Looking for suggestions.....

kdouglas

I picked up some new toys recently at the war and peace show, and although not precisely airsoft equipment, I'm looking for ways to incorporate them into a Milsim game...

Open to any suggestions;

Original full post with specs on my blog at; http://www.airsofthacks.com/2009/08/some-new-toys/



LX1 Wotan Liaison computer

486DX2 66Mhz Processor, 32mb Ram, 64mb flash memory card as hard drive. Running Damn Small Linux at 800×600 with 4bit color depth


Roadrunner prototype ANPR field computer

Prototype computer for the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system, Pentium 4 processor, on a custom embedded motherboard with 512mb ram and 40gb hard drive running Windows 2000. All mounted into a pelican brand hard case.

Fallschirmjager

well they look a little like the computers supporting the machine guns in aliens!!


perhaps have secret documents on them and the purpose of the attacking team is to retrieve them, work out what they mean and use that info to plan their attack in the following round. perhaps identify ammo stores and destroy them or bunkers or minefields.

i think the game can continue if the laptop is not retrieved BUT knowing where ammo stores or bunkers are....obviously helps the attackers more.

perhaps the attacking force can have one pinpoint airstrike IF they retrieve the laptop, and need to give exact co ordinates to destroy a bunker or ammo store or minefield.

on the laptop you would need some maps and fairly decent accurate layouts for the defending team...

Hivemind187

I've got a whole bunch of them (as if you hadnt guessed )

First a couple of quick questions.
1) Can you put new programs on them?
2) What connectivity options do they have?
3) What kind of battery life is left in them?

There are a lot of options, not the least of which being;

- Reprogramming SRBM data
- Target aquisition for air strikes
- Recce map stuff
- Hacking other terminals or downloading top-secret data
- Hacking security systems/doors/lights etc
- Uploading viral "kill programs" to power facilities.

Or just simpler things like a semi-treasure hunt based games wherein the collection of laptops provides directions and way points to an infiltration team on a retrieval or rendition mission. Could be great for large venues like G-Tac or built up venues like HRTA.

kdouglas

Hivemind187 wrote: »

1) Can you put new programs on them?

Yes, the newer pentium 4 one runs windows and therefore any windows program could be installed on it, or alternatively I can write some programs.
The older model has a lot less power and currently is running a linux based operating system, but being a linux admin, I'm happy enough writing programs for that too

Hivemind187 wrote: »

2) What connectivity options do they have?

Newer pentium 4 one has USB/Firewire/Serial/Ethernet (network/broadband)

Older- very little at the moment that can really be used, but it does have a floppy drive, that could be a nice thing to incorporate into games, intelligence on a floppy disk, and then use the computer to decode the data?

Hivemind187 wrote: »

3) What kind of battery life is left in them?

At the moment, Sweet FA, but I'm going to get new battery packs built for them so that I can hopefully get some sort of battery life out of it.

Hivemind187

kdouglas wrote: »

Yes, the newer pentium 4 one runs windows and therefore any windows program could be install on it, or alternatively I can write some programs.
The older model has a lot less power and currently is running a linux based operating system, but being a linux admin, I'm happy enough writing programs for that too

Awesome.

Well that means that the kind of "Mission Impossible" style count down timers, blipping maps etc arent entirely out of the question. Especially if you could track down a transmitter/reciever setup compatible with the wee beasties.

You could also have things like a WarGames/DEFCON style world maps with nuclear defences listed and positioned, players might have to deactivate or retarget the missiles while under fire to prevent a nuclear exchange. Of course the signal from the pc isnt strong enough so finding and securing a satellite dish in the enemy compound is the only way to abort the launches.

You could also mock up a satellite-uplink gui which would require specific access codes be inputted in order to hack a communication in prgoress between rogue states. the codes ofcourse being on the bodies of terror cell leaders the players must blatt before they can be nicked.

You could also have a kind of rosetta stone/puzzle box system that players would need to assemble clues and tips on in order to hack the encryption on time sensitive data. Perhaps the data is the access codes to a bio-weapons laboratory. Perhaps its the routeplan of a "person of interest" allowing interception. Perhaps its the details of which of a number of strategic targets in the game zone terrorist are planning to attack.

kdouglas wrote: »

At the moment, Sweet FA, but I'm going to get new battery packs built for them so that I can hopefully get some sort of battery life out of it.

Thats a pity but it could also have its benefits. Limited time in which to hack a system or having to find a power supply in the operational zone to provide the power for various tasks.

hrta

there use to be anamated IED set up's years ago, and you pluged a black box in to them to disarm them, the wireing and SW use to come up un the sceen, and it was up to you to work out the wiring board and to work out how to disarm the IED, the only think i now is it ran off windows 95, i think, it was a round the time mobile phones came out, and it was based on that, it would be great for a game on the field, and under fire, trying to work out to disarm an IED.

thermo

you could hide it in the middle of a site and 2 teams must find them and complete 1 game of solitare while the opposing team tries to eliminate the team/player completing the task the first one to do it wins!

Fallschirmjager

some great ideas here....dudes we seriously need to get away from running around fields playing...i guess there is some work on networks we need, even that is cheapish now and in fact a weak wireless signal would even add to the pressure in the game....

pauls ied idea is super cool and hives idea on the kill programs is so open to great storylines...

shutting down the other teams 'servers'...priceless...LOL

Leftyflip

You have two teams, each are given a small box with a series of leds in it. The box has to be plugged into the usb port on one of the computers adn the team must defend the computer until all the leds light up, when that is done the team has to get back to an extraction point.
My idea anyway...

TheDoc

Can they play WoW?

kdouglas

If i put in a newer graphics card on the newer pentium 4 one, probably, but at very low res and fps.

Hivemind187

kdouglas wrote: »

If i put in a newer graphics card on the newer pentium 4 one, probably, but at very low res and fps.

I refuse to have anything to do with elves and goblins in airsoft!!

Leftyflip

TheDoc wrote: »

Can they play WoW?

ED E

Via another machine you probably could.


That Xandros KD? No Wi-Fi on the new one?

I can see this ending up turning into a huge "hax" civil war within The Hawks.


You could have a hold strategic locations game. Say the area has 6 points. Each point has a pair of big lights on top. One green one red. All points start "off" at mission start. When teams take them, they activate their colour. Every second a team has a light on a base, is one point. So at best you'd get 6pts a sec. Say limit the game to 40 mins. Team with most points wins.

Probably would be easiest to score with a little app actually:) In any case, this is where the computers come in. In the centre is terminal. Each team can try to get their "techie" to that point where he, and only he, can login and attempt to hack an enemy position. If successful, they can knock one base of their choosing out of the game, probably reducing enemy scoring by 1pt.

Bit random and would take some set-up, but its an idea.

Masada

You should flog em and spend the doe on an AEG.

plenty useful in airsoft.

mcshape

Get a remote control car, Fit a camera (USB or something like that) on the car and this becomes the bomb disposal robot, Team 1 Has the laptop, the "robot" is hidden in one of the buildings, another designated building is the reactor (set to explode and kill everyone by evil team number 2) there should be a countdown on the game, Team 1 need to retrieve the robot and get it with the laptop to the reactor building, there should be a series of pipes or something to navigate the robot through and the robot must push a button (turning off a light or something or even cooler turning off a timer), to make it interesting the entire team 2 get to respawn again at the point where the robot is being navigated as a final push on team 1, Nothing like working under pressure

AlternateID

Lethal_Bullet wrote: »

I can see this ending up turning into a huge "hax" civil war within The Hawks.

???

kdouglas

The latest one;

http://www.airsofthacks.com/2009/08/that-other-little-gem-i-mentioned/ wrote:

This is the other military computer I picked up at War and Peace that I mentioned recently.

It’s been modified with a modern 7″ digital photo frame installed into it capable of doing photo slide shows, video and mp3. It also has a built in battery so doesnt even need to be plugged into mains.

It’s currently about 50% complete with the final steps being to finish moving the SD Card reader (currently using USB only), re-wire the unit so that mains or battery power can be used (mains only currently) and building a new IR unit which will take input directly from the original hardware keys.

It is working enough for now to display images and videos from USB and can be controlled using the original remote control and will be on display at the Salute show this weekend on the airsoft information stand.