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  4. Posted

    Wait what? You can't Turn out if the Commander isnt out as well?

    I suppose that is the reason why it wont Turn Out after marking a target and whatnot...

    But yeah, putting ur head out is not always the best thing to do...

    Is it so that in some modern tanks/ifv, the driver has a special camera that goes 360 and has thermal? At least in PR they have those and they help a lot to drive the tank...

  5. Posted

    I would adjust as well the annoying LOD? switching which happens distance related to grass. This mod does the trick:

    GDT Mod Plants

    http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=7549

    Though I noticed that PROPER's Vegetation Tweak Visuals and the LOD switch prevention of GDT plants2 will not work at the same time.

    This cuts quite significantly the grass as well:

    SFOD-D High Performance Addon (aka ussocom)

    http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=9201

    GDT Mod Grass cuts the most... afaik

    http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=6628

  7. Posted

    Bandwidth is not the problem. Hosting with my PC is cos even without hosting I am struggling with the fps, with hosting it is constantly < 20 :(

    ---------- Post added at 02:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:34 PM ----------

    Q: Is there a way to bind e.g. zoom to Mouse 4/5/6/etc. + mouse wheel. Or Ctrl + wheel.

    ---------- Post added at 03:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:35 PM ----------

    Q: is there an option for Crouch Toggle lurking somewhere, cos i cant find it...

  13. Posted

    Naturally i will learn the keys in time. No worries there.

    Just saying that as a noobie the amount was just a bit overwhelming. Part of the reason is that some menus/keys etc. are not "fps-standard". Perhaps if the Control option screen was larger so that you could see all the keys at the same time, it might help.... idk...

  18. Posted

    if you mean adding 3d person view to driver (gunner, commander), no. Mlods are needed for that, or rebuilding all the armored vehicles from scratch (neither will happen)

    The latest beta. You might want to have an eye over PvP animations

    no

    I am looking for anything that helps seeing better from some vehicles without using 3rd person view.

    About the mumble, there is Arma2 1.08 in the mumbles plugin list. But it doesnt work? :(

  20. Posted

    Q: Can I play some mission with someone how only has OA/A2 demo installed? Would be nice to get someone involved with a co-op mission so they would perhaps see the potential the game has.

    Q: Is there addons to make driving tanks/vehicles (not cars) more pleasant without resorting to 3rd person view?

    Q: Is there any other than Shaktac addon to make the CQC less clunky?

    Q: Does Mumble's positional audio plugin work with AO/A2/CO?

  21. Posted

    Depends heavily on your rig, especially your HDD read speed

    Not sure what you mean really.

    Again, this is higly dependent on the rig. I have no issue with it (see spoiler for rig). Could you be more precise about what addons you are talking about?

    Ofc the performance is rig related, but on a general note there seems to be some heavy optimization needed for this game if you have seen the amount of messages about this subject in the Troubleshooting section. I guess this is the cost of having a sandbox simulation and not a corridor-shooter :)

    I am mostly running all GTD mods + other performance + visual mods.

    Can be disabled in the difficulty options (local or server side for MP)

    Can be disabled in the difficulty options (local or server side for MP)

    I know that these can be disabled. It was just my first impression that wtf are these doing in a simulation game that is supposed to be ultra-realistic.

    I was kinda disappointed when I first tried this game online and i had the crosshair forced to me :(

    I suppose server owners run with the lowest common nominator settings to maximize the player amounts.

    Anyway, altogether i am really happy about the game. And I am eagrly waiting for PR:ARMA2 and I44 2.5.

    If only I could run the game with decent framerates without fiddling with x amount of addons + OCing and whatnot tricks and tweaks.

  22. Posted

    I'll add some more newbie impressions:

    + Large open environments are mind blowing

    + Slow paced action

    + Multitude of stuff you can do

    +- Graphics are nice, if they just would be consistent. LOD switching :(

    - Clunky movement in CQC

    - Crosshair? Why...

    - Bad performance :-(

    - 3rd person view? Why...

    - Driving some vehicles is hard cos of the same little periscope view with black background. Using 3rd person view feels like cheating cos it gives u so much better view + it eats away the immersion

    - I have to use about 20+ addons to make the game run smoother and to fix some visual stuff.

    - I hate the constant robotic radio chat; "Enemy, 200m 3 o'clock etc..." especially when the guy is right next to me and he could say this without the radio.

  24. Posted

    I am by all means not an expert in tank related stuff and I am a total Armanoob still but i have few questions regarding tanks in A2 that puzzle me.

    Why is the drivers view always the same weird small unmovable "periscope-window" within black background? Shouldnt different tanks have different viewports and whatnot? And shouldnt in some tanks this viewport/slit have a small range of movement? Like here in PR:

    Now in A2 if you are the driver, your view is so limited and if you want to look a bit to the side, you have to turn the whole tank. Though in some tanks you can "Turn out" and get a slightly better view. Btw when turning out as a T-34 driver, the drivers hatch is made from super low quality textures for me. Is this on purpose or did i miss some video option to enhance this?

    Shouldn't there be some other viewport/periscope/rearview camera for modern tank driver with thermals and such. Or have I just not found them yet in-game. Like here in PR:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HohC6sU1-Q

    Why all tank commanders and gunners can zoom in when afaik this was not possible in e.g. T-34? And is it just me or does every tank commander have the same periscope view-thingy regardless which tank they use? And why is there no binoculars for the commander when he is out of the hatch? Or is there?

    And using 3rd person camera is not a solution for tank driving. I don't even get it why there is a such a thing in a simulator. Feels like cheating when using it and it is a huge immersion killer anyways.

    Ps. is there some Tank addon mods that i should check out?

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