first impression and any questions

[WhiskeyTango]

I'm sorry, but so far it's been a pain to play this game. And it's so hard to admit that, because I really, really wan't to say that it's good.

Experiencing lots of bugs, stupid triggers in the campaign, some of the missions are terribly balanced and alot of triggers aren't working as they should. Had to force endgame twice (Patch fixed some of these issues).
I constantly crash to desktop, but the application still runs. Shift pluss numlock - and typing "flush" makes it come back, but it happens alot! Some doors are to small to fit through, and as many has said before, the sounds simply suck (the guns at least. Alot of those sounds are stock ARMA II). The engine sounds on planes are awsome though. I love the level design on pvp multiplayer, but it constantly crashes, I get kicked randomly, sometimes other players just stand there without moving, and I've encountered several major, major desync issues. One guy I saw kept running towards a wall for at least 5 minutes, going on and on despite the fact that I emptied two clips into his head.

On the positive side though, the maps are amazing! The color palette is wonderful, and the weapons are really cool. It's very interesting to play an arma based game relying so heavily on close combat, and it actually handles quite well on that part. Tank battles are a blast (pun intented) and flying is simply amazing! The scenery while flying is allmost to die for! Coolest dog fighting I've ever played in a game actually.

It's a shame they didn't use us though, the community of ARMA. Alot of these bugs could have been ironed out, if they offered us beta access. Dammit, this game NEEDED to be good on release, due to it's massive potential. In a couple of months, maybe a year, this will be a gem! The sad thing is that by then, alot of people have given up on it! They so should have let the ARMA community play it in advance, to help make it perfect. It would have meant better reviews and better revenue. Well well, didn't happen, sadly enough.

I'm having the same pain. I've tried to play the first mission 5 times and it's either crashed to desktop or my character movement has frozen due to the scripting requiring a restarting of the game...

[GRS]

Hm ,I didn't think that was a spoiler, my apologies. For those that missed it my point was something along the lines of difficulty of a certain part not being a fun challenge but gun-to-head insane.

Still having a good time otherwise. Some issues. I've noticed a good bit of bullets hitting doorways even if they should clear them with plenty of room. The maps are amazing as are the models. Money well spent in my opinion.

[oxmox]

The multiplayer part is really bugged. I had a lot of fun with the campaign and with AI on multiplayer maps playing offline without any bigger problems, but the multiplayer part needs really fixes asap. Wonder why this got released how it works now.

* I get the blue loading screen not only before I enter any game so I cant enter the server at all, i got it also during the gameplay suddenly during driving a tank a bit far away from the action.
* in the last game round during gameplay suddenly the mission starting screen pops up (black screen with mission description), but I hear the game in the background and ppl playing, had to restart the game.
* changing settings for my joystick X52 leads always to a ctd
* I see people with running animations sometimes but they dont move forward
* somtimes I see a blue error message about a modul not working
* The map cant be closed with M sometimes and you need to hit ESC to get out of it
* in one multiplayer mission I took a tank and suddenly I saw AI spawning, ordered them to get into my tank. I could not switch positions i.e. to driver seat...


Multiplay is not really that enjoyable currently and I hope with the next patch some things will be fixed. Really sad that especially the multiplayer part of the game has such problems.

Dont get me wrong, I love what the devs produce here but to promote the game more it needs asap fixing.
The game has for sure a lot of potential and I would love to see big battles in pvp ! Hope aswell that some modders can add CTI/warfare to it, that would be great.

[Higgings.]

Hmmm, I cant launch the game, as it says it "Cannot display this video mode".
But how do I fix that, I cant get in the game in video settings, so,.....
I useally have screen in 1600x1200, so have tryed change it to 1280x1024, but it dosent help.

So, sorry for noobish question, but have never had this problem with OFP-ARMA2.

Edit: Never mind hehe, I found the tekst file where I could change it from 1600x1200 to something else, that helped.

[panzer_baron]

Hmmm, I cant launch the game, as it says it "Cannot display this video mode".
But how do I fix that, I cant get in the game in video settings, so,.....
I useally have screen in 1600x1200, so have tryed change it to 1280x1024, but it dosent help.

So, sorry for noobish question, but have never had this problem with OFP-ARMA2.

We will take a look. At the moment I can suggest to go IF.cfg (My documents/Iron Front) and write in other resolutions there.

[CarlosTex]

I really find it quite annoying, shooting soldiers right in the torso between 100 and 200 meters and they just lay down to stand up again and run. I bet in WW2 soldier when shot in abdomen, lung area, by kar98 or mosin nagant would if not dead surely be unable to keep fighting. This really turns me down.

The tank system on the other hand is formiddable.

[ProfTournesol]

I really find it quite annoying, shooting soldiers right in the torso between 100 and 200 meters and they just lay down to stand up again and run. I bet in WW2 soldier when shot in abdomen, lung area, by kar98 or mosin nagant would if not dead surely be unable to keep fighting. This really turns me down.

Yep, that's a common OFP/ArmA problem, i really could/should be corrected one day. At least a stunt animation.

[KBourne]

Well I am going to get my hard copy right now so ill see what it will give when it is installed, so far I like the part where the game is just out and already a patch came out, the developers are dedicated to make this a good tittle and they stick to their product so they seem to walk the same course as Bohemia interactive to give their best efforts to make their tittle stick to the public..

kind regards

[CarlosTex]

Now that i installed the patch it seemed better, don't know if they changed anything in that area.

[tremanarch]

A little Video of the German Campaign

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THPm4SlqUG8