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Quote from: hemmingjay on April 03, 2011, 11:52:29 am

it's for Battlefield 2, and they also have one for Arma 2, but it's not as complete at this time.

Wait one sec, wasn't the whole point of Arma that it already was realistic? 

Yes, yes it is.
The thing about it is though, is that, while it's pretty realistic, everyone has their own idea of realism. While some of the realism mods for ArmA 2 are more realistic, I find that actually they're dead weight to most people, because rather than adding depth, they just extra complexity. Which isn't always as good. Especially in multiplayer.
That's why I'm very sceptical about PRM for ArmA 2. What's it going to bring that the other, more established realism mods already have?

Oh my god! Hi res version, PLEASE!

Just felt that needed saying. Again.

I'll have to see what it would do to blacklist certain functions.  Not sure if it's possible to meaningfully sandbox this stuff, yet.  And besides...you might not necessarily want to control them too hard.  (I could see someone wanting a script that exports data to files, or that modifies graphics, or even someone crazy making a network mod.)  In general, the game scripts would be distributed in source form though, yes.  Verify them if you like.  The game maintainers would also want to verify packages as "safe", so anything you get from the official site would at least have a seal of approval.

The seal of approval sounds like a must.
But what I was thinking of in the whole black listing thing, was more, perhaps making sure that the game will only access files in the game's ... Say, "addon aux files folder". That way people can't go around formatting hard-drives, and such!

Fluttershy, I bring a shotgun then use it on myself because I just can't bring myself to shoot her...

Glad I wasn't the only one.
Rarity. Scissors. I couldn't do it either.

Nothing solves a situation like the person in charge going crazy.

ArmA 2, the mission editor lets you play as any soldier. Or animal.
And you can use all of the vehicles. (Provided they actually move, and that you have hands.)

Well, it's never too late to accidentally delete the database. Jick did it, you can too!

Delete it? ...Oh, the backup! ...I like the way you think.

[Macro]

EDIT: Well, I hate double posting. Maybe someone will read this in retrospect or something. I dunno.

Anyway, it's now not April the first, which means I'm goign to have to think about allowing people the ability to use their own characters again. However, I'm rather surprised to say... It was quite an interesting success. Turned into a non-canon themed event, rather than a shout at Fayrik for being mean session!

So. When are we starting the My Little Pony MUD? (Or, more like it... Where is the one someone's inevitably already started.)

Sowelu, this is your doing! I blame you entirely for this.
..I was going to post this in the General MU* chat topic, but I figured the people reading this would get more of a giggle out of it.
So, it's taken me an hour and ten minutes, but I've just changed everyone's descriptions in my MUD.
I've turned everyone's hard worked original characters into MLP fan characters. I expect a lot of anger from them, but heck. It's April fools and I needed a prank I could pull at short notice.

Of course, I wouldn't have done any of this, if I hadn't read this thread.
Still, should be a laugh. (And, don't worry. While I'm not going to tell anyone else, I did backup the database before doing this. I'm not a fool!)