Introduce HENROTH's armament system for aircraft

SpanishSurfer commented 9 years ago

(FROM HENROTH ON OFPS.NET forums) I've made my own mod ( using native SQF so no download required ) that I believe addresses the imbalance created by highly expensive air units with ATGMS ( let's be honest .. it's the ATGMs that grief ).

http://games.on.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=207&t=201360

The bullet point summary of what it does is as follows:

Air vehicle frames are much cheaper ( ~80% cheaper ) but always build with no weapons.
A new menu allows weapon customization. i.e. you decide which weapons are mounted on each air vehicle.
Each load out / mount option costs a different amount of money and it's at the players discretion what they risk in terms of payload.
ATG M/R - Very expensive.
AA missiles - Moderate
Guided bombs - Moderate
Freefall bombs - Cheap
Flares - Cheap
Guns - Dirt Cheap

On the server we run, air isn't a problem and is now a unit that appears early on and provides really cool and fun gaming moments ( i.e. strafing / bombing runs ) in concert with ground troops. Yes eventually players can afford to mount ATGM's but the enemy can counter by sending up relatively inexpensive jets with AA missiles to shoot them down. This ying / yang has bought a new level of game play and richness which was missing.

I'm posting this because I'm willing to share the code I've written and believe it would integrate with little effort ( maybe 20 minutes of WinMerge fun ).

Get back to me if this is of interest, or drop by our servers when in full swing and give it a go for yourself before drawing an opinion.

P.S. There are some other cools things this mod brings to the table, especially in terms of the new and unique weapon mount options that vanilla does not have.

SpanishSurfer commented 9 years ago

Who wants this? Should be fun! Also, prices will def have to be tweaked once we play around with it.

MarkusNemesis commented 9 years ago

Henroth and I have worked together in the past. This feature was initially for my blend of Zerty's up until the climate for modded missions on GoN became hostile due to senior admins stepping in.

I'd personally prefer if Henroth did the implementation within this mission. https://github.com/HenrothGitHub

SpanishSurfer commented 9 years ago

Fine with me

SpanishSurfer commented 9 years ago

Anyone want to implement this? We can introduce it with the birds eye view.

OFPSDEV / BECTI

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