Armed Assault

[Razor]

Who here has Armed Assault and would be intrested in a Arma night, like a friday,sat night? I know Bulletmagnet has it but who else does?
If you don't have it and want it p.m me about it and i could set you up with it.

[ThePhotoshop]

Dont have it, am interested in trying it out. I've heard it kinda sucks though.

[LVDC]

I'm with you Photo was't going to fork out $90 for something I heard was't that good, but on the other hand wanted to try it out for my self.

What is it like Razor?

[Razor]

I love it, I tried the demo and thought it was crap but i heard that the full game was much better and it is. I didnt shell out $90

[LVDC]

I saw it in EB about 3 months ago $90 was the price tag. The last time I
was in there it was't on the shelf? Are there many Aus severs running
Arma and how full are they?

[Razor]

well fullness depends on the game type. GSA have two servers, OGN have a few and they have about 20+pll. I think the max player limit is over 100, not sure on exact numbers but it was over 100.

[LVDC]

Well if you think the full Ver is't to bad I may have to give it go! Do you
use the GSA severs Razor?

[Razor]

yeh if they have players on them and are on a map i like

[CDN-SMOKEJUMPER]

I really wanted it but I heard it was quite slow. Maybe I should get a demo and have a crack.

[Razor]

the demo doesn't do it justice, i can give you links to the full game if u want em just pm

[bigbossmatt]

I got it. I'd be up for team working it with ppls.

Im in

[Ablack77]

Ok I'm considering getting it,
Could someone who's got it do a "Pro's and Con's" list for me????

Preeeeetty please????

[daveee]

Cons: weird controls - they are very awkward to begin with.
Pros: massive maps, lots of vehicles, lots of guns, realistic in a sense (have to carry ammo around in hummers or choppers or whatever.

[IsawU]

i got it i'd be up for a battle let me know

[sh0v0r]

Sounds like fun, I'm in!

For those unsure, the game is pretty much like Operation Flashpoint if you ever played that. It has a bit of a learning curve.

COOP is allot of fun against AI.

[Lucid Nightmare]

I have a...uh....copy of that game. Seems the key I acquired for it works online. I'm in.

[daveee]

Jump on TS tonight Lucid/sh0v0r. I imagine Bulletmagnet will be up for a game as will razor!

4-5 people working together in a squad will make it so much easier than 2-3 as we previously had!

[Lucid Nightmare]

I'm capped till thurs and I don't get home till after 10pm perth time on weeknights.

[daveee]

Ouch.

Though I doubt I will be playing any form of game for the next few weeks. :(

[Ablack77]

Ouch.

Though I doubt I will be playing any form of game for the next few weeks. :(

What happend?

[daveee]

Angry missus.

[Lucid Nightmare]

Angry missus.
Yeah, gotta watch those things, they can be rather bad for your health...

[ThePhotoshop]

Grow some balls!

[Wokeye]

growing more balls = greater target surface area :shock:

[daveee]

True story.

[catwaterboy]

i don't like arma that much. it has really weird controls and aiming is weird...

[Ablack77]

ARMA = AWESOMENESS

The XAM mod is definately worth a D/L even though it's a hefty 1.7gb
Mostly new sound effects that I've noticed though there are supposed to be gameplay changes :roll:

[Captain_Wolf]

I ended up uninstalling ARMA because it ran like a complete whore as well as feeling just like the original OFP, I hate that aiming mechanic it feels so weird.
My computer SHOULD be able to run ARMA flawlessly so if anyone has any suggestions on settings I should use/not use to make it run better could you share? Because it ran all retardedly ie. poor frames, for some unknown reason.

I played on the net once or twice and besides being so hard it makes PR look like quake, it was quite fun we should get together and hit it some night.

[Ablack77]

I ended up uninstalling ARMA because it ran like a complete whore as well as feeling just like the original OFP, I hate that aiming mechanic it feels so weird.
My computer SHOULD be able to run ARMA flawlessly so if anyone has any suggestions on settings I should use/not use to make it run better could you share? Because it ran all retardedly ie. poor frames, for some unknown reason.

I played on the net once or twice and besides being so hard it makes PR look like quake, it was quite fun we should get together and hit it some night.

Well I must take back my original statement regarding the XAM mod,
As if arma didn't already struggle to get a half decent frame rate the XAM mod just makes it worse.

I too have a computer that should run arma flawlessly but for some reason I'm only just scraping through with enough FPS to make it playable.

Bulletmagnet has an older vid card than I and he seems to have no probs at all regarding FPS,
Yet Uncy Darth has a dual core whatsamadoobit super computer and he's had to get rid of the XAM mod to get better FPS.

Well now that I've gotten rid of the XAM mod it's playable at least,
It seems that different computers do all sorts of funky stuff and arma just picks and chooses what it likes and how well it will run on different computers.

There is a thread over on the GSA forums where Aussie Dave has made an awesome post to help get through some of the troubles

http://www.gamingsa.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95

Check it out Wolfy and if your keen for a game my msn is in the little box below :wink:

BTW if you don't like how the crosshair wiggles around on the screen it's full controlable in the options
(you can change the amount it moves around or disable it completely)

[daveee]

I've got an 8800GTS and it runs like a bitch with the XAM mod.

The aiming does take a good while to get used to, but as far as team work goes you simply get gunned down without it.

Blacky, bulletmagnet and myself have been playing for the last few weeks. Pretty much getting wasted everytime we venture into a town, then a few nights ago blacky ancient and myself got invited into an ABG server to do some training and then have a bit of a blast with them...I died 0 times and got 3 kills over the period of 30 minutes, where normally I'd probably die 9-10 times and kill maybe 15 people.

Just because we were working together as a squad using proper tactics it gave us an insane advantage over how we have previously played, and it was eleventybillion times more enjoyable!

If you thought PR needed team work then you'll be completely blown away by this game.

[Razor]

stupid internet cap as stop me from flpaying but now im not capped and am up for a game tonight.

[ThePhotoshop]

I wanna try this game out, but I don't want to try the demo because apparently it's not as good as the retail game. Can you send me a copy daveee, and if I like I'll buy it?

[Ablack77]

I wanna try this game out, but I don't want to try the demo because apparently it's not as good as the retail game. Can you send me a copy daveee, and if I like I'll buy it?

I think you'd like it Photo, The squad based stuff and teamwork would be right up your ally.

It's not as aesthetically pleasing as some other games but the gameplay definitely makes up for it IMO

MORE REALISTIC THAN PR :shock: :D

[daveee]

Photo, i'll have a go at making a copy but its got some pretty good protection :(

[AncientMan]

Its only 2.8 gigs to download, plus another 1.5 or so gigs for patches... I'll PM you the links if you wish.

[Boher]

Where do i find a good server/squad to play with?

the game has great potential for organized, squad-focused gameplay - but all the games I've played in very few people had mics. And no mics = no teamwork.
i would really like to play arma properly, i probably just need to find the right community.

[AncientMan]

Join our TS channel. Usually a few people on most nights that are playing an ArmA game.

[daveee]

We have been playing on another TS channel of lately though, so hopefully one of us is on there to give you details!

[Ablack77]

Where do i find a good server/squad to play with?

the game has great potential for organized, squad-focused gameplay - but all the games I've played in very few people had mics. And no mics = no teamwork.
i would really like to play arma properly, i probably just need to find the right community.

Boher if your keen for a game grab my msn from the little box below and even if we're not on bigD TS you can still get in touch and we'll hook up for a game :wink:

[Ablack77]

OKAY!!!!

So PR 0.6 has definately (for me) demonstrated the need to play other games,
with the quality of the games lately leaving a somewhat bad taste in my mouth
I've been having a break from PR and getting to know the "INS + OUTS" of Arma.

I'd like to know who has Arma ?

Who would be interested in semi regular games ?

Who is "actually" interested in using teamwork and tactics ?
(not just whinging that there isn't any)

[Uncle_Darth]

i'll second the above.

Come on, whos interested ??

It takes a while to learn all the keybinds but is great fun

[Lucid Nightmare]

I'm up for semi regular games.
We should make sunday: ARMA night, or something.

[AncientMan]

I'm up for a few games...

[Razor]

im up for some regular games, it's good fun playing with the abg boys.

[bulletmagnet578]

i'm up for all the games we can play++

[householddog]

How is the performance of armedA these days? The demo was almost unplayable on my computer when I first downloaded it. Have they optimised it a bit in subsequent patches?

[Ablack77]

How is the performance of armedA these days. The demo was almost unplayable on my computer when I first downloaded it. Have they optimised it a bit in subsequent patches?

Much better!!!

I aslo had problems playing the demo
(namely my res was on 800x600 and I still couldn't move around without massive screen lock ups)

The patches have made a HUGE improvement!

I now run the res on 1280x960 and don't have any lag issues.

I did go through a bit of a process to get it running a little better which I'm pretty sure the link is a couple of pages back (gsa thread, aussie dave etc)

Buy it, Join us, Look foward to playing with you :wink:

[householddog]

oh yeah just downloaded the demo again. Much improved. Might be seeing you soon.

[Boher]

I'm up for some semi regular games too

[daveee]

Sweet, you guys wont be disappointed.

Playing with the guys we play with it is insanely fun. :)

[householddog]

Ok downloaded it :).

Its definitely not an easy game to master, but I like it that way. The patches helped it out a lot by the looks of it. I haven't run fraps but it is very smooth on "very high" settings.

[Razor]

damn what computer u running it on ?

[householddog]

Razor]damn what computer u running it on ?
CPU : E6750
GFX : 6800GTS

[AncientMan]

Were you playing it online? Because online is much harder on your system than singleplayer.

[householddog]

Ah, no. I will give it a go.

[householddog]

No its still pretty good with 14 players on online. Tried last night. Probably will degrade if there were more though.

BTW are your in game nicks the same in Armed A?

Also does anyone have some links to some good guides? My shooting skills in this game leave a lot to be desired. :)

[CDN-SMOKEJUMPER]

Is it a bit faster than PR v .6?

If it is I'm going to give it a go.

I had my first rage quit last night and I don't usually get too angry playing. I figure if I am getting pissed off it's about time to move on. I even had a game of vanilla just to avoid Kashan.

Vanilla though was a nade fest. Sure it was funny but I do enjoy tactics and as you know I like to attack hard but .6 has castrated me in game.

[householddog]

Faster? If you mean in terms of game play no. It is more tactical for sure though. The distances it plays at means that you want to have your entire team firing at long range targets. So formation, angles of fire become pretty important. The targetting, I believe, does take a lot of factors into accoutn like wind bullet drop, fatigue etc. So it is harder. It is one game where I believe an organised squad will wipe the floor with randoms. I can't see how you could rambo this game on an infantry map.
This is just my first impression, however, maybe the other guys might have better/more accurate opinions.

The one thing I don't like is the jerkiness of movement ie the way you bounce around. Im not sure if this is a performance issue or just the way the game plays? Any info on this.

You might want to download the demo and have a try SmokeJumper. Although the demo really does not do justice to the full game it does give you an impression.

[CDN-SMOKEJUMPER]

Okay, does it have Kashan like maps or is it tactical but balanced?

How does it look, and screenies I've seen look kind of washed out.

How big are the servers?

[Boher]

sorry smoke, but the map is huge in Arma and the pace is slower than PR 0.6

[CDN-SMOKEJUMPER]

That's too bad, I guess I will be playing PR untill Forgotten Hope 2 comes out then bye bye PR.

[Razor]

its not a heap of huge maps like pr its one huge island and u get deployed to a certain bit like your mission could be to clear a nearby town then move on the the next. so there is a close quaters battle within the city plus a long range battle going into the city

[householddog]

Do you always spawn at the base in MP? Is it possible to spawn nearer the action?

[Razor]

depends on the map. Sum missions are paradrop where u chose were u want to go and u para out of the sky.

[Fallen.]

So I got me some arma now where is everybody ?
good teamplay servers ?

[bulletmagnet578]

we just ended the game for the night join us on TS FallenPlate

[Lucid Nightmare]

Definitely not the game for smoke. Case in point:

I spent the better part of 15min hiding in a bush from a t-72, that was chasing daveee around a series of large bushes about 20m away from me.

[Fallen.]

Runs like a dog :shock: 17-24 fps :cry:
sli 7800gtx watercooled clocked 170 opteron 2gb of fast ram . :twisted:
What am i doing wrong ? :shock:

Help me obiwan your my only hope ! 8)

[Ablack77]

Runs like a dog :shock: 17-24 fps :cry:
sli 7800gtx watercooled clocked 170 opteron 2gb of fast ram . :twisted:
What am i doing wrong ? :shock:

Help me obiwan your my only hope ! 8)

READ THIS MATE, HELPED ME!!

http://www.gamingsa.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95

[Fallen.]

:shock: Doubled fps with higher settings using nhancer.
Thanks blacky :D
Now i just need to learn how to shoot again.

[Lucid Nightmare]

Well, mine certainly doesn't look like that.....

[CDN-SMOKEJUMPER]

Definitely not the game for smoke. Case in point:

I spent the better part of 15min hiding in a bush from a t-72, that was chasing daveee around a series of large bushes about 20m away from me.

Yeah but you where able to hide!

You guys are convincing me by telling me this stuff.

So it's a big island you say with different missions per round? Correct me if I'm wrong.

Could you give me a run down of an average round?

How long are the rounds? Do you play on Australian servers? How many people are usually in an Australian server if you play here?

As much as you can guys this is interesting.

EDIT// I'm excited to have a go!

Also, how is jet combat? I miss flying as I'm a rather good pilot.

[Uncle_Darth]

the game is set on one or two big islands.

There are not rounds per say but missions. They are created in a set part of the island. You can jump in the editor and create a mission on any part of the island or use the many made missions.

The mission goes for as long as it takes. You win or loose by completing the mission or giving up, most of the time.

missions vary on what people create but most are
go to point a and clear the town, then shoot this officer etc etc

we mainly play on created servers from one persons computer at the moment but there are alot of Aust servers.

[Boher]

do you play on a server with crosshairs enabled or disabled?

also, you guys dont play against AI do you? i played some multiplayer when the game came out, and i was disappointed that the enemy was just a team of bots. i find real people much more stimulating to play with.


i'm looking forward to playing with you guys, i'll jump on msn or TS to contact you all.

[bulletmagnet578]

Definitely not the game for smoke. Case in point:

I spent the better part of 15min hiding in a bush from a t-72, that was chasing daveee around a series of large bushes about 20m away from me.

Yeah but you where able to hide!

You guys are convincing me by telling me this stuff.

So it's a big island you say with different missions per round? Correct me if I'm wrong.

Could you give me a run down of an average round?

How long are the rounds? Do you play on Australian servers? How many people are usually in an Australian server if you play here?

As much as you can guys this is interesting.

EDIT// I'm excited to have a go!

Also, how is jet combat? I miss flying as I'm a rather good pilot.

Jet combat its to fast and over even faster when you pull up behind someone its over if u have any sidewinder Missiles left that is.

and the bombing is sweet when u use the Laser Designators to paint tanks and men. here a ok vid on it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7MA_JXXDO8

there are 3 jets for the USA a10/harrier(air 2 air) and the harrier with JDAM's

there is also about 5 types of game eg. CTF/Coop/DM/Hold

The one thins i must say is that Arma is alot less forgiving. u cant just stop a LB in 10 feet you need to slow down out from your LZ.

The Ah-1z its a tank killing bad ass but if ur a man on the gound it well most of the time pass u by as to get a good shot on you they need to get low and slow. making them an easy shot for an AA man or RPG. car jets and APC's can run out of fuel and may need to take a fuel truack to fix them up. so if your in a LB and u get the **** shot out of you, its best you get it down fast. or its lights out for you.

anyway

[Buddha28]

This game looks interesting... lost interest in PR 0.6, so I might consider getting this game.
I played Op Flashpoint back in the day and it was really fun, but I never tried the multiplayer part of it.

[Ablack77]

This game looks interesting... lost interest in PR 0.6, so I might consider getting this game.
I played Op Flashpoint back in the day and it was really fun, but I never tried the multiplayer part of it.


BRING IT ON BUDDAH!!!! :D

[The_Vulcan]

Gee thanks alot guys...

Played the Demo the day it came out and thought it was total crap.

And I am a Flashpoint fan from way back and waited like 3 years for this to come out..


Now after reading this thread I just went out and bought it...

If it's bad I am gonna shoot you all in the ass...
If it's good I am still gonna shoot you all in the ass...

[Bahlye]

Rofl "If Its good..."
"If Its bad...."

[Ablack77]

WHY ISNT TS WORKING?????!!!!!!!! ???????!!!!!!!!!!

[The_Vulcan]

Screw team speak....

Install Game.

Install 1.05 Patch.

Install 1.08 Patch.

Start game for first time... CTD....
The stupid disk check gets to the second last box and then the computer restarts....

Yeah... Don't you love copy protection.


NOTE:
I don't have and have never installed any virtual drives, or any cloning software.

[Ablack77]

Join TS we can talk

[Fallen.]

I bought it online as a download . $56.50 AUD.
2.7gb prepatched to 108.
2 hours later im installing. IDM ftw. :lol:
about to try the xam1.3 mod
So how many are playing from bigD ?

[Ablack77]

I bought it online as a download . $56.50 AUD.
2.7gb prepatched to 108.
2 hours later im installing. IDM ftw. :lol:
about to try the xam1.3 mod
So how many are playing from bigD ?

NOOOOOOOO!!! don't bother with the XAM mod !!!!! chew your fps!!!!!

[The_Vulcan]

GO HOME YOU...

I just payed $89 at EB.

[Fallen.]

dont they have a 10day return if you no like policy ??

not sure of the conditions but might be an option if bandwidth isnt an issue :wink:

[The_Vulcan]

Maybe if I wasn't so lazy.... ;)

[Fallen.]

Think of it as a carton of beer ?

[The_Vulcan]

Ok...

I uninstalled.
Deleted folder.
Cleared registry.
Defrag.

Reinstall
install directX from CD.
install the sound file from CD.

install latest Nvidia drivers.

Launch game, see spinning mouse disk... See the box of little boxes.

Screen goes blank, computer then restarts......


I have tried disabling dual monitors.
Tried with with each one on its own.
Cant think of anything else to try.

[Kindros]

do your direct x and drivers before game install.

[Fallen.]

System Specs ?
(puts on latex gloves and labcoat) :twisted:

[Kindros]

System Specs ?
(puts on latex gloves and labcoat) :twisted:

He better not bend over then cough if your around then lol

[The_Vulcan]

XP
PD-3.2
7800GTX
3G-ram
SB Audigy 2 ZS


Turned off auto restart and now get the blue screen of death with this error message.

STOP: 0X0000008E (0XC0000005, 0X00000000, 0Xafa1b284, 0X00000000)

[Patchwork]

Reinstall
install directX from CD.
install the sound file from CD.


was that a Reinstall including patches?

I don't have the game, but a quick search indicates that a lot of people are having trouble with 1.08.

...

[Ablack77]

Turned off auto restart and now get the blue screen of death with this error message.

STOP: 0X0000008E (0XC0000005, 0X00000000, 0Xafa1b284, 0X00000000)

hmmm strange one I tried googling your error message but nothing much came up except for registry cleaners......where' s Ancientman? he's the computer wizz!

[AncientMan]

http://support.microsoft.co m/kb/315335

RAM's fault or in a bad configuration. Try going back to 2GB instead of 3 and see if that fixes it.

Damn blacky, your googling skills suck, it was the first link.

[The_Vulcan]

Yeah I read that page.....

But if one of the sticks was faulty then any program that tried to use that stick would cause the same crash.

And since every time you start game it is going to load into different areas of ram depending on what was/is running. One might expect it to not write to the faulty section and start sometimes.

It's only this program... So that doesn't make sense...

Though I am about to play around with the ram sticks anyway on the off chance that it is that.

But I think I am going to have to bite the bullet and format...



And I haven't installed the patches this time until I get it to run from the box.

[Kindros]

Yeah I read that page.....

But if one of the sticks was faulty then any program that tried to use that stick would cause the same crash.

And since every time you start game it is going to load into different areas of ram depending on what was/is running. One might expect it to not write to the faulty section and start sometimes.

It's only this program... So that doesn't make sense...

Though I am about to play around with the ram sticks anyway on the off chance that it is that.

But I think I am going to have to bite the bullet and format...



And I haven't installed the patches this time until I get it to run from the box.

Run memtest for like a few hours and see what results that gets ya. If you don't know where to get it, UBCD have it on their iso.

[Fallen.]

Arma seems to use a lot of ram so if one stick is faulty then it may not show up on other apps.
You could try swaping the sticks around bank o to bank 1 and 1 to 0.
This will bring any fault into a range other stuff uses (unless your ram is set up in a twin bank thingy) . so if your comp is flakey after then youve narrowed the problem down to bad ram.
And Or if your adventurous or poor or both try running a little (eg 2.6v to 2.65v) more voltage to your memory if the bios supports it. :twisted:
Some ram can be difficult at stock voltages.
After a while.
Maybe.

[The_Vulcan]

I had a go at swapping ram around.....
Even though I didn't think it would help and it didn't.

So I bit the bullet and formatted...
( I used to format once every 2-3 months just cause I am anal :) )


Well it did the trick and it ran first time.... It hasn't given me the Blue screen of death... But it does crash to desktop a lot.

Sometimes I get and error box like:
Could not create Dxt5 texture 2048x2048

So as it is random crashes after about 15-20min in game... Which I have seen people post about.....

[bulletmagnet578]

But it does crash to desktop a lot.

Sometimes I get and error box like:
Could not create Dxt5 texture 2048x2048

So as it is random crashes after about 15-20min in game... Which I have seen people post about.....

This is from having your setting up to high set them a little lower and it will stop. its becoz you have ran out of memory.

[Fallen.]

And if i could figure out how to use teh teamspeak or someone pms me the server and password youd all have an extra body to shoot at.

[Uncle_Darth]

http://www.bigdgaming.net/showthread.php?t=244 5

here is the details on how to set up TS

Dont need a password for the public section

[The_Vulcan]

This game kicks PR's ass....

Ok so the game may not be smooth to install for everyone.
It may have strange crashes.
But once you have sorted those this game is where you wanna be.


At first you will think the graphics are pretty crappy...
At first you will think the aiming and movement is crappy...
Don't go online unless your with someone to show you the ropes or you will be lost and think it is crappy.

I would say this game is like learnging to ride a bike.... At first it is hard and requires effort... But once you get the hang of it you realise that the graphics are just beautiful.... The movement and aiming is fantastic.... And their is so much more imersion than PR.


There has been so much that makes you say WOW in this game.... I will leave you with one that I liked.

Me with a Sniper rife in the hills a mile from an airport. You aim at the solders head.. Shoot.. wait wait... Puff of dirt kicks up 2-3 meters infront of the solder on the ground and you see the bullet ricochet off into the air.
Take aim again this time you place the cross hair about a meter above the solders head...
Shoot.... wait wait.... Then he just dies like the hand of God has struck him down.

[daveee]

Tried the M107 yet? No need to compensate at those distances! **** yeah,.

[Lucid Nightmare]

Download chammy's sound mod. The stock sounds that come with arma are absolutely horrible.
Madmatt's effects mod is pretty good if your computer can handle it too.

Little video showing them both off (MaddMatt)

Chammy's sound mod. (http://www.flashpoint1985.c om/cgi-bin/ikonboard311/ikonboard.cgi?;act=S T;f=70;t=65537)

MaddMatt's effects mod. (http://www.flashpoint1985.c om/cgi-bin/ikonboard311/ikonboard.cgi?;act=S T;f=70;t=65714)

[daveee]

XAM mod is good, though your frames take a hammering.

Im using another mod which is pretty good, might check these out though.

[The_Vulcan]

Tried the M107 yet? No need to compensate at those distances! **** yeah,.



I just asked Bullet what gun where we using at the time....

He said it was the M107..... You just don't realise how far away we where shooting at them.

[daveee]

Oh I realise haha, I've done it before with Razor. Shooting at people with just their heads showing over ridges trying to get the gun to curve a shot over the hill is a good waste of ammo - but it is possible!

[bulletmagnet578]

it was a 700m shot and it was from the top of a hill about 50m and you no how that makes your shot go lower

[The_Vulcan]

Emergency Landing

When you loose the engine, you can still try to survive the landing using this procedure:

Immediately reduce thrust (Z or Page Down keys by default) and level flight
Keep the descent key pressed
Engage auto-hover to reduce horizontal speed
When at aprox 30 meters height and less than 30kmph forward speed, increase thrust and land.


Haven't given this a try yet so I don't know how well it works.....


Though I did notice you can keep flying in the Ka-50 Hokum even after you have lost one of the rotors....

http://www.aerospaceweb.org /aircraft/helicopter-m/ka50/ka50_04.jpg
( photo from: http://www.aerospaceweb.org /aircraft/potw/pics031.shtml )



Which is silly, because without one of the main rotors and with no tail rotor, you should go into a spin crash and burn ! :blowup:

[daveee]

Do you mean when you've lost one of the rotors, and not the engine?

If you've lost the engine how are you going to increase thrust?

[Chickenhawk]

When you increase the thrust on a heli, it means that you're increasing the pitch of the rotors as well as the RPM of the engine. When engine is dead, you still increase the pitch, causing more lift but you dont increase the RPM. The full procedure is called an Auto-rotation

[CDN-SMOKEJUMPER]

You also need to go into a dive to keep them spinning and use the down draft to cusion the inevitable impact with terra firma.

[daveee]

That makes more sense

[Kindros]

you could probably simulate it by going up high and turning your engine off and doing the sim.

[Chickenhawk]

you could probably simulate it by going up high and turning your engine off and doing the sim.

Thats how the army/airforce/navy trains thier pilots, takes them high and lets them get progressivly lower with each attempt until they can do it. The engine is in idle but its effectivly the same thing

[Captain_Wolf]

This is a bit of a random place to post this, but has anyone here tried to use the gunner position on a Striker M2 or Striker Mk.19? Every time I get in the gunner position of one of these I can't bring up the gun sights at all and therefore can't fire the main weapon. The Striker ATGM gunner position works fire though. Is this a bug with the game? Or just me?

[Ablack77]

Never had that bug mate...it is late, did you have your eyes open :P

[Captain_Wolf]

I just had the bright idea to test it out on the editor. Still the same problem I get in the gunner seat and right click (weapon sights button) and nothing happens I'm just eternally siting there staring at the interior of the Striker. :blowup:

[Lucid Nightmare]

Press 'v'. Some weapons you have to do this to bring up the sights/ hard aim point.

[Captain_Wolf]

Thank you Lucid :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

Damn weird ARMA engine the right mouse button is bound to the exact same function... go figure.

Now I need to get my Mk.19 on!

[-=Delta723=-]

ive got the game and in find the game rocks but not as good as bf2 pr

[CDN-SMOKEJUMPER]

Why is that Delta?

[-=Delta723=-]

because i havnt been able to play it with teamwork yet but now i know alot you you have the game i should be right.

[Ablack77]

Only way to play Arma is on TS and using teamwork - just wasting your time otherwise.

Hop on TS with us if your keen for it - we often play Arma ;)

[icehollowpoint]

Grab the Vietnam: The experience mod guys , GamingSA has a realism server up and some very nice dedicated players have created some truly epic and tense missions.

If you've got any kind of problem related to ArmA whether it be just mod choice issues to gameplay, send me a PM, since I'm a big OFP/ArmA whore.

[daveee]

That runs on queens gambit right? Need to buy that first :(

[Ablack77]

Grab the Vietnam: The experience mod guys , GamingSA has a realism server up and some very nice dedicated players have created some truly epic and tense missions.

You didn't mention that you need to buy Queens Gambit to use the Vietnam mod.

If you've got any kind of problem related to ArmA whether it be just mod choice issues to gameplay, send me a PM, since I'm a big OFP/ArmA whore.

Or you could just post here on the forums and have everybody help you.

[icehollowpoint]

You didn't mention that you need to buy Queens Gambit to use the Vietnam mod.


Didn't mention it, because you don't need it.

There is no content whatsoever in the current build of the VTE mod that requires Queen's Gambit, I know this because Tyler knows thi...... I mean because I don't have QG and have extensively played the VTE mod.

[Ablack77]

Hmmm strange..........sai d on the aus arma site you needed QG

or so I thought

[EvilRooter]

Ice can you please post a link so that I can grab what I need for the Vietnam mod. Itching to play.

[daveee]

Didn't mention it, because you don't need it.

There is no content whatsoever in the current build of the VTE mod that requires Queen's Gambit, I know this because Tyler knows thi...... I mean because I don't have QG and have extensively played the VTE mod.

On what servers?

[icehollowpoint]

On what servers?

GamingSA has a VTE server (and yes it has QG in the server name but you don't need it for the mod), there's a yank VTE server, another aus server that comes on every now and then.

[Ablack77]

GamingSA has a VTE server (and yes it has QG in the server name but you don't need it for the mod), there's a yank VTE server, another aus server that comes on every now and then.

What? No link to mod Ice ?

[icehollowpoint]

Ice can you please post a link so that I can grab what I need for the Vietnam mod. Itching to play.

Yeah no problem mate. It's a wee bit weird to install because they've neglected to give it large updates instead they're using hotfixes. (actually scratch that, according to ausarma they've piled them all into the latest release which weighs in at 320mb)

www.ausarma.com , 2nd post down is the link. Install it with the modfolder method, if you run into trouble theres a detailed guide for it here: http://tactical.nekromantix .com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2133 3

once again you can grab it here:

www.ausarma.com (2nd or 3rd post down.)
or
http://www.funkymonkeys.org /download/other/VTE_pre_alpha_11-23-07.rar

[EvilRooter]

Thanks Ice, am onto it.

[daveee]

You gonna give this a bash tonight evil?

[EvilRooter]

Yeah Davee i think so have it downloading at work right now, just have to get outta here on time. Might be on a little later. But deff will ahve a look at it tonight.

[daveee]

Cool, send me a PM or jump on TS and I'll keep an eye out

[milsims.blogspot.com]

Here's a bit of that wonderful teamwork footage using ARMA and TS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHqMzICDT_s

[bigbossmatt]

ive had it for a year and ive play about 15 hrs MAX... not fun in my opinion... it has potential, but i just dont end up playing it...

i hate seeing the bots randomly skip forward three metres... its fkn annoying....

for me, the sort of person who doesnt have the time to game more than a few hours a day at most (ie 2 hrs, other days no time at all) I dont have the time for it. Project Reality gets played and Arma sits about collecting dust.

[Ablack77]

ive had it for a year and ive play about 15 hrs MAX... not fun in my opinion... it has potential, but i just dont end up playing it...

i hate seeing the bots randomly skip forward three metres... its fkn annoying....

for me, the sort of person who doesnt have the time to game more than a few hours a day at most (ie 2 hrs, other days no time at all) I dont have the time for it. Project Reality gets played and Arma sits about collecting dust.

I know where you are coming from mate,
It's NOT a game that should be played either by yourself or with randoms.
This game SHINE'S and SHINE'S HARD when you play with others on teamspeak and use proper military combat tactics.

I don't say that because I'm some hardcore military fanboy
but because I've had a chance to play with a group of people who take it really seriously,
And let me tell you when you play this game properly with TS and PROPER teamwork and tactics it is seriously an AWESOME game.
You don't die anywhere nearly as much and get a great sense of acheivement by protecting your squad and them in turn protecting you.
This is known (by me lol) as the "AWESOME FEELING OF TEAMWORK"

I've had some REALLY aweful games of arma when playing by myself or with just one or two others and not really covering each other, walking around and trying to stay alive
(as you do)

And I've had the best fun ever when playing this game properly.
(seriously the best fun ever online)

My 2 cents ;)

BTW you should hop on TS with us and get a game going :)

[Bahlye]

u buy me a copy for christmas ,and i'll join ya....
(down to 1 income atm....sigh...:))

[Ablack77]

u buy me a copy for christmas ,and i'll join ya....
(down to 1 income atm....sigh...:))

3 words = xmas bank account

(stick a fiva in it every week / can only withdraw between december and january)

:P :P :P

[icehollowpoint]

blacky grab VTE mate and ill have a game with ya.

[Captain_Wolf]

Anyone coming to tomorrow nights firefight on GSA?

[pogoman]

hey do you guys still play this? cause i stumbled across a thread on the PR forums about Sahrani Life, which sounds amazing, then i checked the recent patch history for Arma and i noticed they've now added in game voip. has any1 tried it and is it any good? also since ive got a good computer now i was thinking of getting it and these things sound great.

[Uncle_Darth]

i havent played it in ages - main reason is the aus community seems to jump from mod to mod and i cant keep up.

The 1.09 patch did great things to FPS and help those out with slightly older computers.

The game has always had voip but people never used it as it was bugged to all hell - easier to use TS.

Keep meaning to look into it again but cant find the time.

[pogoman]

yeah ive just been looking at these videos of tonnes of guys using the voip and having a great time. they seem to all be able to communicate with each other in the squad and open links to other squads, which is great and something missing in PR. arma's battle's can get HUGE too lol and its cool to see the dynamic weather and day/night cycles with fog etc. from these videos it looks 1000x better than PR, and plus there are so many sound and effect addons and new islands etc it looks like the only game ill ever need. of course having said this i havent played it since the demo, and that thing was crap heh. still looks joy though and i hope there's a fairly big and good Aus community out there.

[wolffy.au]

This game SHINE'S and SHINE'S HARD when you play with others on teamspeak and use proper military combat tactics.
...
You don't die anywhere nearly as much and get a great sense of acheivement by protecting your squad and them in turn protecting you.
This is known (by me lol) as the "AWESOME FEELING OF TEAMWORK"

I've had some REALLY aweful games of arma when playing by myself or with just one or two others and not really covering each other, walking around and trying to stay alive
(as you do)

Let me first state that I have only played Operation FlashPoint and not ARMA, but I believe the game play is very similar.

Reading Ablack's comments above, do you think that by using those teamplay tactics, squad members covering each other, etc - that PR could be just as fun? Or is ARMA so different, that you have to play it to understand?

[bulletmagnet578]

You can't look at arma in the same light as BF2, they have very little in the same game play. For one the games are alot longer as in maybe 5 hours for some of the bigger maps. two, on some of the more "Reality" maps there is no respawn for players and Vehicles. Oh and there is no magic ammo bags that give out all types of ammo you will need to have it on u or a team mate/Vehicles.

[Captain_Wolf]

ARMA is pretty much OFP 1.5.

The graphics are MUCH better, that is if your comp can run them it is a fairly big resource whore. The game play is very similar to OFP, if you liked OFP you can't go wrong with ARMA.

Online games are normally set up as CO-OP human players vs. computer AI missions, as there are normally not enough players to populate the huge maps without bots. The bots are pretty damn good though. And using proper tactics and teamwork it can be a real blast.

I used to play it a fair bit online, however as the game is so big and realistic it is difficult to get anything done without a coordinated squad/team. The randomness of the internet community makes it difficult to get a good mature squad together, most of the guys online just lone wolf and screw around, very frustrating.

The main difference I find between the games is that PR is played against human opponents and in ARMA you team up to smash vast amounts of enemy AI soldiers, tanks, etc.

I wish we had a PR community ARMA clan or something, that would be great. I would play it online all the time if there were some other good players to squad with.

[wolffy.au]

Woo hoo - got myself a copy of ARMA!! Let me know if you guys are setting up some matches online.

[SmOOvDoGG]

im in the process of getting this game (saving some cash) it looks so awesome, I like the squad VOIP where its like your talking to each other directly and if a squad member is in the distance and talking it sounds just like that