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Re: Dirtside II eval - Oerjan Ohlson

From: "Oerjan Ohlson" <oerjan.ohlson@t...>
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 20:16:38 +0200
Subject: Re: Dirtside II eval - Oerjan Ohlson

Andrew Martin wrote (BTW, Andrew, please separate your replies from the
quotes with a blank line - makes it *much* easier to read):

> >Some of those weapons - the Strix mortar grenade, for example - are
> >already deployed but have never been used in combat.

>	Did you really mean to say that? It has a grenade warhead? An
> anti-infantry capability? Fascinating! Please don't tell us anymore
if it's
> secret, OK?

Sorry, confusion of terms. In Swedish, the term "grenade" can refer to
any explosive round which propelled by rocket engines alone. 

I wouldn't use Strix against infantry, no <g>
 
> > with the good
> > communications in use in DSII everyone in the force will hear
private 
> > Jones screaming when his guts are ripped out by shrapnel, not just
his 
> > closest buddies...

>	I get the feeling that battlefield AI's will just quickly switch
off
the
> voice transmitter on private Jones' HUD, when his sensors indicate 
> massive trauma, thus limiting the spread of bad morale. But your
opinion > may vary.

More to the point, the quality of the AI may vary <g>
 
Later,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

"Life is like a sewer.
  What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
- Hen3ry

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