What's up with the shovel?

Deflex · Post by **Deflex** » 2007-08-26 23:37

It's a simple question really... lol I can't figure out what the shovel does... or at least to make it to do what I want! lol!!

Im fairly new to project reality but I haven't been able to find any servers for some strange reason...

I also had two more questions...

1. If you get shot and survive but you get all dizzy and woozy will the field dressing or medic bag help?? It seems that I die anyway... just wondering!

2. Can you be a sniper??? I've seen screenshots (even on this site) and no matter what team you are there's never a sniper kit!!! Getting a headshot from 100 yards away without someone ever knowing what hit em' is what I live for!!!!!

BAM! ha! ur dead!

Tweaky · Post by **Tweaky** » 2007-08-26 23:42

The shovel helps the commander build assets like bunkers, firebases, sandbags.... etc. You can see him place such things on the map by paying attention to the HUD (it will say "placing Defensive Bunker..." for example), and also look on the minimap (they will show up as green triangles). The commander cannot build himself, he has to have an Officer kit (though if he kills himself and respawns with shovel, he can do that too).

If the commander is smart, he will drive around in his Support Truck (flatbed) and place things to build. Usually it takes 1 or 2 guys to build stuff with their shovels. It's always best to be an engineer when helping the commander, but you can be assault and still have a shovel too.

1) The field dressings do help yes. They will sometimes help stop the bleeding effect, but not always. It is best to find someone with more dressings, or find a medic

. You can get extra field dressings off of APCs and Trucks just by standing next to them for a while (takes a few seconds to rearm them).

2) You can be a sniper if you're lucky getting the kit. A lot of people try to get the kit when a round starts, and you have to wait till they die usually. But if the enemy picks up the kit after they kill the sniper, you still cannot get a sniper kit for a long while. The Sniper kit is hard to get with a full server (it has 2-level zoom), but the Marksman kit is easy to get usually (only has 1-level zoom) and is almost equally good as a Sniper kit.

Wolfe · Post by **Wolfe** » 2007-08-26 23:42

Read the wiki.

Deflex wrote:I can't figure out what the shovel does...

Builds commander assets that he places, like the command post, bunkers, sandbags, etc.

Deflex wrote:I haven't been able to find any servers for some strange reason...

There are at least 15+ PR servers running 24/7 and approx 200 players. Are you sure you have the latest PR version .609? Also check your server list filters.

Deflex wrote: you get all dizzy and woozy will the field dressing or medic bag help??

Your soldier begins with 100 health. You begin to "bleed out" at less then 40hp. Field dressings recover 15 health. Get to a medic or replenish your dressings at a humv, apc, or supply crate etc.

Deflex wrote:Can you be a sniper???

Yes, but you must be in a squad, and have at least X number of players in that squad to request special kits such as the sniper. The number X is determined by the number of players on the server at the moment. The more people on the server, the more people you'll need in your squad. Generally though, it's about 3-4 people.

Deflex · Post by **Deflex** » 2007-08-26 23:52

Wolfe wrote:Read the wiki.

Builds commander assets that he places, like the command post, bunkers, sandbags, etc.

There are at least 15+ PR servers running 24/7 and approx 200 players. Are you sure you have the latest PR version .609? Also check your server list filters.

Your soldier begins with 100 health. You begin to "bleed out" at less then 40hp. Field dressings recover 15 health. Get to a medic or replenish your dressings at a humv, apc, or supply crate etc.

Yes, but you must be in a squad, and have at least X number of players in that squad to request special kits such as the sniper. The number X is determined by the number of players on the server at the moment. The more people on the server, the more people you'll need in your squad. Generally though, it's about 3-4 people.

Cool Wolfe!!! THANKS A LOT!! Now I have more questions!!

Can the commander build something with the shovel by himself?? and how can you choose WHAT to build??

And yeah I have PR v0.6 and Vanilla bf2 is updated to 1.41 so they are both the most recent releases! And I have my internet filters down to the following... tell me if this is what they should be!

"same mod, same version, punkbuster, and small/medium/large maps." And I also switched the drop down menu in the upper right corner from "conquest" to "all" so I could join any type of game... But still nothing!!!

I want to play so bad so somebody please help!!! I've had this mod for weeks but never played with anyone except myself...

I don't know if anybody suggests to redownload the mod and install it again or what? But I'm willing to try anything!

I dunno... mabye I can still join using the IP address so if you can copy down all the servers IP and post them here mabye I can finally get to play... Just a suggestion. Mabye not the best.

Post by **Jaymz** » 2007-08-26 23:57

Make sure you are running .609 and try playing around with your filters. There should be a manual that installed to your desktop with PR 0.609 so you might want to give that a read

JohnnyPissoff · Post by **JohnnyPissoff** » 2007-08-26 23:59

Field dressing and healing?...Hell just make sure you snatch them off the guys you just killed by picking up their kits.

lysander_atrull · Post by **lysander_atrull** » 2007-08-27 00:11

we ought to have a 'don't know whats going on?' section right at the top of the list in the forum which we can flush out non-stickies every month so as to avoid wasting space

Wolfe · Post by **Wolfe** » 2007-08-27 00:16

lysander_atrull wrote:we ought to have a 'don't know whats going on?' section right at the top of the list in the forum which we can flush out non-stickies every month so as to avoid wasting space

Something like THIS?

Post by **Bob_Marley** » 2007-08-27 00:46

Deflex wrote: 2. Can you be a sniper??? I've seen screenshots (even on this site) and no matter what team you are there's never a sniper kit!!! Getting a headshot from 100 yards away without someone ever knowing what hit em' is what I live for!!!!! BAM! ha! ur dead!

Thats less than 1/10th the view distance on Kashan. I suggest you work on that aim before you grab a sniper kit.

The regular scoped rifles are zeroed at 300m (330 yards.) Start of zapping things with those before you move onto the more advanced stuff.

Post by **Jaymz** » 2007-08-27 01:31

now now Bob, 100yards is a perfectly legit sniping distance......in vanilla