Take On Helicopters: Rearmed - Official at last

[Jedra]

Does this mean we can talk about it again ;-)

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthrea...7-Take-On-Arma

Excellent news - a whole new thing to play with!

[MadDogX]

Awesome news!

Looks like we'll be playing "Arma 2.5" very soon.

[[EVO] Dan]

I already got a few questions.

1)

Will this merge just A2 stuff or all the CO stuff we have?

2)

Will this allow us to play with A2 guys as in are you patching it both ways so that TOH becomes like an expansion for A2 so that we can play with our non-TOH A2 playing buddies?

[Robster]

On the other side, if we are on a A2OA / A2CO server will we be able to "hire" a TOH pilot to accomplish our ongoing missions???

[[EVO] Dan]

On the other side, if we are on a A2OA server will we be able to "hire" a TOH pilot to accomplish our ongoing missions???

Yes this was what I was trying to get at sort of. Making both compatible so TOH can fly their realistic helis with other players who aren't flying fighting on the ground.

(maybe have it so that the equivalent heli in arma 2 is replaced with the equivalent heli from TOH.

i.e. any venoms get replaced with Mediums. Littlebirds with lights. Merlins with heavies.

[Sickboy]

No, You play TOH, and can load A2/OA/CO content. There will probably not be any TOH content in A2/OA, or MP compatibility with A2/OA.
There's also no reason to. TOH is the improved/extended engine. That is where you need/want to load the older content.

So if your team has TOH and the A2/OA games, you can play TOH with A2/OA content
Pilots can enjoy the higher fidelity flightmodel in TOH choppers, and Grunts can enjoy their game as per usual, incl some of the enhancements the TOH engine has to offer.
3rd Party A2/OA mods probably will also work, or with minor required changes, and 3rd party mods could be built to apply some of the new TOH features to A2/OA content I reckon,
much like what was done with A2 content in OA.

[autorotation]

Oh man, this is great news!

I'm especially intrigued about making the fantastic Chernarus come alive! Perhaps it will be optimized in this patch where it'll demand a little less from our graphics card?

[CAS]

Great news!!
I still hope they can find a way to make the different simulations MP compatible.
People most interested in infantry game-play own ARMA and people interested in flight sims could buy Take on (+ARMA) and they still could play MP together. Would give you a better chance to meet good heli pilots online! The concept could be extendet to planes tanks etc.

As it is planed now it is great for SP. As soon as the patch is out i will reinstall TOH and buy the Hind addon (can´t see it on steam)

[colossus]

Excellent news

[Jedra]

Oh man, this is great news!

I'm especially intrigued about making the fantastic Chernarus come alive! Perhaps it will be optimized in this patch where it'll demand a little less from our graphics card?

I doubt it. You're just going to have to turn down the grass - it works quite well actually.