Arma2 - Page 5

whoarmongar · #41 05-14-2011, 10:41 PM

If you have just got into OA again theres some AI mods that I recomend.may I add I only ever play OA online CoOp.
The UPSMONS script mod is kinda a follow on to the old grouplink mod in OFP its great. For example each Ai group will spawn randomly within thier assigned patrol area(s) but can be radiolinked together so they "talk" to each other. So if one group spots you they can call in other groups as reinforcments, they will use any empty vehicles for transport and if you link a chopper to the group it can get really hairy. also you can link artillery to the groups too.
For example in a mission approaching a enemy town we were spotted and engaged by an enemy patrol that then retreated, but they called in a spetz squad in a chopper that landed behind use and then the chopper engaged us as this spetz squad hunted us, meanwhile the original squad then reingaged us.
Also the zeus ai script is worth a look, The ai have less lazer vision in woods plus various other tweaks.
My main point of this is All of these fabulous mods and addons available in Arma2/OA were created by the addon comunity all beavering away to produce there own little bit of excelence in an ever expanding universe in Arma, within two weeks of OA being launched addons and mods were appearing as all these people ported across there stuff from arma and arma2. The result is a game that has an excedingly long shelf life (we still have a popular OFP server)and one that is ever evolving and improving.
This is not possible yet with Cliffs of Dover due to the Steam anti cheat thingy. at the moment all future fixes patches mods and improvements will have to be done by the developers alone this will stilt creativity and development of this sim.
Sorry to go on but Arma2/OA and flight sims are both things I like, I guess what I really want is a Cliffs of dover type flight sim within an Arma type game with the vast maps of a flight sim all online with loads of people playing. My guess is it may be possible quite soon.

el0375 · #42 05-14-2011, 11:11 PM

the only thing i want to do is to be able to merge my retail version of arma 2 + Operation arrohead. I need to run first the arma 2 as administrator, then install arrowhead, run as admin and then update?
Anyways i like it so much, although you need to spend serious tiem at familiarizin, this genre compared to COD is like comparing teh kindergarden with a high level highschool

jt_medina · #43 05-14-2011, 11:11 PM

Here the links for the Urban Patrol Script and UPSMON mentioned above.

http://kronzky.info/ups/index.htm
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=91696

Gromic · #44 05-14-2011, 11:26 PM

Thanks for all the info chaps. Just about to order combined ops via amazon. Cheaper than steam with free freight.

cheers.

*Buzzsaw* · #45 05-14-2011, 11:44 PM

Salute

I always enjoyed Operation Flashpoint for the accuracy of the infantry weapons modelling and the (comparative to other FPS) large size of the maps, but the AI routines and their accuracy had me shaking my head.

And from what I understand from reading the reviews of Arma 2, the AI are just as poorly modelled. Run around in circles like morons and get shot, or suddenly hit you from incredible distances.

The only reason I would play Arma 2 would be if it is possible to have a strictly human versus human situation, but from what I understand, its always humans versus AI.

And the flight modelling in the game is a joke from all the reviews I have seen, it certainly IS NOT a flight sim. In fact they don't do their tank modelling very well, far too easy to knock out AFV's.

And the maps are TINY compared to IL-2 or CoD.

mazex · #46 05-14-2011, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by el0375

the only thing i want to do is to be able to merge my retail version of arma 2 + Operation arrohead. I need to run first the arma 2 as administrator, then install arrowhead, run as admin and then update?
Anyways i like it so much, although you need to spend serious tiem at familiarizin, this genre compared to COD is like comparing teh kindergarden with a high level highschool

I had the original ARMA2 (first DVD release by 505 games), then bought Arrowhead on Steam. When I started Arrowhead via Steam it immediately gave me the option to launch Combined Operations (and no, I did not buy the combo pack).

whoarmongar · #47 05-15-2011, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by *Buzzsaw*

Salute

I always enjoyed Operation Flashpoint for the accuracy of the infantry weapons modelling and the (comparative to other FPS) large size of the maps, but the AI routines and their accuracy had me shaking my head.

And from what I understand from reading the reviews of Arma 2, the AI are just as poorly modelled. Run around in circles like morons and get shot, or suddenly hit you from incredible distances.

The only reason I would play Arma 2 would be if it is possible to have a strictly human versus human situation, but from what I understand, its always humans versus AI.

And the flight modelling in the game is a joke from all the reviews I have seen, it certainly IS NOT a flight sim. In fact they don't do their tank modelling very well, far too easy to knock out AFV's.

And the maps are TINY compared to IL-2 or CoD.

Total bollocks WTF do reviewers know ? They look at a game on release and never look again.
TRUST ME A FULLY MODDED AND LATEST PATCH AI Arma/OA is awesome. Its true IMHO the choppers and armour is too vulnerable due to "gameplay" adjustments and the flight modelling isnt perfect but its pretty damn good and with the detail available you cant expect the maps to be as large as il2.
Human v human is perfectly possible, but its the net and people cheat . therefore most people play coop but this only reinforces the fact that the ai cant be to bad can it otherwise coop would not be any fun.
If you dont have the game or dont play it dont comment on reviews or heresay. Your dissin my first love man, anI aint havin it you hear?

mazex · #48 05-15-2011, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by whoarmongar

Total bollocks WTF do reviewers know ? They look at a game on release and never look again.
TRUST ME A FULLY MODDED AND LATEST PATCH AI Arma/OA is awesome.

I'm pretty sure we will be saying the same about CoD in a year or two if the reviewers don't give CoD a fair chance and review the game that gets released on the US launch! Arma2 was almost as buggy as CoD on the release but they sure fixed it good!

jojimbo · #49 05-15-2011, 01:09 AM

invasion 1944 is an awesome mod, they have loads of aircraft too, check out the german junkers paratroop transport

whoarmongar · #50 05-15-2011, 01:25 AM

Arma2 was never as bad as CoD. however Arma was horrible I just couldnt play it an stuck with OFP.
Bohemia and maddox have similarities, both relativly small eastern europe developers with niche sims that are outstanding leaders in their respective fields, I just wish maddox were more attuned to the "western" market bohemia just seem more tuned in.
My fear is that CoD becomes another arma, a follow on to a highly successful predecesor that ultimatley failed., yet Arma2 was what Arma should have been.