June 24, 201114 yr 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.
June 24, 201114 yr 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.
June 24, 201114 yr 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, 201114 yr by Lexx "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
June 24, 201114 yr 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.
June 24, 201114 yr 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."
June 25, 201114 yr Author 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.
June 26, 201114 yr 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.
June 27, 201114 yr 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
July 4, 201114 yr Author 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.
July 4, 201114 yr 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."
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