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Maybe 'Car' class addons with guided missiles...

A news really interesting for addonmakers, a team is working to overcome one of the main limitations of the ‘Car’ class in Operation Flashpoint: the inability to fire guided missiles. That’s why we don’t have working HUMMWVs with TOWs or Sa-9 gaskin yet.

Some attempts were made by mods/addonmakers until now, but allowing to fire unguided missiles only. Lets whish them to succeed in their project, it seems it’s in good way! :)

MCAR is essentially a very complicated workaround. It tricks the AI into thinking it has fired a bullet and tricks the player into thinking he has fired a missile. The result is very convincing, as demonstrated by the screenshots.

MCAR opens up an area of addon making that was previously closed - now HUMMWVs with TOWs or Avenger anti-air missiles, or an Sa-9 gaskin armed with a 9k31 Strela-1 and 9m31 AA missiles are real possibilities.

Project MCAR has now reached the BETA: 1 stage, and we are accepting applications for beta testers. The BETA version contains one HUMMWV with TOW2A and TOW2B launchers (based, with permission, on quakergamer’s hummer) and one Sa-9 Gaskin with the 9k31 Strela (Based on BIS BRDM, with permission. Sa-13 Gopher turret used with permission of Marfy & Müller).
The BETA: 1 version of MCAR is not yet ready for general release, so beta testing will not be public at this time. However, anyone can apply to beta test our work so far. If you are interested, please send an E-Mail to psyprod@spiers.tv, or register on our forums at http://psyproductions.proboards21.com, and IM PsyWarrior.

About implementation of this feature on addons: it will be well documented and supported, and shouldn’t be too hard for addon designers to implement.

Project MCAR is a Psychic Productions Studios Affilliated Project.

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