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[InstaGoat]

More positive feedback about the preview version makes me positively more excited.

It´s nothing really new in there, I guess, but by now it´s pretty obvious how consistently good the press response was, even from places that were previously pretty harsh about Arma 2.

[Myshaak]

In a mix of alchemy and computer code, these procedurally generated landscapes will, it's promised, be the same on everyone's computer. Which means that you could, if you were so inclined, create a mission that takes place 100km away from the main areas included in the game, and the randomly-generated terrain to reach it as well as the area itself will be exactly the same for everyone who plays it. The AI will also be able to find itself around this terrain as well. It's a stunning display of computer wizardry, and has unlimited potential for mod teams to play with.

Now that's a wonderful piece of news for MP and "journeys into the no man's land". Also it's a next step to my dream of generating objects (trees and stuff) in the not-so-random terrain after all.

[Laqueesha]

Now that's a wonderful piece of news for MP and "journeys into the no man's land". Also it's a next step to my dream of generating objects (trees and stuff) in the not-so-random terrain after all.

I hope the map limitations on the editor will be removed, for example, one cannot create a mission 100km outside of the main island if the editor won't allow them.

[[GLT] Legislator]

So what we're going to do with the now really infinite terrain? We reduce it to an artificial size of 4 squad kilometer of course

No, seriously ... that sounds great! I wonder if this feature will be patched to Chernarus as well. The map would surely benefit from it.

[Alex72]

Where is it promised that the procedural terrain will have trees, bushes, stones and the rest? Or is it the procedural landscape as given in ARMA2? The clean one. Anyone have the text where BIS says this? Or any reviewer that has seen it?

Might hog the performance even more also since there will be tons more objects - infinite terrain around the island itself... Or maybe its handled in a way that it doesnt take a toll before your actually there? No clue, but it sounds fun.

[Myshaak]

Where is it promised that the procedural terrain will have trees, bushes, stones and the rest? Or is it the procedural landscape as given in ARMA2? The clean one. Anyone have the text where BIS says this? Or any reviewer that has seen it?

Might hog the performance even more also since there will be tons more objects - infinite terrain around the island itself... Or maybe its handled in a way that it doesnt take a toll before your actually there? No clue, but it sounds fun.

Hi Alex,
As for your question - there was no such promise... that's why I wrote "my dream"

[MadDogX]

Might hog the performance even more also since there will be tons more objects - infinite terrain around the island itself... Or maybe its handled in a way that it doesnt take a toll before your actually there? No clue, but it sounds fun.

The infinite terrain must already be handled in such a way that it doesn't affect you before you're actually there - otherwise it would always require infinite processing power.

I think adding basic clutter to the infinite terrain shouldn't be too hard, because clutter is static. You just need to create a procedural algorithm that makes it look random and believable.

[Alex72]

^^ Yeah i know MadDog, but i thaught about "object count" wich is said to be lower in OA. But with infinite land + all vegetation and rocks etc object count to load up would be...infinite number of objects.

Thats how i imagined it. But maybe it would be handled in another way. Dont know tbh.

[eJay]

New video from OA maybe today, but rather later than earlier. Michal from IDEA is seriously busy right now

[walker]

Hi all

...Which means that you could, if you were so inclined, create a mission that takes place 100km away from the main areas included in the game, and the randomly-generated terrain to reach it as well as the area itself will be exactly the same for everyone who plays it. The AI will also be able to find itself around this terrain as well. It's a stunning display of computer wizardry, and has unlimited potential for mod teams to play with...

http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/108/1086536p1.html

If you are a pilot this is gravy.

I hope there is a get random seed function so we can discover and recreate great terrains. Please Please BIS!

ArmA will become the safari and exploration game par excellence!

Kind Regards walker