Author Topic: I finaly got Operation Flashpoint! WHOOO (Read 2801 times)

capt. apathy · « **Reply #15 on:** November 23, 2001, 09:38:00 PM »

the trick to killing the convoy is you have to space the last 2 charges fairly close together(about one tank length). look through you scope and locate the middle charge, and set it off just as the tanks nose gets to that charge then set them off.
it takes 2 charges to kill the tank

Zigrat · « **Reply #16 on:** November 23, 2001, 09:58:00 PM »

how good of fps do you guys get in that satchel misiosn. my fps gets real bad when the action gets heavy even tho i have good comp.

BenDover · « **Reply #17 on:** November 23, 2001, 10:24:00 PM »

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Originally posted by Beefcake:
I'm curently on the campain mission where you have to get to the castle. Man its hard... and I'm on cadet mode

this is how i did it:
let my squad get killed,so then i was in command myself,just sticked in the thick bit of wood,running like hell,and got to the castle

ps. speaking of charges,one of the funest user made missions i've played was 'jeep toss',just put the charges under the jeep,and enjoy...

pps.i've now gotton on to bigger fish, bmps,t72s,etc.

ppps. cos i'm from England, i got flash point before you yanks

Raubvogel · « **Reply #18 on:** November 23, 2001, 10:28:00 PM »

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Originally posted by BenDover:

ppps. cos i'm from England, i got flash point before you yanks

You got it before some of us Yanks. It's good to know people

capt. apathy · « **Reply #19 on:** November 23, 2001, 10:30:00 PM »

mine slows down alittle in the convoy mission. after the vehicles are dead and i'm snipeing the town.

ps. i was having trouble with stalling and lockups on most missions but that cleared up after installing dx8.1 and updating ati drivers.
also i switched to xp and set ofp to high priority the color was much richer and the action smoother

[ 11-23-2001: Message edited by: capt. apathy ]

Swoop · « **Reply #20 on:** November 24, 2001, 12:52:00 AM »

Ok, Swoop's tip of the decade:

The standard view distance in the game is 600m. This means that even in the A10 doing 400mph you can only see 600m ahead. Arse.

In *ALL* your self made missions add a trigger (something that'll trigger straight away - or on a radio call) with this in the "on activation" field:

setviewdistance xxxx

(where xxxx = view distance in metres).

I've had it up to 4000m in smaller missions with no visible effect on FPS. However, in larger missions things can slow down when the bullets start to fly......but it's worth it to get 2000m sniper shots.

Swoop · « **Reply #21 on:** November 24, 2001, 12:56:00 AM »

Say.....anyone got any web space to host a couple flashpoint missions I've done? I dont wanna submit them to a site yet cos they're still in beta (one of em has gone thru 97 different updates so far) but I would like opinions.

Got this one called Ridge. You're a Russian in the desert, ya gotta hold a ridge from 200 US soldiers until reinforcements arrive.......I tell ya, it's a rush to suddenly see 200 men come charging at ya......and then a couple tanks too.

Beefcake · « **Reply #22 on:** November 24, 2001, 02:11:00 PM »

hehe I'm now on the Escort Convoy mission, where you must escort the convoy to the Airport on Malden. GOOD COD this one is hard for me. I've spent 2 days on it and I still can't get it. I've tried everything and no matter what I do, the convoy always gets squicked. Any tips?

PS, on that convoy mission "Bombermen" I can take out the whole convoy with the 3 charges. I set 1 next to the pole and then space the other 2 out down the road. I wait until the T80 is on the 1st charge I laid, and then I hit the switch. When this happens the Lead BMP is on the last charge I laid, and the fuel truck and Shika are inbetween the 2nd charge.

moose · « **Reply #23 on:** November 24, 2001, 02:20:00 PM »

heh

i spaced em that way too - one about a tank and a half length before the pole, one at the pole, and one about the same dist after

kills all 4, but then a few soliders always seem to crawl out of the wreckage. have to put them out of their misery lol (i climb up to the ridge after laying the charges)

Raubvogel · « **Reply #24 on:** November 24, 2001, 03:22:00 PM »

Has anyone played that huge combined arms mission in the Upgrade 3? It kicks ass.

DA98 · « **Reply #25 on:** November 24, 2001, 04:28:00 PM »

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Say.....anyone got any web space to host a couple flashpoint missions I've done?

I have some web space, send me the missions and I will host them.

Wotan · « **Reply #26 on:** November 24, 2001, 08:05:00 PM »

for that bomberman mission I take 1 mine 2 satchel charges and space them out with the mine being the last one set. then i werk my way round to where there rear will be. I space them out and when the mine goes off i set the 2 satchel charges off.

I get all the vehicles that way. They are spaced so that the satchel charges are spaced between the vehicles not directly under one of them.

i then call in bravo to kill the crews while i snipe off the reinforcements as the bmp drops umm off. bravo kills that bmp then i go round and take up position near the town call in charlie and watch them clearing out any opposition they face as they enter the town. by this time bravo is moving in from the road and i just pick off every guy i see.

Great fun I replay that one over and over.

capt. apathy · « **Reply #27 on:** November 24, 2001, 09:46:00 PM »

i had a lucky mission in the sabature mision.
destroyed the ammo dump and 2 bmps in that area with mines.
then took 4 satchel's to the depot.
placed charges under mi-17, bmp in the corner, and between 1&2, & 3&4 of the tanks in the line.
then went to the t-80 in the corner. the alarm went off and the nme scrambled, as i jumped into the gunner position on the tank i set off the charges. one of the nme jumped in the driver seat and was driving around. nme wouldn't shoot at the tank with him driving. i leveled the base killed all soldiers, vehicles, and 1 more helo then jumped from the tank when it was near the woods and ran.
in the end the only thing left was the t-80 i was in and 1 helo.
very lucky

[ 11-24-2001: Message edited by: capt. apathy ]

Beefcake · « **Reply #28 on:** November 25, 2001, 08:24:00 AM »

I did that other sabature mission where you have to blow up the hinds. I kept screwing up (as usual) until a brain fart hit me! I order my men to head towards one of the evac zones. I then ran out, shot as many troops as I could and climbed into one of the hinds. I took off and headed for the evac zone my men where at and picked up one to use as a gunner. The rest was like hunting fish in a barrel. YA know T80s arent so tough from the air

After I took out all the support around the base I then landed and ordered my men to lay Charges on tents/trucks/choppers/ect, after which we retreated back into the forest as we listened to 12 Charges going BOOM.

Man this game rocks, as soon as I am done with campain I'm going to reply on VET.

[ 11-25-2001: Message edited by: Beefcake ]

Swoop · « **Reply #29 on:** November 25, 2001, 10:08:00 AM »

beef,

the escort mission:

Take your machine gunners and a LAW soldier in the jeep out along the road. The 1st ambush is easy to deal with. Then load up the trucks and radio em to go.....guide em through, taking the southern route (northern route has a couple of BMPs to deal with, southern route seems to have only light arms). The trucks will make it to the airport now without a problem......and if you load all your men up into 1 truck and drive real fast you can just drive straight through the rest of the ambushes with no losses (them Ruskies are terrible shots).