Armed Assault as a training simulation tool Options

[Patton-Zhukov von Manstein]

Good day.
I'm a Spanish Army 2nd Lieutenant that would like to use Armed Assault as a limited "serious" training tool. I need to write a report convincing my superiors that ARMA is a feasible solution. However, I haven't played this game seriously (my personal comp is still waaay too old to get more than like 7 fps ), and would like to ask for some assistance.

I would like to ask for...

+Some screenshots (just 2 or 3) demonstrating the realism of Armed Assault, specifically the implementation of topography (I've found many screenshots of combat, etc, but NONE on the whole web showing the topographic map). Screenshots of other parts of the game that could show the potential employment for training would be really appreciated.

+Some advice on any realism mod developed for ARMA.

+Some advice about the status of AI. If I remember correctly, when I last played the game there were many, many AI and pathing problems. Have these been solved? Can I assign a player a squad or even a platoon of AI soldiers and expect them to behave correctly? (I don't want them to be super-intelligent killing machines, but I would want them to at least act coherently and follow orders properly).

+Suggestions about some missions already made emphasyzing tactical and doctrinal realism (for example, if the mission involves attacking a company-sized light infantry defensive position, the defenders are correctly organized and logically placed; they're not just 120 guys randomly scattered with lots of MGs).

+About the EULA, does anybody know if it would be legal to use ARMA like this, or should I ask BI for special permission?

I know I ask for a lot of specific things, so please don't waste your time on this if it requires too much work or something. Given the fact that nobody here knows me and this is my first post in these forums, I'm already abusing your generosity by just making you spend your time on reading this!

This post has been edited by Patton-Zhukov von Manstein: Feb 22 2009, 12:38

[D@V£]

I think that the EULA might forbid this. But the big one you're looking at is the realism mods. I remeber a while back there was an issue regarding the US army using community created content in their own OFP-derived simulator.

Frankly, you'd be better off looking at VBS2, which is designed for military application.

[Linker Split]

I think that the EULA might forbid this. But the big one you're looking at is the realism mods. I remeber a while back there was an issue regarding the US army using community created content in their own OFP-derived simulator.

Frankly, you'd be better off looking at VBS2, which is designed for military application.

agree

ArmA is also not a good simulator game, while VBS2 is ONLY for that

[Patton-Zhukov von Manstein]

agree

ArmA is also not a good simulator game, while VBS2 is ONLY for that

Any idea what could be the costs involved? This is a small scale, unofficial project, and we only plan to acquire like 4-6 copies for the moment.

[D@V£]

The rules of these forums don't really allow VBS2 discussion I'm afraid. Here's a link to their site:
http://virtualbattlespace.vbs2.com/

I think the license on VBS2 isn't as restricted as ArmA's (once again, I'm not entirely sure about this), meaning you won't need to buy that many copies. But it a lot more expensive. (I remeber the VBS1 versions were around £200, don't know much about the pricing of VBS2 though)

[Blackbuck]

Seeing as we don't discuss VBS here I'm closing this thread. It would be as D@V£ linked best to enquire.

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