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Whaddaya mean the ending was shite? It’s the only SP game I ever completed without getting bored of the linear increase in the size of the baddies and end-of-level baddies.
It’s the only one I ever completed. Always before I gave up in disgust, even with HL 1.
The patch is an improvement. I’ve increased my view-distance from 1.1km to 2.km wihout losing any fps.
I’m now running at 24-37fps, sometimes dipping to 17 for a second but not in the same way that happens in EA games…
In EA games, you lose fps when you need them, like those everyday situations where you (realistically 😆 :lol:) charge into a room with 5 heavily-armed enemies and try to take their dogtags with your knife :roll:. Your fps takes a dive and surprise, surprise, they manage to kill you.
In Arma, your fps might dip when you spawn as all that lovely scenery is streamed and when you take off in an aircraft from a valley and the view opens up enormously. You’re always fine in the thick of the action.
In ArmA, some players get their lowest fps in woods and forests whilst others (like me) take a performance hit in urban settings. I was happy in urban combat with 17fps: it worked ok.
I’ve had games with server-glitches where everyone was on very low fps (e.g. 4fps or 7fps) for extended periods (until server restart). The lowest enjoyable fps is 15fps, I’d say. Lower than that and you can’t properly interact with the environment or the human/AI players in real-time. 15fps is enough to pwn if you’re any good and having 50fps won’t make any difference to the outcome.
ArmA rocks. Burning wreckage is noticeably more good-looking in the patch. I was playing a night mission and did it without NV goggles. I obvserved the way the light varied according to whether the the moon was behind clouds or not. The gunfire tracer and explosions and fires just get better and better.
FORGOT TO MENTION: headshots are FIXED. Proper stealth missions are go again. You too can take out a patrolling column of Especas one-by-one from the rear without anyone being the wiser. Background: patch v1.05 broke headshots which are silent kills so all headshots went to the chest and elicited a dying cry from the victim, thus alerting anyone within a significant radius.
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I’m on girlfriend duty from tomorrow until the following Thursday so I’ll be a week behind everyone else to play this.
Do sort out the glitches, bugs and workarounds for me, won’t you, chaps?
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@=XDC=NeonSamurai wrote:
What a top chap you are Fenix. I don’t have ArmA yet, but you’ve given me a great incentive to get it.
shucks 😳
Well I’m glad to hear it! But I haven’t seen it done properly. Usually very Keystone Cops or whatever.
You got nOm there to help with the smallprint, Daz? Good thinkin’!
It is funny to watch (the video! :lol:) but it reminds me of a sad case in my town which made it to national news earlier this year. Bored mothers were videoing their toddlers fighting and goading them on to more and to have revenge etc. One kid in particular was crying and just wanted someone to protect him. Obviously he’s a wuss but he was the youngest there and had only just learned to walk.
Ice-hockey is a bit sad really. Pad up and act tough? No, that doesn’t work. Take that shit off and let’s see what ya got! :twisted:.
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