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[ARMA2]Everybody redcon 1, SP in 15 mikes! (Operation Arrowhead out now!)

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  • Handsome CostanzaHandsome Costanza Ask me about 8bitdo RIP Iwata-sanRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Satsumomo wrote: »
    I've seen a few of them on the Op4 server, but I can't really recall if they're douches or not when there. I remember 2 or 3 guys who just loved making offensive remarks and being borderline racist, but I don't remember what clan they were from.

    To be fair most of the 506th members are alright its just a few that are in the admin position and probably haven't been in charge of anything since they were group leader of a 4th grade art project.





    and they probably got a F on the project for accusing classmates of cheating whilst they were participating in said massive amounts of cheating.

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  • MindstormMindstorm Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Dang, that was it? Short main campaign...

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  • Jimmy MarkuJimmy Marku LondonRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Satsumomo wrote: »
    Yeah, it's the 3D resolution that's making it look weird.

    So it is, thanks.

    The game runs pretty well actually, I am surprised.

    Also, it has WAY too many controls, many seemingly replicated. They need to pare that shit down.

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  • SudsSuds Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Satsumomo wrote: »
    Well a lot of people said the OA campaign was so much better, but I couldn't get past the first mission against all the AK-47 snipers.

    What difficulty do you play on?

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I admit, I put it on Veteran. What should I put it on?

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  • StrikorStrikor Calibrations? Calibrations! Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Do custom enemy difficulty and bump the AI skill way down. I think I have mine around 0.35 and it seems fine. They aren't especially accurate at range, but they CAN still hit you, and they will mess you up in close quarters.

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  • MindstormMindstorm Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    So the armory is pretty entertaining. I'm a dog and the challenge is that poachers are coming for me and I have to hide until the wild game officers (or whoever) come to save me. :lol:

    I ran into a house and closed the doors. <3

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  • SudsSuds Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Satsumomo wrote: »
    I admit, I put it on Veteran. What should I put it on?

    I usually play on Regular. I think not having crosshairs is dumb, since I'm completely unable to hip fire without them, but even then it's super inaccurate.

    I'll try bumping the AI up to Veteran difficulty to see what happens.

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  • LookFreeGrenadeLookFreeGrenade Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Does anyone know of any good sound/FX mods?

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  • StrikorStrikor Calibrations? Calibrations! Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    HiFi and CSM are both very good for A2 but the ACE sound mod is the only one I know of for Arrowhead.

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  • SelectaSelecta Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I got bored this weekend and picked this up on Steam. Anyone still playing?

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  • blikbokblikbok Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I just updated Arma2 to Operation Arrowhead, I'd also be interested in playing.

    Where do the PA players meet up?
    Edit: also, what is the version I should patch to? I understand that 1.52 isn't available for Steam users yet?

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  • hailthefishhailthefish Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I've been looking at this on Steam and am interested, as long as there's PAers playing. Otherwise I don't see it being much fun.

    Edit: I lack self control.. I bought it. Well, here's hoping there's still an active community! And if not it looks like there's plenty of ways to make one's own fun.

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  • DaemonionDaemonion Mountain Man USARegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I wanted to get this game from day 1, but never got around to it. I wanted to go hardcore and get a TrackIR and everything ...

    Listening to the sound mod clips on YouTube have and whatnot are making me want to pick up the game, even though I probably won't have the time to really get good at it. What to do ...

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  • Handsome CostanzaHandsome Costanza Ask me about 8bitdo RIP Iwata-sanRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I'm playing regularly on Noassholes.net

    They have a pretty good community going there.

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  • DaemonionDaemonion Mountain Man USARegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Is it better to buy the retail version for installing mods and what not, or is the Steam version fine?

    I ask because I've seen some games have issues with mods/patches with the digital version, but not the retail version.

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  • StrikorStrikor Calibrations? Calibrations! Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I still play on the Op4 server but I haven't seen another PAer on there in awhile.

    The Steam version is fine for mods. The only difference is a Steam-specific exe and I've yet to see a case where that makes a difference. The big difference between retail and Steam is that Steam takes its sweet ass time with the updates, to the point of sometimes not releasing them at all. Fortunately you can still use the official beta patches which bypass Steam entirely.

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  • hailthefishhailthefish Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I've been trying to figure this out for most of the evening. The learning curve is seriously harder than Dwarf Fortress. SO MANY COMMANDS!

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  • SudsSuds Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    The Steam version doesn't use the Steam DRM. You can launch the game independent of Steam.

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  • StrikorStrikor Calibrations? Calibrations! Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    That's true for vanilla Arma2 but the non-beta Operation Arrowhead uses it.

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  • SudsSuds Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    In any case, mods works perfectly fine on the Steam version.

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  • PolloDiabloPolloDiablo Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    For such a great game, it sure does have a tough time staying afloat on here.

    For any surviving PA Joe members, the forumites at Rock Paper Shotgun are having a big arma bash today. We should crash their party, since I guess anyone that still plays this plays with other groups anyway. Anyone up for some shooting, today?

    Here's a thing with the details.

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  • SynthesisSynthesis Honda Today! Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Suds wrote: »
    In any case, mods works perfectly fine on the Steam version.

    You've just got to merge the data from vanilla Arma 2 with it, if you still want to use the content from it.

    I'm kind of glad I didn't buy it over Steam for that reason. It's a minor inconvenience, but one nonetheless.

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  • NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I'd love to play this more often.

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  • SudsSuds Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I recently passed 110 hours played in Operation Arrowhead. Together with the 150 hours for ARMA 2 this game gets played a lot by me.

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  • hailthefishhailthefish Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    You don't have to merge the data, or at least I don't. I have an option to launch them combined and mods work fine. Though a mod manager helps.

    edit: Clarify: I bought the combined version on Steam and it came as two downloads.

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  • Professor PhobosProfessor Phobos Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I hope people are still playing this in February when I get my new computer and can play it. I was left drooling over that ShackTac guide; if people really do play like that, man that sounds like a lot of fun.

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  • hailthefishhailthefish Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Yeah, I'm pretty intimidated by it but I'd really love to try it ShackTac style.

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  • Professor PhobosProfessor Phobos Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Yeah, I'm pretty intimidated by it but I'd really love to try it ShackTac style.

    Yeah, I'm definitely going to try to find such a group when I can actually run the game.

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  • SudsSuds Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Yeah, I'm pretty intimidated by it but I'd really love to try it ShackTac style.

    Yeah, I'm definitely going to try to find such a group when I can actually run the game.

    If only there were a shacktac like group.

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  • Professor PhobosProfessor Phobos Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Suds wrote: »
    Yeah, I'm pretty intimidated by it but I'd really love to try it ShackTac style.

    Yeah, I'm definitely going to try to find such a group when I can actually run the game.

    If only there were a shacktac like group.

    Shactac disbanded? They were who I was going to try first.

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  • SudsSuds Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Suds wrote: »
    Yeah, I'm pretty intimidated by it but I'd really love to try it ShackTac style.

    Yeah, I'm definitely going to try to find such a group when I can actually run the game.

    If only there were a shacktac like group.

    Shactac disbanded? They were who I was going to try first.

    I was being sarcastic.

    http://www.shacktac.com

    We're still going strong.

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  • Professor PhobosProfessor Phobos Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Suds wrote: »
    Suds wrote: »
    Yeah, I'm pretty intimidated by it but I'd really love to try it ShackTac style.

    Yeah, I'm definitely going to try to find such a group when I can actually run the game.

    If only there were a shacktac like group.

    Shactac disbanded? They were who I was going to try first.

    I was being sarcastic.

    http://www.shacktac.com

    We're still going strong.

    Wonderful. Hopefully I will see you folks in February.

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  • hailthefishhailthefish Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I'd send Dyslexci an email but I don't know if I have the amount of free time the page seems to imply is required.

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  • SudsSuds Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I'd send Dyslexci an email but I don't know if I have the amount of free time the page seems to imply is required.

    That's a common concern. What kind of free time do you have?

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  • Lord YodLord Yod Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    There are other groups for less ambitious players. I've been playing with United Operations for a while now, they are pretty cool.

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  • hailthefishhailthefish Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Suds wrote: »
    I'd send Dyslexci an email but I don't know if I have the amount of free time the page seems to imply is required.

    That's a common concern. What kind of free time do you have?

    Most of my free time is during the day during the week, and I have a couple puppies that need supervised and taken out at random intervals. And I have additional hobbies too 8-)

    That and I'm really shy about voice chat. Maybe I'll send an email and see what happens. I've read the TTP2 several times (actually have it open right now) and watched a ton of Dys's videos and I'm really interested in the way they do things.

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  • SudsSuds Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Suds wrote: »
    I'd send Dyslexci an email but I don't know if I have the amount of free time the page seems to imply is required.

    That's a common concern. What kind of free time do you have?

    Most of my free time is during the day during the week, and I have a couple puppies that need supervised and taken out at random intervals. And I have additional hobbies too 8-)

    That and I'm really shy about voice chat. Maybe I'll send an email and see what happens. I've read the TTP2 several times (actually have it open right now) and watched a ton of Dys's videos and I'm really interested in the way they do things.

    Yeah, send an email. You can always get more information that way. Primarily we play on Saturday nights, and we have sessions on Wednesday nights to get new joins up to speed.

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  • Ninja Snarl PNinja Snarl P My helmet is my burden. Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I've been wanting to pick up and play this for ages, but it never, ever seems to come up on Steam sales. Any chance this will come up on sale during one of the imminent holiday Steam sales?

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  • SynthesisSynthesis Honda Today! Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I haven't been online in a few weeks...I'll need to fix that and find a good server, then get updated for hte right mods.

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