Dirtboy

Tactical Gamer PR v0.7

Tactical Gamer and Project Reality has come a long way since the early days of v.04. When the immensely popular v0.5 was released, TG provided a haven for teamwork oriented players. With the release of v0.6, an influx of new players migrated to the server and enjoyed what they saw and experienced. Tactical Gamer again led the way in server population and tactics. This could not have been done without YOU...the regular player.

Some Version 0.7 Features

• Commanders may now deploy a Command Post and Anti-Air without the need of an Engineer repairing it.
• All assets will not cost tickets
• Multiple Command Trucks will spawn in the Main Base's. No need to request them.
• Squad Leaders may now deploy Bunkers and Firebase's with Commander Approval.
• Supply Drops are no longer dropped by the Commander. Rather it is dropped by Heavy Transport Choppers and Command Trucks.
• JDAM's may now be requested by Squad Leaders. Use wisely, because it has a slow respawn time!

• British Scimitar both caged and uncaged.
• British Challenger II
• Multiple color vehicles for the Insurgent Faction.

• Militia may now request limited kits from a Rally Point, Main Flag, etc.
• Sniper and Spec ops Kits can no longer be requested at RP's and APC's.

• The Highly anticipated ACOG for the M-16 rifle will now be available.
• 2 Riflemen kits are now available. One has a scoped weapon and no ammo bag and vice-versa.
• Trip Flares
• Mines and Trip Flares must now be deployed in the Prone Position.
• C4 now has a arming time of 5 seconds. If activated before that time, it will be a dud.
• Insurgents IED's now have a new texture model and can basically level a city block
• New weapon deviation, sound and bullet drop effects.

• Operation Archer. An insurgent mode map in the mountains of Afghanistan. It has several towns and villages surrounded by mountain. USMC is a placeholder for the upcoming Canadian Faction.
• Operation Barracuda. USMC must attack and secure a vital island held by the PLA. It will be a carrier based assault complete with both Jet's and Choppers. The island has lush jungle and plenty of bases to stop an American Attack.
• The Battle for Qinling. This is a textbook definition of a Combined Arms battle. It will have Jet's, Tanks, Choppers (Attack and Transports), APC's, etc. The map is the size of Kashan Desert. The map contains rolling hills and trees with rivers and a lake in the middle is as big as Operation Ghost Train.
• Zatar Wetlands. This Vanilla map has totally been revamped to PR specs.
• Alot of the Vanilla maps are now out of rotation.
• Fools Road. Much like Assault on Mestia, only larger and the more tactically sound than the latter. A fight between The British and Militia. I think that this map will be a hit here at TG.

Other Misc. Additions

• Squad Leader, Commander Truck and APC spawning is no longer available.
• Lone Armor and APC's will now have an extreme disadvantage. There is a 30 second wait period before firing both the main cannon and coaxial.
• Spec Op's Class will now have 3 SLAMS and Flashbangs.
• Officer Kit will now be in the default kit menu for Squad Leaders and Commanders.
• Shovels will now be available in the AA kit, support kit, grenadier kit, rifleman AT, and marksman kit.
• No HUD

I am sure that this version will be as popular, if not more, here at Tactical Gamer. So grab your gear, select your kit and hop in. I will see you on the Battlefield!

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mat552

Uhh, No Hud? You mean, no hud at all? No clipcount, no firetype, no map, no tickets?
Also, JDAMs *drool* Tell me please that JDAMs are carried on F15, F16, F/A18, A10 Etc, and pilots have to drop them in a zone for the weapon to hit where intended?

PR .07: RETURN OF THE AIRCRAFT

Also, no supply drops from aircraft? So every transport plane in the world has been destroyed?

Anyway, thanks, we will get back on our feet from the reeling new changes soon!

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Atomic Dog

Was this just released?

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Red

The change to have no spawn on SL or APC and Commander truck is just bad idea. So you can only spawn in the back? They are going to kill PR if they make it harder to spawn close to your SL. I thought PR worked perfect in this area. Team work first , realistic spawn second.

Same with no HUD thats just a bad change. HUD might not be realistic but it keeps you orientated. In computer games you cant feel whats left or right you need that HUD to get the feeling of direction. I thought it worked perfectly in PR.

I havent played much PR for a while but was planning on playing when 0.7 came out. Not sure I will even try it now.

fuzzhead

Ill be able to answer some of your questions if you ask nicely

TheSkudDestroyer

Great write up dirtboy.

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Sabre_Tooth_Tigger

The spawn restriction will be good for tactics, there is still rally points upto 100m from any flag and bunkers and firebases. Now you wont be able to spawn right ontop of a flag unless you allready have captured it, seems dead on to me

m203 still has a hud sight on it when you right click, it might be a reference to things like that maybe?

Parabolic trajectory sounds good. Only thing I wonder is when is it out and is this all instead of .65 I guess

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SloppyJoe

Cool sounds like project reality is working on the reality side of things! I might have to check this out sometime Yeah good write up dirtyboy. I've never seen you write so well? You made someone else write it didn't you.

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SamO

All sounds good, except for the info on Baracuda. I was hoping for more of a strictly transport/infantry from that beautiful map, but i suppose ill just have to wait and see how i'm going to play it.

ps. Fuzzhead can you elaborate on the no hud? and function of the JDAM's? Please

pps. Is hills of HAmayangong staying?

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Human Shield

I still don't see how Spec Ops are so great. If it takes 2 slams to destroy something, how are they better then engineers who can do other stuff and aren't a limited kit? What is the point? I've seen flashbangs blow right in front of me and I was unaffected, they seem short ranged and buggy. They should have parachutes (they are a limited kit now, PLEASE have paratroops that come from main base) or unlimited sprint.

Spec Ops and Sniper should be allowed in two man squads. Spec Ops with advanced bionics as squad leader could use the targeting requests and spot for the sniper.

I think tanks are going to run out of ammo a lot if they have to find a bunker or firebase, they should repair and rearm at main base like choppers and aircraft.

Is there still ammo from rally points, they just added/fixed that for this release?

I wish the APC would stay as a spawn point, it is was made it useful, made the mod unique, and never felt over powered. The APC is such a death box if you run up against HAT, Tank, or another APC that gets the first shot; everyone inside is gonna die. It was good to see personal come out of a personal carrier; the humvee would end up being safer for transport with its high speed and the fact you rarely get shot out of it. It would be nice if HAT required lock-on, that would prevent its use against infantry and give APCs a chance to flee. If the APC is just for attack and handing out HAT kits what is the point of all those seats (it should at least give ammo if humvees aren't going to anymore)?

It would be nice if the only mobile spawn is a squad leader as an officer in an APC, then it is just for resupplying that squad in a combat zone; as legitimate a spawn as a rally point.

What does "no HUD" mean. I liked that PR was willing to keep elements to keep awareness that a fixed camera angle doesn't give you.

Steiner

Sounds like a bunch of great changes. I like the limitation in spawn, since I guess that it will put even higher demands on teamwork - and survival. And if people want to survive, in order to not have to spawn in some place far far away, will that force them to adapt themselves to tactics. Two thums up!

I could have lived with armour and APC's being manned by one, but I can definately see where this change is coming from. It will also serve to further improve team-work.

The supply-drop change is positive. Much better if supplies have to actively be brought forward to the troops.

The new maps sounds good. Fools Road cant be anything else than awesome with a description like that.

Will probably annoy people until we learn to take it into calculation and compensate for it when we get a grip of the drop vs range.

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Can't work out how to have several different images [such as banners and ribbons] in the signature, so I will drop that project for now...

"-He has a wife, you know. Do you know what she's called? 'Incontinentia'... Incontinentia Buttocks."

"...and suicide isn´t an option either, since it would probably make some prick happy...

TurkishDelight

I just want it or .65 or whatever to come out already!!!







BTW

Nice write-up dirtboy...I enjoyed it!

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fuzzhead

way ahead of you

nope

cannot request HAT from APC. APCs in v0.61 are NOT used as transport, they are used to camp positions and abandoned in ditches to be used as spawnpoints. v0.7 will have much more use out of the APCs as Armored Personell Carriers and not Armored Teleportation Devices.

Not going to comment about HUD at this time. needless to say HUD will be reduced, there is quite a lot of information regarding the HUD topic on the PR forums and not gonna bring that up here. My only comment will be, if you have played a game like COD4/arma you will probably appreciate the immersive levels of little heads up display, so give PRs new HUD design a try.

yeap

LoveSkylark

I love almost all the changes there, some of them are necessary fixes and some of them will change completely how you play the game.

All big changes are scary at first so please don’t worry too much about them just adapt and improve.

<1sk>Headshot

Will Supply vehicles still give vehicle ammunition or will only bunkers and firebases do this? If not, is the supply vehicle even going to be staying?