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When BLuDKLoT suggested soldiers would travel in a "column" if on a trek like we were in ArmA: Insurgency at the time, everyone was down for it. With his instruction, we had it going in just a few minutes. What was most notable, was the willingness of all the players to stop and do this for sake of doing it and learning, even though it meant further postponing shooting at the enemy. That was more fun than when we finally got to the AO. Some just wanna shoot - usually the rambo types. Most the others want to play "army" as closely as the given game will allow.

Tim and Tom as well are on my personal watch list. Not sure about Kevin yet. Moppets aren't to be trusted....lol

Here's a great testament to =VG= and the work on the maps. In around 60 days, this server has become one of the Top 20 most popular ArmA servers on GameTracker:

EDIT(Fireball) I'm a big fan of your work! And by lag, I meant when players start joining up with all their custom crap, and the game I've been playing with many online players, suddenly becomes very laggy. Wish there was some way to block that. Something about custom PBO's, right?

Hunter S. Thompson would be rolling in his grave with laughter, had he not given explicit instructions to have his remains shot out of a massive cannon upon his death. As a fan of Gonzo journalism for more than a decade, and lover of all things lampoon, I have never seen a bit hit the nail on the head better than The Onion has here with their latest video, "A Dream Dies". I'm not saying I read Doonesbury, but these guys really hit my funnybone. Trying the small business thing myself, so this really had me laughing! !lol "as long as we can still drink without our shirts on..."

Spent 7 hours on Sunday wreaking havoc from Zavarak to Nagara with a few great squads. Our mission began at 2am, July 1st, during the dark of the Moon. With serious momentum, we took a large town very fast using the darkness, SD weapons helping here and there. They truely couldn't see a thing - but who was shooting flares and how?!?! Anyway, by daybreak, dang caches kept appearing at farthest point from MHQ & AO. A few "special ops" soldiers made it their mission to hit these, as moving the entire group for one tiny town is hard going through hostile zones. It vastly helps if someone who has played before could place a few global markers on the map to help focus the troops. Just a few at a time, as joining players cannot see pre-placed markers. If you see several join, delete and replace them. Make sure your com channel is Side Channel (blue). I've seen so-called impossible towns taken with help from common markers and a little cross-communication; "Flank Flank Flank - gotta keep switching up the tactic if you keep getting chopped up - check map" Special thanks to PITN, TEDToaster, pogoman, Fireball, and any I missed! You're hard work shows!

My only game issue is lag, and that is mostly unavoidable. Seems easier in PR to spot & remove smacktards, but again, not an issues of these missions. I love Insurgency!! You've been really improving things and it shows. I was logging plenty of time before Feb 26th, got busy with work, and started back up on March 26th. The changes are very apparent to me in particular. A few "frequent" players actually knew nothing about the caches. They knew to grab briefcases for intel, but thats it. Spread the word; use markers; and use mortars. Lastly, BIG issue, minor inconvenience: Mortars can blow up buildings, leaving stationary weapons intact, sometimes still occupied (C4/IED's do it too). Sometimes an insurgent is alive or spawned under the rubble. Not always a good tactic to level a compound. I think we should either use explosives sparingly in RED map grids, or keep the mortar strikes focused on open ground, close to structures, but not on them deliberately. Clearing buildings isn't as hard as crossing open ground to get to them.

This may help put some numbers on an otherwise Visual Flight Rules landing. Few vets will find it helpful, but it may well have helped over 250 new players keep their asset in one piece. !pilot Making the video has even helped me to land well more consistantly in a live game.

So there are non-ace mod soundpacks for the user to add that don't conflict? Just installed a Klipsch 2.1 with a sweet 130 Watt subwoofer. Lookin forward to some full sounding explosions!

Welcome!!! MP Falcon is amazing!

Awesome shots Chaz! Love the ECM/Jammer on the left wing! The A-10 will always be my favorite bird. (*ahem...so thats why they call you Bones, Bones?)

Yeah, Big Thank you to Fireball for the maps! And to the local modders helping to make them the best they can be. I've been unable to play in-depth games lately, but watching the change-log posts. Great ideas, PITN. Restricted kits; Small SD options for night-ops; awesome! !trin This soldier is hooked! Will be back to 10 hour tours of duty as soon as I get this dang duplex rented or sold. No luck with the last one, these days. I'd rather play wargames than Monopoly any freakin day!

thanks, bro. Headin up there as soon as next weekend. Can't wait! )edit-no joke, I can't read yours too much - that alien stuff freaks me out, especially when I'm in the middle of nowhere)

I've been shopping for a HOTAS. This one is high on the list, but about the rudder pedals... Would you say they are correct width, or are they..ahem..(*thigh) busters? How confined is a real cockpit with regards to leg spacing in comparison?

I know you'd all rather see Sgt. Mossberg than my homely arse. Good excuse to break out the oil and prep for camping season, too. And I'm not pissed, I guess I just think too hard... See -I was super happy here, all alone in the middle of nowhere for a week:

Cool! Wish I had that one back in HS, too... But thanks to Odell Lake and Oregon Trail I learned....uh...wait, what did I learn? That the life of a rainbow trout is perilous, and wagon are not good ATV's? Oh yeah, & that I love computer games! !gamer

Aside from the GUI, troubleshooting can still take place w/relevant info....any hardware/software/NIC changes? (i got a decade of Win troubleshooting under my belt, but can't interpret the GUI) Just trying to help if no one can pinpoint it faster...

was thinking they at least had a free PP viewer...thanks for the link, Bones! (could you please verify the DL link for Bone's Falcon Guide is a permanent one? I keep getting redirected to a sign up page, unlike yesterday)

Same here... i have ms orifice small business 03 and it doesn't have pp for some reason.

multi-roll_training.rar This is the Multi-Roll Training Tactical Engagement created by Hard-Deck. It contains multiple packages, most F-16, but some F-18 and Mir-2000 packages as well. The various packages cover a variety of roles, munitions, and objectives. All "targets" are BLUFOR friendlies, and therefore pose no threat to the player(s) simulating live fire test ranges. The theater is standard Belkins. The download file Multi-Role Training.rar contains two files; Multi-Roll Training.tac and Readme.txt The readme includes instructions for those not familiar with placing a saved tactical engagement into the proper folder for it to be used in game. The CCRP mission used for the training example in this thread is one of the packages in this training op.

{info Post from our friend Hard-Deck} Recently I was tying to explain to a couple friends the way I use markpoints to line up for a bombing run on a tank column using CCRP. Here are some screenshots to show excactly what it is that I do. Hopefully, this will help anyone who may be having difficulty. Special thanks to BOHICA for his part in putting this together. First get yourself within the 40 mile range required by the GM radar to expand to DBS2. Once you locate the column, hit the 7 button in the ICP labeled, "MARK". You will see, "MARK 1, NO MARK DATA, ENTR TO SET" in the DED, (Data Entry Display). Start by slewing the radar cursor to one end of the column and hit "ENTR" in the ICP(Integrated Control Panel). You should see a blue X appear in the HSD where your cursor is and the coordinates for that markpoint should also appear in the DED. Next, hit the steerpoint cycle button, to select MARK 2, then slew the radar cursor to the opposite end of the column and hit the "ENTR" button in the ICP again. Finally, repeat the process, only this time placing the cursor in the center of the column and hitting the "ENTR" button in the ICP. Now, turn your attention to the HSD in the right MFD and fly towards the 3rd markpoint still showing in the DED. As you get closer, begin expanding the HSD by pessing Right-OSB3. As you get closer, expand the HSD one last time, if neccessary, and decide which direction you need to turn to align your Viper parallel to the column. Turning parallel... Notice the markpoints are now aligned vertically in the HSD, now it's time to extend, I usually go out about 25nm but only 10-12nm is really needed. Once you turn back into the target it is important to remember to hit CZ, (Cursor Zero, Left-OSB9) to re-align the radar with the 3rd markpoint, still showing in the DED. If you look in the HSD, you will see my No.2 pilot, BOHICA. He and I approached the target area in formation and split as we reached our respective columns so we could each extend, already in line with our targets. I knew that if one of us got our bombs off first, it would cause the other column to scatter, so we coordinated with each other so that when we turned back in, we would arrive over the target area and release our bombs at the same time. After bomb release, we were able to immediately form back up and begin our egress. Image Downlod

PITN wrote ... -Option to block 3rd person. Jarema wrote ... Why would you want to do that what is the purpose? If you don't want to use 3rd person then you don't have to but why take it away from everyone? I can't find a just cause for wanting to do that? In PvP, I would agree on removing 3rd person. I use it for driving, so that would suck, but in CQC, you can see around and over walls - wouldn't want to fight humans with that ability enabled. Don't see much problem with it in BLUFOR COOP, unless it's the exact same issue as above...

I have experienced similar problems with this player. He has a few similar names, as well. I believe they found a way to make bans stick now. This person was disruptive in more than one match I've been playing in this last week. Scanning my screenshots now.

This guys is constantly disruptive when he gets bored. He is, at this very moment, shooting up the MHQ and teamkilling here and there. We don't seem to be able to kick him. Name is: Mika Thanks!

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