Simulation for US soldier!! uses Cryengine!

[finbarqs]

http://www.intelligent.net/idweb/company/pressview.cfm?view=108

 

[Anteaus]

This reminds me of when we used to go to the "video game range" instead of firing real rifles for our annual. At the end of the day, all this tech might be useful for training new recruits or maybe to run through scenerios, but nothing can replace the real thing. At best it offers perspective, at worst it's a gimic. My opinion.

 

[motsm]

The guys behind ARMA, Bohemia Interactive, have been making military sims for years now. Wonder how this compares.

http://www.bistudio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68&Itemid=160

 

[aigomorla]

sad... why cryengine..

Frostbite 2 will rape all the engines out there.

 

[Dankk]

Why not just use ArmA II? Isn't it based on the engine used by real armies already?

Edit: Not necessarily ArmA II, but you know, the engine ArmA II uses.

 

[ImpulsE69]

This reminds me of when we used to go to the "video game range" instead of firing real rifles for our annual. At the end of the day, all this tech might be useful for training new recruits or maybe to run through scenerios, but nothing can replace the real thing. At best it offers perspective, at worst it's a gimic. My opinion.

Ultmately, the real reason for this was cost. No ammo needed and you could train multiple types of weapons/artillary. There was also the aspect that you could train multiple scenarios.

I agree it doesn't replace the real thing at all, but damn I thought it was fun ...but then I think even the laser gear was funner.

 

[finbarqs]

yeah true... don't they have training ammo now? Wait those are expensive too!

 

[Maximilian]

Cryengine?? What from farcry back in 2004?

 

[finbarqs]

i think they're using cry 2... possibly cry 3... from the video!

 

[pw38]

Looks like 2 to me. Still, pretty cool. The lighting is especially impressive.

 

[Nebor]

They've had a system called RVTT (Reconfigurable Vehicle Tactical Trainer) that's pretty cool. You go in a little building or trailer, and inside is a HMMV, MRAP or MATV. Once the door is closed, you are surrounded 360 degrees by projector screens. There are individual weapons (m4s, m249) as well as a mounted crew served weapon in the vehicle turret. The simulation doesn't have the best graphics, but they're good enough, and driving the vehicle makes noise, and all the controls work as you would expect them to. If you jump out of the vehicle, your weapon tracks your player in the game world, showing you dismount the vehicle and move around (up to ~7m away from the vehicle.) You can connect up to 6 of these system together at one time, so that you can see the other vehicles and players while conducting a convoy operations mission. It can also be loaded with real world roads, terrain, buildings, etc.

It's a very cool system, which can provide some great convoy training for anyone of any experience level. Also if you have 6 vehicles, each with 5 occupants, and you set the weapons to unlimited ammo and crank the enemies way up, it's essentially the most awesome LAN party you've ever been to. I was shooting like 15 dudes off each overpass with the m240 as RPGs whizzed by all over the place.

 

[sigurros81]

Another example of wasteful government spending. Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy all the soldiers copies of Modern Warfare 1 and 2.

 

[Nebor]

Another example of wasteful government spending. Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy all the soldiers copies of Modern Warfare 1 and 2.

Yeah dude, when you deploy to Afghanistan you should use Stopping Power and Sleight of hand.

 

[Zenoth]

Yeah dude, when you deploy to Afghanistan you should use Stopping Power and Sleight of hand.

And the inevitable complains about the lack of respawn, too.

 

[sigurros81]

Yeah dude, when you deploy to Afghanistan you should use Stopping Power and Sleight of hand.

I'm pretty sure the SEAL team that killed Osama used Stealth Pro.

 

[finbarqs]

I'm sure they played countless hours of counter-strike!

 

[JumBie]

Its cry engine 3, I'm too lazy to search but there is a link on google that shows all the upcoming cry engine 3 games, this was one of them.

 

[finbarqs]

yeah... thought it was Cryengine 3... CE2 looked too good for this game