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Maybe this belongs in the Q&A forum...

Is there a way to increase the AI's detection range when it is in Careless or Safe combat mode? I made a test mission (requires Combined Operations) where two OPFOR snipers are looking at me across the dam on Zargabad. Initial distance is about 220 meters apart. They won't start shooting at me until we are about 170 meters apart, even when the AI skill slider is all the way up. Surely the average naked eye can detect a person 220 meters straight ahead in perfectly clear weather.

I had Operation Arrowhead running from a desktop shortcut in which modfolders are added as targets. Utes/Chernarus is not selectable -- I thought those were only selectable in vanilla Arma 2? My understanding is that you need to start up ArmA 2 vanilla to play Utes/Chernarus and ArmA 2 OA to play the Takistan/Zargabad/etc maps. I wanted to use this map with Operation Arrowhead so I started up that. Am I doing something wrong? ---------- Post added at 06:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:37 PM ---------- PvPscene, after reading your post I was wondering what you meant by having "CO running". I thought CO was just shorthand for ArmA 2 vanilla + ArmA 2 OA and that there was no such thing as "launching CO". Then I questioned my understanding and looked for a way to launch CO, and found out that there is an option in Steam to launch "ArmA 2: Combined Operations". Thanks, I bet this solves a host of other problems I had with addons...

When I try to load this map in the editor I get a message "No entry bin\config.bin/CfgWorlds/plr_mana.Lighting". I have African Foliage v1.24 and this addon both installed as mod folders under steamapps/common/arma 2 operation arrowhead. When I try to play the map in the Armory, the game crashes to desktop with the message "Arma 2 CO has stopped working"! I'm running Arma 2 CO, BAF, PMC. Please help!

I have heard that nothing is impossible with the ArmA II editor. Can someone prove this by making THE most ridiculous, hilariously annoying mission ever?! Just for laughs? I would like someone to make a mission that has the most ridiculous storyline and gameplay ever. For example, a lone soldier receives an order from HQ to assassinate a warlord. As soon as he enters the area, he is surrounded by ten Takistani soldiers and is executed point blank. But... he doesn't die, and when the red screen fades the Takistani soldiers have transformed into cute furry animals. Our hero receives an order from our unknown HQ operator to eliminate all the furry animals. After he's done, the camera shifts behind to reveal hundreds of furry animals charging towards him. HQ tells him to escape the area since these furry animals will explode on contact. I'm sure many of you can think of much more humorous ideas and incredulous challenges. For once I'd like to see an ArmA II mission that doesn't take itself seriously at all! ---------- Post added at 01:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:35 AM ---------- ...In the meantime, can someone please recommend some really good AH-64D Apache missions? I really like missions like the Operation Arrowhead mission "Death From Above". Thanks in advance.

With all due respect to the creator of this mod, can someone please clarify whether this mod is still worth using, or if BIS's official updates give better AI performance? I'm using the latest version of this mod (v0.02d) on dev-heaven. I created an OPFOR sniper team on a mountain facing me, on flat ground, about 360m away. They won't engage me no matter what. I've tried shooting the ground around them and running circles to get their attention, but all they do is go prone when they hear gunshots and then stand back up again after a few seconds. In other test scenarios, the AI takes about three seconds to kill me at point-blank range, or crawls right in front of my nose without bothering to shoot at me.

Thanks, I just found him. I took a shortcut through the hills so I never met him!

I'm having a different problem in this mission. I defused the mine and am headed to the waypoint for the "Check IED" task. As soon as I get within ~20m of the waypoint, something explodes in my face and I lose. If I tell another unit to move into that location, the same thing happens no matter where I am standing. Is this some sort of hidden mine? Or a bug?