The Blue Sun Mod

[LtChambers]

Oh cool, so Apeiron must have owned the rights to the code (usually the publisher does)? Or did they plan something similar to Civ4 (release some of the C++ for modders but none of the engine internals)? I was just hoping that since the company closed its doors the full source would be released (a la JA2). Incidentally, the tactical squad-based game seems to be a really bad business investment.

[IceShade]

True, it doesn't appeal to everyone .. It's almost the opposite. It doesn't appeal to anyone but a tiny minority.

Of course, it doesn't help that the game is of extremely poor quality. From the apparently unfixable memory leak, rampant crashes, limitations and bugs .. Well, let's just say that it didn't help their sales. It also didn't help that the official translation and subsequent release in the western world took about.. what.. 2 years?

Anyway. It was a daring project, and I'm glad that they made this game. BSM just makes this game so much more playable.

[Decker16]

Is there any way to repair body armour or has this been intentionally removed ?

[IceShade]

I wish there was, but it's not required anyway.

Due to a bug (surprise!), any body armor is instantly repaired/reset to 0% wear when you leave the map (i think).

In any case, it will reset and be perfectly usable again.

[R@S]

Originally Posted by Decker16

Is there any way to repair body armour or has this been intentionally removed ?

So far there is no way to repair any body armor. But since the armor doesn't take any damage when worn by the player I'm not sure I'll change that. I think our Russian friends are getting closer to fix this, and if my "Realism freakish" friends doesn't disagree, I might add the body armor group to the repair tool script. With a high enough mechanic skill one might be able to repair it, but as I said, it will depend on the Russians.

I actually like this new setting, it forces me to scavenge after a fight, and when I know I need some new body armor, I start using headshots a lot more

[D_F_N]

@ Decker

You cannot remove something that there was never there.

@ Iceshade

Since the latest version, body armors as well as helmets do keep their damage even after reloading. In short, it was a bug and was fixed by our russian friends. Kudos to them.

@ R@S

*rant*
Repairing body armor? With what? A needle and thread?
*end rant*
Its a nice realism -lol- touch and ,as you said, the game gives you more than enough body armors to scavenge and replace the damaged ones.

[R@S]

Originally Posted by D_F_N

Repairing body armor? With what? A needle and thread?

I was thinking more in the lines of genetically breeding a "spider-goat", you know, like the Americans did. It would work like the queen jelly in JA but it would repair the armor at the same time as increasing it's protection values.

P.S. Just kidding, I agree that armor should not be repaired but scavenged instead.

[Decker16]

@ DFN: some traders in vanilla version allow repair by right-clicking on the armour (or helmet and guns) during trade.
edit: may depend on cgl (?)

I also noticed armour resetting to 100% after loading a save.

Anyway thanks for the replys, it's such a minor issue it's probably not worth fussing over.

[IceShade]

Originally Posted by D_F_N

@ Decker

You cannot remove something that there was never there.

@ Iceshade

Since the latest version, body armors as well as helmets do keep their damage even after reloading. In short, it was a bug and was fixed by our russian friends. Kudos to them.

@ R@S

*rant*
Repairing body armor? With what? A needle and thread?
*end rant*
Its a nice realism -lol- touch and ,as you said, the game gives you more than enough body armors to scavenge and replace the damaged ones.

Next thing you'll be telling me that our Russian friends managed to fix the memory leak..

This game is getting more polished by the week, it seems.

Originally Posted by R@S

So far there is no way to repair any body armor. But since the armor doesn't take any damage when worn by the player I'm not sure I'll change that. I think our Russian friends are getting closer to fix this, and if my "Realism freakish" friends doesn't disagree, I might add the body armor group to the repair tool script. With a high enough mechanic skill one might be able to repair it, but as I said, it will depend on the Russians.

I actually like this new setting, it forces me to scavenge after a fight, and when I know I need some new body armor, I start using headshots a lot more

I've always enjoyed the idea of 'struggling to survive', rather than being able to buy every possible thing right from the local gun dealer. It always struck me as a bit odd that some random guy in a shithole of a south-american country has this massive armade of weaponry, from a 6G30, to a MG-3s, to a SR-25. Randomly damaged weapons and irreparable body armor is a great step forward. I'm looking forward to 1.7!

[LtChambers]

Sheesh I struggle to survive enough the way it is now.

Is there any way to fix the crazy annoying "target lost" when the enemy runs behind a toothpick?