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Hi TP, good points mate. There is a post made every time we have to update any of our addons/mods for the server so it should be available for everyone to see but if that isn't working then we can always look at improving that. The time schedule is a tricky one to get right, we usually have someone around in TS most evenings my time (19.00 onwards) so these rules will apply to anyone who wants to play in server 4, if you and some of the other guys want to jump in and play and I join after you have started then I will wait until your mission is over and then come in. Because of the usual time zone issue we have people joining and leaving through the evening so the best suggestion is to drop in when you want to play and see whose about, but if people would like to try and organise some permanent times I am more than happy to give it a shot. I will be around this weekend evenings my time so if people want to come and play then that would be great.

Gentlemen. I think we can agree that everyone who currently wants to play ArmA in Sparta is now in a position to join our servers and take part in the games without any major issues. During the past few weeks we have gone to great lengths to resolve all of the many different problems people were having, right up until Sunday when our newest potential player needed assistance. As you are all aware to get ArmA setup to join one of our servers from scratch can be a time consuming procedure, but one that we feel is our responsibility because we created the servers that way, but now the time has come to start concentrating on the missions we all want to play. Beginning this weekend we are going to introduce a new protocol for server 4. Gaming time is going to be just that, once we are in the server we will not be involved in sorting out any game related issues, we are all adults and more than capable of solving any problems prior to joining the server so if anyone has any issues then please PM either X-Wind or me and we will either find the solution for you via the PM or we will arrange to meet you in TS and get it sorted out, I would suggest that everyone keeps a check on the ArmA forums to make sure that they keep up to date with any new patches, addons etc that may be needed (we all know that ArmA/ACE likes to update these files frequently which is out of our control but necessary for us to do to prevent any in-game issues) and maybe fire up your game in the days before you think you might be able to play and make sure that you can join our servers with no problems, if you do have setup issues contact us asap and we will get them squared away. In the past we have been in the server as a group, either in the middle of a mission or just about to start, and people (not only Spartans) have been jumping into TS with game setup related problems and expecting then to be sorted out there and then, you must admit that if this is the one night that you could get a game and it kept on being interrupted you would get frustrated and eventually stop joining and we want to prevent that from happening, so lets get these things done and dusted during the down time so that when you join to play you know that is all we are going to do. This will also let us concentrate more on testing some missions just for our servers including some of the fun stuff like the HAHO/HALO jumps and fastroping which is available and getting people in to give them a run. Once a mission has begun there will be a 5 minute window during which time we will carry out one restart for people who have seen the server/TS occupied, are setup properly and want to jump in, but after that 5 minute window the mission will continue until it has been completed, the team inserted has been wiped out or there are only one or two players left and they are happy to end it, at that point anyone who has waited will be able to get in and we will start a new one. All of these things are being implemented to improve the gaming experience for the people who want to join server 4 and will not affect server 3 for people who enjoy that format. Please feel free to add any other suggestions you guys think will help improve our gaming nights or if there is anything here you might want clarifying. Now, lets play...

I have to agree mate, compared to the pre-game Arma vid's that came out this seems better, it's going to be down to gameplay in the end. Arma 2 has come out of the box as we thought it would like a beta release and not the final item, will be fun finding out who got it right in the end. It may be that there are both good for different reasons so we get a win win situation, fingers crossed.

In no particular order, you know who you are.. Insertion: The burning and multiple chutes issue: (You can see new ones opening from the empty chutes) Misc: Thanks to X-wind clearing the camp we blew the kahoona out of it: T72 took 5 charges before it went up in flames: (also secondary explosions) God that's one ugly bugger: (even underwater) Good games all.

I rely on in-game sound as much if not more than what I can see, I often hear the enemy before I see them, and can turn my character to pinpoint the location.

Haven't been taking many shots lately but here's a few from Klurs: Cy: X-Wind: T1: Morgan: "Ah, there's the hut":

Nice vid, I wanna be an underwater demo guy....

Lol, that brings back some happy memories, I would be picking people off all day long as a sniper moving from one spot to another, I even took a look at the latest Delta Force 2 demo the other day but it wasn't even as good as JO. Is this just the vanilla JO or are you using the expansion as well? I have both, it might be worth reinstalling it if enough people fancy giving is a shot (no jumping to into fully loaded Blackhawks and detonating the satchels, a la Custard recently in Arma) Lmao

I am more than happy with our current server 4 setup so I will wait until the UK version is released before getting it.. I may "preview" it when it comes out though just to put some personal concerns to the test..

There is an option in ACE in your cfg files which will give a minimal gui option or you can use something like "Truemods" http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=1750 Which you will have to play around with to get it set up as you'd like but it does the job..

I don't have any ingame gui on mate.

Np mate, it was great to see you back in the server again, hope we can get some more games in soon..

It was really great to see a good number of guys playing last night, and thanks to Durka and T1 for jumping in and showing us how it's done, or in T's case how it's done badly.. Here are a couple from last night and some from a few games ago: Durka: Some scenery: X-Wind and Durka:

Excellent information, done and done, thanks..

This is the link for the maps we are using right now Durka, http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=3525 But I also have a few other Afghan/desert ones that I've been looking at so see if there are any here you might want us to try. http://www.armaholic.com/list.php?c=addons_islands When you have some free time and want to jump in the server again just grab the files posted here by X-Wind and you should be good to go: http://www.legionofspartans.com/forums/ind...?showtopic=3668

TrackIR was one of those toys I considered getting in my flight sim days but once I started to play more FPS and less flying it became less important, when I am in Arma I must spend as much time in my "Freelook" as I do looking ahead, any time I am crossing an open area I am sweeping left and right for targets, and even with my weapon up I will still check my left and right flanks with the "Freelook" in case I am getting flanked, I even have a hot key on my mouse just for that reason. Maybe it's time I looked at getting a TrackIR again, after all I still love my flight sims as well..

The latest rogues gallery, X-Wind/Medic/Dai/Custard/Morgan... Don't let Dai drive: lol Poor wounded Custard: That has to hurt Dai: Sniping team: What happens if you hit the laser by mistake: lol The culprit:

Happy Birthday Pro, same age as me you lucky boy...

I look forward to giving this a shot mate, thanks

Great stuff, let us know when the servers have got it X-Wind, Thanks..

Great job guys..

That is such a basic error Medic that it actually has me concerned about how many other bits they have messed up. I have to be honest guys but for me that video not only sounded awful, but I hate the huge squad faces in the bottom left and thought the graphics were leaning towards the more arcade style of gaming, based on this video alone I would be in no hurry to get it. I always knew that out of the box Arma 2 was never going to compete with our current setup in server 4, but if this is an example of how the end product is going to look then I fear that it's going to take the Arma community longer that I thought to make it something I would be interested in.

What key do you have your "optics" set to in controls mate that should bring up your sights...

I've seen this mentioned before mate what system are you running? http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=617015 http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin/ikon...8;t=62503;st=90 Maybe take a quick look at what they have to say and see if any of it makes sense, some people mention that it may be an OpenAL issue, not sure if you have looked into that.

Nice work mate and it makes playing the missions a lot more enjoyable now that we don't have "dead" enemies suddenly popping back up and getting a second go at us..