Friday Update, February 24, 2012

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by =FI=Scott

I would say yes and no to that. No dispute Arma is a highly detailed fps first and foremost. As to the player controlable aircraft maybe they can be used as a distraction for offline players from the core part of the game but if used in MP they can add a huge amount to the 'full battlefield' simulation.

When we were doing Arma2 missions in our squad one of the best was working a patrol down through enemy territory and lasing targets for one of us up in a Harrier. It was all on to keep him (and yourself) alive to complete the objective. The fact that the Harrier was 'light' in terms of realism didn't detract from the overall mission. As I see it 1C have the same in mind but the other way round.

That kind of gameplay is completely immersive and if 1C could combine their level of detail in air sims with ground support even if it wasn't as realistic as their aircraft they would have a real winner on their hands .

A big, fat +1. Well said!

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by =FI=Scott

I would say yes and no to that. No dispute Arma is a highly detailed fps first and foremost. As to the player controlable aircraft maybe they can be used as a distraction for offline players from the core part of the game but if used in MP they can add a huge amount to the 'full battlefield' simulation.

When we were doing Arma2 missions in our squad one of the best was working a patrol down through enemy territory and lasing targets for one of us up in a Harrier. It was all on to keep him (and yourself) alive to complete the objective. The fact that the Harrier was 'light' in terms of realism didn't detract from the overall mission. As I see it 1C have the same in mind but the other way round.

That kind of gameplay is completely immersive and if 1C could combine their level of detail in air sims with ground support even if it wasn't as realistic as their aircraft they would have a real winner on their hands .

Did they most of the bugs squashed out of the game?

Originally Posted by philip.ed

A big, fat +1. Well said!

Agree!

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by =FI=Scott

As to the player controlable aircraft maybe they can be used as a distraction for offline players from the core part of the game but if used in MP they can add a huge amount to the 'full battlefield' simulation.

I think you and others missed by point?

Note I never said the vehicals in ARAM could not or do not add to the game!

What I did say is those vehical simulations are very Very VERY dumbed down simulations.

My point being that ARMA's main focus is on first person shooter (FPS) and all the ground, sea, and air vehicals are there only to add to the game as a whole, but are not done to the same level of detail as the FPS aspects of the game

The analogy being 1C is doing the same in CoD, only 1Cs main focus is on flight and all the other aspects will not be done to the same level of detail as the flight aspects

[Cpt.Badger]

So basically we're getting an additional "tank sim" that's gonna go 20 fps on high-end rigs ?

I'm all in!

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by Cpt.Badger

So basically we're getting an additional "tank sim" that's gonna go 20 fps on high-end rigs ?

No basically you didn't read the part about the fps increase

[addman]

I'm hoping for the patch tomorrow but I bet something unexpected happened juuust when they were gonna upload it to Steam.

Originally Posted by Cpt.Badger

So basically we're getting an additional "tank sim" that's gonna go 20 fps on high-end rigs ?

I'm all in!

Theres nothing set in stone regarding ground vehicles, there as been no official announcement as to what role they will have in future releases.

[furbs]

We should know more tomorrow, the patch with luck. If not then at least a video showing the new FPS and some of the new patch features.

Im looking forward to new AI routines, new radio commands, a better FM, and of course no flippin crashes.

They will release a video in the coming days showing a new train model they have been working on with the ability to climb in and out of them and also to put in coal ect ect.

[Insuber]

Originally Posted by Cpt.Badger

So basically we're getting an additional "tank sim" that's gonna go 20 fps on high-end rigs ?

I'm all in!

But ... let's imagine the possibilities for online wars with combined air-ground operations. Manned ground units supported by air cover and attack, etc. etc.