SubSim Clowns. We want YOU to behave like an arse!

[Raptor1]

Is the Domination we ran updated to the last version (3.70, I believe)?

Didn't like the Evo much, it was quite stuttery (At least for me), and the fact we went up an enemy that both outnumbered us and was equipped with superior weaponry, field guns, Technicals, BRDMs, choppers and jets while we only had rocket launchers, assault rifles and unarmed vehicles kinda ruined our chances to complete anything...

[HunterICX]

Bah, armor......all you need is a bus full of clowns!

HunterICX

[Raptor1]

Unfortunately that bus wasn't quite as Sukhoi-proof as we thought...

[Dowly]

Is the Domination we ran updated to the last version (3.70, I believe)?

We ran 3.61 Domination.

That EVO mission is pretty unstable, it first gave me a CTD and later it locked the game up what resulted into those ArmA caused BSOD.


Yeh, there was lots of lag even on my end. Domination worked much smoother.

[Oberon]

It was quite fun to be Handyman Clown :yeah: Sorry it took so long to get the ammo crate across to you, the instructions weren't quite clear and it took me that long to find the ammo crates to load them up. Well, actually, first I had to repair and refuel one of the many crash-landed Black Hawks that were littered around the base. :haha: Then I loaded up the crate and came over, obviously my landings were a little brutal hence why it was a bit banged up, and for some reason it was drinking fuel like crazy, so to get back I had to steal the chopper you used to get over there.
Aside from the VDV airdrop it was pretty quiet after the last raid, and even the VDV troopers were a bit...dumb? They stood around and let me pick them off with my Vietnam M14, the only time I was in a bit of peril was when I missed one who surprised me whilst I was refueling the Black Hawk, and that was funny.
I'd just got out of the Black Hawk when a bullet ricocheted off the cockpit, I crouched and looked around and saw a VDV trooper standing no more than a few meters away, he screamed at me so I shot him. :har:
Oh and the Saving Private Ryan moment with the BDRM :har: I'd tracked down the BRDM to one corner of the base, it didn't see me and for some bizarre reason my soldier had decided to discard the AT launcher I'd brought with me so all I had was a silenced SMG. So I opened up on the BRDM with the SMG and it blew up! :doh: Confused I asked if there was anyone else around, and Dowly popped up from the other side of the road with an AT launcher :up:
All in all, quite good fun, I agree that the Evo was stuttery and hopelessly balanced against us, I mean that bloody Sukhoi for one thing and those AT guns, and that's before we got into the town and faced the technicals, BRDMs, BMPs, VDVs and T-72s! :damn: Although my Zombie moment was interesting, I was heavily wounded but still able to point and fire my AT launcher and SMG and the AI would shoot at me, I'd get a bit more wounded but keep going. "You can't kill me! I'm already dead!!" :dead:

[Dowly]

I cant believe you didnt see me Oberon when we were hunting the BRDM. Hell, my first shot missed the thing. :haha:

[Arclight]

Question; what would be prefered: picking your gear from a crate, or be able to select it during briefing (and crate in the mission for reload etc). :06:

[HunterICX]

Crates, since you can always correct your pickings.

HunterICX

[Arclight]

That's still possible, just thinking about adding it to briefing as well. Start the mission with gear of choice, change if desired in mission by using crate.

If noone is going to bother using it, I won't bother adding, just thought it might be handy. :hmmm:

[Dowly]

Crates. Staring at the briefing screen, waiting for people to pick their weapons isn't very appealing to me.

[Arclight]

Point taken. :yep:

Saves a lot of effort anyway, much easier to just drop a crate in there. :lol:

[Arclight]

:huh:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MadVbackup#p/u/7/JirqtbLgLTw

http://www.youtube.com/user/MadVbackup#p/u/4/VOeaDZEWpI4

Hunter, I didn't know you did magic tricks. :rotfl2:

[Dowly]

Not gonna join in tonight, Olympics you know. :hmmm::yep:

[HunterICX]

I recon you're the host of ArmA games now since no-one has issues connecting to your games?

HunterICX

[Dowly]

The hell I know. :haha:

I dont think we need one specific host, if someone doesnt show up, I'm sure some other can host. :hmmm:

I can pop in at the 'usual' time and put the server up on Domination if you want to fool around, but wont be playing nor be on the PC, so if I crash or my modem takes it's last breath it'll take some time before I notice that.

Also, I think Arc has been doing some MP missions (well, atleast one), so if he is willing to host some of his missions then I dont see why not.

[Arclight]

Yeah, working on the second that's more substantial, first was more of a test for some scripts (and slightly unfinished), target practice basically. I already copied everything from the cache to MP folder, should include everything we played since we started playing again.

Little worried about stability though, Arma tends to crash the driver/lock up the system on occasion, though there hasn't been that much trouble since we started playing again. :hmmm:

I'll do some testing, using that -maxmem switch and maybe trying DX sound instead of OpenAL. Maybe just disable that X-fi altogether, see if that helps. :-?

Anyway, the router is set up so we can give it a shot if the need arises. :)

[Dowly]

I can pop in at the 'usual' time and put the server up on Domination if you want to fool around...

Sorry, scratch that. Prolly turning my PC off once I hit the couch. :hmmm:

[HunterICX]

Sorry, scratch that. Prolly turning my PC off once I hit the couch. :hmmm:

No worries, we'll have a game another day.

HunterICX

[Arclight]

Just scrapping it completely then? :06:

[Raptor1]

Can't somebody else host? :06:

[Arclight]

Sure, let's just gather on TS and see if there are players. Got that Evolution and Domination stuff, Dowly's mission, Ingrained Intel, maybe my own timewaster if you feel like tossing some explosives around.

[Raptor1]

Sure, I'll be there, not like I have anything better to do. :O:

EDIT: If only it worked, that is...

[FIREWALL]

We would Dowly but... We're busy making ones of ourselves at the SH5 forums. :p2: :har:

[Arclight]

Firewall, here?! Must be a slow day. :O:

Raptor, GWX is up, or is it the game that's not working?

[Oberon]

nobody expects the dutch disconnection!!

[Arclight]

It's a conspiracy I tells ya! :O:

[Raptor1]

Ah, well, connecting is overrated anyway...

[Dowly]

Everyone available for Mission 2 on Sunday?

[HunterICX]

Sunday sounds good if nothing gets in between.
so SSC Mission#2 is ready ?

HunterICX

[Dowly]

Sunday sounds good if nothing gets in between.
so SSC Mission#2 is ready ?

HunterICX

Yes, #2 been ready for some time now. Working on number 3.

[Task Force]

Err, asked before, dont remember the awnser...

I know the game had diffecent versions, Arma, arma gold, ect. Which one dou youall have... dont want to get the rong one?:yep:

probably gonna Buy it soon... (well Download it... put it on a disc...)

[Raptor1]

Any version of ArmA 1 should do, we're not using the expansion stuff anyway.

[Arclight]

Got the Gold, but as stated the addon is never used.

Sunday? What time Sunday? :hmmm:

[Dowly]

Sunday? What time Sunday? :hmmm:

The usual.

[Arclight]

Alright, than my brother is probably absent, as usual. :lol:

Will be there, of course. :yep:

[Dowly]

Right, cant play tomorrows. Finland-Sweden hockey game early monday morning, so have to go to bed early. :-? Stupid Olympics.

I'll let you know if Tuesday's ok for me in regards of mission #2. There might be a long-ish pause after the 2nd mission due to windows issues. Have to see.

[Arclight]

Blame the Olympics... you score points for originality, I'll give you that one. :O: :lol:

[Dowly]

Ya ya ya, you saw it coming so shut up! :haha:

I'm putting the campaign on hold indefinitely. I need to do a clean install now that win7 RC is expiring, so I'm going to lose everything and it'll take some time to get back to speed. Of course, if I fail to find my CD key (still looking), then naturally I'm out of the ArmA circles for good. :shifty:

[HunterICX]

I guess we saw it comming indeed :haha:

anyhow, nothing more to add then good luck with the big clean/reinstallation then.

HunterICX

[Arclight]

Good timing, fell asleep this afternoon and just woke up thinking I missed the party. :lol:

Good luck, hope you get it sorted. :salute:

[Dowly]

Well, I didn't find the CD key and went back to check the site I got it from and turns out they don't supply the download link to the game anymore, so that's it for me then as far as ArmA is concerned. :shifty:

Ow well, I'm switching to 64bit OS, maybe it gives me the slight boost to the performance I need to enjoy ArmA 2. :hmmm:

[Arclight]

No, no it doesn't. :shifty:

I'm sure we can hook you up with a game if you still want to play Arma. :hmmm:

[Dowly]

Yeah, well, it's only 20€ (gold edition), so wont crash my financial situation if I buy it again. :)

[Arclight]

Next time, bet for money. :lol:

No wait, better not. :O:

[Dowly]

Oh shut up. :shifty::O:

[Arclight]

:D

By the way, does this mean the Clowns are on ice again, or can we keep this rolling. :06:

[Raptor1]

Does that mean we're officially dead again? Would hate for that to happen...

[Dowly]

I can't install my ArmA as the place I bought it from doesn't provide link to it anymore eventhough I have the CD key saved.

So, I'm ****ed.

[Arclight]

Alright, do you still want to play?

And is Hunter still on board?

[HunterICX]

I can't install my ArmA as the place I bought it from doesn't provide link to it anymore eventhough I have the CD key saved.

So, I'm ****ed.

Never crossed your mind to burn the digital copy onto a DVD...:-? you wankah.

no way to contact that place and ask if there's a solution to this?

@Arc: well I was hoping Dowly to be able to reinstall his copy, so we could continue the SCC campaign.

HunterICX

[Raptor1]

Perhaps we can continue playing our usual missions/Domination until Dowly is able to or unable to play again.

[Dowly]

no way to contact that place and ask if there's a solution to this?



I dont think so as they are not selling it anymore i.e. the server doesn't hold the files anymore, not even for backup.

I will have to buy the game some time in the future (this time thru Steam), when that is, I'm not sure. Will have a game or twenty of SH5 now, then get it and start building up my addon library + need to redo some of the custom weapons stuff so it's not going to be anytime soon that much is certain.

[Dowly]

Anyone got the Steam copy of the game? If so, does the mods work as should?

Seeing it's "just" 20€ might buy it today (still takes time to get everything set-up to continue the campaign, but there's always domination to play).

EDIT: Nevermind, Steam doesn't accept my credit card anymore for some reason. :doh:

EDIT2: Oh goodie! The place I bought the game before upgraded their site, now when I logged in (yes, I was planning on buying it from the same wanker site again :O:) and went to my account I saw there was a redownload link for ArmA. :rock:

EDIT3: Well, nevermind that too. Activation doesn't work anymore.

[Raptor1]

Anyone got the Steam copy of the game? If so, does the mods work as should?


Yes.

[Dowly]

Yeh, well doesn't matter anymore. I sent support email to the tits handling the activation of my copy, so hopefully they reset my activation code. :hmmm:

[Dowly]

Right, I'm set. They re-activated my ArmA. :up: I'll see if I can download everything needed to get back to the game over the weekend and maybe have some domination on Sunday if there's enough willing people. :hmmm:

[Arclight]

Willing? Sure. But my install is screwed, think I made a mistake with patching after reinstall. :doh:

Need to get that sorted. :-?

[HunterICX]

Good that your sorted :yeah:

HunterICX

[mr chris]

Hmm will reinstall my copy. What mods do i need?

[Dowly]

What mods do i need?

Umm... Latest ACE to begin with. No idea which arma patch everyone got, tho. :hmmm:

[mr chris]

Umm... Latest ACE to begin with. No idea which arma patch everyone got, tho. :hmmm:
No worries will do a spot of downloading.

[Raptor1]

IIRC it's Patch 1.18 (No idea what the patching order might be), ACE, ACEIP and Avgani/Afghan Village.

[Dowly]

IIRC it's Patch 1.18 (No idea what the patching order might be), ACE, ACEIP and Avgani/Afghan Village.

Right. Thanks. :salute:

[mr chris]

Right Downloading ArmA patch 1.18.
Looking on my hard drive i have got the following.
ACE 1.09
ACEIP 1.13
Avgani 1.5 /Afghan Village 1.0

[Raptor1]

I do believe you need to patch ArmA up to 1.14 before 1.18, and maybe 1.08 before that, not sure.

You need ACE 1.08 before you install ACE 1.09 though, that much I'm sure of.

[Dowly]

1.18 can be installed to versions 1.08 and above AFAIK. :hmmm:

Anywho, updated first post with patch & addon list. :salute:

[mr chris]

I do believe you need to patch ArmA up to 1.14 before 1.18, and maybe 1.08 before that, not sure.

You need ACE 1.08 before you install ACE 1.09 though, that much I'm sure of.

Have got ACE patches from 1.05 -1.09 so im ok there.
That's ok i have got the 1.14 Patch on my HD as luck would have it.

[Dowly]

Domination tonight?

[Arclight]

Fixed my install. :yep:

Might fall asleep before 2200 though, but I'll try to make it. :hmmm:

[Raptor1]

I shall be up for all manner of senseless demolition tonight, hopefully.

[Dowly]

I shall be up for all manner of senseless demolition tonight, hopefully.

I got the latest domination now, let's hope we won't have to deal with attack after attack to our base again. :-? Tho, this pack has lots of other stuff too, so should be plenty to try. The downside is that some of the missions need queen's gambit, which, I have no idea. :hmmm:

Ow, could someone upload my face file from their cache? The faded skull face thingy?

[Raptor1]

Ow, could someone upload my face file from their cache? The faded skull face thingy?

Sure, one second.

EDIT: Done.

[Dowly]

:salute:

[Oberon]

Hmm, it's my turn to Task Force here. Is this 22:00 GMT? If so, since BST has just reared its ugly head that makes it 23:00BST to me which is a bit late since I have to work tomorrow, in which case I'll have to decline.

[Raptor1]

May I ask that we dispense with the clock/timezone explanation of when we are playing and skip to 'X hours and Y minutes from the time of this post'?

Curse you, infernal timezone conspiracy!

[Dowly]

2½ hours from this post.

[Fincuan]

Gonna try to be there, although it's a tough choice... There's "FREEEDOOOMMM!!!" on television at the same time :haha:

[Dowly]

There's "FREEEDOOOMMM!!!" on television at the same time :haha:

Oh ****! :o Goddamn stupid movies coming at the same time. :stare: Ow well, I think I have it somewhere gathering dust. :hmmm:

[Arclight]

Sooo, 15 minutes from this post? Or was it 45 minutes before this post? :doh:

[Raptor1]

TS seems to be out anyway (Yeah, yeah, sabotage and all that)...

[Dowly]

Sooo, 15 minutes from this post? Or was it 45 minutes before this post? :doh:

10 minutes, but TS not up so...

[Arclight]

Maybe should set up TS over here as well. :hmmm:

Had a crack at it once, but made no sense to me. :lol:

[Dowly]

It's not that bad, just the initial setup you have to take care of. Not much to worry about after it. Anywho, I sent Jim message if he can put the server up. :hmmm:

EDIT: Up it is.

[Arclight]

Hurray for Jim! :DL

[Oberon]

I'd better get my M14 then... :rock:

[Dowly]

I'd better get my M14 then... :rock:

What'ya need it for? Aren't you sitting at our base repairing stuff. :O:

[Oberon]

What'ya need it for? Aren't you sitting at our base repairing stuff. :O:

Just in case those screaming VDV rookies show up again :03:

[HunterICX]

Clowns returning with war loot

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/5526/parade.jpg

HunterICX

[Oberon]

A Subsim clowns equation:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4aNto1NiGcY/RdyXT-nZ8uI/AAAAAAAAC3g/uZ9zSr2m9n0/s400/blackhawk.jpg

+

http://www.lighthouse.net.au/Lights/TAS/Cape%20Wickham/Cape%20Wickham%20Lighthouse%20rc%202.jpg

=

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Science/Images/massive-nuclear-explosion.jpg

[Dowly]

LMAO @Oberon :haha:

[Oberon]

The Hunter Launcher

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/5529/hunterlauncher2.jpg

[Dowly]

:har::har::har:

[Oberon]

I'm still giggling about that lighthouse, talk about littoral thinking... :har:

[Dowly]

I'm still giggling about that lighthouse, talk about littoral thinking... :har:

Haha, that was so awesome! :haha: Me and Hunter were on the mainland just to the NW of the island when we saw you come in. I was just thinking "Wow, he's going awfully fast" and KABOOM!! the whole ****ing lighthouse goes up in a ball of flame and we get the side mission completed message. :rotfl2:

[Oberon]

:har: I thought you guys were actually on the island, I came in fast to prevent whatever it was that shot us on the boat from doing the same thing, saw it by the lighthouse and pulled up and right to swing around and duck down and swung straight into the lighthouse. :har:

At least I've sorted the piloting problems (well some of them) that I was having with the helos rudder pedals, it is annoying though that I can't put full collective on the tail rotor to swing her around whilst flying at speed, but I should imagine there's an RL reason for that and it would probably involve me and another lighthouse. :yeah:

[HunterICX]

That was a great game as usual, had some good laughs there.

but yeah, Oberon's Chopper was the highlight of that evening.
Oberon the Engineer, he lives up his task to solve practical problems :D

HunterICX

[Arclight]

Had some nice timing with the satchels during the chicken during. :D

[Raptor1]

Ha, I remember considering swimming further offshore to drop the artillery on the lighthouse, then Oberon solved that problem...

[Oberon]

Oooh, speaking of that Chicken run, did the video come out alright Dowly and Fin?

It was fun buzzing the T-72 and terrifying Dowly :haha: There's a reason that not many people fly Oberon-air.

Must strive to get a AH-64...then we'll kick some arse alright :rock:

[HunterICX]

Must strive to get a AH-64...then we'll kick some arse alright :rock:

Kick some arse?...
by shoving the whole AH-64 up its arse:06:

(ahh..crap I just gave him ideas)

HunterICX

[Dowly]

Oooh, speaking of that Chicken run, did the video come out alright Dowly and Fin?

Got it somehow. Also, got your crash with our looted tank on tape. :yeah:

Must strive to get a AH-64...then we'll kick some arse alright :rock:

Bah, missiles are for pussies. AH-6 FTW!! :rock:

[Oberon]

:rock: Awesome, I look forward to seeing it Dowly :up:

I'd have to expend the missiles and guns first before ramming, but it saves time on reloading and refueling, you have to admit. :rock:

[Oberon]

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/452/hmmmu.jpg

:yeah:

[HunterICX]

Alright, thats it!

note-to-self : If Oberon is the driver, Pilot or Captain you might as well put a gun to your head and pull the trigger.

HunterICX

[Oberon]

Jus doin' mah jub, sir. :salute:

[Dowly]

Rrright, see if you can watch the vid. Propably not as according to youpoop it's kinda blocked in pretty much every country. :haha:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is_3iZLVYJo

[Arclight]

Arma-geddon. :haha:

Nicely done. :salute:

More of the same tonight, or another 2 week break? :O:

[Fincuan]

Good one, although I expect your soundtrack to disappear soon :D

[Dowly]

Good one, although I expect your soundtrack to disappear soon :D

Yeh, propably. Tho, I've noticed that if you give credit to the copyright holders they seem to let them be... atleast for awhile. :haha: Funny, it says it's blocked everywhere in the copyright info panel, but seems to show anywho. :hmmm:

Ow well.

@Arc

I could have a game tonight, if enough people hop in. :hmmm: Tho, prolly another domination round... I got some missions that came with the domination pack, but they are all for 30+ players, so we don't have much chances to do anything in them.

[HunterICX]

those domination side missions are fun to keep us busy for a while I say.

HunterICX

[Arclight]

Just run around, play with guns and have a laugh. Fine with me. ;)

[HunterICX]

:haha: Nice one Dowly, the usual Clown material :har::up:

HunterICX

[Dowly]

Okie, the usual time then... so check your watches, 9hrs. :O:

[Dowly]

Just a heads up, I'm running an open dedicated server for a few hours with the Domination map. More of an test if people can join it. Might ease up any lag issues caused by stuttering on my end if running an dedi instead of normal server. :hmmm:

Subsim Clowns ACE 1.09 is the name, no password.

[Arclight]

Cool, gonna read an article a bit (GTX400 is here) and give it a try then.

[Dowly]

Right, check your ping when you're there (P). :hmmm:

[Oberon]

:hmmm:

http://www.armytimes.com/xml/news/2009/01/ap_black_hawk_crash_011209/011209_black_hawk_crash_800.JPG

:rock:

[Dowly]

http://omglol.kerrolisaa.com/1/9916.gif

[Fincuan]

FYI I've got a laptop that can act as a dedicated server should we need one. It should be able to handle Domi with less than ten players just fine, and iirc I loaded Arma1 and the necessary mods on it already.

[Dowly]

Yeh, that's something to think about.

Anywho, the pings seemed to be a tad lower with the dedi, 4+me and I think everyone had <100. :yeah:

Also, seeing that our old squad page is still online, I'll update it with the new logo and whoever wants to get the tag & logo when on vehicle, PM me your player ID (found in main menu->profile).

EDIT: Don't need Arc's nor Oberon's ID, can see them in the server log.

[Oberon]

Dowly: There's a Shilka SW somewhere
Fin: I'll find it...

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8778/finfindstheshilka.jpg

[Dowly]

Well that sitting kinda stretched from few hours to not so few. :O:

[Arclight]

Didn't do too bad, got some stiff opposition on main objective though. :)

[Raptor1]

Think I came in a bit too late.

I tried dropping HE on the tower, but it said friendlies were in the area, bah...

[Dowly]

Didn't do too bad, got some stiff opposition on main objective though. :)

Haha, aye. :) Should've gone straight for the radio tower with AT stuff instead of trying to pick off the tanks. Not much use taking them out when they're going to get more if the tower is intact. :hmmm:

1. Get MSP near the town
2. Spawn in
3. Wait
4. Watch Oberon kamikaze into the tower
5. Rush the town
6. Parade with war loot and get all the chicks

:yep:

[Fincuan]

I think the tower can only be taken down with satchels, so you have to get up close and personal.

[Raptor1]

No airstrikes to kill the tower either?

Seems like the perfect way to take it out...

[Arclight]

Fired 10 rounds into it from abandoned T90, didn't do much good.

[HunterICX]

those towers are demonic obelisks...explosives packed in sacrificed human skin is the only way to tak'em down

HunterICX

[Arclight]

So are you volunteering any skin? :O:

[Dowly]

[Insert fat joke here]

[Oberon]

Give me a Cobra or a Little Bird and watch the bugger come down... :yeah:

[Dowly]

You're not getting an Cobra! :haha: AH-6 might be balanced enough to not decimate everything. :hmmm:

[Oberon]

Comanche? Apache? Huey gunship? Tiger Moth? :hmmm:

[HunterICX]

[Insert fat joke here]

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/7146/dibujockk.jpg

HunterICX

[Dowly]

:haha::haha: :salute:

@Oberon

I made a version with one AH-6 GAU/FFAR, but you have to wait for 30min to be able to fly that thing. Prolly something to do with the side mission stuff, dont know. :hmmm:

PS. Hunter if you can be arsed to, PM me your player ID. Have everyone else on the squad page except you.

[Raptor1]

If you're going about modifying that mission, can you arrange for us to have a proper amount of ammo for the M109 and Javelin?

[Dowly]

If you're going about modifying that mission, can you arrange for us to have a proper amount of ammo for the M109 and Javelin?

Will have a look see. :salute: Tho, not going to up the Javelin ammo count much, makes it a bit more interesting to not have unlimited use of a pretty much point and shoot weapon to take out the armor. :hmmm:

[Oberon]

I can wait 30 minutes...it'll give me enough time to reach the first side mission with a Black Hawk. :yeah:

BTW, when is the server up? I lose track with timezones, I call it Task Force syndrome. :hmmm:

[Dowly]

I can wait 30 minutes...it'll give me enough time to reach the first side mission with a Black Hawk. :yeah:

BTW, when is the server up? I lose track with timezones, I call it Task Force syndrome. :hmmm:

1hr 45 minutes. :salute:

[Raptor1]

No problem about the Javelin, it's the M109 I want. Got tired of the M110, it's not very accurate and doesn't explode everyone around in a mass of firey doom

[Oberon]

9BST, gotcha :salute:

Seeya there

http://archives.starbulletin.com/2001/02/14/news/artd.jpg

[Dowly]

No problem about the Javelin, it's the M109 I want. Got tired of the M110, it's not very accurate and doesn't explode everyone around in a mass of firey doom

Right. :O: Upped the mag count. :up:

[Oberon]

Be with you chaps in a minute, just sorting out a file. :salute:

[Fincuan]

I saw Dowly's server up already, and also got mine running now. Which one shall we use?

Name: Subsim Clowns ACE 1.09
Pw: none

The server is loaded with a bunch of missions already, but should we want for example Dowly's custom Domi it needs to be uploaded to the server:
1. Make sure mission filename is all lowercase letters. It's a linux-server so this is a must.
2. Go here (http://operaunite.sytes.net/file_inbox) and use the interface to upload the file. Pw is subsim

I'll be a bit late, so would someone please post in this thread if you guys decide not to use the above server? That way I'll know to take it down.

[Dowly]

I say we use your server the next time. I'm not 100% sure all my changes work as they should on the custom domination, so might have to fiddle with it. :hmmm:

I definitely could use a back up, so if I want to hop out from the game to play with my 3D stuff I could actually render something without affecting the server. So, we'll use yours next time, if all goes well, I'm ok with sticking with it from then on. :up:

[Fincuan]

Rgr that.

I'll take it down now, but let me know if you need it.

[Dowly]

Will do! :salute:

[Raptor1]

Is TS dead or just me?

Ah, now it works...

[HunterICX]

Mine's up now

HunterICX

[Raptor1]

Mine's up now

HunterICX

Too late, normal TS works already

[Arclight]

Fell asleap after dinner. :yawn:

What, no more screenies? No movies? :06:

[HunterICX]

You haven't missed much apart from beeing raped constantly by the AI.

with a few people the Domination main objectives just doesn't go that well.

needs to be modified :

-get rid of the AI aircrafts
-put basic material in our base (Tanks, Infantry Combat Vehicles, Attack chopper, Humvee (with MG/TOW))

because going against a objective with 3 - 4 T-90's, 4 - 6 BRDMs and BMPs and ofcourse the rest of the defenders as just mere infantry....it's just frustrating..it's just too much without support of some vehicles.

sorry for the little Rant on TS yesterday guys, I was just tired to deal with the fact I got my butt handed to it.

HunterICX

[Raptor1]

Note to self: do not run forward of the MSP while artillery strike is in progress...

[Arclight]

Jeesh, I can't leave you guys alone for 5 minutes. :roll:

When testing the dedi server, it wasn't so bad. Completed several secondaries and eventually managed to blow the tower. :hmmm:

Took down 3 whirlies, quite a few vehicles and a host of infantry. :D

[Dowly]

We had to attack Rahmadi on both tries so, little to no cover and all the enemy armor in the open didn't really help our cause. Then came the choppers and the jets. :-?

The town we attacked earlier yesterday was much more fun. Atleast you had some cover there. :yep:

As for adding armor etc., I have no idea how it works so that they respawn, need to look into that. Tho, don't except the base to be filled with stuff, maybe two tanks, some strykers and 2-3 "heavy" air attack thingies that don't respawn (so we don't spam them).

Or we can try some of the other missions from the pack. Tho, they are all for 30 players so it's not going to be fair in any case.

PS. Squad logo should be updated and showing properly in-game now.

[HunterICX]

As for adding armor etc., I have no idea how it works so that they respawn, need to look into that. Tho, don't except the base to be filled with stuff, maybe two tanks, some strykers and 2-3 "heavy" air attack thingies that don't respawn (so we don't spam them).

thats great, it gives the engineers a job then

I think, I and Oberon need to work together as Engineers. (because to lift something up you need a engineer as the Crew Chief iirc)

iirc you can salvage any vehicle wreck on the battle, lift them up with the chinook and bring them back to base and drop them on the repair depo spot and they'll be repaired fully and then ready to use.

HunterICX

[Fincuan]

iirc you can salvange any vehicle wreck on the battle, lift them up with the chinook and bring them back to base and drop them on the repair depo spot and they'll be repaired fully and then ready to use.

Nope, at least in the Arma2 Domi it's only vehicles that are given this ability in the mission. I have no idea where this happens in the files, but a glance at the Arma1 and 2 Domination threads at BIS forums should reveal something. People ask questions like this all the time there.

[Fincuan]

Ok I started going through the Arma1 Domi thread, and I'll keep adding what I find to this post.


How to add a new vehicle that respawns (http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1286612&postcount=1058)
How to make certain types of vehicles recoverable by the wreck chopper (http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1221029&postcount=560)
Changing the enemy composition at main targets (http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1093087&postcount=10)
Adding new vehicles to enemy groups (http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1246991&postcount=823)
Changing ranking up (http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1274032&postcount=1004)
How far below the chopper airlifted cargo hangs (http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1270893&postcount=981)
Airlifting (http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1243753&postcount=764)


and most importantly:

!!!!!!!! as really nobody seems to read what I write when a new Domination version gets released, really nobody, Domination should now also run
in a hosted environment. Though I do not promise anything, some things might still only run on a real dedicated server.
(STOP PLAYING HOSTED. You can run arma_server.exe on your own machine side by side with ArmA. If ArmA crashes you can connect again, if the same happens hosted and you are the host, everything is gone).

[Dowly]

Ah, that's cool Fin! :yeah:

@Hunter

Not sure if you can lift wrecks. :hmmm: Need to give it a try.

[HunterICX]

Perhaps it requires some scripting but as I said earlier to the others yesterday evening I used to do that on a public server with the chinook...recover our fallen vehicles when a city was cleansweeped.

you liften them up, and dropped them on a specific spot which presented a workshop between the runways and it takes like a couple of seconds before it repaired.

HunterICX

[Dowly]

Perhaps it requires some scripting but as I said earlier to the others yesterday evening I used to do that on a public server with the chinook...recover our fallen vehicles when a city was cleansweeped.

you liften them up, and dropped them on a specific spot which presented a workshop between the runways and it takes like a couple of seconds before it repaired.

HunterICX

Ah, ok. Never tried it myself, so. :salute:

[Dowly]

Airlifting (http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1243753&postcount=764)



Ow... Umm... the AH-6 can now then lift stuff. :haha:

Need to fix that.

[Fincuan]

I think I found out what needs to be done to make vehicles recoverable by the wreck choppa. See the "collection"-post above. Pretty much everything relevant from the Arma1 Domi-thread is also now listed there.

[Dowly]

Righto, will have a look at that later today. In the meantime, I went in and added some machinery for us. Two tanks, two M113s, A10 & Harrier, AH-6, AH-1 & AH-64.

Atm, everything's respawning, but we all know how accurate the enemy is with it's AA fire, so. :O:

[Oberon]

Things I think would improve the match:

* Remove the jets
* Focus on the side objectives at first to build up respawnable forces.
* Perhaps replace the T-90s with T-72s?

The AH-6 is nice, but against any large scale force such as that encountered on that island, it's nigh on impossible to get close enough to fire without flying into a cloud of bullets, hence why my two attack runs ended up with myself on the deck. Thanks for the save on the second crash btw Dowly :salute:

It's a good mission, but I think that we made a mistake in charging into the first objective without completing the side missions which might give us something we could have used against the island (admittedly tanks are pretty useless unless we could have airlifted them) and then the superior armour and air forces meant that we just couldn't make any headway.

In other news, the Lolwaffles are not flying tonight IIRC, so if you fancy throwing a server up, I'll be along to play Engineer with Hunter :salute: I'll bring the wrecked vehicles back for ya Hunter :yep:

[Dowly]

Ah, yes. T-72s would be nicer opponent. :yep:

I'll put the server up in a few minutes for a few hours to play around with the choppers etc.

[Raptor1]

That island is a nightmare with plenty of cover for the enemy and none for us; perfect tank ground for the T-90s and infantry cover.

[Oberon]

That island is a nightmare with plenty of cover for the enemy and none for us; perfect tank ground for the T-90s and infantry cover.

Idea: Add one Scud missile launcher to our base with a nuclear missile in case that island is selected as our objective again. :yep:

[HunterICX]

A Scud?...nah get a Sub!

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7275/huntforredoctober123272.png

HunterICX

[Dowly]

Haha, Fin's & mine laser/GBU went all well until Fin accidentally pointed his laser to a branch or something next to him. :haha:

Fincuan: 5 min to target.
Dowly: Rgr, circling above.
*moment passes*
Fincuan: Laser up!
Dowly: Rgr, coming in. 2500 meters.... Bombs away.
FINCUAN HAS BEEN KILLED BY FRIENDLY FIRE (DOWLY)

:har::har:

[Oberon]

:har:

Yeah, and next time park the MHQ somewhere sensible so that I don't have to blunder into a tree and kill us all whilst trying to pick it up :O:

[Dowly]

:har:

Yeah, and next time park the MHQ somewhere sensible so that I don't have to blunder into a tree and kill us all whilst trying to pick it up :O:

Haha, blame Fin for that. :haha:

Anywho, the served crashed for some reason while I was out. Back up now. :yep:

[mr chris]

Ah will try and join if that's ok?

[Dowly]

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/fuuu.jpg

[Arclight]

Anyway to get Arma to ignore X52 and accept other stick? Can't map the controls. :(

[Dowly]

Right, I THINK I got rid of the T80s and T90s and the enemy jets. :hmmm:

[Arclight]

Wait, did you say "think"?

Didn't know you did that. :O:

[Dowly]

Wait, did you say "think"?

Didn't know you did that. :O:

Ya ya ya! :stare:

The script for the repairable wrecks seems to have changed (hell that post is 2 years old). Can't find the wreck types anywhere. :shifty:

[Arclight]

Ya ya ya! :stare:
Jeesh, touchy. :roll:

Is it because your brain is hurting from the thinking? :06:

[Dowly]

No, it's because my mother dropped me as a baby which then causes the pain whenever I'm trying to use my peanut sized brains. :hmmm::yep:

[Fincuan]

Anyway to get Arma to ignore X52 and accept other stick? Can't map the controls. :(

Unplug the other stick? IIRC it always uses the stick that has the lowest ID, so changing those IDs might work too. I don't remember how it's done anymore, but there should be an easy-to-use program to do it.

[Arclight]

No, it's because my mother dropped me as a baby which then causes the pain whenever I'm trying to use my peanut sized brains. :hmmm::yep:
Me too! Though it might have something to do with walking through a railing as a kid and falling 2 stories. :88)
Unplug the other stick? IIRC it always uses the stick that has the lowest ID, so changing those IDs might work too. I don't remember how it's done anymore, but there should be an easy-to-use program to do it.
Look into it, thanks. Told windows to set the other one as prefered device, but that doesn't work. :-?

[Dowly]

Server's up again if anyone wants to play. Let me know if you see other tanks than the T72 or planes.

[Dowly]

Updated first post with a heads up about the dedicated server and with an image thingy that show's if it's on or off.

EDIT: Ow and no jets nor other than T72's spotted. :salute: Still haven't got a clue about the repair/lift thing. :cry:

[Raptor1]

Even the T-72s are a pain to take out, so it's still balanced...

[Arclight]

What's the point of engineer in the field? Or is just for repairing base? :06:

[Dowly]

Even the T-72s are a pain to take out, so it's still balanced...

Aye, but lucky we got enough Javelins now. :hmmm:

What's the point of engineer in the field? Or is just for repairing base? :06:

Don't think there is much use for it.

[Fincuan]

Engineers can repair, refuel and rearm vehicles. They should be able to handle one vehicle, after which they have to "refill" the ability at base.

[Arclight]

Dang, so I could have rearmed the captured T72. :oops:

Got blown to bits anyway, so not that it really mattered. :hmm2:

[Raptor1]

I nearly knocked that other T-72 out, but it was just too bloody close...

[Dowly]

So I take your defence didn't hold? :O:

[Raptor1]

We killed the BMP...

...Or at least riddled it so full of holes you couldn't recognize it anymore...

That rampage through the city before the counterattack was awesome though, even if at some points I got distracted when I should've blown things up.

[Oberon]

Is VOP sound compat with ACE and all that?

[Raptor1]

Is VOP sound compat with ACE and all that?

Is it good? I quite hate the stock ArmA sounds...

I think they have an ACE-compatible version...

[Dowly]

VOP 1.19 is ACE compatible, just read the instructions.

[Oberon]

And it won't muck up connecting?

[Arclight]

We killed the BMP...

...Or at least riddled it so full of holes you couldn't recognize it anymore...

That rampage through the city before the counterattack was awesome though, even if at some points I got distracted when I should've blown things up.
Nothing like a MBT to make you feel invincible. :lol:

Untill you run into another one. :shifty:


No worries on the distraction, just ran over a few emplacements, problem solved. :D

[Dowly]

And it won't muck up connecting?

Nope.

[Raptor1]

And it won't muck up connecting?

If it does, you can always disable it; no reason why it should, though.

I'm downloading it right now. Don't forget the config hotfix.

[HunterICX]

nvm

HunterICX

[Raptor1]

Jim's TS is up

I bet he's putting it down, then waiting for you to put yours up before putting his back on again...

[Dowly]

Server is up.

[Arclight]

Moar play? And I was just gonna ask if I could retire. :yawn:

Guess I'll go make sum cuffee. :ping:

[Dowly]

Well you dont HAVE to play. :haha: I have the server password protected atm, but if I don't see people joining in, say 30 min, I'll restart the server without the password just for outsiders to come in if they want. Must say, it's been nice having an open server during the days, everyone plays as a team which was quite surprising to see. :up:

I join in about an hour or so myself.

[Dowly]

@Raptor, Arc & Oberon

Sorry, the server crashed... once again. :damn: Need to have a look at it, I remember some saying they have had dedi crashes with ACE + Domination aswell. :hmmm:

[Arclight]

Just working on my flying skills. :D

Between you and me... they need some work. :88)

[Oberon]

Ah well, not to worry, I'd given up trying to hook the MHQ and rammed it with the Chinook, will have to play with hooking because I'm not sure I got the message to hook, I might have been too low, but that's one for another day.

Good show all round, we took down the objective, armoured cavalry style with some nice lase bombing runs from Dowly and Hunter, Arclight providing some good targets. The Hip when it grew a pair and was joined by the Hind was annoying, so I hit the Hip with a Stinger, didn't get the kill for it though :damn:

Was up on the hillside lasing when I heard some vehicle noises behind me, so I turned around...

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1400/uhoha.jpg
"Erm...hi...erm...don't mind me...just passing through..."

It totally ignored me when I shot at it with my M14 and let me run off to find some cover. :o

Pretty awesome early moments with Hunter too, when our Black Hawk was downed, we both survived and made it out only to find ourselves the subject of an arty barrage, we healed each other and then headed out to find that the arty barrage was concentrated around the Black Hawk only. Then a couple of minutes later some infantry arrived at the Black Hawk crash site and unfortunately one of them spotted me and whacked me. A Shilka turned up shortly afterwards (probably what got us in the first place) and walloped Hunter.

These VOP sounds are pure win, btw, just pure win. Particularly that Shilka. :rock:

[Raptor1]

Nothing like a blitzkrieg to fix an infantry attrition battle...

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/7699/arma2z.jpg

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3422/arma3l.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2161/arma4.jpg

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/6931/arma5.jpg

Though I don't think I want to know what Hunter was doing to the A-10 with that M113...

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/571/arma1z.jpg

[Oberon]

:har::har::har::har::har::har::har:

:yeah:

EDIT: Oooh, that's me in pic 4, I was using you as cover to advance with. :D

[Dowly]

Haha, that Oberon's encounter with the BRDM cracked me up. :har::har:

[HunterICX]

Though I don't think I want to know what Hunter was doing to the A-10 with that M113...

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/571/arma1z.jpg

I was pushing that A-10 back, as my wing got stuck behind one of the hangar doors while taxiing out :shifty:

had a great time practicing with how to bomb laser targets...good fun!

HunterICX

[Raptor1]

I was pushing that A-10 back, as my wing got stuck behind one of the hangar doors while taxiing out :shifty:

had a great time practicing with how to bomb laser targets...good fun!

HunterICX

You know there's a Reverse Taxi button that makes the plane jump back, right?

[HunterICX]

You know there's a Reverse Taxi button that makes the plane jump back, right?

which is utterly useless as it doesn't get me far.
and that button only appears when it feels like so can't use it a couple of times

HunterICX

[Dowly]

had a great time practicing with how to bomb laser targets...good fun!


Aye, it's fun. Just get hiiiigh and throttle down to 50% or so, dive in a slight angle and drop. Pretty much 1 bomb 1 kill that way, so 6 tanks on one sortie. :yeah: I think I was at around 2500 meters when waiting for target, then started to dive and released at 1200-1500 meters. :salute: You're basically invulnerable that way now with no enemy jets around. :yep:

[HunterICX]

Still have to ge used to finding those Targets, its annoying you have to go throught all of the targets in range one by one tapping that tab button.
there should be a button that just solely locks on the laser targets. (the A10 locks on the targets you have in front of you making it easier to lock on)

the A10 is also a beauty to fly, fly like a Stuka Kannonvogel and you can do massive damage. (but unlike the harrier you are vulnerable in the process)

aproach, throttle down and glide in a slight angle, lock on the target and let that maverick go..:yeah: saw one T-72 blow up nicely :arrgh!:

HunterICX

[Dowly]

You have your bombs or your cannon selected when you pick the target? AFAIK, the laser target takes priority over the rest, so you should only have to press TAB once when you have bombs selected. :hmmm:

[HunterICX]

I had them selected, but still I had to go throught all that crap I had on that radar thingy on top of the screen (that box on top) before it after tapping the TAB key throught my desk finally go to the laser targets. :-?

but perhaps I missed something, I just need to practice more.

HunterICX

[Dowly]

Jebus, first modem dies and now a crash. :nope: Seems I'm not the only one, few others are reporting crashes with ACE domination on windows based dedis. :-?

[Fincuan]

Shall we try a linux-based dedi then? I could put the server up in a matter of minutes if needed, and provided that we just played the latest version of your mission so that I can simply snatch it from the cache.

[Dowly]

Shall we try a linux-based dedi then? I could put the server up in a matter of minutes if needed, and provided that we just played the latest version of your mission so that I can simply snatch it from the cache.

Yeh, let's try that. What's the name so I can fetch the image thingy for it too. :salute:

EDIT: Heck, call it SubSim Clowns ACE 1.09 #2 for example, so my server name is not confused to yours if I happen to have the server up at times when you dont.

[Fincuan]

Name will be the same as yours. Should be up in a few min.

[Fincuan]

Ok done. Name is Subcim Clowns ACE 1.09 #2

[Dowly]

Roger boger! :salute:

[Dowly]

Right, that didn't work out that well Fin. AFAIK, Menski was the only one to get to the server. Both me and Arc tried 3-4 times but it always hung up on the receiving data screen. Arc, just put his server up and it went straight to the game with no hung ups. :-?

[Fincuan]

Yeah somethings amiss there as connecting takes ages. Will look into it.

[Dowly]

Rgr that. In the meantime Arc has his dedi up on his 2nd PC. :yeah:

[Arclight]

*Cough* my 1st actually. :O:

That other heap can not be trusted.

[Dowly]

*Cough* my 1st actually. :O:

That other heap can not be trusted.

Ah, right. AAaaaanyways... :haha:

[Task Force]

lol, yea, Got quite a good laugh last night listing to youall

[Dowly]

Some boom boom stuff from the last few days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH8WNPRKvjY

[Oberon]

Very nice, makes me think of:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5413578797286067118#

Are we playing tonight? I'll be along to TS in a moment.

[Dowly]

Very nice, makes me think of:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5413578797286067118#

Are we playing tonight? I'll be along to TS in a moment.

Subsim server #3 has been up alll day.

[Dowly]

Testing of a new airborne assault doctrine. :har:
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/BikeAssault.jpg

[Oberon]

:har::har::har::har::har:

[Arclight]

I can't breath again. :rotfl2:

I call that the bunnyhop-from-ramp-front-flip. :D



I'll leave the server up btw, screw the electricity bill, can't get any higher anymore anyway. :lol:


Just had a flight in AH64, Roque flying me gunning. Took out a boatload of armor before a Shilka got us. :hmmm:

[Dowly]

I can't breath again. :rotfl2:

I call that the bunnyhop-from-ramp-front-flip. :D

Haven't laughed that hard in ages. :har: And you survived! :haha: Rogue's attempt with the ATV was hilarious aswell, landed on front wheels, jumped back into the air and landed upside down. :rotfl2:



I'll leave the server up btw, screw the electricity bill, can't get any higher anymore anyway. :lol:I think you can shut it down during the nights as Europe's sleeping. (well, most of us are, anyway :O:) But hey, it's your bill. :D

I just hope everyone can connect it ok, as like I said, the ping issues is there, can't see it on the server list, so something's blocking it sending all the info around. Also, can't see it on the server search here: http://stats.swec.se/server/list

[Arclight]

Did some serious damage and we need to do that interogation mission next (or what was it?). Kinda nice to have it persist; at least we didn't haul all the busted and captured vehicles back for nothing. :hmmm:

And we still need to find the Little Bird. :DL



Wake up tomorrow, check the game and find out some twat has blown everything to bits. :shifty:

*ah yes, maybe check router, but it worked fine the whole time.

[Dowly]

Wake up tomorrow, check the game and find out some twat has blown everything to bits. :shifty:

You seemed to get around pretty nicely cleaning the base up, so I except everything to be shining when I join in tomorrow. :O:

[Arclight]

Crud... I uh, have to go... do something. :D

Left the MHQ and Black Hawk on the taxiway. :oops: :lol:

[HunterICX]

Wake up tomorrow, check the game and find out some twat has blown everything to bits. :shifty:

If there's crates of beer and beer bottles scattered all around the place, panties on the rotor blades and other vehicles and there's loud snoring comming out of one of the hangars....then it has been Dowly :D

HunterICX

[Arclight]

I didn't know Dowly wears panties. :hmm2:


Latrines need cleaning, any volunteers? I'd ask newbie Ben, but he ran before I could open my mouth. :nope:

[HunterICX]

I didn't know Dowly wears panties. :hmm2:

Let's say you'll be the one to explain some things to angry dads :D


Latrines need cleaning, any volunteers? I'd ask newbie Ben, but he ran before I could open my mouth. :nope:

I just remember I have to do some....ehm....*runs*

HunterICX

[Arclight]

It's alright, I see Fin is in there. :D

They better be spotless when I get back (fixing a laptop).

[Dowly]

If we blow the latrines up, do they respawn as good as new? :88)

[HunterICX]

If we blow the latrines up, do they respawn as good as new? :88)

I think its better now to blow them up :D
lets say, our vehicles and base do not require a brownish camouflage

HunterICX

[Dowly]

Hmm... good point.. :hmmm:

[HunterICX]

you get something similar as this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_t44siFyb4

the infamous whale blow up

HunterICX

[Dowly]

Very nice, makes me think of:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5413578797286067118#

Are we playing tonight? I'll be along to TS in a moment.

Gawd this vid is awesome. Watched like 15 times already. :haha: BOOM! :yeah:

[Oberon]

:salute: Gotta love the Harrier, took us a while to get it right but it's a killer now :rock:

This vid is also pretty awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSpBCx4Eowc

Well made :D