
_wp1 setWaypointType "SAD"
_wp1 setwaypointBehaviour "Aware"
_wp1 setwaypointcombatmode "RED" 
_wp1 setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL" 
goto "WpNumber"

#wp2
_wp2 = _veh addWaypoint [wp2, _WPnum] 
_wp2 setWaypointType "SAD"
_wp2 setwaypointBehaviour "AWARE"
_wp2 setwaypointcombatmode "RED" 
_wp2 setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL" 
goto "WpNumber"

#wp3
_wp3 = _veh addWaypoint [wp3, _WPnum] 
_wp3 setWaypointType "SAD"
_wp3 setwaypointBehaviour "AWARE"
_wp3 setwaypointcombatmode "RED" 
_wp3 setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL" 
goto "WpNumber"

#wp4
_wp4 = _veh addWaypoint [wp4, _WPnum] 
_wp4 setWaypointType "SAD"
_wp4 setwaypointBehaviour "AWARE"
_wp4 setwaypointcombatmode "RED" 
_wp4 setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL" 
goto "WpNumber"

#wp5
_wp5 = _veh addWaypoint [wp5, _WPnum] 
_wp5 setWaypointType "SAD"
_wp5 setwaypointBehaviour "AWARE"
_wp5 setwaypointcombatmode "RED" 
_wp5 setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL" 
goto "WpNumber"

;---------------------------------------------

#WpNumber
_wpnum=_wpnum+1
~1
?(_wpnum==5):goto "Cycle"
goto "WayPointMaster"

;----------------------------------------------

#Cycle
_wpnum=_wpnum+1
~1
_wp29 = _veh addWaypoint [wp25, _wpnum] 
_wp29 setWaypointType "CYCLE"
_wp29 setwaypointBehaviour "AWARE"
_wp29 setwaypointcombatmode "RED" 
_wp29 setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL" 
goto "exit"

;------------------------------------------------------

#exit
exit

    Ok to track this it is pretty simple. You need to execute it like this:

    [YourGroupName] exec "waypoint.sqs"

    _veh= _this select 0 is just the line that pulls the group name from the

    execution array. I make _wpnum equal to 1 it's important for reasons below.

    You can see the Random section. it simply creates a random (whole number -thats the mod 1-) number.

    It then detects what number it is through the string of ?(_num==1):goto

    "wp1" lines. It goes to the line hits the waypoint commands of the selected

    waypoints and then goes to #wpNumber This section is simply a counter

    that is used to replace the number of the waypoint order in the

    addWaypoint array

    addWaypoint [Location, #in order]

    When _wpNumber hits the number you enter into the 

    ?(_wpnum==5):goto "Cycle"

    it will go to the #cycle and add a cycle waypoint and then exit.

    It is all in SQS so sorry and there may be a way of shortening this up. But I'm proud for only being at this for a couple months. Just trying to be helpful.:)

  12. Posted

    Well I have been on 2 websites searching tonight and I still cannot figure it out. There must be something I am not understanding here. Let me show you what I have and the variations I have tried. It will do the explaining for me.

    _grp = createGroup east

"RU_Soldier_Officer" createUnit [getmarkerpos "Infstarttest", _grp,"", 1.0, "major"];
"MVD_Soldier_GL" createUnit [getmarkerpos "Infstarttest", _grp] 
"MVD_Soldier_GL" createUnit [getmarkerpos "Infstarttest", _grp] 

#wp1
_wptest1 = _grp addWaypoint [wptest1, 1] 
[wptest1, 1] setWaypointType "MOVE"
[wptest1, 1] setwaypointBehaviour "COMBAT"
[wptest1, 1] setwaypointcombatmode "RED" 
[wptest1, 1] setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL" 


#wp2
_wptest2 = _grp addWaypoint [wptest2, 2] 
[wptest2, 2] setWaypointType "MOVE"
[wptest2, 2] setwaypointBehaviour "COMBAT"
[wptest2, 2] setwaypointcombatmode "RED" 
[wptest2, 2] setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL" 


#wp3
_wptest3 = _grp addWaypoint [wptest3, 3] 
[wptest3, 3] setWaypointType "CYCLE"
[wptest3, 3] setwaypointBehaviour "COMBAT"
[wptest3, 3] setwaypointcombatmode "RED" 
[wptest3, 3] setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL" 
exit

    The result I constantly get is 3 guys standing at the third waypoint. I have tried several variations which I will also list.

    #wp3
_wptest3 = _grp addWaypoint [wptest1, 3] 
[wptest1, 3] setWaypointType "CYCLE"
[wptest1, 3] setwaypointBehaviour "COMBAT"
[wptest1, 3] setwaypointcombatmode "RED" 
[wptest1, 3] setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL"

    This one above goes back to wp1 incase they had to be overlapping. Same result

    #wp3
_wptest3 = _grp addWaypoint [wptest3, 3] 
[wptest3, 3] setWaypointType "CYCLE"

    I tried this incase the other options where confusing it

    I even tried making the cycle waypoint the 2nd waypoint number in addition to the WP2

    _wptest3 = _grp addWaypoint [wptest1, 2] 
[wptest1, 2] setWaypointType "CYCLE"
[wptest1, 2] setwaypointBehaviour "COMBAT"
[wptest1, 2] setwaypointcombatmode "RED" 
[wptest1, 2] setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL"

    and same result.

    I also tried adding cycle to the array just to see. 

    _wptest3 = _grp addWaypoint [wptest3, Cycle]

    I figured that wouldn't work.

    Does the setwaypointtype "Cycle" command just not work?

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