ATTN NOOBIES! - New to ArmA II or OA - Here's the place for your questions

[SteveJA360]

THAT WAS EPIC!!!

Plz Plz Plz send me a link to download them, did you make them?/


I love this game lol



GAU8 OHMYFUKINGGOD lol

[Iroquois Pliskin]

THAT WAS EPIC!!!

Plz Plz Plz send me a link to download them, did you make them?/


I love this game lol



GAU8 OHMYFUKINGGOD lol

I'm not skilled in the Arts of AttachTo and those vids weren't mine. You should ask the makers for the mission file.

[SteveJA360]

I cant belive how fun it was running around fireing a gau8 from my chest lol. You can level chernogosk in seconds!!

[andromedagalaxe]

Anyone figured out a good way to be the gunner in a helicopter? When the AI pilots, and I issue move orders on the map, it tends to fly into trees and crash ...
On helicopter missions I have to be the pilot and designate targets for the gunner.

In short, I want to blow s*** up, not just watch as s*** gets blown up

[Jakerod]

Anyone figured out a good way to be the gunner in a helicopter? When the AI pilots, and I issue move orders on the map, it tends to fly into trees and crash ...
On helicopter missions I have to be the pilot and designate targets for the gunner.

In short, I want to blow s*** up, not just watch as s*** gets blown up

Avoid hilly and forested areas. Or you could make the pilot playable too so if it seems like you are about to crash you can Team Switch and take control yourself.

[maturin]

I'm not new to Arma, but do addon server keys go in the Arma 2>Keys folder, or inside the modfolder itself?

[pvthudson01]

Just got the game a few days ago. Complicated but I will deal

I have a few idiotic questions:

If I get in a vehicle in the passenger side, how the heck do I take over the driver seat? The control options under Vehicle list nothing about swapping spots

How do I heal myself in a normal single player game if I am hit?

[NeoArmageddon]

If I get in a vehicle in the passenger side, how the heck do I take over the driver seat? The control options under Vehicle list nothing about swapping spots

It depends on the vehicle, if you can swap the seats inside. In most vehicle you have to get out and get in at the drivers door (as in reallife... or try to swap seat from rear to driver in a normal car... its difficulty^^)

How do I heal myself in a normal single player game if I am hit?

There are basicly two ways to heal yourself:
1) Find medic and use the action menu "Heal at medic". If you have a medic in your team, you can order him to heal you. If you are not the squadleader, the leader will order you or the medic to heal you.

2) Find medic tent or a medic vehicle (medic vodnik, medic m113) and use the action "Heal at ... "

[Postal Vending Machine]

Some vehicles require you to get out and enter on the driver's side (use the middle mouse button to select "Get in vehicle Driver")

In order to heal yourself, you'll require a medic (Corpsman for USMC) if you're in an AI lead squad the squad leader should send you one by default, depending on the situation.
Alternatively, seek out a medical tent and use the middle mouse button to select "heal".

Also you can heal using medical vehicles, but they're rather rare.

[andromedagalaxe]

press 5,4 (or do so from the main mouse wheel menu) to call out "injured" to let corpsman know you need help if there is one in your squad. If you have non-lethal arm or leg wounds that are affecting your character the medic can also help these.
If you are playing the campaign, the guy with the do-rag (if you know what that is) is your medic. put your cursor on him, or press F(his number) to select him. You can also order him to heal others.

If you are playing in the editor, make sure you place medic modules and synch them to your entire team. Some mission creaters have been nice enough to install a healing system that lets you bandage yourself for non-incapacitating wounds.

PS - the corpsman won't immediately heal you if he feels threatened by enemy fire (good reason to leave him in a safe place if you can spare the firepower). If you are his leader, you can order him to SAFE and STAND UP modes to get him to heal you quicker - just make sure it really is safe) Those options are in the 7 menu.

As for vehciles, it depends what you are playing, but some are locked, some allow you only to enter as passenger, and some are empty. Press your mouse wheel when inside a vehicle to swap locations. Say you are driving a technical. You cant swap positions with the gunner because you couldn't physically do that in real life. you have to get out.
Again if you are SL, if you order your team into a vehicle, someone will ususally get in as driver. If you want to drive, you have to order that person out, get is as driver, then order the person back in. Once you have done that, they will usually let you be the driver after that.

Also ... you are about to get a warning from a mod (I can sense these things) that your thread title is not descriptive enough. You should edit it to say what this thread is about lest it be locked