ArmA 2

[throdgrain]

So am I, he can be the guinea pig

 

[Wonk]

I hear it's a buggy mess, however check out these two videos (especiallly the first one). They're quite impressive

Rock, Paper, Shotgun: " I want to make a mechanical bull" Bloody Hell: ArmA 2 Vids

 

[Ch3tan]

opf was a buggy mess too, but tbh it was good that we just laughed off the crashes when playing as a group.

 

[Helme]

I'm doing a crashcourse in how to control AI & fly helicopters again using ArmA, friday can't come soon enough!



edit; heh bad choice of words there, I don't really crash that much!

 

[Ch3tan]

the best thing in these games is completing the main mission task, getting into a vehicle with your team to get to the end point and then killing them in all in a ball of flames. Joy.

 

[Mabs]

right

runs ok for me, bit wobbly in a few places, mostly the "ooh isnt that view from a cliff top nice". but plays ok.
core 2 duo 3gig/2g ram/7900 GT card atm
going to try it with my 260 GT OC in a min when i can get the damn cards swapped and see if it makes much difference

playing it on standard/normal. shadow effects on low, 1680x1050.

 

[KevinUK]

Mission 1 isn't very fun as it's night time. Maybe thats an excuse for rubbish AI because they are better in mission 2.

Loading times are great but I expected it to look a little nicer as I think its fair to compare it to Far Cry 2. Apart from this game has far more enemies on the screen at any time I guess.

 

[Bahumat]

YouTube - ArmA 2 - Huge Air Battle

lol check out his pc spec on the right

 

[Moriath]

couldnt see his pc spec :/

 

[Bahumat]

couldnt see his pc spec :/

"Short but sweet air battle in ArmA 2 . Specs; Core i7 920 @ 4.2Ghz Dual GTX 295 (Quad SLI) 6GB 1600Mhz DDR3"

 

[Moriath]

drool

 

[Wonk]

repost it looks good though.

 

[KevinUK]

1.02 patch

http://www.arma2.com/support/updates/download/49-arma2patch_1_02.html?lang=en

 

[Moriath]

Thanks

 

[Ch3tan]

From Arma 2 forums:

ArmA2 OFFICIAL Demo Thread - Update 18/06/09 - 22:00
Demo will be released next week, I expect monday or tuesday. We are now testing it, as we cut a lot of data and landscape it's quite difficult to not forget anything. Size will be around 2 GB.

 

[fettoken]

Just bought Arma 2, and im really excited to play in online.

 

[nath]

DEMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ch3tan]

torrent of demo :

ArmA2 Official Demo - gameupdates.org

 

[nath]

Pah piff posh and piffle. Gamershell mirrors for the win .

 

[Ch3tan]

torrents going at a steady 600k a sec at the mo, 150 odd seeders. I would get more, but I am on Virgin and they are shaping my traffic.

 

[Bahumat]

getting 580 off steam

 

[nath]

I managed to get 1.9mb/s from the gamershell mirror. Installed it and I'm thoroughly amazed at how well it runs. It's actually completely playable with everything on max bar AF and AA which are at low and normal respectively.

C2D e6600@2.4, 4gb's of ram and an 8800 ultra.

 

[Ch3tan]

getting 580 off steam

Ah gonads, did not realise the demo was on steam as well, would have used that.

 

[nath]

I hate to be the pain in the arse that brings this up, but does anyone have any solid info on the SecuROM used in the retail package? I've got a confirmed post from a BIS employee that steam has none, but I've read one post on the OcUK forums that it has a 5 activation limit.

Anyone have any more info on this?

 

[Bahumat]

Ah gonads, did not realise the demo was on steam as well, would have used that.

I got 50% through, pc crashed and had to start again

When playing the game on high settings, there is a motion blur when I move. I feel travel sick when playing lol. Can this be changed? The lower the settings, the less pronounced the blur.

 

[Bahumat]

There is supposed to be a mod to reduce the motion blue. anyone got a link?

 

[KevinUK]

I think in the next patch there will be an option to turn off motion blur, I would like an option to tone it down as when I turn my head in real life I dont see a massive blur.

I'm not sure if the motion blur mod works with 1.02.

 

[Bahumat]

I think in the next patch there will be an option to turn off motion blur, I would like an option to tone it down as when I turn my head in real life I dont see a massive blur.

I'm not sure if the motion blur mod works with 1.02.

Cheers Kevin

I also found when I aim it's not like i'm aiming the gun, more like I have a piece of string attached to his arm so it's like a delay. Dont know if its cause I need a better graphic card.

 

[nath]

I get that too, there is a bit of mouse-lag.

 

[Rulke]

Haven't tested it but try this
No motion blur and no bloom mod - Armaholic.com