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Adam Beckett has Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

21 Jul @ 9:51am

This game is so broken, why do I keep playing it??!

... I really do not understand how my old, messed up brain works. Why am I so complicit in allowing to be waterboarded - or rather insta-bombed in SP - by this hopelessly broken campaign missions in this excuse of a game?

OFP had better working NPC AI and scripts (yes, I still have my CD).

I do not remember how many divisions I lost, trying to play the A2OA 'Pathfinder' mission (the tank convoy) ... and spent hours planning, anticipating the bad AI, saving and save-scumming every 10 feet, before triggering the next 'event', as if at any moment an RPG could come out of nowhere (which it also does).

There is this amazing tensity and build-up, making me buy the illusion to feel like a real commander ... until the inevitable happens again and again, some random shot kills me. Despite my caution. Despite the helper scripts.

I could play any other game out of thousands in my PC libraries. I could enjoy myself instead. Live a happy life, flying my F/A-18 or A-10C in DCS over their new Afghanistan map, doing missions ... with working, dynamic enemy AI and working scripts.

Yet, I am a prisoner to this ... excuse of a mil sim.

The addiction runs deep.

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GHOST

21 Jul @ 11:43am

It is a love hate relationship that will always be there, I remember the first time I played OFP back in 2000 or 2001 something like that, (I also have the CD) I was amazed, but at the same time I was very angry because they killed me quite easily, until later you learn how it is everything.

After going through OFP, Armed Assault, ArmA2, ArmA2OA, ArmA2CO, DLC's, ArmA3+DLC's and reaching Refunded... sorry Reforger, I tell you that I prefer to continue with that love hate relationship from "OFP to ArmA2CO"; A3 I don't like it, and Refunded is the worst thing that has happened to the saga and A4 unfortunately will be exactly the same as Refunded.

So I will continue to love this beautiful Love Hate relationship.

Last edited by GHOST; 21 Jul @ 11:45am

GHOST

21 Jul @ 12:51pm

Ok, stopping being poetic, go to the game properties, then to the Betas tab, and select 163_Backup, with this you solve many bugs that will happen to you with 1.64 (don't ask me why, because I don't know, according to the Devs that doesn't happen, or shouldn't happen, but try it yourself and see.) Campaigns work fine with 1.63.

Regarding the AI, in OFP it was fine, then in Armed Assault it was noticeably improved and then in ArmA2 they screwed it up, always talking about vanilla content, you can solve this with mods and/or scripts.
Both AI and vehicle behavior.

Here in this old conversation someone confirms what I say
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/129787-how-is-ai-driving-in-the-latest-patch/?do=findComment&comment=2144268

It is an old topic that has always been discussed, the only way to solve it is by using mods and/or scripts.

You can read the entire thread if you have the desire and time, it is not wasted.

here some scripts

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/87909-convoy-manager/

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/87556-convoy-creator-convoy-control-v10/

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/155840-change-ai-influence-behavior-by-marker/

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/93590-ai-convoy-script/

For the best IA use
GL4 + SLX + Zeus

You have to configure GL4 (Group Link 4), inside the userconfig/gl4 folder you will see the files, you open them with a text editor such as notepad or notepad++ and you choose the options that best suit what you want.

The change will be absolutely incredible.

Last edited by GHOST; 21 Jul @ 12:56pm