Cripes, where is everyone?

ir0nside · Post by **ir0nside** » 2005-12-18 03:35

Quite a few people were playing earlier - but now, there are exactly ZERO players online from what I can discern. Come on you panzies, get in there and play.

No excuses!

DEDMON5811 · Post by **DEDMON5811** » 2005-12-18 04:37

No shite, only 4 of us on tonight Where was everyone? put down the pud and play!

Sirex · Post by **Sirex** » 2005-12-18 11:16

im waiting a bit for the game to mature. its fun and all, but needs a bit 'extra'. ill be on from time to time. but it'll be a while before its my main game. -- lot of potential though.

btw: is it possible to reduce the fog factor in the game ? -- really screws up tactics when you cant see very far.

Post by **Wolfmaster** » 2005-12-18 11:40

The fog is a mapping thing. I think I can safely say that eventually the visibility will be increased to as close as possible to realistic levels, with the restriction of playability, i.e. lag.

Resjah · Post by **Resjah** » 2005-12-18 17:22

Usually people are on later in the day for me, around 8 or 9 pm.

anytime earlier than that you would be lucky to find 3 people on the same server.

dawdler · Post by **dawdler** » 2005-12-18 20:08

'[R-PUB wrote:Wolfmaster']The fog is a mapping thing. I think I can safely say that eventually the visibility will be increased to as close as possible to realistic levels, with the restriction of playability, i.e. lag.

Which is where its at already on minimum/recommended spec. I dont think PR would do well in limiting players to 3500+ CPUs with X1800 or 7800GT cards.

Anyway, the problem is getting a game going. Its dull to play alone even if we are only talking 10 minutes until people start to drop in... PRMM need coop!!!!

Sirex · Post by **Sirex** » 2005-12-19 00:20

is it not at all possible to create some type of workaround ? i understand about the gfx load and all, but its hard to set up a sensible tactic and / or ambush, when you cant see people in the distance beyond the effective range of your weapon.

dawdler · Post by **dawdler** » 2005-12-19 08:43

Sirex wrote:is it not at all possible to create some type of workaround ? i understand about the gfx load and all, but its hard to set up a sensible tactic and / or ambush, when you cant see people in the distance beyond the effective range of your weapon.

But of course there is a workaround! Just strip the levels of 90% of the buildings and you can run with pretty long view distance. I would say strip the level of most trees as well, but as we all know, BF2 hardly have any trees anyway.

For example, Karkand with 2 buildings would run great! Question is if it would play great?

Sirex · Post by **Sirex** » 2005-12-19 16:11

well, couldnt you make the minimap show vauge vacinitys of the emy, or maybe thin the fog out ? -- i dont know, but it seems if this mod is going to be realistic, youll not want to run / run / run / run / see someone / prone / shoot / repeat.

i'd want to be proned, crawling along, setting up ambushes etc. which isnt going to happen without a UAV or any vision beyond the effective range of my weapons. is it ?

billclo · Post by **billclo** » 2005-12-26 22:27

I've also noticed that it's very hard to find any servers with players at all. From 4pm-8pm EST, 3-4 servers up, ZERO players. Weekends aren't so hot. Today was the first time I've actually played PRMM online, and there was only 3-4 players per side.

This sucks on a larger map, such as Zatar Wetlands, especially when everyone goes for the jets/helos...kinda leaves the rest of us in the dust.

waffenbaum · Post by **waffenbaum** » 2005-12-26 22:44

Which is why I reccomend motorcycles.