1761

Do you guys like the TrackClip Pro or the hat clip better? I have been using the Pro on my headset, but last night I was using the clip for a hat and it almost seemed better.

1762

They never ask me where to go. I get in, and they just sit there.

1763

Open the communication panel, and see if you have some orders about the helicopter support there.

1764

I think it’s the 0 key in the comm panel that brings up the radio functions.

1765

The only place with an entry for helicopter support in any of the orders menus is the option I used to initially call it in, and it’s grayed out.

I’m going to just revert to last checkpoint and try it again. At this point it seems like a bug.

1766

I’m having a little trouble with first armor mission.

Right when you make a halt for the broken Bradley, I get ejected from my tank, and can’t get back in until the C-130 is shot down. However, then it seems damaged and immobile, though I can’t for the life of me tell if anything shot it. Doesn’t seem to be the case.

1767

flyingj, when in map mode hit the spacebar and see if you can assign waypoints that way.

1768

I figured it out. You have to have your entire squad board first, then get in the -front- of the helicopter. Then it lets you pick a destination by pressing “0” then picking “Communications” then picking “Transport” then picking “Transport” again.

So intuitive!

1769

You don’t have to press 0, you can access the communications panel directly with the quickcommand panel (spacebar).
The first “transport” you pick is choosing what type of support you need/want to order around. In that panel you could also pick “artillery”, “reinforcements”, etc, depending on the mission, even paradrop a humvee.
The second panel where again you choose “transport” is which transport, while is redundant in that place becuase you only had one single chopper, some mission designer could make a mission with 3 different vehicles, that’s why the second panel is needed. If in the first panel you picked artillery (like you have in secops missions or warfare missions), in the second panel you may have 4 or 5 options, not one.

1770

It is worth getting. You can use a webcam and a free program called Freetrack, but it’s a long, long way from being “the same.” If you are on a budget, consider getting TrackIR 4, which is only $99. TrackIR 5 has higher resolution and a wider field of view, but both are significantly more accurate and responsive than a webcam + Freetrack.

1771

What I have done:

To embark:

  1. Move towards helicopter.
  2. [space] ‘get in huey’ to get team in. wait until all of them are on.
  3. [middle mouse] get in huey
  4. [space] communications -> request support -> transport , then [m] to open map and left click a location for him to go to

Once target reached:

  1. [space] disembark
  2. [middle mouse] get out

To call heli for pickup

  1. [space] communications -> request support -> transport
1772

logic as that checklist may seem, it is terribly hard to find out on your own. This could have been so easily solved by having a dude spend some more hours watching people play through these things.

1773

From the official forums, demo of OA

The demo will go live at 5pm GMT / 6pm CET.

Quote:
This 3GB demo thrusts you straight into the unique gameplay featured in the full version of Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead; it showcases the realistic sandbox environment, offers multiplayer gameplay, and gives you a peek at the vast array of vehicles, weapons, units at your disposal. The demo offers a massive amount of highly detailed content, giving you a sharp flavour of the epic new environment (modelled on real-world data), a full taste of the mission editor, and a real appetite to experience the most authentic mil-sim available: war without the training wheels.

Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead’s demo includes:

* Singleplayer mission "Coltan Blues" from the main campaign
* Singleplayer scenarios "Benchmark" and "Little Bird"
* 3 Boot Camp scenarios (Basic, Driving and Helicopter tutorials)
* Multiplayer missions "Hike In The Hills" and "One Shot One Kill"
* multiplayer template "Team Deathmatch"
* Mission Editor with save/load option

Once the download is live it can be found here: http://www.arma2.com/demo/index_en.html as well as in the Community Wiki.

1774

First DLC, the British. Time to make a tea party! Or something…

Arma 2: British Armed Forces will be deployed exclusively for PC on 26th August 2010. It will be available for GBP 7.99/EUR 8.99/USD 9.99

Arma 2: British Armed Forces key features:

  • New vehicles and weapons
    o Modern British troops in multi-terrain, desert and woodland camouflage
    o Personal weapons: L85A2 and L86A2 rifles, L110A1 machine gun, LRR and AW50 sniper rifles, N-LAW AT launcher
    o New vehicles: Jackal 2 MWMIK all-terrain vehicle, modernized FV510 Warrior
    o New helicopters: AH11 Wildcat (multi-role), HC3 Merlin (transport)
    o British versions: off-road car, Chinook HC2 transport helicopter, Apache AH1 gunship
    o Desert and woodland paint schemes of the ground vehicles
  • New single player campaign
    o Player will command a mobile observation team of British troops into battle with Takistani insurgents. Short campaign will focus on depicting asymmetrical warfare with a guerilla force and counterinsurgency operations.
  • Multiplayer modes
    o Cooperative scenarios featuring the British units, vehicles and equipment.
  • Engine Improvements
    o Extension of the Engineer’s role
    o Ability for players to effectively operate and command artillery and mortar units

Arma 2: British Armed Forces will be deployed exclusively for PC on 26th August 2010.
It will be available for GBP 7.99/EUR 8.99/USD 9.99


edit: Good news, jolly chaps, they confirmed new voice sets for the British characters.

1775
  1. How will this DLC be sold/DRM’d for people with regular retail copies?
  2. No pre-made singleplayer scenarios?
  3. “Engine Improvements” - I hope this isn’t exclusive to the DLC.
1776

  1. I would say they will use the usual method: a cdkey, like the games themselves. But Maruk (BIS CEO) has said something in the forum about hoping that people will have decency, so may be the won’t use DRM.

  2. The campaign is a set of single player scenarios, technically. :P

  3. It was something a bit weird to read… but surely it just a hollow “marketing point”, meaning truly hat will come with the last version of the engine. For the last patch of the game. They also said the same from OA, “new engine improvements”, it was just the the .exe up to date with the 1.07 patch from Arma 2.

1777

Actually, I didn’t see “New single player campaign” in the notes, so that’s my mistake. Although for $10, I’m wondering how big it can be.

Overall, it looks like a pretty good package.

1778

Surely it will be very small, i wouldn’t trust in having a big campaign for that price, with the rest of content.

1779

I am really excited about that content and unlike some think it’s a great deal. If it only had the integrated Artillery/mortar thing (for AI & player) I’d jump up and do Riverdance.

1780

Unfortunately at this time the ACEII team won’t be supporting this new DLC.