Future of CA?

[Stratos]

I'm enjoying CA, but still miss some key features like better infantry control, and some units missing in game. Seeing how CA is a bit the ugly duck of ED, I will like to ask where is this game going, which are the feautres officially anounced and what can we expect for the coming months/year.

 

Thanks.

[Wichid]

I think a lot depends on the affect the new graphics engine has on CA. I've not really seen much confirmed but many have assumed that the AI line of sight and the terrain will be better suited to ground units.

 

With CA 1.5 being able to lock a unit, lase it and fire is quite fun!

[Paganus]

You can also use a mission start trigger with the action of "Group AI off" for all the ADF groups, and they will not have any AI at all, but are still accessible to CA players.

[karambiatos]

you can set them to Green, that way they keep their radar off and dont shoot

[Winfield_Gold]

I hope EDGE fixes the minecraft look of roads on mountains. Some roads you actually are driving underneath them and following the contour of the mountain not the road

[NineLine]

I hope EDGE fixes the minecraft look of roads on mountains. Some roads you actually are driving underneath them and following the contour of the mountain not the road

 

I am sure the ground is something they are paying more attention to now that they have talked about high fidelity armour units....

[pepin1234]

I am sure the ground is something they are paying more attention to now that they have talked about high fidelity armour units....

 

No update News? no new Videos from other customers developers? I specialy enjoy the Videos :joystick:

Edited May 12, 2014 by pepin1234

[CallsignFrosty]

I would like to see more usable units get added other the course of future development and the ability (as with the editor and in Zeus for Arma) to create groups of ground units, be able to split them up etc etc

[calibro8185]

I am very curious to see if there are any changes to the editor as well. Being a huge fan of CA and mission building, it would be nice to know of we will have the same editor or if 3D placement and selection will be enabled. The Zeus feature in ARMA is great, and would be awesome if made for DCS at some level, but having edge will hopefully be a new beginning to a plethora of new options for dcs.

[RetroBurn]

I hesitated in buying it. I've never seen it used in MP. There's not enough players IMHO that would choose the role. A persistent MP campaign would certainly attract folks like me to purchase it.

[Devrim]

I'm a CA user. But I can't even use any unit in any multiplayer mission.

 

MP mission composers have to think about this, or ED must create own MP missions and let us play in MP arena.

[karambiatos]

once a lot of CA units start moving around the server crashes pretty fast, so its kind of bad in that sense, also once a player gets into an aa vehicle, especially a tor or something, aircraft start dropping like flies, and the fact that many CA players start hiding all their aa in middle of forests, i guess most mission makers dont want to deal with it, a CA player should be there to enrich the experience, not play to win at any cost, at least in my opinion.

[Winfield_Gold]

once a lot of CA units start moving around the server crashes pretty fast, so its kind of bad in that sense, also once a player gets into an aa vehicle, especially a tor or something, aircraft start dropping like flies, and the fact that many CA players start hiding all their aa in middle of forests, i guess most mission makers dont want to deal with it, a CA player should be there to enrich the experience, not play to win at any cost, at least in my opinion.

 

What fixed our server was the graphics for the server host was set to max, changing the graphics for the host computer to low everything makes it run like it would in a single player mission.

[calibro8185]

For the CA mission builders, it is dependent on the goal of the mission. Coop vs AI, or PVP. Coop is story line or tactical. If people want to PVP, then EDGE will hopefully solve the hiding in forest with the new collision capable trees. Personally, PVP is not my thing. Having a game master in the AAA or SAMS to add immersion makes more sense when in a coop tactical mission.

[ENO]

I've been trying to give the CA players more ownership overall by giving them packages of ground troops that need to achieve an objective... but the only way to achieve it is to get air power to whittle down defenses.

 

Only issue is it can take time and the CA players often get bored with waiting... and the level of micromanagement his AI needs trends towards the ridiculous.

 

There is SO much potential- I just can't wait to see it reached.

[Frostie]

I'm a CA user. But I can't even use any unit in any multiplayer mission.

 

MP mission composers have to think about this, or ED must create own MP missions and let us play in MP arena.

<51>Server has been running missions with CA units for over a month now.

[pepin1234]

Honestly... CA is one of the best Tools for the DCS series. Not yet a Simulator but amazing tool for try do some realistics tactics.

 

Normally when u dont find CA Slots in MP Servers cuz the module Need be tunned a Little bit more, but ED have made a lot of Progress since the first day of this modules series.

 

there are a couple of things ED can do in short term for the CA Players:

 

1- the soldiers and RPG/Manpads Units should ride all the AIR-transports with Triggers/CA orders.

 

2- the RPG soldier should be first Person control like the Manpads do now.

 

3- Naval Units artillery and short range onboards SAMs could be controled by CA users.

 

4- the soldiers should may jump from Air-transports and become a paratroopers, ones they landing, they become a normal soldier unit.

 

For me the CA is great and have a lot of future. EDGE engine will open more doors for CA I think...

Edited May 14, 2014 by pepin1234

[Skitter]

What I am seriously missing is an Infantry JTAC. If I create a mission where I would like to place a JTAC behind enemy lines, maybe with a group of soldiers for protection, preferably on a hill top I have to put a humvee or an APC! This is rediculous. Couldn't we have a model of manpad infantry with SOFLAM instead? Somebody please, please, please fix that!

[mwd2]

You could use the Stinger MANPAD soldier as JTAC behind the Line!

 

By the way, i can`t get into the Igla MANPAD first person view!

[Skitter]

What do you mean? Is MANPAD equipped with binoculars view and laser designator? I can't check it now.

[mwd2]

yep, i can switch on the StingerMANPAD to binos

[Skitter]

Wow. That's great! Cheers.

[Skitter]

By the way, i can`t get into the Igla MANPAD first person view!

 

Have you checked in the mission editor if you have sufficient JTAC, commander, game master players on the "red/blue" side ?

Also, I am guessing MANPAD needs to be marked as "player can drive" ?

[mwd2]

it is a streng behavior, i have check only few combination...

 

i can take over:

Russia Igla-S MANPADS (Red)

Insurgents Stinger MANPADS (Blue)

 

i can`t take over:

Abkhazia Igla MANPADS (Red) - player can drive is check, but grey

Insurgents Igla MANPADS (Blue) - no option for player can drive

 

all in one mission as RED Gamemaster

 

is there a difference between Igla and Igla-S?

[Skitter]

I tried and same here.