[DCS - Simple Radio Server - Testing]

wilco! also is that my guns kill? looks like it from  yesterday  awesome

I think he was running out of fuel or something because he was really burning away from me at one point, then when he thought he had enough distance he went back to like an economy cruise, i locked him up so he went back on the burner, then when he thought he had gotten away again i just turned off the radar and snuck up behind him. alternatively the ai might have just bugged out.

[DCS - Simple Radio Server - Testing]

just be careful around those migs  a definite wake up call

[DCS - Simple Radio Server - Testing]

roger!

interested, weekend plans are that i go to our lass's on friday afternoon, come back sat urday evening.

So I should be around for sunday

[Wacky and Wierd]

8 hours ago, TheScar said:

 

 

 

To give you a serious answer,

 

public play will result in the general public doing as they please, it's natural that they would bring toys to side missions.

 

for more structured public play try the modded servers. planning, execution and communication is more focused there.

[New web and forums feedback]

17 minutes ago, Scruffman said:

It loads a fuckload quicker now though so that's the biggest improvement thus far. I'm sure the layouts, etc. will be clearer once the staff has had enough time to tinker with things.

 

I agree, let's not forget the old website wouldn't load at all.

 

There was literally no option to keep it even if we wanted to, there were plans for a new website for ages, but under my rule I couldn't get it accomplished, so i doth my hat to those involved in sorting this out. you know who you are fellas

[New web and forums feedback]

Hardly anybody  likes change at first. Before you dish out your constructive critiques (which I applaud you for doing instead of throwing toys everywhere) I would recommend letting them finish it up. 

 

Give it a couple of weeks 

[Please No Forced Push to Talk in EU3]

<-- the executioner, not the judge. I am making it so that exceptions can be added. so if you're communication discipline is way above average they may decide on a case by case basis to lift the restriction on your client

[Marksman are pretty useless at night]

Just read the forum title, sorry i've not read the posts (no time, about to go to work)

 

but marksmen are useless all of the time ayyyyyyy lmao

[buy everyone]

Everyone has a price

[Interested in historical armament?]

Here is part two then!

 

Firstly i gotta apollguize fur m3 poor grammer and spellin. It was written late at night in-between a water change on the ol fish tank

 

so back to my cool story bro:

 

Second Section

By now the time had come to venture out into the cold and catch the action at the jousting arena! The crowd gathering was warmed up by a jester on one half and a Mr "Tom Fool" in our half. Much hilarity ensued and the actors really do a great job. A ye olde instrument called the hurdy gurdy was played, I recorded it with my phone...but remembered that the sound input on my phone is FUBAR. So here are a few clips (You will need to be signed in with Google to see these clips)

 

Actually hitting each other with lances fell out of fashion in the sport, instead they hit a target that resembled a targe and counted how many times it would rotate

Playing for glory were the English team, who had yesterday Jousted in armour. Now in came the knights, I didn't capture the French entry to the arena however there was a fantastic set of that blue armour I mentioned earlier, you'll see a picture of it in detail later. So here's a video of the Polish team entering the arena. The excitement was building up to this fight, 2 vs 2 , Poland vs France... 

 

After several crashes of wood against metal, the winners of today's events were Poland, points were given depending on where hits were placed, for looking after your horse and for lance breakages. Here's a closer look at this awesome French blue armour.

 

 

Section three - Guns!

So moving back into the warm shelter of the museum we were thrust aloft towards the firearms section. There's lots to cover so I'll zip through but know that from early flintlocks, to the first pistols, to the first battle strategies right the way through to near modern day are featured and the pictures I have simply don't do it justice. Here goes!

 

 

Above: From the trenches of WW1 say hello to the Maxim Mark 1 Machine Gun, sitting next to it are other examples of WW1 machine guns

Below: Some examples of Early machine guns and gatling guns, unfortunately we were running out of time and so I didn't have time to read up much about these fantastic pieces

 

 

 

Above: Now if you'd have shown me this on payday2 as DLC I would have screamed FAKE! Seemingly drum magazines were tested on this (I think an Enfield design)

Below: When it came to hunting game, from birds to elephants hunting was a rather stylish affair, in fact women and designs for women were commonplace

 

 

 

Above: Comparison for various calibres

Below: Looks like everybody was friends back then

 

 

 

Above: An SA80, L96A1 and a L105A1 Pistol used in the Afghanistan conflict used by the British forces

Below: How HESCO barriers came to be!

 

 

Finally, the most interesting for me personally will be the Oriental section, including actual elephant armour and a HUGE gun. Until then   Thanks for the kind words.

[A Dog in a cat never work]

I like the way he slowly creeps by

[Lack of Teamwork and Communication]

Lead from the front, start a squad and advertise it on side chat.

[Interested in historical armament?]

T'was a cold Easter morning, so I stayed in bed a little longer  . I went over to the lovely city of Leeds and visited the Royal Armoury Museum. If you're interested in all things guns, swords, pointy things, sharp things and shiny things then this is the place for you!

If you ever plan to visit car parking is not a problem and there's even some nice restaurants opening up to facilitate your belly.

 

Entry is free, unless your a tax paying British citizen then congratulations you've already paid!

So from walking in you're immediately greeted with an MG42! it's a kids play thing where you insert a quid into the slot and get to pew pew the bad guys. Looking up is impressive as you waft over to the reception desk you'll see a rather nice statue I was stupid enough NOT to take a picture of. Now me and my family were tipped off that there would be some jousting on display and after enquiring we had exchanged around a fiver each to see the three o'clock event. Book early to avoid disappointment and i should point out that I'm told jousting only really occurs around the Easter holidays. Who knew they had a world championship for hitting each other with lances on horseback?

 

Oh they also have actors pretending to be statues, here's a picture of a dude confusing the fuck out of the actor who probably thought we were in the same group.

 

First section! which also happens to be the shiny section.

 

 

above: Yes that's right, a moustache on a helmet, Italian designed but i can't remember much else on that one

 

below: Henry the 8th must've been a giraffe, his battle suit of armour stands really tall and now looking back at the picture, it's probably trickery, unless he really was a giraffe!

 

 

 

above: Apparently crotchless pants were a thing back in the day too. I don't have anything useful to say on this armour but I think it used to be a shiny blue, this pearlescent colouring was achieved by dangerously messing around with mercury while the armour was made.

 

below: Pointy things and horses making a great impact on the room. A rather impressive sight in person!

 

 

 

above: following on from the blue detailing of armour, here's the detail in somebody's knee plating, nothing is scarier than knee's with teeth! 

 

below: again to follow on from the previous detailing pictures, this last one really shows that an armour craftsman is also an artist. When you go to the armoury, have a read into the manufacturing process of each type of technique employed to reach a certain look, fascinating!

 

 

 

above and below: a siege tower I'm sure that some of you interested in this era will already have seen, however for the un-initiated, this thing moves towards a wall, perhaps of a city or a castle. When it gets to the wall, the chaps inside release the ramp, climb the ladders and seek to destroy the defenders!

 

 

 

 

 

Stay tuned for videos of Jousting, a "hurdy gurdy" in action, guns! and oriental armour!

 

here's a preview

 

 

 

[Stepping stone server]

Has anybody official stated that we will get a server to do all these things?

Have you, the reader of this post considered how much of our available resources this might tap into?

Von works fine in small groups of 10 or less. So stick to direct, group and vehicle and use TS for side chat calls. Only problem is, is you need discipline in order to communicate effectively no matter if you choose mods or no mods.

Re:above post,

gripes I would be very interested to see von lag out a helicopter. Please shadowplay this because I've never seen it before. Von used to work back when arma's server routing was through game spy, since the steam migration we lost a lot of capability

Scarface, you're on point again sir and I agree with you whole heartedly

P.p.s. The TS permissions

are an easy fix, it was done to protect admins from whisper abuse and let them have peace and quiet when they needed it most. Just a nod from the right chap and I'll sort it

[Stepping stone server]

soo skimming through the walls of text i see a few different themes:

 

1. I want to relax the rules on modded gameplay, don't want to upset anybody so i'll ask for a new space to do that in

2. I want my vision of modsets in there and i do not accept any other view.

3. I have no idea what's going on or what all this fuss is about

 

if you are from group:

1. just ask nicely if the rules could be relaxed, I myself find the rules to be a little uptight so I sympathise with you that you shouldn't have to worry about what role you select or what squad you fill up unless it's a structured game night.

2. you are selfish and destructive, please change your attitude or leave because it is toxic to the survival of our online home.

3. (like me), pull up a chair and grab the popcorn, we'll drink some tea and eat some popcorn to work this out.

[EU1 & EU2 NOTICE TO PILOTS RULES ARE CHANGING]

My opinion is this:

 

Is there a problem with stinky attitudes? I'll refer you to my other post 

 

Instead of adding rules, lets encourage a change of attitude. Culture is more important than law in both cases.

I would suggest an increase in respawn times for helicopters and look into the wreck recovery system that we saw off of domination from arma 2

[Mod Request: Advanced Towing and Sling Loading]

I actually tried to lift a Hemtt that was towing a hunter with a Huron.  The ropes between the Hemtt and the Hunter just disappeared. The towing mod/sling is also server side.

 

Mod Showcase:https://youtu.be/OmTQP9IsClM

 

ooooh so close can't go on the public servers i suspect then

[helicopter stuff]

Perhaps and LZ marker should be thought of an approximate marker and not a pinpoint landing spot. At the end of the decision making it's the pilot in command that determines where is safe and effective to land. I'm skeptical of landing exactly where infantry plop on the map but with enough due care and attention 80% of the time you can put them within 500m of their desired spot

[A new "No, we cannot lift the Slammer." Billboard]

perhaps a billboard with bob marley on it singing passionately into a microphone with text reading:

No Slammer No Sky

[The Apache]

Didn't read the last two sentences as opinions, Colsta still makes a good point anyway.

 

No worries But again, colsta makes a fact about the now and no resolution to the OP.

I hope none of you take offence I respect you all for discussing this in a civilised way on the forums.

 

Again my resolution (to stress my point) was not to add rules but to change attitudes.

[Anthems of Battle]

Almost all above, but these 4 topping the list

 

Camille Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre

Carl Orff - O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)

Sergei Prokofiev - Dance of the knights

Greig - In the hall of the mountain king

 

last one holds place dear to me, great tune!

 

none mentioned famous BHD songs?

unacceptablez !

 

 

 

whut? restricted to Metal bands only?

... like i care

 

Hey i suggested some martha reeves, barra barra is FANTASTIC by teh way, play that one in my chopper if the passengers don't mind it that is...

[Mod Request: Advanced Towing and Sling Loading]

kinda pointless? towing broken vehicles? manoeuvring broken shit from spawn? removing a helicopter from a tree? I think it's a fine idea, i was looking at this the other day in the steam workshop

[Anthems of Battle]

 

 

 

 

 (again from battlefield vietnam)

[Mark of the Pilot]

my two cents, quickly and cheerfully. (echoing Colsta's post)

 

If you give pilots their wings you have to give riflemen, medics, machine gunners, leaders their badges and this would simply look ugly.

 

Cheers

[Replace A-10?]

Found a new contender

 

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=28646 - Weapons framework supporting multiple mods of Vanilla aircraft, as well as add-on vehicles.

 

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=27766 - F16 add-on vehicle

 

 

This thing is... it's insane. The weapon selection is absolutely nuts. I've tested it with Copey, and while the 25mm main gun causes a ton of lag, that was the only issue we encountered. Single-seat only, and it handles like an ex-girlfriend who wants you back.

 

 

 

 

Awesome find and well put!