COWarMod ACE Compatible - Open beta Project

[soldaten]

I meant ARD mod. ard.pbo needs to be removed. AI acting weird.

Ok, couple of things

AI Improvements
addons that are in concern here:
- ard - http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=12815
- sys_airearming - http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=12105
- inf_stealth_recognition- http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=9604
- mechinftac.pbo - http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=13199
- zeu_cfg_core_ai_sensors.pbo - http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=8250
zeu_cfg_core_ai_skills.pbo
zeu_cfg_core_ai_spotting.pbo
zeu_cfg_core_ai_engagement.pbo


you mean ASR?
need to list what pbos, and files you are testing
the ones I listed above are the ones in concern.
The AI mod for ASR AI only effects rearming, the other part to that mod which is AI skill I had removed in v 1.1 of CoWarMod as Zues adds skill.

For the AI accuracy I already know about this one, this one I' am still trying to understand what causes this for CoWarMod alone.


What bug did you encounter or what is happening? and this is running CoWarMod + ACE correct?
details my friend, lets tackle the rpg bug first if it is one then go to the AI accuracy as that is a big one.


any questions please ask, either ask here in reply, or pm me.

[Kommiekat]

Kommiekat Report

Fire and Smoke

Addons
JTD_FireAndSmoke.pbo

Testing Method:

- Tested all 4 ways 
COWarMod + ACE
COWarMod 
ACE
COWarModACE + ACE
note:
COWarModACE is the version without the addons

Test Results:

COWarMod + ACE
Smoke was blacker, richer, thicker, crisper, focused and more voluminous, spiraling upward.
Fire was a bit out of control, spreading length of the destroyed vehicle.

ACE
Nice Black smoke.
Fire was more controlled but less realistic.

COWarMod (JTD included)
Smoke was a bit lighter in color and greyer with volume.
Fire, again, less controlled, covering the length of the destroyed vehicle.

COWarModACE (JTD taken OUT) + ACE
Smoke was Blacker but out of focus. No volume.
Fire was more controlled and less realistic.

Suggestion:

COWarMod (JTD included) + ACE make an excellent combination giving visual entertainment with smoke and more realistic fire.

[Angus S]

Hey I'll get on to the rocket ballistics sometime over the next few hours

---------- Post added at 07:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:54 PM ----------

I did what you suggested and played a mission with people firing rockets everywhere in all configurations of the game, then I tried out a few of the rocket launchers myself and I still have no idea what the addon does. If it affects the ballistics of the rockets though then it shouldn't be used with ACE, as ACE already does the same thing. It would also render the ACE SMAW spotting rifle useless.

[Günter Severloh]

Great feedback guys!

I meant ARD mod. ard.pbo needs to be removed. AI acting weird.

ARD dont effect AI til you press the key you allocated to start ARD, so I'm not sure what it is you feel makes
them act weird, see the vids of what ARD does:
Scroll down a bit and watch the vids:
http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=12815

when you hit the key for ARD not only should a menu pop up on th riht side of your screen, but the AI in your
squad will form a circle around you, at a certain distance which you can control, if you move out of that circle
your squad will form back on you on whatever formation you had them in before, thats how that works. It dont
do nothing beyond that, so whatever is weird its got to be something else.

Also use details when you report, no pun intended but weird really dont say much.

Kommiekat
great report.

Fire and Smoke

Based on your report:

Decision:

Keep- COWarMod (JTD included) + ACE make an excellent combination giving 
visual entertainment with smoke and more realistic fire.

@Kommiekat

The next test will be the AI Improvements, Soldaten is already testing this ACE feature but the AI is a
big aspect of the game so like you had tested the jtd fire and smoke, we will also need to test the AI.

For information on what files to test, refer to:
http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost....6&postcount=20
post #20 towards the middle, that is the post i made about the AI improvement feature to test.

@Angus

If it affects the ballistics of the rockets though then it shouldn't be used with ACE, as ACE already
does the same thing. It would also render the ACE SMAW spotting rifle useless.

What you can do to confirm if their are any conflicts, is to test the following weapons to
be sure they are working like hey should:
-Smaw
-AT4
-Javelin
-RPG7
-metis
-dragon
even test mounted versions like the tow ect,.

TESTING

When you do test them test the 3 ways and compare notes, see what ACE does by itself,
and then see what COWarMod does by itself, then test COWarMod + ACE and see what happens.

The AI improvement thing will not be the last thing to test based on the list, there is alot more things to test,
the list was just the major ones that were possibly going to conflict but we had to confirm.

Any questions post or pm me.

Thanks again for the feedback keep up the good work.

[Angus S]

Features Tested
Rocket Ballistics

Addons that are in concern are:
Zeu_OA_c_RocketBallistics

Test Results:
Tested in all configurations of the game and apart from the added ACE features could not find any difference to how the rockets behaved with the addon enabled. Without knowing exactly what the addon does I didn't know what else I could do

[Günter Severloh]

Sounds good, and understandable.

Final decision:

Rocket Ballistics
Keep
Tested in all configurations of the game and apart from the added ACE features could not find any difference to how the rockets behaved with the addon enabled.

You did good Angus, we'll go with it, if there were no conflicts, or you did not see any difference then thats fine, lets move on.

The next feature I would like to have you on is the AI improvement feature.
As per my previous post:

The next test will be the AI Improvements, Soldaten is already testing this ACE feature but the AI is a
big aspect of the game so like you had tested the jtd fire and smoke, we will also need to test the AI.

For information on what files to test, refer to:
http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost....6&postcount=20
post #20 towards the middle, that is the post i made about the AI improvement feature to test.

You can start testing that when you are able and ready.
In the meantime while you guys are testing the AI Improvements, I am working on a list of other things that will be needed to test.

Any questions, thoughts, post your reply, or send me a pm.

[Angus S]

Sure I'll test that, but your link is broken

[Günter Severloh]

Just go to post 20, and scroll down mid page youll see the format, and what addons in COWarMod need to be tested with ACE.

[Angus S]

I click on the link and it just comes up with "The requested URL /showpost....6&postcount=20 was not found on this server."

[Col.]

What mod have that can't-shot-while-walking-thing?