ArmA II (PC)

Jumpy

Stephen wrote: »

I do find spotting targets for laser guided bombs to be immensely satisfying.

Especially when you focus the laser on Max innocently standing on the ledge below you.

No it wasnt an accident.

Stephen

Haha. This game is indeed teamkiller heaven if you are that kind of person. Remember Max's grenade bouncing off the tree and hitting Azza?

Sierra Oscar

Just started playing the full version of the game. Only done training so far, but I am liking it so far.:D

Sephiroth_dude

I found flying the helicopter and the jet fierce hard in the training mode

citizen_p

yeah helicopters are hard.... in arma 1 i was able to get a patch to make em fly easier.....

PogMoThoin

Bought this today in Gamestop for €29.99 with another game free

Sierra Oscar

The dev diaries will come in handy over time: http://www.arma2.com/arma-2-developeras-diary-no1-basic-controls_en.html

blackgold>>

Game costs 48 quid on steam, is that the normal price for a downloaded version?

Krieg

blackgold>> wrote: »

Game costs 48 quid on steam, is that the normal price for a downloaded version?

For steam, yes. But I would strongly urge you to try and find a hard copy, €48 for a download version is a robbery imo

blackgold>>

I just bought it i couldn't wait....
The game looks amzing and i didn't even know it was for online aswell can't wait to play it.

Sierra Oscar

Krieg wrote: »

For steam, yes. But I would strongly urge you to try and find a hard copy, €48 for a download version is a robbery imo

Yes it is very expensive. In retail stores it seems to be around €30'ish.

dreamers75

Krieg wrote: »

For steam, yes. But I would strongly urge you to try and find a hard copy, €48 for a download version is a robbery imo

Dont get the manual either with some online versions.


its 70 pages :eek::D

PogMoThoin

This game is full of win and I've not even tried online yet. Hours of fun in just the armoury alone. Here's some good vids I found

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe49sQxAmb8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1oKMt64dXs

This game doesn't run in crossfire but you can force it by putting -winxp in the shortcut properties, gives me a few extra frames, hopefully Ati Catalyst 9.7 will optimise this more. My desktop shortcut has the following

-cpuCount=4 -nosplash -maxmem=2047 -winxp

my cpucount is 4 cos I got a quad, use 2 for a dualcore, nosplash removes the intro and maxmem allows game engine to use more ram

Kiith

That Tanks and Infantry video is brilliant. Really makes me want to get into it.

Sierra Oscar

dreamers75 wrote: »

Dont get the manual either with some online versions.


its 70 pages :eek::D

Here it is for you - http://store.steampowered.com/manual/33900/

I already have it saved, essential to have.

dreamers75

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

Here it is for you - http://store.steampowered.com/manual/33900/

I already have it saved, essential to have.

i have it in the toilet, only on page 40 so dont spoil it for me :P

Elessar

Goddamn I need this game!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KK6Fo3Y0AU&feature=related :eek:

What specs are you lads playing it on? I'm a mac user but seriously considering building a high end gaming rig for this beast.

dreamers75

E6850,2gb ram,4870 = thats about 300 quid on komplett. prolly less in a case on adverts

I have everything maxed with post processing off as i hate the blur.

Branoic

I can't seem to get very far on the demo

I do the first training bit, the obstacle course, and this is fine, then I move on to the firing range. The firing instructor tells me to pick up some ammo, and then fire off a few test rounds before moving on to the firing test, but nothing happens.

I fire off a few rounds at various things, like the red targets in the field, and I stand at the "firing position" marker, but nothing happens. I can't seem to get the firing test stage to trigger. In the end I just get frustrated and pop one in the instructor's head...:mad:

5uspect

Once you empty your first mag it should trigger.

Dyr

I downloaded the demo and i gave up on the training it seems like another came that eastern european developers specialise in... unintuitive interface and messy buggy structure. And maybe its this new mouse but the aiming feels like it needs a dead band filter, lots of extra input happening when you move the mouse.

PogMoThoin

There is a bug in the firing range mission, I encountered it as well. What I did was before each test esc out and suspend which will save your progress, then you can keep retrying without having to redo all previous tests. You should be able to do the test when You reload, it will allow You pass that bug.

For those about to quit in training mode all I can say is stick with it, get the basics and get online ASAP. 30 player coop is great, maps are so big You gotta get a lift to the next objective, it could be a few km away. When You get killed and sent back to base you can rearm and then respawn to the next action point by going to the flag in the base and pressing the action key, saves miles of walking/driving at first as on ranked servers You gotta get a higher rank to drive tanks and fly.

Its kinda like STALKER SOC was when I first played it, I cursed it for being a buggy piece of shít, but I couldn't help playing it as its so much fun, the atmosphere and realism are amazing. This game is well worth €30, and thats coming from someone who doesn't buy many games. Performance dips to a crawl sometimes, even with a hefty pc. Its a little buggy now, but hopefully its gonna get better with another patch or 3 and better optimized graphics drivers

PirateShampoo

Just tried demo, couldnt get used to it, buttons all over the place and theres way to many of them. It needs to be simplified.

Sierra Oscar

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Just tried demo, couldnt get used to it, buttons all over the place and theres way to many of them. It needs to be simplified.

I was saying the same thing at first, considering it was the first time I ever played a Arma game.

8.4 hours later and I am used to the controls.:)

I spent ages messing around to try and get the controls, eventually I did. Takes time though, thats for sure.

Jumpy

Branoic wrote: »

I can't seem to get very far on the demo

I do the first training bit, the obstacle course, and this is fine, then I move on to the firing range. The firing instructor tells me to pick up some ammo, and then fire off a few test rounds before moving on to the firing test, but nothing happens.

I fire off a few rounds at various things, like the red targets in the field, and I stand at the "firing position" marker, but nothing happens. I can't seem to get the firing test stage to trigger. In the end I just get frustrated and pop one in the instructor's head...:mad:

You have to empty your first magazine. Then it starts.

Maximilian

I'm really loving multiplayer. There's a mod/map called crCTI Warfare that's just brilliant.

You basically have up to 18 people a side, each a squad leader who can command up to 10 AI squad members. They can be in tanks, jeeps or on foot etc. It's so good. One guy is a commander who can build bases and stuff. Haven't quite worked it all out.

Some TK-ing idiot will eventually get into a tank and tk his own base though.

Stephen

More likely, the TK'ing idiot will steal the tank that somebody else just spent all their hard-earned cash on and then tk his own base

I'm not really warming to the game, I just find it too confusing.

oceanclub

Just got my copy today, can't wait to install it. Will stick to single-player for now to try to get rid of my mil-sim noobness.

P.

CyberGhost

How does it compare to Battlefield 2?

From all the videos, it looks kinda boring, very buddy and very "jerky", not smooth at all.

Stev_o

CyberGhost wrote: »

How does it compare to Battlefield 2?

From all the videos, it looks kinda boring, very buddy and very "jerky", not smooth at all.

If you like Battlefield 2 you'll hate this.

CyberGhost

Stev_o wrote: »

If you like Battlefield 2 you'll hate this.

I don't like Battlefield 2, I LOVE Battlefield 2.:pac:

PirateShampoo

CyberGhost wrote: »

I don't like Battlefield 2, I LOVE Battlefield 2.:pac:

Ul hate this then so, cause i do.

Kiith

No one play Battlefield for a realistic depiction of war. This is as close as it gets.

muppetkiller

God the multiplayer on this game is rubbish...I sat waiting in a chopper to be brought to a mission when the gunner on the otherside kept killing his team mates ...And this game being the buggy mess that it is said that it was me that killed them and took ten points off me before I had even fired a shot....
It's about 6 months from being finished if you ask me and I work in QA.
The most basic of testing errors appear all over this game..

CutzEr

muppetkiller wrote: »

God the multiplayer on this game is rubbish...I sat waiting in a chopper to be brought to a mission when the gunner on the otherside kept killing his team mates ...And this game being the buggy mess that it is said that it was me that killed them and took ten points off me before I had even fired a shot....
It's about 6 months from being finished if you ask me and I work in QA.
The most basic of testing errors appear all over this game..

That's exactly what happens irl though - I will definetly be getting this game, it is very very realistic :pac:

Jumpy

The complicated nature of it will keep the 12 year old idiots out of it. They will join a multi game, get bored, tk a few times then get kicked. Never to return.

I quite enjoy it now.

PirateShampoo

Jumpy wrote: »

The complicated nature of it will keep the 12 year old idiots out of it. They will join a multi game, get bored, tk a few times then get kicked. Never to return.

I quite enjoy it now.

But ul get elitist muppets playing it, screaming at ur every move over the mic.

Ponster

Stev_o wrote: »

If you like Battlefield 2 you'll hate this.

I agree. I installed the demo and gave it about 3 hours before I realised that I was wasting my time.

No matter how good it looks it's just too 'technical' for me I think.

Jumpy

PirateShampoo wrote: »

But ul get elitist muppets playing it, screaming at ur every move over the mic.

NOOB! u w3r3 n3vah in tha army! u wouldnt know what dat is! l0l.

dreamers75

Game is utterly brilliant online and frustrating at the same time.

Either goes one of 2 ways, everyone works together and imo best MP online experience ever or tards get impatient and start Tking.

Game is bugged tho so that helps/hinders the above.

Jumpy

Best experience I had was when me and another guy took a jeep and went cross country to a flag site.

He got out and ran towards it while I hid in the trees with my M107. A gunship then came down from the sky and emptied 2 guys toward the flag which he wasted, then I popped the pilot with the sniper rifle.

We were flying back to our base with the stolen helicopter with him advising the base not to fire on us as we were a friendly flying an enemy heli (well he said all this in very professional army speak, which I found a bit over the top, but man was it realistic).

Ponster

Jumpy wrote: »

Best experience I had was when me and another guy took a jeep and went cross country to a flag site.

He got out and ran towards it while I hid in the trees with my M107. A gunship then came down from the sky and emptied 2 guys toward the flag which he wasted, then I popped the pilot with the sniper rifle.

We were flying back to our base with the stolen helicopter with him advising the base not to fire on us as we were a friendly flying an enemy heli (well he said all this in very professional army speak, which I found a bit over the top, but man was it realistic).

That post alone makes me want to go out and buy the game.

Is it normal that I'm not experiencing this with the demo ?

Maximilian

Jumpy wrote: »

Best experience I had was when me and another guy took a jeep and went cross country to a flag site.

He got out and ran towards it while I hid in the trees with my M107. A gunship then came down from the sky and emptied 2 guys toward the flag which he wasted, then I popped the pilot with the sniper rifle.

We were flying back to our base with the stolen helicopter with him advising the base not to fire on us as we were a friendly flying an enemy heli (well he said all this in very professional army speak, which I found a bit over the top, but man was it realistic).

Ponster wrote: »

That post alone makes me want to go out and buy the game.

Is it normal that I'm not experiencing this with the demo ?

Yeah except after that, the guys mom could be heard saying that his dinner was ready and had he been playing that stupid game all day; you know what we talked about. Homework comes first. Your father meant it when he said he would take that blasted computer out of your bedroom. Call your sister. What do mean she's called over to Cindy's. etc.

I imagine.

Jumpy

Massively steep learning curve. Demo users wont have the ability yet to do anything bar mess around until they learn stuff.
This guy was from the original ARMA, he knew the ins and outs and was actually talking to me while standing next to me.
I couldnt figure out how he was doing it as his mouth was moving and everything, and the voice faded out as he walked away. Apparently there is a Direct channel for talking to people standing next to you.
He talked as if he was military himself, as did all the other players on the server.
Max was on that server as well for a while. He decided rather than to use a road he would take the transport truck down the train tracks

Ponster

Jumpy wrote: »

I couldnt figure out how he was doing it as his mouth was moving and everything, and the voice faded out as he walked away. Apparently there is a Direct channel for talking to people standing next to you.

Page 22 of the manual explains how the radio works.

CAPS LOCK to broadcast and fullstop and comma to change "channels" i.e. chat to squad/every in same vehicle/only people close to you....

Jumpy

MANUALS?

I am shocked sir that you think me incompetent enough that I would require a MANUAL!


*thumbs to page 22*

uglyjohn

im having a lot of fun with the demo......it seems obvious but it really reminds me of operation flashpoint. the demo runs well on my puny computer shockingly.

i was planning on not buying it and waiting until operation flashpoint 2 comes out to compare them but €30 is nothing. it barely covers a trip to the cinema and popcorn these days.

muppetkiller

Finally managed to get a game last night that was pretty much lag free.

I was defending a flag when I noticed with my Binoculars movement in the trees about 500 metres away..there was BMP trying to flank us so I grabbed an RPG and a few rockets and ran to the trees about 100 metres from the flag. went prone and watched as the bmp passed me took out my RPG and fired two shots taking out it's side wheels and Gun. Waited for the survivors to come out and took them out...
Great fun.

cashville

yes it gets annoying when there's TKers/muppets on the server....but online is brilliant. love a good old game of co-op evolution myself.

if anyone is on for hosting a boardsie game some night let me know....lock it down with a password,keep the tards out..

PogMoThoin

We need a boards group, anyone on?