#general_chat_arma
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yes
it was 5.6GB update for me
25.6 for me 😄
special kind?
nah, steam decided my install was corrupted
"look, I have the files, validate them"
"yep, 400 files failed validation, redownload the game"
"STEAM PLS"
"NO, REDOWNLOAD THE GAME"
have you tried @ + IceBreakr ?
I... I... uh, "almost" noticed him x)
well i know switching branches requires ~15GB
I'm duuumb
yes
so even if it is ~6GB then steam may still want ~15GB
and @quartz magnet doesnt switching brances mean it also deletes the different branchs stuff
5.6 here too.
Need to turn my brains on 😛
so you dont need that much more
@devd#2256 try removing other games, it'll install and then free up space again. then reinstall other games
horrible goat i don't know 🤷🏽
i've just always had Arma need way more space for updates
anyway to get around low cpu and gpu usage?
low gpu usage: set everything to ultra and sampling to 200%
low cpu usage: no
i have a 1080 and 6700k and i keep getting 40-50fps
My FPS bumped to >60 when I changed from GTX 670 to GTX 1080 Ti, even though I changed resolution from 1440p to 4K at the same time
(CPU is i5-3570k)
So I'd say GPU matters more in Arma than one would think
It surprised me at least
#hardware_vs_arma
If you are GPU bottlenecked then you are GPU bottlenecked. If not then you aren't.
Guys what's the current version and how do I check mine?
It's written in the main menu.
Right bottom of the main menu specifically
also says in the launcher at the bottom of the "options" drop-down
ARMA 4 CONFIRMED? Bohemia point to the future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeOShkJN9Xw
#oldnews
No A4, only helicopter zombies on Mars.
hi guys I am new to this group and new to this game and I was wondering what is the most fun game-mode for a beginner in arma 3 ? 😄
@inland bay entirely depends on your playstyle. Search around (don't just look at the servers with the most people, it isn't implied that they're the greatest)
Invade & Annex is pretty fun, main thing in that gamemode is communication between your friendlies. I'm sure you'll find someone to help you out
Thanks buddy i am waiting to get my arma 3 installed and i am ready to go
Sweet.
@inland bay Make sure to try out 77th JSOC servers, they have the best teamplay
Yeah generally speaking if you ask kindly and be patient with your team you'll receive help with lots of stuff.
If you're in the right server / community yes, very much so
Just make sure to complete the basic tutorials so you know the basics, the rest you'll learn in action 😃
there are also communities that are very immature, just with any other game. Gotta find the right ones
Another question that i have is if I need to have some kind of mods?
Depends, on the 77th JSOC servers like Ezcoo has mentioned no, but you can always look at the server before joining in the launcher and the launcher will download the appropriate mods
Mods are only needed for some gamemodes or when you're playing in some communities. But I wouldn't worry about them at the start
Thank you guys 😃
👍
Another tips I need to know?
You can try out "normal" servers to start with, and if you find yourself wanting to have a deeper experience, then you can start looking for mods and communities/units that use them
VR tutorials + campaign is a very good place to learn basics. Especially the VR tutorials (No you don't need a headset, it's called VR tutorials because you're in a "simulated" combat zone)
For example, there's #looking_for_unit channel here on Discord
Yes, and this playlist from Dslyexci is super important to watch : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDc8QnD-E5o&list=PLQEd6zRLOafWtrQ4EAYKl6z23hvCLYgW6 Dslyexic's Arma Guides
thanks
ARMA 5 CONFIRMED? It's not the future!
😑
actually i dont have any dlcs
Doesn't matter if you have any dlcs
you can play just fine without them, you'll just be limited in some areas. The vanilla game has many of the same types of weapons, vehicles, and items that exist in the DLCs
Yeah, DLCs are literally "extra"
Jets for example, Buzzard, Nephron, and The Wipeout are all vanilla and can be used without DLC
ok
you can be a passenger to any dlc vehicle, but you cannot drive t hem
That's ok for me
and to clarify a bit (this is a little confusing to some new players), the platform updates applies to everyone. So, the tanks improvements like reactive armour, damage simulation, tank interiors, etc (there are more) apply to all tanks. Not just the dlc tanks.
Ezcoo explained it very simply so 😛
👍
When you have night vision, press N on your keyboard
ty
@undone fractal yes
is the alive site not accessible for anyone else?
i havent been able to reach it all day
it's down for me too
perhaps
@valid anvil should tell us. He's part of the project.
@modern dagger ALiVE discord is in #channel_invites_list They definetly know more
Holy Moly... nothing wants to die.
Armor... Having to hit light armor with multiple tank rounds of any type to kill it.
CSAT mobile arty pieces not dying after 8-10 APFSDS rounds, HEAT rounds... you name it
Yeah, haha.
@woeful phoenix
Depends where you hit it
indo party ?
?
i want play squad arma 3
Is there a mod that lets you use medikit in campaign?
any advice for lim vs mk200?
@fair flower Yes, avoid both.
No seriously, SPAR-16S and MX SW are lighter substitutes for these.
so its either those or zafir since the navid is usually banned?
Or SPMG if it is not banned. I want a good MG in 7.62 other than Zafir but there is none.
On this topic, does anyone have the gun and ammo statistics/data from the game? (Mass, spread, RoF, hit damage, dexterity, etc.)
how many boxes of spmg ammo do you usually carry?
holy shit 6.5 100 rnd box mags are light
like damn you can carry twice the amount of 7.62 with 6.5 for the spar 16s
Can someone help me host a game? I choose multiplayer and then click host game. Then i selected my mission and got into the lobby. Now the OK button is greyed out so i cant start. Help
how many people is it for @crimson turtle
just me, i got it though, i had to assign a role to myself
ok
Yes of course
🤦
You can't start without anyone slotted 😄
People who are new make mistakes. Help, don’t take the piss.
If you think this channel is an arena for watching genuine newbies get thrown to the lions, whilst you post popcorn memes, then you are wrong. If a question belongs elsewhere, politely redirect; if someone appears to be trolling, ping a moderator. Thank you 😃
i know, but i would have thought it would have been pretty obvious
welcome to the brain of a retard
Amen @hushed kraken
anyone know about any mods that make physical clouds in the environment that can be flown through ect?
Nope. modeled cloud would be very difficult to make look anyway good
unless you want cartoon clouds
cloud height can be altered in terrain config
but not much more cloud related can be done
you can fly through them already though, can't you?
i think adjusting weather brings them a bit lower too 🤔
@fair flower It depends on the server and mission, but 2-3 boxes of 130 round 0.338 should be enough.
The damage and how much you can carry are both proportional to mass. So you can choose to carry 300-500 heavy bullets or 1000-1500 light bullets.
Something something Advanced Fatigue something something
For some reason mods that edited the map colors do not work anymore after the update. I'm talking about stuff like BHC map contours and such, with edited the colors of the map, roads etc. I checked the ui pbo but everything looks the same, so I have no idea why the mods no longer function for me.
map colors somewhat changed in 3DEN editor
maybe same change breaks it on ingame map
ah
Undocumented in changelog btw..
Well the changes also affected the main map screen
_kicks xAcrimon for being an idiot. _
hey guys, how to turn on the radar in the AWC 303 (the recon version)?
its not on my scroll menu... not sure why
left control+R worked
thanks
and where is supposed to be in the keybinds, which section?
if you have it bound to keys then it gets removed from the action menu
i dunno, maybe in weapons or common or vehicles
i didnt bind it manually it was like that by default
yeah, but i meant if it's bound at all then it gets removed. if you clear the bind then it'll reappear
Yo
ok thanks again 😃
Can anyone here tell me why I got an infistar global ban?
assuming that's a KotH thing, ask on their discord (see #channel_invites_list )
It's a global game thing.
it's not
It is.
game uses battleeye though?
Any server that has it it's a ban.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
@mild spindle Infistar is 3rd party anti-cheat system and they aren't related to game developers in any way. Your only chance is to contact Infistar team, I think they have their own Discord
I didn't lol.
does anyone know if BI allows visitors in one of their studios?
I seem to remember Marek saying years ago "we are not a zoo"
yeah but i assume if you want to go give them a crate of beer and stuff they let you
hey guys
Can anyone help me find teh Liberation channel
@bright trout KP liberation discord?
Yes
@bright trout https://discord.gg/0remE88d4aRwCaNj
thank you !
@humble ridge
does anyone know if BI allows visitors in one of their studios?
invitation only as far as i remember
What is it you need help with exactly.
@tranquil bay Thanks for telling me. Im going to visit Brno so i thought why not visit BI if they allow visits while im there hehe but it doesnt really matter
Well, asking them would't hurt. Can't get worse then a 'Nope'
But while you there, keep an eye out for the local fire station 😉
Thank me later
Fire station? Is it one of those old stations with antique trucks?
Oh wait
IS it one of those stations from Chernarus?
@meager tundra the hilarious bit is that when LoW released, a lot of people (including myself, i think) were calling it the "Altis Life update" or something similar
Yeah I definitively mentioned it more then a few times that the vehicles in the Laws of War DLC would end up being used a lot in life communities.
evidently they're not satisfied 😄
Maybe the servers got too expensive custom cars.
If they're not ripped from Forza, it's not a real life server.
remember to not do any UV mapping too
full proc RGB color suffices
Procedural?
@humble ridge
it's THE firestation 😉
I just the funniest arma 3 ad
well the ad wasnt funny but the place it was displayed was
I am renting a server which we are playing Antistasi Altis on. We are in the beginning stages of the metagame and anyone is welcomed to join. please send me a PM if you are interested.
@urban sluice no advertising!
I guess #multiplayer_events fits best. If you don't have a #communities_arma3
Nope! It very much exists. Are you playing a custom mission?
Yes it got disabled on official Zeus servers because of abuse
The debug console was disabled on public zeus servers
See #zeus_discussion for endless complaints and discussions
i got a question. my Koth Profiel got reset again.but i saved the fils on google drive. if i copy paste them now in arma 3 do i get then a ban ? because i was level 50
@halcyon frost #channel_invites_list koth discord
@halcyon frost
KotH v10 is a new system -> ALL profiles are set back to lvl1. this means EVERYBODY starts at the beginning again
wow i was 50 😦
hhahahha
Heyho
Hey i just bought arma and have a graphics card coming on friday so ill be ready for combat then
Cool.
Pretty self-explanatory
?
What's the card? But more importantly, what's the CPU?
so if I had a server with like CUP weapons, would I be able to allow people without that mod to join or will that cause problems?
No, they will not be able to join.
And even if they could there would be problems
ok
does anyone know where I could find references for all the functions used in ACE 3?
i looked but couldn't find things like functions for setting ai health
Well if the mission has a dependency on. Cup then no
If you have signature checks disabled and it isn't a dependency then yes
There is a CBA menu for most ACE options.
how would i get to it
Options -> ACE options
ok
@opal nacelle that's why sometimes other clients can't see a uniform, or the player body is invisible due to the other client not having the mod enabled. Best to have signature checks enabled anyways
If you're running mods there isn't any reason not to unless the mod doesn't have a key for whatever reason
is there a global event for like npc spawn so i could run a script when they spawn in?
just init.sqf? I thought that was on server start
well no objects run what they are configured to run on init in config.cpp
so how would I set the script to run when they first spawn in?
could make an addon to inject your own init event there I suppose
Might be better to ask at #arma3_scripting or #arma3_scenario though
ok
Guys, is there a collective complaint/report to devs about the whole thing where your character starts doing inverted yoga when you get anywhere near rocks, walls, etc? Im not sure when that was changed, but it's really bad.. I think I died like 5 times in koth the other night due to it. Wasnt even that close to the objects half the time..
*while prone
If not I'll try to make a video and report and tweet it. But I just wanted to know how many people were effected by it.
you mean the "suddenly looking into the air" thing?
Especially those little stone walls, field dividers that all over Altis. Like the end of your barrel is like 5ft from the wall and BAM IM LOOKING AT BIRDS!
Yes that
I know there is a feedback tracker item about it. But can't point you to it. Just saw it somewhere
But it's been there a long time. And BI didn't do anything yet
Okok good to know Ill check it out
Cool
I'll just nag the sht out of Iceman ;D. Though I saw a tweet that he was returning to the States.. not sure if that means he's done with a3? 😱
He's the only one I knew of that was still working on bug reports..
At the very least add a me too comment on the tracker when you find it.
yeah i think i may have added to or made a ticket about that 🤔
Ok so.. remember how you would push up against something and it would force you to stand up? I wonder if they didnt correct that with forcing yoga. That's what this is going to be called by the way. Splendid yoga TM.
But I noticed it doesnt force you to stand up now, so Im guessing..
Or maybe it just didnt happen to me..
it does force a stand up under some circumstances (like if you try crawling under water)
otherwise it's just yoga
👯
@rugged tartan yeah, it seems i did make a ticket for this https://feedback.bistudio.com/T123850 ... over a year ago 😄
maarked as a duplicate of https://feedback.bistudio.com/T120511
which dates to Oct 2016 😄
assigned to razazel
hi there guys i lost all levels in KOTH can someone help?
This is the wrong place, go ask on the koth discord.
where is that ?
I'd imagine you would find it if you googled
dont ask on many channels
ty for the help
@urban sluice is it on the rhs servers? Because that is a separate database.
sorry i dont know what is rhs server
There are new servers that use the rhs mod
im at wasteland koth discord
Oh gl
yep i googlit koth discord should be in thje right place but have to wait 10m :/
New KotH version came with a total clean sweap of the database. New system and everybody starts at 0
@urban sluice
This was announced on many public channels
im honestly sad that there is not gonna be more offical DLC.
now all i can wait for is arma4
its a wierd feeling
Eh, I feel pretty good about it tbh
i sure will
don't just keep buying stuff
With the hiring of people like Reyhard and Kllrt I feel like they're going in the right direction according to me.
😛
people who say that Bohemia needs to do a modern setting despite the fact that they'll just use modded content anyways
the thing is
i havent seen any single player campaings that are as long and as good as the offical ones
Resist.
that use modern assets*
Oh
I quite liked Deliverance
yeah it was nice
I would have liked to see someone make one in the spirit of The Chernarus Run
i really hated the setting when i heard about it. i even hated it after playing the game for the first week. But after playing trought all of the DLC campaings i realized how deep and interesting story/plot they were able to create for the game
and i grew to love it in the end
I wish we had more content for Tanoa.
ME WANT EAGLE WING ARMA3
The NATO vs China/CSAT stuff there is just pure awesomeness.
i have 3000h of arma and i dont think i have ever played tanoa outside the sp campaing
imo its hard to build mission in it and since its dlc its not used in milsim units i play in
Those are rookie numbers
Reminds me that I need to finish "Rock you like a Typhoon" .....
I'm at 7,699.
i knew that was coming
With another 2000-3000 in tools.
Embracing the community, which let's be honest, is where most of the longevity of the ARMA series come from, by hiring prominent people in the creator content community I personally believe that future installments will be positively impactful in giving them more opportunities to create even more phenomenal content like ACE3, RHS, CUP, and all other fantastic mods who lay the groundwork for a very customizable experience which will both keep a engaged and active userbase, but also make sure ARMA keeps selling copies from a commercial point of view.
Yeah the modding community is pretty amazing.
Just my 00.2 cents
if arma4 had TFR, ACE and fully clickalbe copkits i could stop all other games
(do remember that its already been proven that you can up your hours solely by leaving the launcher open, so hours mean zilch)
Ehhh...
i have like 600h of afk
I'm fine with better radios (not TFAR level) but not ACE.
my hours are 3600 - 600 >D
Why do people even leave it open?
to say they have 7,000 hours
ACE should probably not exist in the vanilla game, no.
It annoys me whenever i see a window open that i am not using
It's too much for me personally. I like Arma how it is.
i wish someone ported the arma3 vanila campaings to ace medical
And that's fine. There is more to ARMA then the milsim communities.
Waa
it would create a shitstorm between the players in reddit tho
And regarding content I would rather see BIS do a fictional one like Arma 3's instead of modern. Not only is it easier for licensing, it opens opportunities for more interesting content and settings. I'd rather leave the contemporary stuff to mods.
Having people expand on the original scope of ARMA, like your Aegis mod, is also very nice for those who liked the narrative of a quasi-futuristic conflict.
😄
well
i really dont want arma to go any further into the future
Korean war could be nice
hard to make green faction tho
how do u know?
Because that'll get rid of certain features.
FCS. I'm not exactly sure but still.
get rid of the scroll menu grrrrrr
I'd rather have a setting that embraces all of the current features and more.
Which the 2035 setting does a pretty good job of.
just no jetpacks
That would be absurd
Nah dude; Arma 2142 now
slowly backs away and heads off to the pub.... 🍺
I seriously doubt we'll ever see that in a ARMA installment
Happy pubbing @finite relic
Honestly I think something between 2020 and 2040 would be perfect.
Personally I'd like to either see 2035 again, or 2025.
future stuff 
well condiering the game is prolly not coming out before 2020 that wouldnt be much into the future
Personally, I quite enjoyed the guerilla narrative of the ARMA 3 campaign, I think embracing a more unconventional warfare focus of ARMA would be a nice change, but that's just my personal opinions of the things I like.
cold war 
thís
Personally I'm not a fan of unconventional warfare.
A3 campaing offered it all
I love the conventional conflict going on between NATO and CSAT.
cold war is so cold that young generations who will be the main Arma4 userbase dont know/care crap about it
guerrilla, special forces and big invasion
Oh god, here comes the cold war pitch again
so probs not
No cold war pls
Hey now Goat we're not that young
I enjoy my Armatas thank you
Admittedly I think they could've done better with Arma 3 but yknow.
deadass cant play arma 3 without RHS
If I had my way there'd be coilgun tanks everywhere
Deadass? What are you 12?
the identical retextured assets make me that annoyed
thank god the railgun tank was canceled
Fair point Goat.
Cannon and coilgun
Who says you have to use it just because it exists?
everything in arma3 is based on something from real life
and railgun would not fit that theme
and why not
🤷
I do worry the whole BLUFOR vs REDFOR thing is getting a little bit tired for the people who have been at BI for a good while though, I believe this can partly be seen through the introduction of GREENFOR as a third party in the ARMA 3 conflict, and the change of focus to unconventional warfare in the campaign.
could you please point me to a military prototype vehicle that uses a railgun as its main weapon? @thin sable
no
my point exactly
Navy has something in r & d always
well techicly world peace is not impossible, its just not gonna happen
You never know
I'll get back to you in 17 years @marsh rover
Peace sells,
But who is buying
(That's just pure speculation on my part though)
all the arma vehicles are based on real ones or public prototypes.
Doesn't mean they can't have some fun
fun is what modding is for
Boi what
@meager tundra I would imgine that is the case, to whatever extent we will never know
You can't have fun with your job?
my point is it doesnt fit in with the other vehicels
they need a story why only CSAT have railgun tech
and why only in 1 vehicle
its not that simple
Well we were gonna get a story but then the 2011 plot was axed
i was kinda dissapointed that the "device" was never explained
i wanna know how it works
🤷
i want an arma3 campaing where the player is miller during east wind
that would be so cool
I cannot for the life of me ever take Miller again seriously after seeing super Miller land
😄
For the record, the coilgun Varsuk was a prototype being developed by Ostad Javerd Attar of Red Pegasus (Iranian R&D thingy) it lacked a coax and wasn't produced a lot
That's all I know going off files from alpha and what little info remains
the tank or the railgun tech?
Varsuk isn't T-80
Varsuk is based off from Black Eagle
Which is a T-80UM2
do you have a source for that coilgun tech?
I'll post when I'm home
aight, ping me to it. It sounds interesting
Object 640 Black Eagle, is not T-80UM
@marsh rover speaking of clickable cockpits by the way.. https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/162944-a-10c-for-arma-3/
As it was only a prototype calling it T-80 is an overkill (it has 1 more road wheel than T-80 btw), plus you'll find just as many pics of it under a name T-95.
I wish it would be ezier to get in touch with the old armaholic published devs. If that could be published to steam workshop it could be used in my unit :(
Coilgun:
http://www.indianvideogamer.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=25113
there's also T-100M and T-100K specifically mentioned in the Alpha's armor texheaders.bin
in language_f_gamma's stringtable there's a group mentioning a "Special Tank Division" or something
T-80UM-1 was a T-80U with Arena APS. T-80UM-2 had drozd APS instead. Black eagle came after UM-2
Looking a the last link it seems that in the campaing we were meant to play as CTRG
At the*
ah, i stand corrected then
and yes @marsh rover that was the old campaign during the game's 2011 dev cycle
The East Wind came to fruition around 2012
funfact, showcase diver was partially supposed to be the first mission of east wind
In the ctrg one or the nato one?
east wind
Oh yeah
2011 campaign was "operation magnitude"
I wish BI would releace whatever they had done about the story and the missions
Someone (me) could make it into a finished product
i'd rather just have a blogpost with all the ideas
tho i'd love if they'd release stuff like the AMOS Marshall, KSG, M72 LAW, and all the other cut stuff in the samples package
or textures that are sitting in the game but aren't used
Yeah.
I wonder if they had plans for a 3rd map
The muzzle suppressors which work perfectly.
Since theres nato woodland camo
But aren't used.
I just wish there was a COWS model, all the textures are there. 😢
i want muh ARCO on sterioids
Do you mean the animal cow of smth else?
Isn't that nightstalker though?
best part is you can still see it used in the first community guide
also diff EBR model which imo looks better
No way lmao
DMS is good for upto 700-800m ish and AMS can do about double
it had iron sight, nice. There are shotguns in Dslyecxi's guide.
yup
@wanton arrow has brought back some of the old stuff tho which is awesome
Vermin SMG flashlight for example, and the pistol flashlights
Yeah it's really nice.
Pistol flashlights 👌
I have quite a few of the attachments working tho.
Osprey suppressor for 4-five, muzzle suppressors, SRS scope, TWS Sniper, DCL-120, etc.
Yeah I need to check our Aegis again, last time I did was when it first released.
Ooooh it's come a long way lol
I have no doubt ^^
😄
I'd try out the dev version (doesn't require dev branch); we're currently working on overhauling some old stuff, + Russian forces (which you can see in our thread)
I most certainly will. Thanks for the tip.
@proud pollen are you developing the aegis mod?
yeye
You guys are doing a great job, respect
(that's how night prepares his lunch tbh)
Who defuq cuts crust on a friggin toast bread?
who uses children's scissors
And that...
That's Not even a crust... eat a german schwarzbrot and you know what a crust is, and what your teeth are made of 😂
@proud pollen Have you heard from Greenfist lately?
yeah
When?
It was a pleasure watching Kllrt go from kid, to Uni student who liked the game, to BI employee. I feel that he brings a bit of the community to the business.
Kllrt is pretty awesome 😄
lul
Kllrt is to date, the only BI employee that has slid into my Twitter DMs. 'Nuff said.
No, but I'm sure you think about pictures of German sausages a whole lot Chris judging from your comment about teeth and sausages above.
😏
Schnitzel
oh @wanton arrow dont you feel all warm and fluffy now? How was that pizza btw, hot with peppers, some sausages?
come on down, play with the kids 😄
Considering it’s a “school night”, he’s most likely asleep.
but it's spring break
Not for businesses
Anyone know where I can access the scenarios that come with the game so I can edit them
I believe they're encrypted.
Yeah, don't try to edit them. If you need more help, try the SSPCM mod (Simple Single Player Cheat Mod/Menu.. can't remember)
nope, nope, nope...............
i just managed to delete ALL LoW (orange DLC) files while extracting them......
¯_(ツ)_/¯
I want to make an exact copy of the default zeus scenarios, but on different maps
Where zeus spawns in, and has to place down respawn positions
First check to see if you're even allowed to edit them before doing so.
I don't even know where they are stored
afaik the vanilla missions are free do be edited
Step #1
it is the biggest problem with new users... "I'm going to do this ". Have you checked if you're allowed to before you do so?
better, free to be opend to take a look at them to build your own zeus
Step #1 should always be to ask
☝
wow... redownloading orange dlc with ~800kb/s
ffs...
head on desk
but i wunna du fancy rezkin uf van transport naow...
Anyone know if there is a way to make it where you can add entities to the BLUFOR side, without having players spawn where the entities are placed?
Make it where zeus has to place a respawn position for players to spawn in
instead of spawning in as soon as the mission starts
Bad_Module_info Arma 3 64 bit
agreed
Fixed with Playing arma 3 in 32 bit
Okay....?
seems like smb got over himself and used google. nice, i'm proud, honestly
@proud pollen >people who say that Bohemia needs to do a modern setting despite the fact that they'll just use modded content anyways Pretty much... some people may not have heard of (or do not recognize) the time that Maruk said that A2's content level "is simply overwhelming, and in hindsight might not be commercially justifiable for a single game" as writing on the wall...
Not only that, but Arma 3's quality is WAY higher than Arma 2's.
Most of Arma 2's models were just ported from the first game too.
Maruk noted the disparity too, that "the majority of the general audience and media did not care much about sheer scale of Arma 2. Instead, they were disappointed with performance, lack of polish, and the bugs." Doesn't excuse A3's own bugginess and legacy issues due to engine limitations, buuuuuut...
I think the same level of content as Arma 3 Win's release would be perfect for Arma 4's launch.
And regarding content I would rather see BIS do a fictional one like Arma 3's instead of modern. Not only is it easier for licensing, it opens opportunities for more interesting content and settings. I'd rather leave the contemporary stuff to mods. I don't know if anyone else would agree with this, but one advantage to a fictional setting: want asymmetrical balancing without going artificial (beyond the sort imposed by the limits of one's engine/depth of simulation)? Find a real-world asset that matches the niche you want and reproduce it faithfully, 'inauthenticity to its assigned faction's real-world TO&E' be damned 😉
3 CAS jets - 1 for each faction, 3 tanks - 1 for each faction, etc.
Errr, that's more like one each... EDIT: and all three jets were ground attack-oriented
Sorry that's what I meant. 😛
I'd rather see Bohemia work on a potentially interesting a new setting than reinventing the wheel once again.
i.e. "2035 done intentionally instead of a rushjob that had to be fleshed out over the next five years"
Yeah.
To be fair they had a rocky development cycle.
But now they've got way more resources from the looks of it - and a new engine.
Personally I'd rather they went and reinvented the wheel again; 2035 is done. How about the Korean War?
I'd rather stick to contemporary at the minimum. Slightly futuristic preferably.
Korean War is really niche.
Anything historical runs into "how much effort is being put into engine capabilities that don't exist in the historical setting?"
Unless you mean a continuation, which I doubt they'd do. 😛
give me back my cold war
BIS always tries to do fictional settings.
m81 and chocolate chip for life
Maybe not a fictional terrain, but story for sure.
Nah, Multicam (none of that Scorpion W2 trash) my dude.

BIS always tries to do fictional settings. I take it that you mean in terms of countries where the conflicts play out, even if they're obvious renamings
Yup.
Even with the Greek setting in 2011, it was still fictionalized as 'New Greece', under Iranian control - 2012 setting less so with the HAF and Lemnos, but still.
The problem with any historical setting as vanilla Arma is that if part of the Arma series' appeal is its moddability but also how much is simulated-or-not, then presumably you'd want as much capability simulated in the game/engine, but the cost/benefit ratio of tasking devs to said capabilities in a setting that won't take advantage of said capabilities versus contemporary or future...
Also, I don't know if Maruk's... 'yeah let's not do that' with depicting the 1960s-1975 war in Vietnam extends to historical wars in general versus 'definitely fictional if historically-inspired' ones (i.e. Cold War gone hot)
pffft
You guys are not being imaginative
Polish-Lithuanian common wealth vs Ottoman Empire.
Lets get the 17th century milsim going
i dont know why some people like korean war
is that looking good? what about vietnam war then?
Honestly Korea war wouldn't be a bad idea. It's called the forgotten war for a reason.
foegotton war? war?
war? is that called war?
its just a rampage. only just general mac made a great choice
hero of korean war? that suicide with a grenade?
hero of korean war that did a suicide plan?
war?
It involved lots of new concepts. Jets were pretty new in general use of combat.
Helicopters saw a limited use as well.
I personally hope the next campaign takes place in Chern, not just the eastern province, but the entire country.
This is why I am giving up on the internet.
WTF was going on here 
Internets?
We were praising you joining our BIs overlords and FM was being sentimental like the old man he is @wanton arrow
¯_(ツ)_/¯

is there a way to purchase A3 for someone in another region?
From the BI store
doesn't Steam provide the possibility to buy as a gift?
i just want to be certain before i dump the cash and send off a key . i was wondering about the bi store..
Steam will let you know if you can gift something, yeah
It's usually the cheaper regional stores that may not be able to buy things for the more expensive regions
But try selecting it as a gift for the person
BI store is slightly annoying in that the other person needs a BI account
Although they do send you a key if you email them
i think i have it figured out, i have talked a friend in his region into giving him the gift.. thanks
Sometimes you cannot steam gift to other regions due to price differences, it’s annoying as I can’t gift some dlc to a friend
I wonder if Arma 4 will ever happen...
no they're skipping to Arma 6
What.....
same as Win8→Win10 really
Whaaat.....
Can't have Windows Nein
4 is unlucky in China & Japan, 5 in Czech Rep. & N. Korea
so they skip to the 6
also, 6 sells
LOL
Unlucky numbers?
like 13
pretty proud of that one 😄
Nah @urban sluice , we are just messing with you 😉 Arma 4 it is
....what will Arma 4 be based off of?
pew pews
Space fairies
Oh god space fairies....
With a bit of intergalactic pew pew
I would like a 90's setting like a "back to the Cold War roots",
Vietnam might be interesting in the new engine too (rivers!)
Kooorrreeaaa
I dont know about korea....
Vietnam... would be like Tanoa
Yeah
actually rather like that Cambodia map by bludclot
WWII Japan Islands, like CoD World at War?
I think they should implant task force radio into their system
they'll really need to work on the AI though
True
Ye
I also demand more guns, vehicles, aircraft, tanks. EVERYTHING!
But keep the virtual arsenal please...
The amount of guns in Arma 3 makes it so difficult to pick
TFAR is lightweight and easy to use enough to be implemented in vanilla in some capacity, at least the principles of it since IP rights and stuff.
I knew you were watching
The concept of ingame radios isn't patented
😏
Shall everybody do what they wish to do 😄
I think we should leave some options for mods in Arma 4 though
Well yeah.
DayZ radio implementation sounds more like TFAR than acre
The fact that you need to physically bring out the radio into your hand to talk (atm in the least) makes me want to seriously reconsider bashing my head into a wall
But I swear to god if you don't add the F14, F-15, F-16, FA-18....i will find you and make you into communist property
I will die if they aren't added..
Open source is communism 😏
God forbid it that they ever leave out such works of art....
Don't 🤔 me it's true gosh darn it ._.
Lol
I still don't think jets have any real place in Arma
not at the present scales (and view distances) anyway
Slower propeller planes? Those would be good
Or maybe the old stuff like the Sabre and MiG-15
on Altis it's worth it, cross 10km, bomb, leave
something like a B-52 would be enjoyable... Imagine a turret on a turret, AA , etc, fully-manned vehicle with its dedicated crew and not 3 poor guys
Super tocano would be super nice to have.
You can say Jets have no place all you want, but catapulting off the Freedom never fails to put a dumb grin on my face.
^ hehe ^^
I am not a big fan of jets either, but hey they can help
I'm more in love with CAS though
submarines < boats < jets < planes < helicopters < tanks < cars < infantry in order of (my) importance rating in Arma
not that I wouldn't enjoy everything to be implemented!
hehe, I just imagined being a diver caught in-between a torpedo-fest submarine fight
I have flown about 700 hours on arma out of 1,300 because I am a jet lover
If someone ever put Altis and Stratis on the same map with some 20km between them, probably would make for an okay jet sized terrain
helicopters are a really good fit though
Then that gives me a reason to have a squadron of jets!!
Jets vs Jets, active/passive radar and terrain relief will come in
at that point you may as well play DCS
I play DCS but I'm not paying for other aircraft, I know how to fly the aircraft in DCS like the Su-25 but I dont want to waste money.
hey, it's great to offer CAS/air support for pals on the ground
but I get it that for Jets it can be boring: no CAS, just wait for someone to tag targets and come back home (ooor dogfight!)
not kicked out yet?
DCS is as close as you can get to a authentic experience without sitting in the 'pit physically (or a fancy simulator worth millions of dollars of course), personally I don't see it as a waste of money due to the sheet amount of research that goes into making it that me as a consumer has a authentic experience.
That is entirely subjective though
I see DCS more as "buy the few planes you like, ignore the rest, the few will keep you occupied for hours"
Yeah ofc, I doubt a majority or even close to it owns more then a few modules at maximum.
plus i think Flaming Cliffs stuff includes a bunch of planes
but anyway #other_games_chat 😅
Was just about to say that ^^
DCS is dead for me, they fucked up the MP completely
@slender pebble I flew in that once. I had SAM turetts fire at me, and instead of being killed by sam i was killed by a frogfoot ramming into me
@slender pebble how did they fuck it up?
i was planning to get it after finishing my mancave, i have a ban of all my (big) pheriperals in my study room in the house from the missus
massive stutters when someone joins / leave / respawn
some ground units have the power of invisibility
Infinite loading time bugs, insane loading times otherwise
people are rarely on coms, they all play in their own corner
deferred shading is completely fucked at night (so servers pretty much restart when it gets dark)
memory leak.... they upped their recommended amount of ram to 32GB.....
hmm, dicked around with the "free" version 2.0, but not fun with mouse and keyboard/or PS4 controler
i only have 24GB, 32gb for real?
24GB should be enough... hopefully
but there are long standing issues that they're not addressing that pisses me off
that stutter has been there for more than a year now
whenever I start having fun I either crash due to stutters, the game freeze and crash or I get shot down by invisible ground fire :/
if the fucking mining prices ever drop i plan building my new 64GB machine, but that is IF i can buy a decent video card without costing me as much as it would now
mining isn't the issue tbh, it's more on samsung hiking NAND price like crazy
and also phones demand for them^ 😄
but yeah, you could say i'm dissatisfied with DCS right now, it's just too much.
ok, well, just wondering, since a lot of people praised 2.5 update
it's very fun when it works, but there's too much frustration in between
at least they fixed the F-5E tires... after a year and a half of them being weak AF 😄
FYI there is a Harrier pilot AMA in progress on /r/hoggit https://redd.it/8cvu6h
Wicked
i dont remember the A3 campaing that well and im making a campaing about it. could someone who has better memory than me give me a short explanation of how the NATO invasion started, proceeded and ended?
So you don't remember the campaign very well, but you're still gonna make a campaign about it, so a campaign about a campaign?
yes, wise right
Perhaps play the campaign again to refresh your memory?
i dont have the time
But you have the time to make a campaign about the campaign?
You don't have time to play the campaign, but you have time to make a mission based off of the situation of the campaign?
i have 1 week to play arma
what
Before?
Okay, then resume when "irl shit" is done. The entire campaign could be conpleted in a day
is it really that short? i didnt remember.
And depending on how much time you want to spend post playing the campaign, you could have your campaign done
No, literally from the very morning to the very night you can complete all of it
Do you think flying (in game )is more a skill than hard work? whats your opinion?
In ARMA?
yea
Wev'e got a Fallout guy here.. 😉
Skill based definitely
It's really nice how they scatter references to the older arma games in 3
like the sunk Osprey in Stratis?
the IDAP showcase has a pamphlet or poster somewhere with a testimony from somebody who lived in chernarus
with the arma 2 old lady model as a picture
laws of war has a little offhand mention of serving in chernarus and takistan
LOW campaign has mentions of goat fuc... I mean a private goofing with a goat 😄
which is pretty much a recurring gag in A3 by now
@slender pebble Wait for real?
well yes
behind the church, further than the graveyard
can't remember the name of the private, adams maybe?
No spoilerinos pls
I might actually go back and finish LoW now if I can get ACE3 mine clearing to work
I don't see why it wouldn't work tbqh
in the east wind it was private nelson
it's nelson then
I just couldn't remember his name, but I know it's the same dude 😄
😂
btw goats are really dangerous in arma... they are well trained https://gyazo.com/24394254d83da2f3045021544ed1b912
don't mess with goats... https://gyazo.com/65d99effab30cb2ec68e2770b9c8abf7 😄
well trained what?
yeah...
did you mess with goats?
nah...
Anyone here an ACE user?
Plenty of people are ACE users @finite steppe, why?
Does anyone know any animation mods that change the sprinting animations for Arma 3
changes to what?
Mainly what I'm looking for is unarmed sprinting
i'm not aware of a single mod outside bigger mods
Well any kind of mod that contains a change to the unarmed spriting animation is honestly fine by me
I've seen the Arma 2 to Arma 3 animation mod but is there anything else?
don't think so. if something exists that is influencing the running, it's part of a bigger mod like ace or exile or whatever
honestly any suggestion is fine really 🙂
Oh wow idk what AWG uses but that anim is super nice
not sure what this does, and if it's even up do date
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/197893-smoother-animations-v23/
they make the animations have less delay and stopping like if you were to strafe left and right on default, your player would stop, kneel, and then move the other direction
that mod fixes that, although its not a new running animation i hella need this anyway thx
^example
hello
i play arma 2
somone know some mechs addon becasue i want to make metal gear climate in arma 2
aha
ahahaha
finally
Just won my first game where I actually understood what the hell was going on
just some KOTH stuff but still
Man the Top Down ATGMs are damn viscous.
Don't you just love people it when people go onto your units discord and start advertising
that's why you got your turret
ban em and report them to Arma discord moderators.
It's bad for Arma discord's reputation if members from here find other servers via this discord and then go spam them
Who's the mods, the bi minions?
the forum moderators on the BI forums
The orange ones
BI minions are BI employees who love to not get bothered while working on fixing important bugs
aka the whack a troll champions since 2008
can any one help me debunk a myth ? i was told by a player that ai work better in groups of 8 because there are 8 bits to a byte. i find this kinda hilarious but if someone else wants to weigh in..
that's the weirdest thing i've read all day
That's an awesome myth
I'm so gonna have to point that reason out when we finish an op and someone complains about the AI
"no, you see I keep topping up the groups not because I hate you but because performance reasons"
gets shot
lol
😃
yeah don't worry about it really 😉
If a AI was one bit big that might make sense. But they are not
the problem with this guy is hes played arma its whole existance and is retired software engineer , trying to tell him this is another thing.
The AI units consume a lot more RAM than a bit! Probably several MB's each.
He is a software engineer?
wtf...
software as in.. manufacturing sponges in a factory?
Not all software engineers are any good, FizzBuzz comes to mind
yea if i told you whsat he engineer, it would scare u
software engineer majored in PHP 😄
well… 👀
tell him to bring evidence 😄
good idea
@slender pebble JS
is there a starbuckcode
there's brainfuck too
There is Cafe OS which is running the Espresso with process isolation in the Wii U. The Starbuck and Espresso are processors in the Wii U. And there is Starbuck code.
What is a brainfuck?
the brainfuck*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck
But no one made a Brainfuck to SQF converter yet
Looking at brainfuck.. That should actually be really easy to implement in sqf
What's the veterans role for?
true obfuscation in arma lul
It's for nothing besides the color
How do I get the role lol
what did I tell you?
You spend years in the community and do "great" stuff
cries in commy
.....
👯
Ummm....i have a story to tell give me a second lol
You don't need to write ..... to show us that you're typing. Discord automatically shows us when you are typing
When I was flying the F-15, I went afterburner and pulled some fucking crazy maneuvers and I reached 1400KM/H without passing out the entire time like I was all over the place, and when I turn afterburner off I noticed that my fuel was dropping increasingly. My aircraft was constantly maintaining 1000+ KM/H and it would not slow down. What concerned me was the fact that I HAD NO FUEL! and still managed to maintain 1000+ KM/H for almost 8 minutes, I could not even decrease my speed. I tried air brakes, flaps, maneuvers and NOTHING WORKED? So Kain decided to spawn atleast 10+ Shilkas to shoot me down and it literally took him and his Shilkas about 2 minutes to shoot me out of the sky at close range, I evaded the shit out of 10+ ZSU's and lived 2 minutes up close with them raining hell unto me.
From 3 days ago ^
sounds like arma jets to me
Obviously
nah, I don't doubt it myself
The F-15 I used was by firewill
jets are broken AF in arma, let alone modded ones...
Ah. That explains it. Brittle stuff
It shot me down when I was pulling the maneuvers and airbrakes to slow me down. I managed to slow to about 600
Well "it" as in 10 or more fucking shilkas
I mean. They're wonky, but not that wonky
arma jets have the thrust to weight ratio of a falcon heavy
Go to #looking_for_game
No
and negative air resistance 😄
"Chat is dead guys" "i have to post elsewjere"
I think it was because I did maneuvers pulling fucking 12G with ace on at about 1000+ KM so it might have glitched my fuel system and took the aircraft with it
"If somebody doesn't respond on 0.5 seconds then chat is DEAD"
4 hours? HAHAHAHAHA
Yes, because i am seriously using 0.5 seconds as an accurate measurement
a lot of the channels here haven't been used in days
Shall I really make a query and find out which channel hasn't been used the longest time? I'm thinking about it but not sure if worth
Do it
Dead or not, it's against the rules and should not be taken to other channels wether it be a small thing.
I wonder which one it is..... _looks at #info_help_tips _
I knew it.. Be back in 5 mins
@humble hollow Posting links without descripting is also against #rules btw 😉
#multiplayer_pvp , where most of the use since November is someone posting in the wrong place
But chat is dead guys, i can post whatever i want and whatever is against the rules because i threw my arms up and said chat is dead
Yup
DON'T SHOOT PLEASE I HAVE A GUN IN MY HAND AND I'M COMING OUT PLEASE ITS UNLOADED Dead
@humble hollow ^ in a shooting situation
No, It's called rules sweety
Read the channel topic 🙄
because nobody plays arma here
You have #looking_for_game and #looking_for_unit at your disposal
Oof
we just shit on it and stay in the VR map testing stuff
Demo charge ready!
What would you need a demo charge for? The blocks are not destructable 🤔
Alright, well it looks like the person left
idc, was literally about to leave the server He posted the message 15 seconds after joining the server... :doubt:
The query for longest inactive channel is still running... Man.. I gotta fix my crap
don't we have a 10 minute timer for newcomers?
Ye
He was here last week. Joined here and left 20 seconds later
maybe that started the 10 minute timer
Wait so he is a mole rat basically?
has been too long since I played that game
What game?
Fallout. Because mole rats
Oh lol
🤦
Wanna see some
no
I just googled. I saw them
lol algan
the algan. Now in your cinema
pls no
What do ya do when you are surrounded by German Tiger II's and your a fireteam with no AT
play dead?
Get in your Sherman FireFly?
Call mustangs