Voodoo_Operator

Topic closed for deadness reopened by author's request.

What part of "No release yet" do you not understand?

Is your caps lock key broken? Have it repaired, then we'll talk.

Corrupt? I'm not getting paid - over or under the table - to moderate this place. Your first comment shows you haven't been looking at the video as it is an obvious bug. The "blind" part may have been slightly harsh, I agree, but I wouldn't go so far as to consider it insulting. On the other hand, "I'm not talking to you STFU" is uncalled for and totally unacceptable.

Whoa there. Chill. +1 warn.

Oh snap. Voodoo saw the topic. 2 day ban is in effect. Topic closed. Toodles.

Time passes and things change. I remember being around when the last 1996 Caprices were being phased out and Ford became the dominant police car supplier. You couldn't find any Crown Vic supporters. Then Chevy brought in the 2000 Impala and people thought the Crown Vic wasn't so bad after all. And then Chevy brought in the 2005 Impala and people thought the 2000 Impala wasn't so bad after all. And I won't even go into the discussions I've had about the 2006 Charger when it was introduced - and how a 4-door sedan was unworthy of being called a sedan and should have been called the Diplomat or the Polara or any other old Dodge name.

Don't forget to give proper credit where due.

Right. I thought you thought it was a bug.

By the way, it's not really a problem. It's made like that so you can see what's on the other side of buildings. Pretty useful in dense map with tall buildings. Otherwise you're gonna have to fight with the camera to see your units.

Just so we're clear, everyone is free to start whatever mod they please, and we at EMP have no official rule or stance against duplicate mods, as long as they don't steal models from each other. We did (and maybe still do?) have quite a few NYC mods around. Yes, a little variety doesn't hurt and is appreciated, but it's not a reason to discourage people from making whatever mod they wish - and may the best one win. Then again, starting a mod all by yourself is a hard task and a very few actually succeed. So perhaps your talent would be put to better use if you join the other mod's team instead of perhaps quitting in a few weeks due to the amount of work needed to make your own mod. It's your call.

It's funny that you would say "let it goooo" when posting in a topic that had its last post in July 2008 - that's almost 5 years ago. Topic closed, and you received a warning for replying to a dead post.

I don't personally know the method (Hoppah does, so he might answer you if he's around), but I do know it is extremely complicated and involves a lot of trial and error as well as messing around with text files. The thing is, animated models (such as characters or animated vehicles) can't be edited in Zmod (they come out all messed up), so you have to go through a complicated workaround.

Seems like 2 people missed this. Oh well. kameronbc21: +1 warn Dyson: +1 warn Now, back on topic. For real, yo.

Sup. Back on topic plz.

Kids. Please. This topis is not about pizza, thank you.

Here's mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL1UVN_s70c Just a few more posts like ours - and assuming nobody posts Jingle Bells or Silent Night - and this thread could be renamed "What's your favorite very obscure Christmas song?"

Looks great and quite realistic. Too bad FSX is so poorly programmed and runs like a snail on tranquilizers even on a powerful PC that far exceeds recommended requirements. Otherwise maybe I'd still have it installed.

Your point being? The toss-up went on the owner's side this time. It could very well have been the other way around. Then again, a lot of information is missing from your statement... Were the robbers even armed? Did they attack/threaten the owner? Did he offer them a chance to surrender or did he take them out by surprise? If the robbers were unarmed and unaware of his presence, the owner could have just called the cops. Considering the circumstances, I bet they would have gotten there pretty quick. Shooting an unarmed man, even more so if he's got his back turned, is pretty cowardly if you ask me.

Background checks aren't (or at least shouldn't be) just about whether or not you have a criminal record. In Canada, you have to get two relatives or close friend to vouch for you before you can obtain a weapon. This is to add a safeguard in order to avoid that someone with mental issues (depression, schizophrenia, anger issues, etc) gets their hands on a firearm precisely for the wrong purposes and becomes a danger for themselves or others. I've been doing a lot of thinking over the weekend and I thought I'd bring some of my thoughts to this debate... Bear in mind that I don't think guns should be totally outlawed - they're not in a lot of countries, including mine, yet most have stricter laws on the types of guns that can be owned and the conditions of said ownership, and do see a lot less gun violence - I'll let you judge if it's because of such laws or not. I'm just questioning the logic behind wanting to own a gun or not, laws notwithstanding. I usually stay cautious around anonymous quotes, and this one might as well come from the NRA. That quote is a fallacy. Law enforcement would still be armed, and they're professionals to whom it is best to leave dealing with criminals. See, the most common argument I hear for possessing a firearm, outside of hunting, farming and hobbies, is home defence. People will say that having a gun at home makes them feel safe from threats. But what threats are we talking about exactly? The main reason why someone would want to break into your house is to rob you of your goods. Now here's the thing - the most efficient way to rob you is to wait for a time when you're not home. You'll then have plenty of time to commit your crime. Any smart criminal (or "less dumb than average") knows that, so I'd say most robberies occur when you're not home. So in this case, your gun hasn't protected your property from anything. In fact, it becomes just another one of your goods - and an interesting one at that. Wondering how those illegal guns pop up? The ones with filed-off serial numbers? Ask those who used to have an armory at home then came back from a trip to find out that someone had broken in and made off with all their guns. The fact is, in countries where gun ownership isn't really common, illegal guns are also much less common because they can't be easily found - and thus are also more costly. Simple offer and demand. Of course there are other sources for illegal weapons, but theft still remains an important one. But then what if the burglar breaks in while you're home, unknowingly or not? And plain old home invasions? The former is probably the most common of both occurrences and you're then dealing with a stupid criminal - and/or one who's completely tripping balls. If he's lucky or any good, you might not even notice he was there until you find your stuff missing the next morning - and then see the above paragraph to know what happens. If he's not, chances are you won't need to go Bruce Willis on him - just hearing a sound or seeing light might very well scare him off. So far, your gun hasn't been necessary. It's either too late to use it, or completely overkill (killing an unarmed man is cowardly, you should know that). That leaves us with home invasions. Which the media and movies would have us believe is a common occurrence when really it is not. The thing is, they DO happen, but more often then not, they're not random. Think about it, they're extremely violent and planned-out operations - why target any house where there could be absolutely nothing valuable to steal? When you dig a little, you'll find that many home invasion victims are in fact criminals themselves - a lot of such invasions are drug-related. They can also happen when you go around bragging about how you don't trust banks and stashed 300k $ in your mattress - if you're so paranoid about banks, maybe you should also be paranoid about bragging about such things in public. But hey, suppose you do fall victim to a home invasion... and you've got a gun... good for you, right? Thing is, since everyone in this country has a gun, criminals would be wise to carry a few themselves. And there will be at least two of them, if not three, to stage a home invasion. Three burly guys, armed, and probably high on something that fuels their aggressiveness. So you think you're just gonna go Rambo on them and dispatch them all in a matter of seconds? Yeah, right. A few years ago, there was a campaign in the UK to discourage people from carrying knives for protection. Because, guess what, people were more likely to be involved in a knife fight and get stabbed if they did. The same principle applies to guns. So these three guys break into your house to rob you. They're completely out of their minds with adrenalin and probably cocaine or methamphetamines, looking to find and subdue everyone in the house. You hear noise and wake up in a jolt, dazed, confused caught off-guard, extremely stressed, and you grab your weapon. What do you think is the likely outcome when two people with firearms and deprived of rational thinking face each other? I'd say a gunfire exchange is pretty likely. Who gets shot first is a toss-up. But if you do manage to take out one of the guys, the other one(s) are going to be pretty pissed, and you and your family are probably toast (if you've got murder one on your hands anyway, might as well not leave any witnesses). And then there's the issue of stray bullets... who knows where or who they'll hit. I'd really like to see what are the statistics for robberies foiled by an armed citizen VS robberies that ended up in injury or death for an armed citizen. Of course, if you're not armed and a home invasion does happen, you'll likely get roughed up, but if you don't try to pick a fight, you'll probably get to live through it. Just call the cops and let them do their jobs - chances are the idiots will be caught before long. We all know that being a police officers is one of the most dangerous jobs out there, and very few of us would be willing and/or capable of facing the risks they face everyday. So I don't understand how people think that in a stressful situation, they will suddenly master all the skills of a trained police officer and put themselves in the line of fire... that's just a recipe to end up dead IMO.

Well, yes, my point is that laws won't be able to change much to a culture that is deeply set in the American society. With that in mind, I don't think a few more laws would hurt, if only to prevent a few aberrations and dangerous behaviors (for example, restricting sales to kids- it's always a nonsense to me how you can get a gun before you get the right to vote, drink, buy smokes, drive and watch porn). I'm certainly not advocating a full ban, nor even a system as strict as Canada's (while I believe it is a fine system that usually works). I agree that stricter laws don't necessarily put an end to all gun violence. I remember a college shooting in Montreal a few years ago that resulted in one death (two with the shooter) - luckily, 2 police officers were already on campus for an unrelated incident and many more responded quickly and were able to corner the shooter, who took his own life. Hell, 3 months ago, a nutjob attempted to assassinate our provincial premier on election night. His gun jammed and he was quickly tackled by police and security, but unfortunately not before he killed a stagehand. In both cases, the shooters' guns were legally obtained and registered. In the end, it all comes down to a matter of culture, and one's approach towards firearms and violence. Technically, almost every Canadian could legally own a firearm, yet very few of them actually do. So my point is, Americans should ask themselves: "Why do I need a gun? Why do I care so much about guns?"

"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." -Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. The security of a free state. Well that makes a lot of sense today, doesn't it... I know I'm going to make a lot of enemies right now, a lot of you will think that it's "not the time" and "too soon" to ask, but the thing is, every time a tragedy like this one - I'm not sure "like this one" is the right wording here because this is beyond everything we've seen so far - but every time it does, everyone immediately says "not now, it's time to grieve". But once the grieving is over, the debate never really resurfaces... not until the next tragedy, when it reappears and is almost immediately set aside, in an absurd vicious circle. I'm sorry if I am going to offend you, and I suggest that you stop reading now if you really want to avoid the topic of gun control. So I'm Canadian. You can obtain firearms here in Canada, but the types which you can obtain are much more limited, and you have to go through a lot of bureaucratic hoops - including background checks and inquiries with your relatives - before you can obtain one. There are also strict rules on how you must store your guns, use them and transport them. In the end, hunters can still hunt, and you can even go to the gun range for target practice. Technically, you can even own a gun for "protection" at home (just not carry it in public), as long as you comply to ownership and storage laws. The first thing every gun rights advocate says on the issue of gun control is that "if I don't have the right to own a gun, the criminals will still obtain one illegally and have the upper hand". We have criminals here too. And yes, they do obtain firearms through illegal means. But, strangely enough, murders, shootings and home invasions are still rare occurrences here, and even more so outside of criminal VS criminal crimes. Hell, big cities like Montreal and Toronto get yearly homicide rates that don't even come close to weekly rates in the largest US cities. Very few people here own guns (even if they could), yet everyone still feels much safer. Why? It's not really a question of rights as much as a question of culture. The most serious problem is America's gun culture. Think of American symbols, and guns probably won't be far down the list after the star-spangled banner, bald eagles and cowboy hats. It's time that the political powers that be reflect on this problem and stop listening to the nutjobs who use phrases such as "from my cold dead hands". The problem is about being able to obtain a gun as easily as you can obtain a fishing rod. The problem is about thinking of your gun as an extension of your manhood. The problem is thinking you, your family and your property will be safer from outside threats as long as you own a gun (and will be proportionally safer according to the number of guns you own). The problem to view shooting guns as a fun hobby for the whole family, even bringing your kids to the gun range or in the backwoods to fire a pistol or a military-grade machine gun. The problem is thinking that waving a gun will magically solve any problem - that bringing a gun to a knife fight, fist fight, word fight, will immediately resolve the issue and make you a winner. The problem is to be overzealous in exercising your right to carry a gun by walking around in broad daylight with a machine gun and telling a police officer that he's violating your open carry rights when he's asking what you're doing - then posting the video on Youtube and praising yourself as a civil rights advocate against the evil police state/Obama/ATF/U.N. conspiracy. The problem is about thinking of your gun as an irrevokable right given by your forefathers, who needed to keep muskets to repel the assaults of the British, and who probably would have had second thoughts if they knew that one day, firearms that can fire hundreds of rounds per minute could be bought by Joe Everyman, and then used to walk in a school, or a mall, or an office, or a movie theater, or a church, and shoot everything that moves. 27 people died today. Of those, 20 were innocent children. This is beyond horror. Yet it's just another shooting in America this year. I just hope that these poor souls didn't go to heaven in vain. And that their families aren't mourning such unacceptable losses in vain, either. It would be an insult to their memories NOT to think - right now - about how America's gun culture is a serious problem that exposes a lot of innocent lives to another such tragedy that could happen anytime. R.I.P.

You can download and install both mods, but you can only use one of them at once in the game (you have to activate it when you start the game - there's a Modifications option in the main menu I believe). Both mods are great, but the LA mod has been around for much longer so it offers a more complete game experience IMO.

Yeah, it is. It contains 3 more missions than the regular EM4, I believe.