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