(Review Completed) [SP] Abandoned Armies

[456820]

oh yeah i forgot i was going to test this lol i got carried away in the scripting part of ofp ive just made a jam scpipt now my poor rifles can get jammed anyway i stopped when i could at the lodge i even swung my weapon on my back because i noticed i was told to 'halt' so i did after about 10 seconds nothing hapend so i stepped forward and then he said 'halt or ill fire' then the cut scene happend
NOTE - have the unit fire up in the air (without killing the player) to make it seem he means buisness

[THobson]

anyway i stopped when i could at the lodge i even swung my weapon on my back because i noticed i was told to 'halt' so i did after about 10 seconds nothing hapend so i stepped forward and then he said 'halt or ill fire' then the cut scene happend

Is this what happened when you kept dieing?

NOTE - have the unit fire up in the air (without killing the player) to make it seem he means buisness

Nice idea.

@All:
I am now updating my list of Beta testers to ensure you all get a mention.  A couple of points:

MachoMan: Not hearing the wolves I feel is not quite enough to qualify - but if you have anythiing else to report I will happily add you as well.

Captain Winters: Equally

[456820]

all the way back to the begining

Mission
this time at the begining i noticed no noise for about 10 seconds then after it i hear a tank battle well more like a tank shooting at a target with some small explosions ?
anyway get up the hill through the fence (why not a small patrol at the fence ?) i get to the town shoot the men get the cutscene, everyone else seems to see these 2 killers who killed that girl but the thing is i dont i just ride down the road nd no one to be seen ?
At the lodge fingers crossed YAY NO KABOOM im alive so i sorted out my squad and saved the game
And i think ill tackle this tommorow

[XCess]

>Patrol at the fence
Imagine that... you spend ages trying to get up the hill and then you get shot in the back by a patrolling loon. Fun.

[Pilot]

I would say no to the patrol at the fence.  This mission is hard enough without having to dodge patrols that early in the game

I'm sorry I haven't done much lately.  I am still testing, but not very much.  Other OFP projects, as well as real life, have gotten in the way.

-Student Pilot

[SEAL84]

Grabbing latest version...time to take it from the top yet again ;D

[Uber-Pea]

i will restart the mission soon, as too many of my loons have been killed imo. friggin tanks. the standard save i will do at the lodge and then i will fist take out a few jeep patrols etc for my squad to rise in experience, but mainly for not getting annoyed by em later. maybe you should add a delete body script after 1 hour or so...the missions uber-laggy

btw, i got a P4 2500 GhZ, 512 MB DDR RAM, only a geforce 4 Ti 4800 SE, thats it mainly. only get a benchmark of about 5000. what to be done, couldnt find a site to get support for this :/

[456820]

okay im going to carry on and so far ive found this very easy even though i know its going to change but anyway i turn on the radio and get the message for help from the civillians and i bord my men in the truck and set off i reach there no trouble get a cutscene wich is quite nice but how about having that man kneel instead of standing up in that hut ?
nice touch with the music player but how about being able to chose a track?
anyway i set off back hom hoping i can get there with as much trouble as i got here (basically none) at this moment im already thinking of a plan (wich is good like a real situation requires tactics) hopefully mine will work save as many civillians and get as many men and attack one of the least guarded fuel bases and hope they have some good equipment such as tanks, choppers, or maybe even weapons will do me.
anyway back to the game ohh i think i hear a tank or a truck im not sure so i hop out of my truck hoping the radar will become useless with out a driver and it worked so i get back in once its clear and set off again

i get home and i am greeted with another cutscene again nice, i then relised in the briefing some civillians so i decide to reorganisemy team so ive only got me and one more soldier and then we can search for the second group near the forest so i do but relise im not aloud to take people out of my squad ? what a shame so i have to keep them in my group so i leave them at the lodge and take a guy to help and boar that jeep and set off

Okay i get to their camp and am greeted with yet another great cutscene and am told some things and i tell the medic to go to our camp why dont they board my truck ??

Anyway i love the way you create such a good atmosphere after no fighting i think that about 100 loons are going to bombard me but yet they dont, so far this is a great mission even though i havent even fired a whole magazine yet lol.

AHH what to do now. im thinking of attacking but i only have 7 men not really good enough so i go to my radio and relise theirs no turn on option so i cant see if there are any more civi groups, and ive rescued all the groups so far apart from the objective didnt tick off maybe cause the civillians arent here yet from the second journey and ive also noticed that 2 choppers are circulin our little camp so i decide to sit back and wait for the choppers to clear off and the second group to get here

okay now that medic guy gets hear that was fast as he was on foot but no civillians so no cutscene wich tells me more info persumibly that there is one
right now im hearing one of the most anoying noises in the world okaysecond the crazy frog is worse anyway it sounded at first like a monkey wich is screeming and losing its voice at the same time then it sounded like someone yawning then i rememeber something about wolves and from the a mount of what ever that noise is it sounds like im surrounded.

right civillians get here and objective ticks im now wondering what to do now.
dont have enough men to fight
cant be bothered going all the way to houdan
i decide to look at my men's stats on the goup section of the briefing and they are alll experts ?? i thought the more we fight the better we get ?

i decide to take the odds and attack Larche, hoping i wont lose any men, and find some civillians also what do the civillians help do they fixed that house and thats it do they do anything else ?
I zoom in on the map and have a good look at where abouts to attack from, somewhere with plenty of shrubbery and plants and on the oposite side alot less shrubs and plants so the enemy cant hide aha i shall attack from the south west

Okay i line them all up and give them targets and then when there all ready 9,5,3,3 all fire bang bang bang aload of men drop dead all report status all alive now aload of men just apear from no where an we lose a few men i think ive cleared the town but a team mate reports an M1a1 so i order everyone to get at weapons and line them up we take out the M1 and i just miss the vulcan then the vulcan wipes the whole squad out including me.

So i think that wasnt the best idea so im going to rethink my plan and restart later on today

Overall so far
excellent no bugs just a few things that could be added like some dead civillians in larce and also how about a few alive civillians in larche when its secure ??
good voices good use of using the different kind of font for voices, good cut scenes and everything is great

ill continue later

[THobson]

So i think that wasnt the best idea so im going to rethink my plan and restart later on today

Lol ;D

Overall so far
excellent

Thank you

few things that could be added like some dead civillians in larce

The soldiers in the north are tidier than  those in the south.  They don't leave bodies about.

and also how about a few alive civillians in larche when its secure ??

How do you know there arn't any?

As for my run though.  It is now 5pm and the Northrons have just launched an all out attack on Chapoi (I will make that easier to make happen in the next version).  I am now back to trying to capture Dourdan.  This time from the Northrons - in the dark

[456820]

How do you know there arn't any?

i dont im just guessing

just a few things
1) do you have a day script in it
2) Why didnt i see a single convoy on the road ? or is that for later
3) what do the black arrows mean on the map is that were the enemy is moving if so ive got a good idea but i still need to capture larche for the mines and satchel carges
4) a good idea have an action to 'put crate in vechile'
like i could put an ammo crate in a truck so i can take it home then unload it at my weapon stash

[THobson]

1) do you have a day script in it

What is a day script?

2) Why didnt i see a single convoy on the road ?

Maybe a different road.  The convoys and jeep patrols are moving almost continuously.

3) what do the black arrows mean on the map

In the briefing it is explained that these are the front line towns, the arrows show the direction the armies are facing at that point - and the direction they will move in of they attack

4) a good idea have an action to 'put crate in vechile'

That is a good idea.  Not difficult to do - but I think the mission is already too laggy.  I am really looking to cut things out.

[456820]

What is a day script?

like a script wich makes the sun rise and sun set basically make the day go forward.

anyway ill try to get back to this later on

[tudders]

What a great mission this is  ;D  I went lone wolf in La Trinite and picked up an hk and saved.  Big mistake, a huge squad from the north descended on me.  Many retrys later i finally eliminate the squad but cant make an escape as a m1a1, a t72 and a vulcan roll into town.  Use a satchel charge on the m1a1 which kills the crew and then i use the abrams to take out the t72 and vulcan before im jumped by a t80 and m2a2.  Damage the t80 and take at the bradley so im now left with a m1a1 and a t80.  So now im gonna go on a rampage with my new tank platoon, houdan doesnt stand a chance  

Just 1 question, does the war between the north and south start automatically or does the player have to trigger it?

[THobson]

456820:
No.  The day progresses at one second per second.

tudders:
Well you seem to have got into an interesting situation.

If the player does nothing there will be no war.  I spent weeks making sure. this would happen every time.

[456820]

No.  The day progresses at one second per second.

really like that wow just like real life well i meant a slight bit faster so you can tell a slight difference but anyway again with the mission

ive got new tactics this time but i had to save those 2 groups of civi's again becuase i forgot to save anyway im back to where i started so i decide to attack Arudy because its small and shouldnt  have as biger dences hopefully im right

Question why do i constant hear weird noises like tanks and people firing laws and m16 shots when none of my squad has fired a round yet ??

We took the town and got some message saying put up the malden flag to show them weve arived, okay so i did how about an action like erm the medic one to make it look like your winching up and down the flag ?

oh yes we lst soldier 3 who i think is that gut who was going to get married to tatyana and wanted to kill soldier so well for that lol.

now im not to sure what to do i cant attack larch due to ive lost one man and i couldnt do it before so what am i to do

A) i could take out the fuel base near Chapoi (also i noticed a mis prenounciation of chapoi look on the official campaign it has it there.
B) i could take my odds and take larche
C) i could search for more men wich i doubt ill find any apart from that forest near la trinite but i heard firing from that direction so they might of been compromised and dead
D) Try destroying some convoys hoping for some heavy weaponry such as jeeps with machine guns, or maybe even a tank

ill have a good think and get back to this
Keep up the great mission