Think I’ll go back to ArmA1 for a while.

[BeerHunter]

And such a shame because so far from what I’ve seen some of the newer features could really enhance game play if they worked like they were supposed to.

I’ve often “defended” BIS because the game ran virtually flawlessly on my aged system but there seems to be so many things “broken” that worked just fine in ArmA1 but not in ArmA2 for some odd reason.

The straw that broke the camels back for me was a recent attempt at creating a simple scenario. I couldn’t get the High Command interface to do what I wanted (simply load a squad into a LAV) and so , with no reference or tutorial information available, gave up on it.

Went to a massive group of men and machines and tried to colour group to control them but even this doesn’t seem to work as smoothly and intuitively as it did in ArmA1. (I posted in the trouble shooting forum . Won’t link to it because of cross posting. Already been panned by W0lle once for that :p).

I’m sadly frustrated at not being able to perform even the simplest of tasks because of what appear to be broken commands and procedures and poorly documented features. At least with ArmA1 I have Dr. Murrays manual and loads of info, articles and utilities over at Armaholics.

Suppose I could always simply DL someone else’s scenario to play but damn, I wanted to make up my own and it just doesn’t seem to be working out that way for me. Maybe educating myself first on a more stable platform with the type of reference materials I need to enable me to progress would be the way to go since just about everything from ArmA1 is applicable in ArmA2 anyway. Then , hopefully in a few months ArmA2 will be patched up and most problems resolved so then I can come back to it.

Till then..tata W0lle , Placebo et al. Kinda feel like I got to know you somehow.


We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when,
But I know we'll meet again, some sunny day.
Keep smiling through, just like you always do,
'Til the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away. :( ;)

Good luck BIS and lets get this damn thing up and running properly ASAP ok??.

PS W0lle , I wouldn't want to pay for the training but I'd sure pay for the loose leaf binder the CAF got :)

[SWT_Janowich]

I couldn't get back to Armed Assault, although it was a good game.

And I'm not a fanboy (Since every positive comment is marked as being a fanboy)

[Defunkt]

Okay, bye. Just please don't be one of those posters who spends the next month telling us they're really going now.

[BOTA:49]

Totally understand. The bugged out modules annoy me to no end. There's some documentation, but even then it doesn't help much because a lot of stuff doesn't work as intended. Only thing I'm really waiting on is ACE 2.

[kozzy420]

The editor is broken/sucks and yet we get amazing user made missions for ARMA2 on the regular?

Come on now man, just because the editor is to complex for you doesnt mean the game is BROKEN as you say. Others are using the editor fine and making amazing/fantastic missions for us to play.

You cant make the mission you want, so what dude, go play some of the many user made missions that are great fun, go play some online, beat the campaign, LEARN THE EDITOR,etc..

The game is tons of fun and I cant get enough of it.

Alot of editors out there for games dont hold your hand and tell you what to do eveyr step of the way. If you are just going to quit and cry after something in the editor goes wrong, then I really dont know what to say to you.

If you expect to learn the editor for this game right away then that is foolish imo. It is not something you can learn over night. I dont recall the Crysis editor or other editors in the past holding your hand and making everything ok. You are going to have some issues when making missions/mods, just tough it out and learn, learn, learn, learn. It takes some research and past knowledge to make good missions,etc.. with some editors. Im not genius with the editor but that doesnt make me toss the game away and say im DONE and going back to ARMA1.

Dont mean to sound rude but it just seems like using an editor just isnt your thing bud.

[W0lle]

I fail to see the purpose of such a thread. After all it doesn't change anything at all.
Don't worry. We're present everywhere, even in the A1 and OFP Forums. ;)
Yep the documentation sucks, learning by doing is the thing. I had a hard time trying to figure how briefings work and cursed BIS for not delivering a documentation back then.
Closing.