ArmA II: COOP 1-8 Terror from the Seas

PogMoThoin

Need an 8 man crew, anyone up for trying this later? (or even tomorrow or an eve during the week as its halloween and some will be busy)

Description:
A force of insurgents has landed on southeast Utes. You play as a squad of Marines tasked with crippling this invading force.
The mission is designed for 1 to 8 players in co-operative multiplayer.


Mission features:
No addons required.
User-selectable objectives. There are three different objectives -- neutralising the insurgent leader, destroying a stash of supplies, or taking out an enemy mortar position. Choose to do any one alone, or if you have the time, try to do all three.
User-selectable difficulty setting: you choose how many enemies there are -- "Tiny", "Small", "Medium" or "Large".
User-selectable time-of-day. Play the mission at any time.
Random enemies -- all soldiers have random equipment and skill levels. All squads have randomly varying sizes and most follow randomised waypoints. This allows for greater replayability as the mission is never the same twice.
Random weather.
Uses the BIS first aid modules -- if you get hit there's a chance your comrades can drag you to cover and apply first aid.
Custom spectate script. No player-controlled crows!

Link

Maximilian

Sure. Sounds good. When?

PogMoThoin

Its prob best to organise this for tomorrow (Sun) afternoon as I'll be busy myself later (damn kids!!) and so might others. Anyone else on for this?

I've a few other missions on the server if this doesn't work out, we've tried some before but now they have been updated and the games been patched:
Coop 1-6 - Behind enemy lines
Coop 12 - Heroes of Chernarus: Force Recon
Coop 14 - Hunt Waldo
Coop 14 - We Were Soldiers

cashville

I'm on for it but will probably be Monday before I can get on...

Four of a kind

guys, while im waiting for my rig to get set up, are there any sites/tutorials that will help me to a grip on the basics of Arma2...esp the MP mode, which I know is where the most fun is. The missions above for example sound great fun. I would like to have a decent knowledge of the game before I get practising.

thanks.

kenon

Monday would probably be the soonest I can get on.

I could possibly get on tomorrow night.

On an embarrassing note, I played the other day, talking into a mic for a good two hours and the mic wasn't plugged in...

kenon

Four of a kind wrote: »

guys, while im waiting for my rig to get set up, are there any sites/tutorials that will help me to a grip on the basics of Arma2...esp the MP mode, which I know is where the most fun is. The missions above for example sound great fun. I would like to have a decent knowledge of the game before I get practising.

thanks.

The MP player games can vary dramatically. Theres no real set of rules you can follow and be successful, you will pick it up fairly quickly the more you play.

I'd have a quick blast of the campaign though, or try some of the single missions just so you get your eye in and that you find your way around the keyboard. I played last week for the first time in a couple of weeks and I struggled to hit anything.

PogMoThoin

Four of a kind wrote: »

guys, while im waiting for my rig to get set up, are there any sites/tutorials that will help me to a grip on the basics of Arma2...esp the MP mode, which I know is where the most fun is. The missions above for example sound great fun. I would like to have a decent knowledge of the game before I get practising.

thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSKIgfdg7fY

Start by watching this vid to show You what they're trying to achieve and play the sp campaign for a bit. It'll probably take a while to get the game optimised on Your pc, open a thread here and we'll advise. Do the training missions. Running around and flying in the armoury is great fun and experience also. Nothing will teach You better than getting online with voicechat as we can give You tips/trick v quickly, like reading a guide that tells You that right ctrl+m keeps Your gps open, it doesn't sink in until You're told on voicechat and do it for Yourself.

The game really takes a long time to master, weeks even, but nobodies an expert. Like Kenon, I found myself finding it hard to get kills after a while away from it, had to learn again and even remember how to use the gun scope accurately to allow for bullet drop. I've found myself having to google real life weapons/vehicles etc to find out things about the game

PogMoThoin

Looks like maybe it might be better to arrange this for monday evening. Say 8 or 9 O'Clock on mumble, give everyone a chance to eat and refresh after work.
Need more people though, anyone else available?

dreamers75

I be on

BattlingCheese

me too

Maximilian

Monday evening is fine for me. If I can tear myself away from Borderlands...

PogMoThoin

I'm in the same boat, Borderlands is epic fun, not getting time for playing anything else and we're into a gaming hot spell with it being the start of the run up to xmas, Shattered Horizons during the week, COD MW2 the 10th and loads more.

How about we try to make Monday evenings ArmA II night every week? Need to make use of the server. Its gonna take a new patch (soon from what I've read) and the Ace 2 mod (no idea when) to regain interest in the game. Anyone else wants to suggest a mission to try just let me know and I'll upload it. Also anyone who's got the game and not tried online, now is a great time to join. Where are all You disgruntled OPF2: DR on pc players?

PogMoThoin

Anyone joining this eve get on mumble first. I'll be on from around 8

Mumble ip: 84.203.243.163 and default port

PogMoThoin

Wow, what a great mission, every one of us (7) on this evening have said the same. Constant 50-60fps on Utes is great also, really playable.

Goin again on thurs eve, 8-9 o'clock kick off if anyone else feels like joining us, need one more but have other bigger missions if more than 8 wish to play

Four of a kind

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Wow, what a great mission, every one of us (7) on this evening have said the same. Constant 50-60fps on Utes is great also, really playable.

Goin again on thurs eve, 8-9 o'clock kick off if anyone else feels like joining us, need one more but have other bigger missions if more than 8 wish to play

I should have new rig set up and running end of week, so if there's going to be a weekly monday night Arma 2 night then I'll def be up for it.

PogMoThoin

Four of a kind wrote: »

I should have new rig set up and running end of week, so if there's going to be a weekly monday night Arma 2 night then I'll def be up for it.

And thursday, those of us who were online this evening agreed to play thursday as well. Thursdays prob a good night to get as many as possible as people could have commitments over the weekend.

PogMoThoin

I asked the creator of this mission if he had any more similar missions, this is his reply:

For ArmA 2 I've one more coop mission: Rescue Major Savinkov. It has a rather similar "feel" to it, aside from the fact you play as Chedaki. I am hoping to (eventually) release an updated version that adds a grass on/off option and makes a few tiny changes, but the version that exists at this time of writing is quite playable, except for the 5% chance your exfiltration boat will get stuck on its way out to sea.

Already on the server

kenon

That was a great mission last night. Very, very difficult. I'd consider myself rather gung-ho normally in ArmA and therefore die a lot but in this you are forced to be very very careful, constantly looking for a nice wall/tree/HMMMV/rock to hide behind, moving very slowly and sticking close to everyone else.

cashville

That was great craic, and it was good that everyone took a go at being team leader..the framerate made me want to do a sex wee..

..plus I just finished building my i7 rig today so I can't wait to get on again.

Four of a kind

man I'm dying to get set up on this:D:D

Do ye use teamspeak or mumble?

cashville

Four of a kind wrote: »

man I'm dying to get set up on this:D:D

Do ye use teamspeak or mumble?

mumble,i think the details are in one of the stickys

BattlingCheese

yup Mumble

Mumble ip: 84.203.243.163 and default port

Cashville - Are you Captn Furball in Arma?

PogMoThoin

BattlingCheese wrote: »

yup Mumble

Mumble ip: 84.203.243.163 and default port

Cashville - Are you Captn Furball in Arma?

He's the infamous

BattlingCheese

the infamous cashville, gotchya

cashville

I've seen a Captain Furball posting on the soccer forum and I presume he's the guy playin with us...

Four of a kind

Are any of ye guys Tactical Gamers by the way?

PogMoThoin

All gonna be on tonight? kick off 8-9 o'clock

BattlingCheese

yup I should be.

kenon

Sounds good.

cashville

I hope you have a tasty mission lined up for us Pog

PogMoThoin

cashville wrote: »

I hope you have a tasty mission lined up for us Pog

Same one as last nite, runs and plays so lovely I've no interest in any other

Gonna try record one of our attempts to try to tempt some new players, all on best behaviour

BattlingCheese

surely you just mean Max to be on his best behaviour?

PogMoThoin

BattlingCheese wrote: »

surely you just mean Max to be on his best behaviour?

Yep, no murdering civilians with an evil laugh as usual

Four of a kind

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Same one as last nite, runs and plays so lovely I've no interest in any other

Gonna try record one of our attempts to try to tempt some new players, all on best behaviour

Great Idea Pog. Would love to see a clip of tonights action. Hoping to have my rig set up for the w.end.:D:D:D:D

Four of a kind

How did last nights session go? Any clips up?:D

PogMoThoin

Four of a kind wrote: »

How did last nights session go? Any clips up?:D

Posted part 1 in the cool vids thread

Four of a kind

Nice 1!

PogMoThoin

All on for having a go at this again tomorrow (mon)?

Maximilian

yeah I'm up for it

kenon

Yup I'll play this.

Four of a kind

i'll try it !

BattlingCheese

me aswell

-may be a bit late, 8:30ish, so don't hang around for me if I'm not on.

PogMoThoin

Four of a kind wrote: »

i'll try it !

Be on the server and mumble at 8-9 o'clock
Server ip: 217.78.4.73 or do a filter search for boards.ie
Mumble ip: 84.203.243.163 and default port

Four of a kind

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Be on the server and mumble at 8-9 o'clock
Server ip: 217.78.4.73 or do a filter search for boards.ie
Mumble ip: 84.203.243.163 and default port

Sound.