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[LiTos456]

At least you can make idle eating animations just on the spot, or like playing a guitar in a circle... BFME did that with the orcs when they would fight together, it was actually pretty cool to watch.

[nickson104]

Originally Posted by LiTos456

At least you can make idle eating animations just on the spot, or like playing a guitar in a circle... BFME did that with the orcs when they would fight together, it was actually pretty cool to watch.

Play guitar in a circle? we going camping now are we? a group of orcs sitting round a campfire singing camfire songs along to an acoustic guitar? i think maybe the elves could do such stuff, the humans should get drunk and have maybe sing and orcs should just roar at each other

[szebus]

Or some soldiers are fighting eachother for exercise and other soldiers are sleeping.

[Kell Aset]

Originally Posted by Puppeteer

Seems like a grand waste of time to me.

No it is not complete waste of time, when enemy is shooting with catapults etc. at Your stronghold what is better for units/battalions, to stand in one place and get blasted with 1 good shot or to let them wonder around?

[Puppeteer]

In the event that the enemy is shooting at you with catapults having your soldiers nonchalantly wander around to eat, drink and sleep is by far more unrealistic then having some idle animations.

[Mrdash]

Ya I think its just a waste of data/time/my life. You could let a group wander maybe just a few feet from where they are stationed but not al over.

[Kell Aset]

Originally Posted by Puppeteer

In the event that the enemy is shooting at you with catapults having your soldiers nonchalantly wander around to eat, drink and sleep is by far more unrealistic then having some idle animations.

Hehe, and standing in groups when rocks fall from sky is very realistic hehehe , idea is to let soldiers scatter or wonder around, animations of eating etc. apart - those are nice for eye but not essential.

[Joseph Visscher]

Originally Posted by Meh 4 evar

Hi all at the forums

Recently i came up with the idea that your inactive soldiers in army camps, or town, wont just be standing where you put them, but are wandering around to eat, drink, sleep ect. Though of course always easy to find.

The reason i came up with this idea, is that it would make long paced battles feel more real/alive.
(i tried to use the search but i couldent find anything about this)

Could defiantly be moded into the game, but it would not be a very popular mod.

[Puppeteer]

idea is to let soldiers scatter or wonder around, animations of eating etc. apart - those are nice for eye but not essential.

Natural scattering for troops is an idea, as opposed to telling the troops to (eg. pressing "X" in BFME, where the scatter function was really rigid). Then again, less-experienced troops would cower in fear (like a deer in front of a truck). But idle wandering? Nah.

[LiTos456]

Dude, unrealistism is just another excuse for not doing it.
I had enough realism talk on the arma forums, so I've had enough.
Jesus, whats with you people and realism. Games aren't made to be realistic...
But now I'm just confronting myself, because I love Arma.