The Hunted rather than the Hunter

[Noel_From_Ireland]

I know many mission ideas are based upon actual war situations since after all this is a war game.

Why not create a campaign of which the user players the role of a criminal. The OFP community has aquired many law enforcement items in its history, so why not put all this to good use.

Why not put it to use in the form of a Man Hunt.

A storyline could so easily be put together and the missions would consist of 1x criminal trying to get from A to B but on your tail the police forces are tracking you, above are Choppers scanning the area looking for your presence, the roads frequently patrolled by Police vehicals.

The first mission should describe the reasons through which the Man Hunt is happening and the criminals motive of course. As the campaign continues so does advancement of Law Enforcment... you know.. like Grand Theft Auto..

1: Standard Police
2: Police Air Patrols
3: Police Swat
4; FBI
5: Military

The first mission could be located in a town... preferably the largest one. The Criminal has only basic items to get him to his objective.. like a shotgun perhaps.

Actually this sounds very much like John J Rambo "first blood" but on a rather large scale.  Im not one for storylines though so if you like the idea, fire away and write one ^^

Noel

[Iwesshome]

Also sounds like "The Fugitive"

[fragsta]

It actually sounds like a very, very good idea. Good thinking. I think I will take you up on your proposal. How about we get started ASAP?!

[bmgarcangel]

I'll join, so you have a site for this?

[LCD]

dis is more or less what da everon cartel MOD is  ;D

LCD OUT

[Noel_From_Ireland]

Rite here is what I suggest folks just give me sometime to write it, it will take a while....

[Noel_From_Ireland]

Rite... take this as an example.

A theft takes place in a military complex. A laptop is stolen destined for some country preferably a country that has mass American military operations being carried out. The laptop contains intellegence, codes, dates, patrols, position of troops, everything..... everything that the local terrorist organisation would like to get its hands on. The person responsible for this theft has not yet left the country and is presumed to be somewhere local. The local police are informed... they begin patrolling the roads all around the area, they patrol the skys in the area with helechopers. A police chopper spots a strange looking individual running in the direction of a forest. That person opens fire on the chopper forcing it to disengage. The police now know where he is and the man hunt begins in a forest.

1 = Criminal must run through the forest while police follow him on foot.. if he stops the police will catch up and take him down, so he cant stop. The criminal must rendevous with a getaway car at the other side of the forest so he has to get there as soon as possible.

2 = Criminal has visual site on getaway car but police chopper engages and riddles it lol oh dear, how sad, nevermind - thats gotta be done cause its so original.

3 = The getaway car explodes smoke fills the air and the criminal is able to slip away into the shadows. The smoke renders the chopper incapable of visually identifying whats going on below.

^ That would be mission one complete....

Mission 2 should be something about the criminal going to a village or town and a special forces unit inserted into that town to kill him and retrieve the laptop. The criminal needs to get out of the village or town and escape.

Mission 3 should be something about the criminal heading to the other country where he wants to sell the laptop.. if its a country like IRAQ then use a desert map (etc). The military are informed that the criminal boarded a particular flight and they alert fighter craft to take the plane down (but of course the criminal parachutes... does a james bond stunt, know what I mean?)

Mission 4: Countdown begins america has little time left to catch him before he finnally redevous with his disired clients a massive grand fanily occurs with even the terrorists getting involved

[bmgarcangel]

Rite... take this as an example.

A theft takes place in a military complex. A laptop is stolen destined for some country preferably a country that has mass American military operations being carried out. The laptop contains intellegence, codes, dates, patrols, position of troops, everything..... everything that the local terrorist organisation would like to get its hands on. The person responsible for this theft has not yet left the country and is presumed to be somewhere local. The local police are informed... they begin patrolling the roads all around the area, they patrol the skys in the area with helechopers. A police chopper spots a strange looking individual running in the direction of a forest. That person opens fire on the chopper forcing it to disengage. The police now know where he is and the man hunt begins in a forest.

1 = Criminal must run through the forest while police follow him on foot.. if he stops the police will catch up and take him down, so he cant stop. The criminal must rendevous with a getaway car at the other side of the forest so he has to get there as soon as possible.

2 = Criminal has visual site on getaway car but police chopper engages and riddles it lol oh dear, how sad, nevermind - thats gotta be done cause its so original.

3 = The getaway car explodes smoke fills the air and the criminal is able to slip away into the shadows. The smoke renders the chopper incapable of visually identifying whats going on below.

^ That would be mission one complete....

Mission 2 should be something about the criminal going to a village or town and a special forces unit inserted into that town to kill him and retrieve the laptop. The criminal needs to get out of the village or town and escape.

Mission 3 should be something about the criminal heading to the other country where he wants to sell the laptop.. if its a country like IRAQ then use a desert map (etc). The military are informed that the criminal boarded a particular flight and they alert fighter craft to take the plane down (but of course the criminal parachutes... does a james bond stunt, know what I mean?)

Mission 4: Countdown begins america has little time left to catch him before he finnally redevous with his disired clients a massive grand fanily occurs with even the terrorists getting involved

Nice man, but lighten it up a little more.  Give me a island and i'll make the first mission.  I have all weekend off and it'll take me around 10 or 11 hours to create the best possible looking mission and intro.  You know for the first mission.  I'll get to work on it at your command Ireland.

[Noel_From_Ireland]

Since you are willing to start work on this brendan...

Take a look at the map "Kolgujev"

Co-ords: B4

There is a complex there which.. with a little bit of imagination, could be turned into a high-security military barracks. This could be the place where the theft occurs. Obviously this kind of theft isnt going to occur in broad daylight.

The complex will be a cutscene though so if you could show the criminal looking down into the barracks using the binoculers view (there is conveniantly a hill just outside the barracks), that would show whats in the barracks. From the binoculers view you should see 2x guards at the entrance, a few guards patrolling the walls, dont team the patrolling guards up because sometimes they start running. Instead keep the guards seperate with their own waypoints.

While the criminal is looking down upon the barracks, fade in some text saying something like "Fort whatever, Time: 3.45am Day: 5th April 01 (it doesnt really matter what the details are).

You dont need to show how he got into the barracks but naturally, you need to show how he gets out. This is the bit that would confuse me since I dont know how to script that well. He could use charges to blow up a wall, escaping east. A camera should be there showing him running away with the barracks in flames (CAThousefire - you can download this from the the addons section)

The reason why he wants to escape east is because at CG42 there is a forest there with a road at the end of it, this would be where the first mission kicks in)

Im trying to think of a few tunes to use for the cutscene at the moment.....

[About tunes]

Well what works best when it comes to war? Orchestra of course.. if you can remember the theme tune from Platoon "Adagio for Strings" that kind of thing would always work well... im not saying use that tune, since that would probably be against the law

[bmgarcangel]

I might be able to try and get to it soon.  But I have finals at the moment and lots of Homework.  I'll take a look at the base today.  I'll get back to you.

Now another thing is that i'm building something that won't be done for another week or two. Its called OPERATION VISNORSK and i'm still building it.  Anyways, do you want the person who steals the laptop as a Resistance soldier or should I download someone.  Do you want american base and american soldiers looking for the laptop stealer or soviets?  

P.S. is this the base

[Noel_From_Ireland]

Well I think if we used an SAS style uniform for the theft scene (like a ninja black outfit) and then a civilian style outfit for the rest of the missions since whats a ninja gonna look like running about in broad daylight.

I think we should use America as the hunter.

The base as you can tell, looks very empty, perhaps if we stuck in a helepad, fire up some wire fences and have american officers walk from building to building, you could waypoint it so that it looks as if the american officers are stopping and chatting to one and other as well. Parked Jeeps for the officers.

Environmental sounds might bring a nice effect.. owls and that kind of thing.

[bmgarcangel]

ok then.  Now one more thing that you need to know like I said before, I will not be able to get at it for a little while, I still have a pack i'm building + since i'm in 10th grade and the finals are coming up I have to study and so it'll be a couple days till I can look at it more ok man.

[Noel_From_Ireland]

theres no rush mate, take your time. Although it would be nice to hear other peoples ideas on this campaign.

[bmgarcangel]

Yes, it would be  

[Phantom]

hey, ain't that the base near guba's house?
also, there are a few police addons out there. just use that, and the police jeep from resistance.

i know that this is going to be a pain in the arse, but i really think that you should create a man with his own texture. like camo pants and a long sleeve t-shirt or something. i mean you could just steal a pants texture from resistance, u.s. or soviet soldiers and put that on, then steal the top half from a civillian.

[bmgarcangel]

No No No, not that man, we're like using the blackops with Ak-47 putting the ops guy on east side.  The west will be the soldiers running after the blackops/civilian

[Noel_From_Ireland]

Yeah but phantom, if your going to break into a secured barracks, what are you gonna wear? and I mean in real life...

Pure Black clothing with a dull material so it cant reflect of light?

If youve got metal on ya, are you gonna have it coated with a non reflective colour?

A gun thats coated in a non reflective colour, baring in mind that your only there for the laptop and you dont wanna start gunfight at the OK coral in a secured barracks all by yourselve.

Frankly anything other than the above and your just lookin shot mate ^_^


Brendan I found a suitable sound clip for the intro. I had to cut it and stuff and I must say it isnt perfect.. but using the full tune is gonna take space and this particular tune is very difficult to edit.

I am presuming here that you can script sound files so that they can loop within the game

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mplayer/edited.mp3

For anyone interested in where this sound file came from, it was performed by Graeme Revell for the movie "The Negotiator" and the tune is called "Hostage Crisis"

I have extensively edited this file so I think I have avoided copyright laws in doing so.

Oh and just name what format you want it in brendan and I will adjust it accordingly

[bmgarcangel]

Noel, first dude i'm working on finishing one or two OFP things of my own.  I can't work on the intro at the moment, give me 3 or 4 days or a little more and then i'll start working on it.   Whats your email Noel, i'll show you some intros I've made before, and my most recent one too.

Anyways, I might be able to be creative with the music that is already there in the game too you know.

Now is that link you sent me, is that were I get the music dude?  Could I put one or two things there?  If it is your site that is.

[Noel_From_Ireland]

Hiya Brendan, as I said before, take your time, there is no rush.

my email address is

mplayer@ntlworld.com - if your gonna send me emails please put in the subject header.. OFP BRENDAN TO NOEL on all occasions. I get hundreds of spam mail each day and have lost control if it now.

my website is
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mplayer/  

although its only been started and I havent had much time to work on it (its an online portfolio, im a graphics junior)

You will not be able to put stuff in that particular webspace since only customers of NTLworld can access the FTP addresses. I can however set up an FTP from my own hardrive giving you X ammount of space to use. This FTP would not be open all the time however.. I sleep next to the computer u see and its noisy. I think my 600kbs cable provides something like 20kb/s upload rate.

[continued]

Brendan I have opened an account for you on my computer providing 3GB of space to play with. You will need to email me so I can reply with your details and you will need an FTP program to access the area. I will talk more about all this via email though.

[bmgarcangel]

got it man.  Anyways, thanks, i'll email you know.  Plus it might be a little longer before i'm able to work on the hunted

[Noel_From_Ireland]

Brendan you have mail... any further discussions can be done inside my computer, we can leave this place for updates concerning the campaigne

[bmgarcangel]

alright, talk to you there then

[Noel_From_Ireland]

I just sent you an FTP program via email Brendan. The private messaging thing on here isnt working for me.

[bmgarcangel]

I got an error that said:

Sorry, but you do not meet the requirements for free us of WS_FTP LE.


then it says something else.  what should I do?

[bigdog632]

i dont know if this is any where near related but on the same topic in a mil point of view the movie behind enemy lines would make a neat idea...pilot stuck in enemy territory minimal gear copilot dead(ok the pilot dies navigator lives whatever)  and an army hunting you

no stress there

[bmgarcangel]

try the campaign biggy called

Behind Enemy Lines

Its already been made so ya:)

[bigdog632]

ah...ummm(looks around to see if anyone noticed)
might have to check it out

[bmgarcangel]

It wasn't made by me, but you can find it at @war

[Noel_From_Ireland]

I apologize for any lack of communication regarding this campaign lataly brendan, I have unfortunatly come down with food poisoning and only beginning to regain my strength, i will sort the FTP problem out as soon as possible.

Noel

[masterofgames]

Rite... take this as an example.

A theft takes place in a military complex. A laptop is stolen destined for some country preferably a country that has mass American military operations being carried out. The laptop contains intellegence, codes, dates, patrols, position of troops, everything..... everything that the local terrorist organisation would like to get its hands on. The person responsible for this theft has not yet left the country and is presumed to be somewhere local. The local police are informed... they begin patrolling the roads all around the area, they patrol the skys in the area with helechopers. A police chopper spots a strange looking individual running in the direction of a forest. That person opens fire on the chopper forcing it to disengage. The police now know where he is and the man hunt begins in a forest.

1 = Criminal must run through the forest while police follow him on foot.. if he stops the police will catch up and take him down, so he cant stop. The criminal must rendevous with a getaway car at the other side of the forest so he has to get there as soon as possible.

2 = Criminal has visual site on getaway car but police chopper engages and riddles it lol oh dear, how sad, nevermind - thats gotta be done cause its so original.

3 = The getaway car explodes smoke fills the air and the criminal is able to slip away into the shadows. The smoke renders the chopper incapable of visually identifying whats going on below.

^ That would be mission one complete....

Mission 2 should be something about the criminal going to a village or town and a special forces unit inserted into that town to kill him and retrieve the laptop. The criminal needs to get out of the village or town and escape.

Mission 3 should be something about the criminal heading to the other country where he wants to sell the laptop.. if its a country like IRAQ then use a desert map (etc). The military are informed that the criminal boarded a particular flight and they alert fighter craft to take the plane down (but of course the criminal parachutes... does a james bond stunt, know what I mean?)

Mission 4: Countdown begins america has little time left to catch him before he finnally redevous with his disired clients a massive grand fanily occurs with even the terrorists getting involved

why this? i'd like a idea that he had robbed a bank....