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First off...my hats off to Savage and the whole Unsung team for this release! And it sounds like a 2.7 bug fix will be released as well...awesome! I'm so glad you guys stuck it out with Arma 2 before moving on to 3...major Kudos. I'm afraid it's a little bittersweet for me though...please tell me there is a way to play the Single player portion of the mod without Steam...pretty please? Steam and I don't get along very well...even though I have a few Steam games...with my shotty internet and Steam forcing 20gb updates even though I tell it not to (hello...Shogun2) and also my daughter being locked out of her $450 Steam library for a week because of some re-authorization crap it's just not gonna happen for me. I just can't bring myself to add a game that runs perfect when I want it to...and add another layer of DRM and pain when Steam gets all...well...Steamy...lol. I realize that it will be my own fault for missing out on this mod...but it sounded like you didn't need Steam for some single player stuff...is that true? If so...is there a non-Steam install procedure I can follow? Anyway...congrats guys and take some time off...I'm sure you could use it! :ok:

Thanks for the info Friznit!

Sorry guys…but I've searched Google and couldn't find a definitive answer to this question. Can you run the Alive mod in Single player with no internet connection at all? Thanks!

Wow...I really appreciate you taking the time to answer my post in depth Sgt. Savage! Again...I think the mod is great...the sounds and the feel is top notch and you guys have the best mod out there IMO. And Foxhound is right...I haven't contributed to reporting bugs and feedback. I just last week...upgraded my motherboard, CPU and ram to something good enough to run Unsung...so I'm late to the party for sure. The first thing I did after a fresh install of Windows was to install Arma 2 and grab the Unsung 2.5 mod. Now everybody's leaving...lol. I'm just a little frustrated is all...and I was venting because I finally have a rig to run it, and now it's not going to be supported really. In a normal Arma 2 world...the community of awesome mission makers would take up the charge and we would see campaigns and missions showing up...but since Arma 3 is around the corner...they will probably be pulling up stakes as well and moving on. Even though I have owned all of the series since OFP Cold War crisis...I won't be picking up Arma 3, so this is the end of the line for me and many other Arma vets. Just wanted the mod to be the best it can be for my own selfish reasons I suppose. Anyway...looking forward to your final 2.6 release and best of luck on your Arma 3 mod!

So let's see... I said "I love the mod" and "I know they do this in their own time and we appreciate that" and "I was hoping the Unsung mod pro's". I guess there is a generation gap here where the mere suggestion that someone finish something is deemed not constructive...and a mod has to come in and rush to their defense. Whatever. They are the one's who worked for years on it so if they want to abandoned it...it's their choice obviously. Arma 3 might be a newer engine....but newer isn't always better in all aspects. There are a lot of Arma faithful that are going to pass on Arma 3 or have the beta and are going back to Arma 2. The consensus is that it's less military simulator, and more Battlefield type game. As what's happened with most great simulations, they have to be "dumbed" down to satisfy the masses and DayZ type players. Some aren't thrilled with Arma 3 requiring Steam's rental service either.

Whoa...hold up there. No need to take it so personal. Your comment about "as you state can not make anything for others to enjoy" is a little harsh. I said I wasn't great at making missions...what I do for a living is creating something that 75% of the world sees (and possibly enjoys). I guess I'm just too old for these times...I'm 45 and I'm from an older generation that finishes what they start. I know in the gaming world it's always about moving on to the next "shinier" thing. I was just trying to point out that you can't really win trying to always keep up with technology...just my opinion.

<sigh> Don't get me wrong...I love the mod...but I guess it's keeping with the tradition of not really finishing it before you move on to the next engine. I don't think the Unsung mod ever made it out of Alpha before moving from Arma to Arma 2. I would really just love to see more polish and maybe a campaign and more missions before they moved on. I know they do this in their own time and we appreciate that...I don't have great mission making skills so I was hoping the Unsung mod pro's would have taken a crack at it before moving on. I can see the same thing happening again...they will start to show signs of awesomeness with the mod...than have to scrap it and leave it unfinished so they can move on to the Arma 4 engine. Rinse and repeat....

For good or bad, he's been an armchair co-pilot for me thru my gaming career since he was very young. He probably started getting into editing stuff from Rollercoaster Tycoon and games like that. Then he moved on to Far Cry and Far Cry 2 on his Xbox and is constantly making maps and uploading them. Like me, he's into military stuff. We watch a lot off History Channel and are currently in the 3rd season of the series Tour of Duty which has us longing for a Vietnam mod for Arma 2:biggrin:. I feel your pain. My wife is basically into watching HGTV & DIY networks (and applying knowledge gained to our house), shopping for stuff I could care less about, and gardening:k:. I understand banking gaming time by doin stuff like that is a good thing. After achieving a good vibe and I feel the light is Green for gaming, I have to battle my son cause he wants to work on his missions and my rig is the only one good enough in the house to run Arma 2!

The biggest obstacle I have come across so far with this title is one that many of us have......a wife.:eek: It seems I can barely get an hour of editing in before she starts chirping about this or that. To really get a decent quality mission put together you need some time in big chunks to make it happen. Unfortunately, she's the kind that doesn't like gaming at all really so it's been an uphill battle for me for the last 15 years or so. When I managed to talk her into letting me get my Alienware rig, it was like a raising the flag at Iwo Jima kinda victory for me!:jump_clap:

No doubt! With the editor, the possibilties are literally endless. I can tell already most of my time will be here and the only missions I will play are the cheesy entry level ones I have created.;) For now anyway. There is something about seeing what you have worked on come to life that feels like a great acomplishment!

Hi All, I have had just about every military shooter/flight sim since 1998, with all of them I'm into it for just a little while, then it is off to the next one. I have to say I think I will be stuck on this for awhile! I was trying out boot camp and some user made missions and was really into it. Then my 12 year old son was playing around with it and he fired up the mission editor, something I almost never do with any game. I wasnt paying to much attention til he previewed a quick mission he put together and OMG! He just did a quick thing with about 16 helicopters duking it out over his position...my jaw dropped. Since then, I haven't even touched the scenarios/campaign at all. We have been looking up stuff and tips and have got some multi chopper insertions with our custom music triggers going and are having an absolute blast! As far as mission editing goes, I feel like we will always just be beginners when you see whats going on out there with the talented folks making scripts, etc. The amount of scripting and such people have knowledge of is just mind boggling. Anyways, sorry for the long post but i'm not usually amped enough about any game to actually post something! (hate typing) Great Job BI!