Improve boats

[punisher_1 3]

So I was happy to find aboat last night ( well two actually ) the small fishing boat.( Which led to other issues ) A few cans of gas later and we were off to scout around.

However there are several things that are kind of silly with this boat.

No Storage space even though you have a cabin in the front of the boat you cannot store anything

Die from cold - traveling on the water your temp drop like you are swimming. So on the trip we had to get offthe boat and build afire to warm up.

SLOW - Very slow 13 kph was the best we could do

No firing allowed - So no cover no speed and unable to shoot = Death trap.

Suggestions:

Boats like the vehicles need to be able to have players fire from them.

They need to have a storage space appropriate to thier size

Boats with cabins should be enterable or useable

You should not drop temp while using the boat

[seannybgoode 10]

Temp drop while using the boat sounds like a bug. You should post that in the bug forums.

[i wub pugs 16]

ArmA II models do not allow for firing from the vehicle.

Also I think you should have pressed SHIFT in conjunction with your direction to go faster. But still you may get 20 km at best with that piece of junk.

Why even bother with the boat?

[fosty99 160]

ArmA II models do not allow for firing from the vehicle.

Also I think you should have pressed SHIFT in conjunction with your direction to go faster. But still you may get 20 km at best with that piece of junk.

Why even bother with the boat?

Because it's faster than swimming.

[ThatGuyWithNoHands 0]

Q, W, E, are different speeds. Try that next time!

And I had a boat, too. Swam out about midway through the ocean. Jumped in it. It had little gas left so I brought it by a dock, jumped out and went to the nearest gas station.

Come back and there's a horde waiting for me.

Fire off a few rounds, pick off two of them. Sprint towards the boat. Get hit, bleeding.

I'd rather be able to apply a bandage in a vehicle then shoot from one.

As it was said before, Arma II doesn't allow shooting from vehicles.

[dizzymagoo 19]

Find a PBX. It does about 70 while using shift.

[punisher_1 3]

Find a PBX. It does about 70 while using shift.

Very nice!

[mrsherenai 64]

/sign Boats need inventory. They are cool swimming christmas trees but thats it, except the PBX, good for doing the taxi at the shore, not as dangerous as using a car and realy fast. But thats it. They need an inventory to make them usefull or there is simply no reason to use them as they are too slow. A spotlight would be cool too...without NVGs at pitch black night you are lost on the ocean or run on a sandbank instantly :D

[dromagewok@hotmail.com 164]

The PBX shows a "Gear" option, we should be allowed to store stuff in boats. I hope this could be implemented similar to ground vehicles.