New Op ... Anyone?

[whiztler]

The last ARMA2 op was a while ago and even tho the op itself didn't go as well as we all wanted, I hope we can get a few (10+) fooks motivated to go on a new op. Suggestions anyone?

- Friday 25 Jan, 19:30 till late
- Expert mode
- 10+ players

Who's in?

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[suomikeizari]

I've been having that thought myself for some time but Im almost never available on weekeds = cant do it, would be very hard to make an event without being there keeping it up myself

We'll see :)

[=VG= Wooz2770]

I think Charry had some missions ready, don?t know if we can get a hold of him though :)

[whiztler]

Excellent! Who's going to take lead?

[chrisi123]

ok so i have some missions for i44 ready. i think those would keep us at least for one night. if you like the idea, just give me a call and i'll do the last test runs for the missions... friday is a good idea, cause i don't have anything to do this time.

[whiztler]

i44 is the WW2 conversion right? Don't want to sound cocky, but do you have any missions/ops ready for non-i44 conversion/maps?

[chrisi123]

yap it is!
nah don't worry, but have also some non-44. i am ready to make some more, too... no problem for me :)

[=VG= SavageCDN (Inactive Duty)]

We can use MSO for this kind of thing too... come up with an idea or 'mission'... prep beforehand and setup plan, etc.

[chrisi123]

yeah could do an event with a mix of mso and some of my missions, huh?

[whiztler]

Sounds great! Have a peek at the Clafghan Map. I don't think it is a map that has been played a lot so there will be something new for everyone :).

Let me know what I can do to help (e.g. briefing, strategy, etc)

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[chrisi123]

ok cool. you could help me with the briefing :) maybe before we begin with the mission where everyone is looking at the map we could do some strategy. that give me an idea of doing a mission with different ways to reach the goal. never done that before, but i give it a try lol

[suomikeizari]

yeah I get you going with that, for example the basic stuff you need to cover with briefing so on and so on, I REALLY think that CO shouldnt be the mission maker because he knows what is going to happend.

[whiztler]

Excellent! I don't mind being CO, but I reckon it should be a VG member with Co experience. Suggestions?

[chrisi123]

therefore i am making missions with severals ways to the goal. so i don't need to be the co

[=VG= SemlerPDX]

It is best to have someone other than the mission maker as the leader - in many ways it makes it more fun for all involved.

As for the CLAfghan suggestion, if someone goes to make one, I'd like to give them some tips so the AI doesn't bug out during (they hate complex waypoints and have a hard time with certain roads on CLAfghan)

[=VG= SavageCDN (Inactive Duty)]

What about Tora Bora instead of Clafghan (runs much better)?

If anyone would like some help with making missions please let me know.

[Dumbfoundead]

Im There, you guys always need that guy who doesn't know what he is doing right?

[whiztler]

:)

What's the latest Charry? Since Friday is around the corner, may I suggest we keep it mean and lean on the dev side. I'll drop you a PM with comm details so we can work this out further.

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[Guest ColdNfreeziN]

Almost done tweaking a mission on Tora Bora should be good to go in a few more days if I get time. I am unsure if i should let you guys play it since it seems no one liked my last mission...haha

[whiztler]

:) Actually liked your last mission, nice and hard. We just need to get org better :)

[Guest ColdNfreeziN]

OH sweet! :) well in that case my mission on TB is just about done working on finding out how i can disable or limit IR/Thermal views on the Bradley...oh and did i mention its now at night with no NVG we just have flares? :)

[skydiver]

No M113 please! RG31 works great on MSO or even better (imo) Navistar Maxxpro MRAPs look the business....just sayin

[=VG= Calv]

ColdNfreeziN LAN_WROTE ...

OH sweet! :) well in that case my mission on TB is just about done working on finding out how i can disable or limit IR/Thermal views on the Bradley...oh and did i mention its now at night with no NVG we just have flares? :)

I'm sure there is a module that limits the range of NV, haven't tested it with vehicles though.
It's possible that it's an ACE module.

[chrisi123]

yeah we should just lean on the dev side for this weekend :P

[=VG= SavageCDN (Inactive Duty)]

Yeah there is an ACE limited NV range module but none that I am aware of for IR/Thermal (unless the limited NV module also affects thermals??)

Cold we loved that mission.. just cause we died a lot does not mean it sucks :)

OK so if we are having a few people making missions (which is awesome BTW) then I think we need to get some standards down which mission makers can follow. The biggest one being required mods... what I personally don't want to see is 40 different mods each week to download and install. We need to come up with a core VG set of mods and stick to them when making missions. A good place to start would be the mods we use with MSO. Obviously there will exceptions to this rule (like an I44 weekend or something).

Any thoughts?? Do you think this is a good idea?


Also I'm working on a VG mission template (totally re-doing the one I did last year as it now sucks) which others can use to create missions without having to re-invent the wheel each time. It will not be fancy... it will include a core set of features like:

Template for briefing notes, tasks, etc
Join In Progress compatible stuff
ACE revive and respawn script
UPSMON script
Garrison and house patrol scripts

At it's core will be the F2 Mission Framework.. which I use constantly now.. check the link for a features list:
http://ferstaberinde.com/f2/en/index.php?title=Main_Page