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    Operation Flashpoint/Armed Assault info

    in Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 1 & 2

    Posted

    Well maybe not so quietly..

     

    To make a Multi Role Simulation Theatre there's I guess 3 divisions.

     

    Air: The Lo-MAc we know and love now with limited visuals on the ground.

     

    Air and Ground: The middle ground: Choppers and small aircraft

     

    Ground: Ground vehicles, Ships and the Infantryman.

     

    Now lets look at each part in a bit more detail.

     

    Air: Requires long distance views and plotting information of certain objects like other aircraft, larger moving vehicles such as ships and vehicles Already done effectively. But next to no information about a soldier on the ground.

     

    Air and Ground: Choppers dont need as much of a distance view as the "Air" objects do but more importantly high detail on the Ground. So a mix of Air and ground information would be required.

     

    Ground: Requires very high detail up close of other infantry, vehicles and anything within say a 500mtr radius.

     

    So if a theatre was made that was common for all 3 areas it seems to my mind quite possible to only supply the required information to each and integrate them effectively.

     

    For instance the Grunt on the ground doesnt need to know about a high flying jet's radar or flight physics or if it is firing a missile etc. Just its location in a 10,000 meter radius. Maybe seeing a contrail at high altitude or a dot maybe a bit of a sound effect until it comes to say 1000 meters where a profile might be seen. And then more information requested by that client's pc.

     

    At the other end of the scale the high flying jet doesnt need to know about a dumb grunt until hes in stinger range, say 2000 meters and even then all he would possibly see is a very basic human like we do already. The fighter pilot doesnt need to see animated movements and so on.

     

    So..

     

    The way this would be done effectively is to set up protocols for the 3 areas. Each division is developed independently and sold seperately. The Map or theatre for the first person guy who could run around or jump into a truck, tank and so on would buy his game and log onto a common server which the chopper guy or the flight sim guy would also log onto with their own software and terrain maps.

     

    This means you wont have the nicety of being able to jump out of a tank and jump into a jet or a chopper but you will still have a "Study" sims for each.

     

    For this to work effectively the Server software would have to be completely independent of all 3 and definitley just be a dedicated interface that passes plotting information.

     

    In fact there might be 4 servers for 1 theatre. A server for the Air, a server for the Air / Ground and server for ground. These 3 servers are what communicate to the master server. So in effect it would be a 2 tier system.

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    GunSEXercise

    in Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 1 & 2

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    Well fact is community is dying. Less and less are seen in Hyperlobby each day. The community that is left SHOULD respond more in the forums because it keeps people motivated to make things better and is one way to turn things around.

     

    I believe everyone is important in LO-MAC and anyone who goes to the trouble of designing something and sharing it with the community deserves some sort of acknowledgement from their piers. ;)

    Operation Flashpoint/Armed Assault info

    in Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 1 & 2

    Posted

    Call me stupid (now is your chance) But what has this got to do with Lock-On or Flaming Cliffs?

     

    If I owned these forums and people started debating the ins and outs of OFP BF2 HL2 and so on. I'd be politely saying "Take it to SIMHQ". Ok maybe not politely (But thats just me). This forum is here to discuss LO-MAC Flaming CLiffs specifically and just right now distractions like this are not healthy IMHO.

     

    Use it Dont Abuse it

    GunSEXercise

    in Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 1 & 2

    Posted

    Its not surprising to me that the LO-MAC community is dying. I spend a whole weekend making a unique mission. Over 2 hundred people look at the post but next to no one can be bothered checking it out or better still actually having a fly of it and posting some feedback. It makes me wonder why I and many others even bother.

    Any news on producing 1.2?

    in Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 1 & 2

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    The Way I see it LO-MAC is just one step in a long long staircase that started with flanker 1.0. Flaming Cliffs is the next and so-on.

     

    My message here to everyone is if we support Eagle Dynamics. Sooner or later all of our wishes will come true. That means AFM's for all aircraft. In the end ED will have a repertoire of aircraft not unlike IL2 does today. Obviously each aircraft in a modern day jet sim is much more complicated and the community is alot smaller. But it is obvious to me that this is the ultimate goal. So cheer up I know that one day my squadron will get our carrier based F18. Ground Pounders will get there beloved F15E. The Euros will get their mirages. So on and So on. Until then. Apreciate what you have. There is no time like the present.

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