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[Messiah]

Question about a possible topic for A3, although I may be getting ahead of myself in terms of timing due to the game being pushed back to 2013, however the premise of the thread may require some discussion over time.

The topic would be aimed at 'modding/editing wishes' within A3. Now, the point to note is in my mind this is distinctly different to the 10,000 'I want unit X and X' threads, it is centred around changes/additions to the game from A2 - 3 that would allow specifically modders (mission makes included one suspect) a greater freedom/more control to create a greater variety of content. For example, a post from myself would perhaps contain:

1. Ability to query who has ejected from a vehicle - Currently writing a script that allows for a top cover (using a personal weapon from a hatch in the vehicle) which uses getin and out eventhandlers and querying who got in/out and what position and to hide/display a weapon at that position if needed. Currently ejecting breaks the script, as unit never gets out and unable to query which position in the vehicle was vacated.
   
2. Ability to query which turret (on multiple turreted vehicles) a gunner enters (similar premise to above question)

My real list is a little longer, built up over the last ten years. My question being if it deserves a distintly seperate thread where modding utility is discussed? It could of course come under 'ideas and wishes', but the amount of drivel in that thread rather detracts from potentially useful ideas and additions (not to say mine are any less drivel based)

[[EVO] Dan]

Where do you think this topic should go?

Basically I am releasing a mission template for people to add their own little missions to, and it comes with the pbo (so you can have a look at the one mission I put into it and the params). I plan on updating it aswell.

Where would it be best to go?

-OA mission and scripting
-OA released missions?

[Placebo]

Sounds like ARMA 2 & OA - USER MISSIONS to me, it would probably get more traffic there at a guess so that's another reason to choose that forum

[[EVO] Dan]

Sounds like ARMA 2 & OA - USER MISSIONS to me, it would probably get more traffic there at a guess so that's another reason to choose that forum

Ok thanks, will post it up there

[Tankbuster]

Guys,

I know there's a 'what PC/settings' thread in the QA forum, but like some others here, it's a monster thread and maybe scares users off, especially those who arrive here frustrated that they can't get the game to work.

I have found there's a lot of laptop users with crap integrated graphics cards and ancient AMD processors that are either or both way short of the mimimum system requirements. Can I make a 'no discussion thread' (ie, have you chaps sticky/lock it straight away) that says the following.

Laptop users! Can you run this game?

Laptop users need to be aware that this is a very demanding game and is probably not suitable for your machines.
For a start, please look at these pages which show the minimum system requirements.

http://www.game-debate.com/games/ind...A%20II:%20Free
^^Note this is for the free version.^^

http://www.game-debate.com/games/ind...on%20Arrowhead
^^For Arma2, Arrowhead and Combined Ops^^

It's good advice consider the recommended specs as a basic starting point.

Why? This game sucks up GPU power. Your integrated graphics card cannot cope, I guarantee it.

It's even harder on your CPU. Your mobile branded CPU might have a half decent speed rating, but your GHz are cut down, low power ones. Not nearly man enough for this game.

It drags a lot of data from the hard disk too. All those lovely graphics come from the hard disk. If that's a mobile 5,400 RPM spinner, it aint going to look good.

In a laptop, all of the above means HEAT and that's bad.

Sure, you can run the game on low settings and it might work, but it'll look like crap. It'll probably lag like crazy and your AI won't work properly. You'll get crashes, errors and all kinds of heartache. You'll get pwned too, by the zombies and the other players.

Sure, some laptops do make a decent job of this game, but these tend to cost more than £1200 / $1,000 / €1,500.

So, in conclusion and in short. If you want to play this game, get a desktop. A good one.

[Placebo]

Hmm maybe other mods would like to chip in but I'm not sure I can really see the point for such a specific standalone thread, we can easily adjust the title to something that you think might help? And/or edit the first post to contain better information? Or we could always close that one now and start a 3rd thread?

[Tankbuster]

Short of a new thread, trying to merge mine into the first post of the "will my pc run this" is the next best option IMO.

Perhaps I rambled on too much in my post? I am known to do that occasionally.

[Max Power]

I think it might be interesting to conduct a poll about the experiences of laptop users and make recommendations based on those.

[W0lle]

Laptop = PC, I fail to see why we need a dedicated thread for laptop users.

[Tankbuster]

But for Arma2, laptop != PC. I'm not suggesting a new thread, just a locked 'no discussion' thread.

I'd welcome asking laptop users about their experiences with this game but it does occur to me, they do tend to be a little 'shy' about their machines. They give their specs, but often leave out crucial details, like the 'm' on the designation of their GPU, or one recent chap who called it his 'workstation'. Then, of course, there's the usual "it players Stalker on very high at 90 FPS". Yeah, pal. Sure it does.

So, I hereby accuse many laptop users of, deep down, knowing their machines aren't up to the job, and being obtuse about their specs or downright lying about how their machine performs with other titles.

For all these reasons, I suggest that we lay it out early for laptop users. They clearly can't navigate the 'will my pc run this' thread on their XVGA screens.