Walsingham Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I've been toying with Arma II for some time, and with an empty weekend ahead I'm about to take the plunge. I like realistic FPS, but I'm worried that the combat AI will be so poor as to make it a turkey shoot. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Don't. Even after 10 patches the engine is completely broken. Not to mention that the "game" itself is as exciting as chewing 2 week old toast bread. Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 (edited) If just the performance would be better. It runs pretty meh on my computer, so I'll have to keep it on around medium settings. But I love the game anyway. Though, I am not much playing the campaign and such... For me it's more fun to build my own stuff with the editor and play around with this. /Edit: The ai is very good, by the way. You can also test this with the editor: Create two groups (Bluefor and Opfor) with a bunch of soldiers, set their behavior to "danger" and let them run towards each other with waypoints in some random city. The fight will take a lot time, but you can really see how they move from cover to cover and slowly advance, give fire suppression, etc. etc. Always keep in mind that this is not a shooter like... I dunno... all other shooters. It's more a simulation. Edited June 24, 2011 by Lexx "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorophx Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I'm worried that the combat AI will be so poor as to make it a turkey shoot. it's pretty OP. they are better shots than you, so unless you're the god of stealth you'll be dying a lot. flanking the enemy is very hard, and a head on approach will get you killed. you should use your bot-buddies as much as you can. I've been playing in multiplayer for the whole day today, taking a small village with ~20 soldiers can take anywhere from 10 to 50 minutes, and as soon as the tanks roll in, you better turn around and run. Walsingham said: I was struggling to understand ths until I noticed you are from Finland. And having been educated solely by mkreku in this respect I am convinced that Finland essentially IS the wh40k universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Try to get them from two sides. Also sitting in one position all the time is bad too, because the ai will try to run around you and get you from behind. "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 Any mods to nerf the ai being jedi-aware? "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorophx Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 come on, guys, let's play some ArmA 2 I'm a pretty decent helicopter pilot now Walsingham said: I was struggling to understand ths until I noticed you are from Finland. And having been educated solely by mkreku in this respect I am convinced that Finland essentially IS the wh40k universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Time to figure out the editor! Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted July 4, 2011 Author Share Posted July 4, 2011 Steam sales win again! Have bought Arma II op arrowhead and all the bollocks about the British and merc DLC. Steam sales and me still being drunk from last night. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Yesterday I noticed that my ArmA2 folder is 32gb big. The biggest game I have installed (with mods, new islands, etc). With that british army and soldner dlc, that I (probably) will get tomorrow, it should even become at least 2gb bigger. "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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