A few questions

[FelipeFR]

1. Are this unrealistic third person vision going to be removed?
2. Can you guys make the night maps less... Strange?

[STALKERGB]

Originally Posted by FelipeFR

1. Are this unrealistic third person vision going to be removed?
2. Can you guys make the night maps less... Strange?

3rd person can be turned on/off by servers I believe.

What do you mean by the night maps?

[Lightninguk]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]STALKERGB

Nice to hear from you bud, I'm alright, as you can see I have been busy nice to see you over hear (and the BIS forums) being very positive bout it all!

yer very positive but i must say it must be the british stuff we all love that stuff

[southy]

Originally Posted by FelipeFR

1. Are this unrealistic third person vision going to be removed?
2. Can you guys make the night maps less... Strange?

with Vet mode enabled there is no 3rd person view, this can also be toggled by the server.

Vet mode for Infrantry is good, but makes flying a whole new ball game

[gazzthompson]

Originally Posted by FelipeFR

1. Are this unrealistic third person vision going to be removed?
2. Can you guys make the night maps less... Strange?

ArmA maps have a day night cycle.

[Sgt. Mahi]

ZOMG W|11 th3R3 b3 f4str0p3z???+

[cm.]

OK:

Player limit: as has been said, there have been ~120 players or so on some servers, there is no theoritical limit, just server and bandwidth bottlenecks. The player count will only increase with better server hardware.

Day/Night: Arma2 has a 24hour cycle so you can start at whatever time you want. The time is 1:1 as well and the lighiting will change as the mission goes on (although not much as you would expect in real life)

Maps: there are 2 offial maps, one is 225km^2 and another smaller one is .... can't remember. There are also a ton of high quality user made maps (no joke on the high quality part), check out isla duala, quesh kibrul, thirsk island (WIP) etc. Desert maps usual have much higher frame rates than those with dense jungle/forest

can we turn on/off <whatever>??: 99.9% of settings in arma 2 can be changed either by the server (e.g. force third person and crosshairs off) or via mission (e.g. weapon restrictions). literally everything is down to the mission designer/server config.

[Joe_Speeds]

more questions:

- Will there be a ''skirmish'' mode, infantry-only, cap/flag capping style, on smaller scale maps... ?

- With these 2 factions, I take it that it will be only insurgency style on large scale ?

- Will it still imply destroying caches, with the actual info/civilian style ?


lets go with that for now ; )


Thanks

[JDMT]

Originally Posted by Joe_Speeds

more questions:

- Will there be a ''skirmish'' mode, infantry-only, cap/flag capping style, on smaller scale maps... ?

- With these 2 factions, I take it that it will be only insurgency style on large scale ?

- Will it still imply destroying caches, with the actual info/civilian style ?


lets go with that for now ; )


Thanks

Can I ask if you have played ArmA II?

1. Depends on the mission maker.

2. Depends on the mission maker.

3. Do I need to say it again? Depends on the mission maker.



EDIT: Here is the ArmA II bible: http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Main_Page


Default islands:

Utes:
Map:
http://community.bistudio.com/wikida...ap_of_Utes.jpg

Info:
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Utes

Chernarus:
Size: 225km^2

Info:
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Chernarus

Map(s):
http://www.arma2.com/map-of-chernarus_en.html Interactive

http://community.bistudio.com/wikida..._chernarus.jpg Terrain

http://community.bistudio.com/wikida..._Chernarus.jpg Place names

http://community.bistudio.com/wikida..._locations.jpg Location, notice Takistan.

[th3flyboy]

Originally Posted by NautaFIN

So, looks like i need to upgrade my PC for Arma2 then :P, but before i do so, id like some info about arma2

-Map sizes?
-Player limit?
-Changing lightning? (day/night etc)
-Is it just one huge pile of bugs (as my friend called it..?)

Thanks.

1. I've seen maps over 500 sq km in ArmA 1, default is 255 square km
2. Player limit is so high that I don't see a server hitting the limit while not dying for at least a decade, probably two decades. It's not a set limit, I think it's a float number (so high that you need scientifc notation to write it in a programming text book), yes I have tested the actual limit it would allow before.
3. Time of day changes as you play, and missions can be set to any time of day, and any day of the year.
4. Not anymore, ArmA 1 was, but ArmA 2 is pretty solid by now.

Originally Posted by Sgt. Mahi

ZOMG W|11 th3R3 b3 f4str0p3z???+

1. Don't use leet speak in ArmA 2, the community will lynch you for it.
2. ACE 2 has it, and for missions where you don't want to use ACE 2 you have this option:

MP Compatible Fast Rope Addon - Armaholic.com