HL2.net Arma 2 Ace 2 Information Videos

What is the ACE mod?? To be honest I'd never expect anything more then lots of bugs but there just seemed to be tons of game breaking bugs that stopped us playing all together and we just ended up finding it all very frustrating.

Is the mouse smoothing an option ingame? I can give it a go for sure Though it might not even be installed right now.
 
Yes tomorrow as in tomorrow (now today for us). :v

Stormy, we still occasionally have problems with certain people disconnecting, but on the whole it's pretty smooth once we get going.
 
Stormy said:
What is the ACE mod?? To be honest I'd never expect anything more then lots of bugs but there just seemed to be tons of game breaking bugs that stopped us playing all together and we just ended up finding it all very frustrating.
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ACE stands for Advance Combat Environment, and its basically a realism mod that adds a TON of features. Raz made some awesome videos showing off some of them and how to use them in the first post of this thread. Check them out. As for the general bugginess, it seems to have been well patched at this point. One of the reasons I was hesitant to pick up and play with these guys initially was because the SP was so broken, but honestly, if you download and play user missions cooperatively, its a blast, with almost no bugs ever.

I may not be able to make it tomorrow (tuesday). If you meant today, then I can for sure.
 
I meant today, as in 2 hours 15 min from now.

And too bad you didn't ask earlier Stormy, you missed the big sale.

And ditto what everyone else said about playability, it seems the only "bugs" we've encountered recently were a couple missions (user made) we couldn't end.

Edit: Also some new talk of Arma 3, quoted from a guy who went to Gamescom (with super cool bolding):

-In terms of AI improvements, the focus will be set on improving the macro AI and improve the CQB aspect of the game.

-Another nice aspect of the game and the environment is the wildlife. There will be animals such as dogs, sheeps, donkeys, butterflies, sharks and even snakes! An authentic environment has always been a big strenght of Arma. Arma 3 will feature a four times more higher Terrain-Texture and therefore the data streaming is also going to be improved. Smaller objects will have a larger draw distance and even locations such as backyards will be modelled with a huge love for detail. You can also expect a lot of eastereggs as usual

-The FLIR system is also going to be improved meaning you will be able to see more of your environment and everything will have its propper heatmap.

-There was a custom reload animation for every weapon i have seen in the game and Pettka told me they want to continue with this. Also keep the in- and out-animations from TOH in mind. The animations itself will also contain more information inside them, so expect some nice changes. As i already mentioned with the example of the GM6-Lynx, the reload animations were outstanding even though still WIP. During the complete reload procedere i heard every sound i would expect, which leads us to the next point: The soundengine. There will be a much higher limit of samples and you can expect a whole new level in vanilla soundquality!

-PhysX will be used for every vehicle, water simulation and other ingame interactions. PhysX gives the ability to simulate the slickness of surfaces, simulating ropes ( fastroping will be supported) and loading vehicles onto trailers and much more.

-Shockwaves are also going to be simulated correctly as a force affecting other objects in the environment.

-Blending from animations to ragdoll and active Ragdoll should be possible in the engine. Dismemberement should be possible but will not be in vanilla.

-The LOD-System will be improved so there are no more X-looking trees in the distance.

-Render to texture is currently causing some problems in terms of performance which is especially valuable for PhysX but its being worked on.

-There is a high chance that there will be underground structures like in VBS2

-Another nice thing: Lord Ivan said, he would like to have the ability to go hiking and climbing, so there might be a chance of being able to do things like abseiling etc. Nothing more yet. He just said he would like to see it.
 
Gosh that sounds swell. Unique reload animations solves one of my major cosmetic gripes with 2.
 
Steam is down atm, but Viper's online and we're getting in Mumble, ready to play. Hop in!
 
Recorded an hour long mission (cut to 30 minutes) of Arma 2 solo. This game is incredibly tense when you're playing by yourself.

This is sort of like a Let's Play, as it's an entire mission, narrated, with only the dull parts cut out. I subtitled all my narration.
Macbook recording on my lap, so the quality isn't great. It is available in 720p though.

 
Mostly convenience. I don't have Fraps, I didn't feel like getting it and running it, didn't want to have to record my microphone and mix it in, didn't want it bogging down my system. It was kind of a spur of the moment thing. I was like hey my macbook can record video and I have Premiere on it, let's try this.

It's really more about the experience than being able to see all the details with clarity. Though I can understand if it hurts your eyes or something. I think it's OK.
 
To contrast your cam video, here's a 1920x1200 video (I didn't even know youtube supported non-16:9 resolutions) of one of the missions from last night. I'll upload the nighttime one where we kept getting our asses kicked when I have time to render it out.

 
After fully updating arma 2 and oa, and using veggy's guide to installing ace, I get this

acepilotf14_1314918159.png

why.avi
 
Run Combined Operations and tell me what version the game is.

Also, make sure your ACE shortcut is for arma2oa.exe
 
There we go. Got it all fixed up now.
 
I'm good to go, I just need to get familiar with the controls, which I'll do on my own and with raz's nice videos.
 
I am a trainee airman.

Using mumble right?
 
Project Reality is now out for Arma II. I wonder how that is.
 
Installed it. Lots of UI changes. But it looks like this mod is meant for PVP. There's a couple servers with 50+ players in them, even one with like 90 people, I'll try joining one.

Edit: This seems like it would be really fun PVP with a lot of people, but my game keeps crashing and it's hard to get into servers because everyone's waiting for a slot.
 
Got my crashing issues fixed. I've been having a lot of fun playing this in the games where we have an organized squad. It's definitely a great mod, with very little bugs for a 0.1 beta release.
 
50% off everything Arma, again, this time from Gamers Gate.

http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/games?prio=relevance&q=armaweekend

If you want the games please ****ing buy them now instead of showing up in chat two days after the sale ends and expressing an interest because Vegeta will yell at you. You need Arma 2 and Operation Arrowhead to play with us. Don't get Combined Ops, it's just those two games but dearer for some inexplicable reason.
 
Less than 12 hours 'til the mysterious reveal of something on the arma 3 site.
 
10 bucks says its something lame that we already assumed would be in it.
 
20 bucks says it's a DLC announcement.

Yes, I am trying to ruin your fun.
 
thirty bucks says it's an anime adaption
 
I downloaded PR last night, me and a few friends shall be playing it. Let me know if any of you play and we can try get a squad going!
 
I'm usually in one of the TG servers. My name is Veggies, maybe I'll see you around.
 
By the way the countdown looks to have been for a website redesign. They just have some info on the factions and maybe a few new screens from what I can tell. Woo.
 
They're starting to release some high quality videos that go through the Gamescom demo. So nothing new there, but it is nice to see and hear it in full quality. The ambient music during the underwater sequence was kind of impressive.




According to the site, they're going to be releasing more info and media now that the site is updated with sections to fill.
 
The 'Taking uniform from enemy soldier' part is dumb since he just shot the guy, wouldn't the uniform have a lot of blood splatter on it which would be sure to arouse attention from the enemy soldiers?

Sorry, I can't help but nitpick.:p
 
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