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honest robin
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for example fortnite is a game that has milions of players bc its free

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its true ppl are buying stuff in game but its like a trick tbh

urban sluice
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Well, that and advertising, it is dying though

honest robin
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yeah, bc of the community and constant updates or something like that

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what i wanna say is that some people still play the free games of bohemia interactive and i think they shall not forget abaut em

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im not saying they did

urban sluice
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Well, either way, the 175 billion in cash on pc games has to come from somewhere, so I think saying 1/4th of people don't want to pay for a game is a bit of an overstatement

honest robin
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one of my friends has 10k hours on argo bruh

honest robin
steep meteor
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Argo was essentially an Arma trial. They did a similar thing with Arma 2 where you could play for free but miss a lot of features.

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If they made it as a dedicated team fight game that would be a different story.

urban sluice
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I think they did

honest robin
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i mean i get it, no rienforcments expected, survive till you can

steep meteor
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You can run very similar games in Arma and they never really made it different, it was just an experimental project/free trial

honest robin
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yea yea, i get it

urban sluice
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now le real question is, what will happen to Vigor?

steel kite
honest robin
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well guys tnx for this lovely conversation, hope ill meet u sometime later in argo ๐Ÿ™ƒ , have a nice day

jaunty whale
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see ya in Reforger ๐Ÿ˜‰

tame plover
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hello guys my zues seems to be not working, i am not able to ping him in multiplayer or in the scenario made by BI , i have unplugged then plugged back in my keyboard, unbinded then rebinded, verified files, uninstalled then reinstalled, tried googlign it, and still have nothing im unsure and this is very frustrating as i want to put a tank into my game so my friends can have more fun please help this has been happening for a week now i was able to ping last week though

runic jay
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@steel kiteBI has a very different strategy from say Paradox. The free platform update + some premium content that comes together with the update. Basically they give the platform/gameplay improvement for free, so there isn't that much left for the paid (premium) content. And players are paying to support the good work, to a part.

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(They could of course put all updated gameplay things behind a paywall like Paradox, so you need 5-6 DLC to enjoy the game in the first place.)

jaunty whale
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Eh

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For those that play Arma more than just once in a blue moon, all the DLC are very worth it.

runic jay
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It must be one factor why I've bought every DLC basically. Though in practice, it's more like "ooh shiny new things! must try!" ๐Ÿ˜… And actually another is that it works, the base game gets better and better, so I can concretely see that I'm doing an investment that brings value, so of course I'm inclined to get more.

steel kite
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@jaunty whale thats is not the discussion ๐Ÿ˜‰ it was just a chat between me and @runic jay earlier about 1 of the outstanding DLC's that got released.

soft whale
runic jay
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@jaunty whaleif I was on a more strict budget I would be more selective. But bundles ๐Ÿคท

jaunty whale
steel kite
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@jaunty whale trust me....... a lot of people would disagree with you, even though most people here see the bigger picture and are grateful with the extra content and support they get from each DLC ๐Ÿ˜‰

runic jay
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@jaunty whale2 marginal helicopters for 1/3 the price of the entire game? Just feels something is off in your logic...

jaunty whale
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Two helicopters that are pretty much "mandatory" for those who fly in Arma

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In vanilla at least

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And Jets is huge too, actually adding "good" multirole aircraft for people

steel kite
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And also helicopters DLC came with a huge free platform update, from wich the players without the DLC also had all the profits from, but again a lot of negative reactions with "only 2 helicopters" for the DLC owners

runic jay
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"those who fly"? 24/7 heli pilots? In what situations would/can you use them?
How about people who don't use vanilla assets but mods? etc

jaunty whale
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Marksmen DLC is a hugeeeee bonus in PVP, APEX is insanely huge (and I doubt anyone will argue that), tanks is a huge bonus too

runic jay
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Many companies would put attack helis behind a paywall

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or some upgrade/sidegrade thereof, eg. Planetside 2 did exactly that if I recall

jaunty whale
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Play King of the Hill. Most of the heli pilots on there are diehards, even if many of them aren't very good.

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I personally was disappointed by Contact, but it still had a ton of content

runic jay
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I've never heard of someone airlifting a vehicle in KotH

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And seeing taru in transport role is quite rare there

urban sluice
runic jay
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Most 'professional' pilots seem to use hummingbirds

jaunty whale
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@tame plover respawn first - sometimes you need to die to become a god

soft whale
jaunty whale
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@runic jay they use littlebirds because they're the easiest to pilot

urban sluice
lofty basalt
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Ok guys i need some help

solid elk
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It's not really about the easiest to pilot. The hummingbird is just extremely agile and consistent. Therefore it's good.

jaunty whale
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Therefore it's easy

tame plover
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Okay ill try that

lofty basalt
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I just got the game today. I played some campaign and then went into multiplayer. I joined an official server and it was really disorganised everyone was shooting each other and running sround.

solid elk
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The orca has issues such as rolling over. I wouldn't say it's easier than flying an orca.

steel kite
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Guess we all can agree, with the DLC strategy BI did: it might not give a lot of content what people would love to see but with all the updates for the dlc's came a huge platform update (free for all!).
And about helicopters usage: i also know a few servers(coop) that have dedicated people flying people in and out AO's at the most busy server peaktimes.

lofty basalt
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What should i even do to have fun in this game

urban sluice
jaunty whale
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If they fly in AFM then I give more respect ๐Ÿ˜‰ Littlebird with fully loaded troops on the side of it in AFM is quite difficult to do correctly

soft whale
tame plover
solid elk
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You make your own fun basically

tame plover
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ive tried litterally everything and nothing works

solid elk
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Ark ensure that is binded to the correct key. Maybe send me a dm with a screenshot?

runic jay
solid elk
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You can only ping zeus gamemodes or with a zeus module down in eden editor and correctly setup.

tame plover
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its all default can you hop in a caall so i can shopw you?

steel kite
lofty basalt
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See hereโ€™s the thing. I donโ€™t have a mic that works with my pc.

urban sluice
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Again, it just just a minor issue, if the Zeus badly needs to find you, he can click on your name in the edit menu and press F

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If you need it fixed that badly, leave the server, make a new profile, and rejoin. It will reset your keybinds back to Y

runic jay
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@jaunty whaleanyway, I would just agree to disagree on the helicopters issue, some people already made relevant points and it would be a big discussion I see. For starters ghosthawk often isn't allowed in infantry KotH. But it's not really central to where the discussion started from - and when it comes to Apex or Tanks I might agree much more easily. The qi-lin is just lovely! ๐Ÿ˜‰

steel kite
lofty basalt
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Mm nice

urban sluice
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I may have read qi-lin as Xi'an

runic jay
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I tried it in the showcase or something

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it's painful to try and shoot down

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Lol. Something strange, for a moment the prices in steam store were not discounted, but now the discounts are back

urban sluice
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Steam had a stroke

runic jay
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some batch job I bet

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Apex is mispriced on its own page ๐Ÿ™„

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could go for all the products

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and the arma 3 discount is about to end in 4+ hours

green moth
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Could anyone help me out? I just got a T.16000 HOTAS and I need some help setting it up.

steep meteor
urban sluice
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uh

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I don't think it would be wise to let your wife shoot you in-game. She may get some ideas IRL

quiet pine
steel kite
little galleon
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Same for me

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That's why I got SOG earlier today

steep meteor
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Dang. I'll have to check it out soon.

little galleon
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You won't have long to wait, it'll almost certainly be in the summer sale around June 20

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I doubt before that but you never know

steep meteor
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Problem was I was trying to get her to make a steam account since you can't just generate links anymore but she didn't get around to it

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Probably just send up paying the full price on the base game and use the sale for dlcs

lofty basalt
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Alright so i joined this 77th jsoc server and they were really nice and stuff and it was cool so yeah

runic jay
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@steep meteorall discounts now reappeared ๐Ÿ˜‚

steel kite
runic jay
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I guess our earlier discussion had multiple beginnings. I was wondering if we should drop the term "milsim"

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And how/what to promote out of the DLC to change the public perception that ARMA is a "military simulator"

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Which marksman rifles (snipers or battle rifles) is it best to begin with if you're new to them? Been shooting mostly L/MMGs

urban sluice
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The marksman versions of the MX series, and the SPARs

runic jay
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And for the purposes of infantry combat like KotH

craggy crane
little galleon
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Yep, 77th is good, had some fun there

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@lofty basalt

runic jay
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ARMA being a hard core simulator is kind of a misconception that sticks. The true classification is a sandbox

steel kite
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Well we all can agree on 1 thing: Arma 3 is 1 of the games that comes closest to real military simulations as it can get for FPS even though some games are definitely making progress to also take this road.

urban sluice
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ignore this message

upbeat fiber
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hi

jaunty whale
urban sluice
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hey guys do where can i find a server provider with 2-5 slots just to play with friends

urban sluice
mental juniper
flat yew
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Out of the box Arma is hardly a simulator. Lot's of gamey aspects. Which is fine imo.

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I like Arma for letting me do and play whatever, and however I want

low mist
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What good is it if you can't find a bunch of ridiculous friends

craggy crane
craggy crane
flat yew
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Yeah, that's what I'm getting at

craggy crane
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Itโ€™s called auto rotation, itโ€™s where u kill the collective, try to keep the heli level as it goes down, as that allows wind to move the rotor so u retain RPMs, then when youโ€™re about to hit u increase the collective again, slightly pull back, and land

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Iโ€™ve practiced it a lot, i can do it better than I can land normally, because I canโ€™t land normally

flat yew
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Arma 2 had a tutorial for that ๐Ÿ˜

urban sluice
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Any cool dday or stalingrad missions?

steep meteor
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There is an explanation of auto rotation in the field manual but I got it being like crash landing a plane moreso than just staying level

craggy crane
steep meteor
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I'll have to try it out by turning off the engine but normally the helicopters are completely dead by the time they make it to the ground

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At least for me that is

quiet pine
daring lynx
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what if Bohemia made a player vs player event hosted on their servers and moderated by them and it was a realistic csat vs nato war.

urban sluice
daring lynx
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because the toxicity would be wonderful

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or maybe the global mobilization dlc would be even cooler

urban sluice
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Does anyone know where I can find the creator of S & S? I can't contact him on steam and I would like to report a problem. I am also not able to comment on the S & S steam page

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I just want to tell him about a texture glitch on the new buttpack model

naive rover
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could anyone play some zeus with me? I want to practice. New to the game

daring lynx
naive rover
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no i dont have any

daring lynx
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well usually zeus is used with mods so if you get zeus enhanced mod which is mostly used i could help

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base zeus is very~~empty

naive rover
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i'll look for it

naive rover
daring lynx
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okay

tame plover
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mannn it sucks that none of my friends have arma i really wanna play with tanks or infantry with like 4 ppl

urban sluice
tame plover
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lol haha

urban sluice
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I am being completely serious when I say that

tame plover
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oh

urban sluice
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Did you try to defragment your hard drive?

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I dunno it is recommend you do it after arma gets a major update, should be an option in your... well.. options. Look it up!

hallow light
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anybidy here able to make a custom gau-8 a-10 cannon sound?all these sound mods suck for the cannon

craggy haven
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How popular is this game? Looking at purchasing it.

opal nacelle
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On the Workshop it is instead named NIArms All in One, although as per the name it's a compilation of NIArms Core with presumably-every-weapon pack (not including the ACE/CUP/RHS compatibility patch mods)

craggy haven
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lol! That is fair. My PC is fairly new. Are there enough players to get into games fairly quickly?

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Awesome! Thank you! Think I may purchase it!

placid spoke
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I think you missed the last sale. It's surely pretty cheap in sale

hybrid harness
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Heyo, anyone know of any 1940s maps of France? I donโ€™t mind if itโ€™s huge, I just canโ€™t find anything for the location I need

craggy crane
hybrid harness
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That one is fictional, i need a map of northern france for an British Normandy Airborne op

placid spoke
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Doesn't IFA3 have Normandy?

hybrid harness
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yeah but only Omaha

placid spoke
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It does have slightly inland of it also

hybrid harness
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i need the area around Sword beach, thats the only area british paras dropped in

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I wish I could send photos, I have a photo of the primary area I need for the first mission

manic jay
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hey everyone just got arma 3 excited to play with some of you guys im very new lol

runic jay
manic jay
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Thank you still exploring the server appreciate the LFG channel tag will for sure make my way there when i learn how to play the game some more!

runic jay
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!gettingstarted

trail zealotBOT
runic jay
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@manic jaywhat kind of stuff are you looking for btw? Also can I send a DM?

manic jay
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of course!

worthy mulch
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is it normal that death valley breaks and i cant do anything

craggy crane
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The campaign level?

worthy mulch
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even if i restart the mission the bug still happens

worthy mulch
craggy crane
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I remember something similar happened to me, thereโ€™s like a trigger somewhere in there that gets em to move I think, been a while since Iโ€™ve done it tho

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Remember tho, the vanilla campaign doesnโ€™t like mods

worthy mulch
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i dont have mods

craggy crane
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I think u gotta just walk around the city a bit iirc, maybe find that UAV pack or something

worthy mulch
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what uav pack

craggy crane
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Thereโ€™s a UAV pack in a fenced yard somewhere, u gotta get it and kill the mortar guys or something

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Unless that was the boot camp...

worthy mulch
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ur supposted to secure a village and then idk what comes cause game just breaks and dosent continue

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ohh i think its cause the doc dies and he has to revive someone

flat yew
# quiet pine TKOH, not Arma 2?

Arma 2 also had a tutorial on how to fly helicopters. I always thought it was strange that Cooper, a Marine Force Recon dude, would have to train on flying helicopters. Part of the tutorial was on auto rotation. That's where I learned. And it worked a lot better in Arma 2 than it does in arma 3

tall jackal
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Hi who is familiar with the mcc mod that may help me?

urban sluice
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You're almost there, Just 34 other channels left to ask in, godspeed! ;o)

faint python
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does anyone have the vietnam dlc

placid spoke
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Plenty of us have, actually

faint python
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is it worth it

tall jackal
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Y E S

placid spoke
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Depends on your perspective/expection

urban sluice
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and the actual price.

little galleon
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I got it yesterday and im loving it, and super excited to see what could be coming in the future

urban sluice
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If I buy the arma 3 ultimate editon do I get all the dlcs ?

little galleon
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I think so but not sure about the creator DLCS, you should be able to view bundle details

steel kite
urban sluice
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You have to pay for creator dlcs ?

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Iโ€™m new never played the game

lone niche
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Yeah.

urban sluice
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From the rules: "+do not post active URL" What makes an URL Active ?

lone niche
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From what I saw, the community mostly doesn't seem to be that much into GlobMob, but majority adore SOGPF.

quiet pine
urban sluice
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So the ultimate editon isnโ€™t worth it

lone niche
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I want to say yes, but... it's only really worth it to a special kind of person, TBH. You definitely want Apex though.

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The bang for buck value will remain ridiculously high, even on the Ultimate.

urban sluice
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Kinda confusing

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Im a squad player so I this is kinda hard to understand I thought it I bought the ultimate editon I would of had everything since it cost a lot

lone niche
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Everything Bohemia made. They have contracts with external development studios that rose from the community, and those are making Global Mobilisation, CSLA Iron Curtain and SOG Prairie Fire.

runic jay
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You can just buy the base game and start getting familiar with it if you can't decide on DLC. The Ultimate and other bundles should be available later on and will just discount the base game if you already have it, no?

urban sluice
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The Arma-series to me always was some sort of lifetime investment, almost limitless possibilities even without me making my own content. There is still an active Arma 2 community i think. So 30 bucks for Arma 3 in my view is not too much at all. Compared to 60 for GTA 5, which i would not buy for 20 even.

runic jay
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I think ultimate is usually close to 40? And you get lots of content in it

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it's basically all the stuff you'd see on official BI and many public servers

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The 3rd party expansions add more flavour, is how I'd put it

urban sluice
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oh, you can even play Arma online? ยฐwinksยฐ

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I never dared to, i am not good enough. I am already fully satisfied by its single player content

runic jay
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I guess one good buying strategy would be apex edition + contact separately

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just leaves out some more minor dlc (Tanks is lovely though, but maybe it's a personal thing) which you can easily pick up later if budget is tight

urban sluice
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If i were to buy it all again, i would save 10 bucks per month for 1 year, then get everything on the following sale.

runic jay
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it's not like there isn't sales throughout the year

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I think I had my hands full with just the basic game when I got it (wasn't even from steam) ... then I just bought everything possible in a sale a month or two later

urban sluice
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Yeah, Karts might not be that nessecary

runic jay
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and when DLC bundle 2 came out I got that too. And when they first started selling Apex edition, I bought it again.

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carts is like 50 cents if you buy it separately now...

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I think it's not a too steep price for some lols and passing fun ๐Ÿ˜…

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I see some people use the racing uniforms in KotH - nice cosmetic message you can send about being a serious driver ๐Ÿ˜„

quiet pine
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and be an easier target

runic jay
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a big red SUV is a big easy target if you ask me ๐Ÿ™„

urban sluice
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TeeHee Karts includes: "Starter Pistol - This special revolver is used to signal the start of races and fires signaling flares." Sorry, i rather use my barrett KABLAM

runic jay
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mumbles something in chinese about qi-lin

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I think qi-lin is the one asset I use from Apex the most. I don't understand why it's not more popular in KotH etc

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Hmm, ghillie suits are in Marksmen

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or is it just some of them? I think there's like 4 variants per faction

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lush, arid, semi-arid, and half

placid spoke
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Yes, those are Marksmen assets despite Arsenal didn't mark them Marksmen

runic jay
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ASP-1 Kir - special purpose rifle
Was this some kind of an anti-material rifle or what's special? Didn't vanilla already have a 12.7mm AMR for NATO?

placid spoke
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CSAT Special Purpose โ€œDesignated as a Marksmen Rifle yet had one of the worst accuracy in the gameโ€ Rifle. Basically for stealth operation

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(No joke. The ASP's accuracy is super terrible)

runic jay
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Sounds like you know those assets well. I'm sure I've not even shot with some of the marksmen rifles

placid spoke
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I sometimes used it. It can't hit a target in 100 or 200m

runic jay
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Zafir is better for the purpose...

dapper slate
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ASP-1 Kir is basically VSS , the exact use case

runic jay
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Jeez. According to the game the Kir is basically worse accuracy than about anything

dapper slate
runic jay
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AR, MMG...
What's VSS?

placid spoke
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IRL Russian something

dapper slate
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that rifle is made for urban combat only

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being higher caliber than VSS uses , the range is even shorter

runic jay
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It should not be used to engage targets more than 150 metres away as the subsonic round's power drops-off very quickly the further it travels. In addition, the extremely wide trajectory of the round's ballistic model makes it almost impossible to attack long range targets with.

placid spoke
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True, but I honestly expect more because of its purpose

runic jay
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But the round is apparently very heavy for a rifle, even though subsonic. So will penetrate and kill heavy armored infantry.

daring bronze
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Real Russian .50 internally suppressed

dapper slate
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Vychlop is a subsonic .50cal bolt action rifle , while kir is like a mix of both - vss and vssk

runic jay
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classic mk14 sounds pretty good by stats, is the arsenal correct ๐Ÿค”

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it also says car-95-1 has higher RoF than Lim-85

dapper slate
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Lim-85 has two fire mods , default one is the slow ROF

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for whatever reason it really needed that slow mode

runic jay
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that's what's in the stats in armory? Would explain it, and the superfast is actually superfast?

dapper slate
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not superfast but way more faster ha

runic jay
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Good, for a moment I doubted my expertise in machine guns ๐Ÿ˜…

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I guess slow would be if you have trouble hitting targets, or just want to suppress while conserving ammunition

dapper slate
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maybe but irl that mode doesnt exist , only with BAR ๐Ÿ˜›

placid spoke
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@urban sluice does still need to figure out that Ultimate Edition is worth it. Please do it here not my DM

urban sluice
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uh, please do not do that here either

placid spoke
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Simply those question should be answered publicly not privately, if the question was posted publicly, not the one's DM who didn't even involved to the conversation

urban sluice
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I agree, but this is going on now since.. 2 hours? Makes me think someone is just looking for someone to blame when that someone buys the game and does not like it. Not nice.

placid spoke
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I know. It was a weird conversation as far as I red it roughly, but won't be a reason to make it in my DM. If you don't want to see the conversation, just block him or whatever

runic jay
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2 hours? I saw 2 messages from him

urban sluice
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It appears as though general chat died about an hour and a half ago.

runic jay
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Let it rest in peace

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only the caw of crows is heard under the heavy drooping clouds

atomic python
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someone game operationflashpiont

quiet pine
urban sluice
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Erm... why was the chat mini-snapped? Crossposting?

long swan
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Dude holy shit

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Thankyou mods/devs/admins for the beta program on arma 3

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I literally went from 50-60 frames with 15% CPU and ~30% GPU to 25-30% CPU and 50-60% GPU usage and I went up by 40fps

lone niche
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Is there something ridiculously good coming in the dev branch, or something?

fossil ermine
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@long swanwhat?

long swan
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Yeah look on the right hand for perf_prof_branch for the mod and parameter for the beta program tab on arma 3

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I mean left hand side LOL but yeah, I was struggling on arma 3 and I got the mod and beta program, literally almost doubled my FPS

quiet pine
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ah the PiP thing

long swan
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Yeah I get an error for the PiP but the game runs beautifully

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I never thought i'd live to see the day Arma 3 uses more than 15% of a CPU

steep badge
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o/ Hi im knew to arma and from germany. does there exist a german community outside they are serching for knew players?

mental juniper
opal nacelle
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Interesting in theory, but how persistent should said learning be? e.g. should the AI retain this learning for the duration of the current scenario session only?

spiral jewel
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Shame im still not allowed to press memes

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>hello world
//>imperative programming
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And then AI starts using random glitches instead of acting more realistic Lmao
Yeets a tank+backpack charges into your base from 10km away

craggy crane
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I want it

urban sluice
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what?

craggy crane
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AI yeeting tanks

soft whale
flat yew
urban sluice
flat yew
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On First Contact? I mean, performance in Livonia is usually pretty bad as it is, but some missions in First Contact are bordering unplayable

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I always run the game on ultra. It's actually how it runs better for me. Setting graphics to low doesn't give me more FPS

urban sluice
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My computer could run the entire compaign at 20-30fps at the lowest settings, and it is dying

flat yew
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You call that amazing? ๐Ÿ˜…

urban sluice
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Yes!

flat yew
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I run pretty much every other mission and campaign between 40 and 70. Running First Contact between 15 and 35 lol

urban sluice
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I have spent my entire gaming life on a 10-30fps ps4 slim that never had any games I enjoyed (RTS, milsim, etc) 20-30fps on Arma 3 is fine for me

prime kindle
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hey can somebody explain me how to play coop with my friend?

steep meteor
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!gettingstarted

trail zealotBOT
urban sluice
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I don't think that helps here, Albino

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who can help me fly ?

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press shift and hold it until high enough

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Hold down S if using Jet as well

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that should atleast get ya into the air, have fun from there

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cheers lmao

shrewd turtle
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So i'm thinking about renting an arma 3 server for the new nam dlc... I've never run an arma 3 server and was wondering if its difficult to get set up?

urban sluice
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ill make one with u if u want

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If you just buy it from the correct company, it should not be hard to setup. If you want to set it up with your own software, well....

tranquil bay
#

@urban sluice
depends... for helicopters, watch the series "the art of flight" on youtube

urban sluice
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cheers

shrewd turtle
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@urban sluicewhich company would you recommend?

urban sluice
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You would be best asking people who currently are paying for a server

shrewd turtle
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ok

runic jay
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Strange that contact stuff seems to run just like normal on my rig

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Or even better than the corresponding Altis missions

urban sluice
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The corresponding altis missions are on altis therefore should not hurt anyone who can run Arma.

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Even if you fill the map with tanks.

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Well... maybe it will break if you run with an entire map of tanks.
None of my advice or anything I say should be taken seriously or as a fact

mental juniper
#

ConfusedDog arma configs are confusing

urban sluice
#

Hello Pi

mental juniper
flat yew
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They are, yes

craggy crane
urban sluice
#

Oh hey bob actually finished his message

harsh loom
#

Hey guys, how's all?
My brother saw me play Arma the other day, and asked if we could play it together on LAN
I own the game but he doesn't
Is there a way I could share my licence/game with him? Or would he need to buy a separate copy of the game?

urban sluice
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steam lets other share your game, you you guys cannot play at the same time. He would need to get his own copy afaik

mental juniper
urban sluice
#

oh, well okie then

harsh loom
#

Fair enough
Are there any discount trackers/announcements on this discord?

urban sluice
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It was just discounted yesterday. I think it ended though.

harsh loom
#

Ouch...
Whelp, thanks for the info

quiet pine
urban sluice
#

oh hey Lou is alive

quiet pine
#

or even scroll up a bit

urban sluice
#

I have every channel except this one, zeus discussion and rules muted and hidden

quiet pine
#

ยฏ_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ

steep meteor
#

I've been thinking about how AI automatically going into danger when in combat is both completely necessary for new people yet utterly infuriating for me

urban sluice
#

I'm sorry, they what now?

steep meteor
#

Like I will have a perfect firing line able to perfectly walk through brush or over a mountain but the second a gunshot is fired it is completely ruined because the AI take cover

urban sluice
#

Ah. You mean while squad commanding, then?

steep meteor
#

Yes, while squad commanding

urban sluice
#

Ah, mk then.

steep meteor
#

I wish there was a way to override it, especially for retreats and such

urban sluice
#

Hold fire, stand, full speed

lone niche
#

this setBehaviour "CARELESS"

steep meteor
#

I might have to try the hold fire but careless and full speed can only be accomplished via scripting or the editor

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Idk how quickly the AI will come after us if I have them set to hold fire

lone niche
#

I do believe that with ZEN you can flip them to Careless.

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Probably vanilla, too. You need to edit the squad, not the individual units.

urban sluice
#

not in vanilla, no

harsh loom
urban sluice
#

Is there a way to know if your server is running ?

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Because im trying to make a server to play with friends and i dont know how to find my server in the server browser

craggy crane
nova anvil
#

^^^^^

quiet pine
#

@onyx salmon@nova anvil evidence or get warned

onyx salmon
#

ok

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can we call?

quiet pine
#

no, DMs

nova anvil
#

You deadass removed it for reporting a child predator we just dealt with

onyx salmon
#

ok gummymusher give him the evidence

nova anvil
#

Really

quiet pine
#

evidence or shush, that's the house's policy

nova anvil
#

I canโ€™t send screenshots

onyx salmon
#

I have multiple people that has evidence

quiet pine
#

D.M.s

onyx salmon
#

did you get them @quiet pine

twilit thorn
#

Anyone playing apex protocol?

hybrid harness
#

Anyone know any operation husky terrains?

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Especially ones focusing on British landing sites

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Or even an entire map of Sicily?

urban sluice
#

Yay letโ€™s add mods to Apex

urban sluice
solar reef
#

Where can i found people to help me witha fresh unit?

dusky valley
#

@harsh loom Just put the game or dlc on your Steam wishlist. You'll get an email if you you set those notifications.

prisma flame
#

whats thre lookin for group channel

obtuse heart
obsidian prism
whole wraith
#

Every time after a little while in-game i lose all audio in-game but when i alt tab i can hear YouTube just fine, whats the problem

quick steppe
#

G'day everyone. Yesterday i had an issue with an East Wind campaign mission which i posted on the troubleshootin page on the channel. The tanks were going crazy like forwards and backwards towards a HESCO barrier and i was unable to continue my mission as i was supposed to follow the tanks. I was finally able to finish the mission ONLY AFTER disabling the LAMBS systems and VCom AI. My question to you guys is that should we not use any AI modifications whilst playing the campaign modes? Also, will it behave the same way like go crazy even on workshop single player scenarios? I had high hopes about the game and thought of playing lot of scenarios with the modified AI upgrades but these things raises more doubts in me. Thanks.

thin sable
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no mods while palying campaign

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its not designed to be altered by mods.

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some missions may work

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some may break badly.
Preferably you should use those addons with mission specifically designed for them

urban sluice
thin sable
urban sluice
#

Haha I just meant that if youโ€™re gonna use mods donโ€™t use anything possibly game breaking or anything that alters the AI - personally Iโ€™ve had no issues running sound mods (with CBA Main) and stuff like survivable aircraft crashes, though

dusty wigeon
#

will i have issues with playing arma if i started lagging at the prologue, when we got in that big city and the AAF started abusing prisoners?

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i didnt have any mods installed, thats why im asking

formal hollow
#

Kavala is pretty heavy on performance so it's not a surprise that you're getting FPS drops even if you don't have much difficulty running A3 outside of it.

dusty wigeon
#

oh so its normal

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cool

formal hollow
#

For Arma in general, any cities with a lot of buildings stacked closely together will give you trouble. Georgetown on Tanoa is a prime example of this.

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The more scripted the mission is (+ AI), the worse it'll get.

steep meteor
#

Iirc it heavily depends on your object detail so turning that or object range down will help

spare raptor
#

@candid burrow
If this is the same guy
Thank you for your service

whole briar
#

does anyone know where i can find a good stable wave defence mission?

urban sluice
#

hello

urban sluice
#

bruh whats up with the mods on the workshop always having u play as an american soldier

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cant find any good vietnam mods where you play as the vietcong

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or any mods in general w out americans lmao

placid spoke
#

Mods =/= Missions

urban sluice
#

ok missions thenHurtsAbit

placid spoke
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If you can't find one, you can make one. Not hard

spiral jewel
#

genderbend faction bend workshop missions

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play arma 3 campaign as soviet in cold war setting

dawn thorn
#

hy any spanish?

quiet pine
#

magazines*

quick steppe
#

Just now finished the East Wind campaign. Can someone explain what F#*^& climax was that? What was in that stupid truck, What of the NATO Crossroads?, What caused the earthquakes?, Please someone explain the story to me? My blood just boiled when i witnessed the Credits roll out! I really don't understand. Can someone brief me on this please? Thank you.

placid spoke
#

You want to play Apex Protocol, then

quick steppe
#

Where can i read about the final moments of the campaign? Is there YT vid explaining it?

placid spoke
#

The Prologue (Bootcamp), The East Wind, Apex Protocol, Remnants of War, Three Tac-ops campaigns, are connected to the story, yes

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(aka Armaverse)

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Which end you took? The Crossroads? Or James?

quick steppe
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Thats great but still for a main campaign, i thought the end was so frustrating and non rewarding. I can gleefully accept that fact that this is not an RPG where in the end evrything turns out to be rewarding, but to end so abruptly was so hard

placid spoke
#

Nope

quick steppe
placid spoke
quick steppe
#

I'll meet you there

quiet pine
#

his full title being The Great Grandmaster of All Time POLPOX The First and Holy

vast burrow
#

idk if this has ever happened to anyone else but i went to go and start up arma 3 and steam say that i have to reinstall it

candid trail
vast burrow
#

nvm

flat yew
urban sluice
#

Prairie Fire is pretty fun.

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Kind of felt like Rambo while picking off enemies and running through the jungle.

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how have I gone from playing ARMA for 16 hours to not playing at all, then

spiral jewel
#

burnt out the ambition

urban sluice
flat yew
urban sluice
#

nice thanks

little galleon
lone niche
#

Some script is running and it's not... fully functional.

urban sluice
#

hey guys, im downloadin arma3, when i get into the game what doni need to do?

flat yew
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Play the tutorial

urban sluice
#

and then its simple? dont have to guy anything or smth like that?

flat yew
#

!gettingstarted

trail zealotBOT
urban sluice
#

tysm

flat yew
urban sluice
flat yew
#

Oh

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If you already bought the base game, you can buy DLCs and 2 expansions, but they're optional

urban sluice
#

alright, cheers.

flat yew
#

No microtransactions in this game

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Np

urban sluice
#

also, can i play single player or does it fill me with randoms?

flat yew
#

You can

urban sluice
#

cheers

dawn thorn
#

guys i need help

urban sluice
#

with what

dawn thorn
#

i buy the game and never play and i dont know how to play

quiet pine
#

!gettingstarted

trail zealotBOT
quiet pine
dawn thorn
#

thanks

dull goblet
#

I bombed 500 civs

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you guys should rename it to "warcrimes"

dawn thorn
#

jajajjaajaja

quiet pine
dull goblet
quiet pine
#

GUD

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๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿ˜‰

dull goblet
#

would be a bad choice to name it that

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still bombed 500 civs

quiet pine
#

it could be named that, if only it were to denounce them

urban sluice
#

Iโ€™m new to arma so if someone may help me out later on today of how to play it that would be fantastic please and thank you

tranquil bay
#

!gettingstarted

trail zealotBOT
flat yew
#

That's the 3rd in less than 2 hours, amazing

quiet pine
#

!CtrlF

urban sluice
steel kite
#

@flat yew it has been a very busy week for the @trail zealot ๐Ÿ˜‰

flat yew
#

It needs some rest

quiet pine
#

no u

hearty island
urban sluice
#

anyone here knows how to setup an arma 3 server ?

torn creek
#

hi i need help asap

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if anyone would like to help me dm me

quiet pine
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*throws help*

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I can add more if needed!

urban sluice
#

ive heard arma is the most complicated thing on earth, its gonna be a long day

wary nexus
#

Whats a good Roleplay server

flat yew
#

I find Ubisoft games to be more complicated lol

runic jay
green vine
urban sluice
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lmao

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bruh, where can i find servers which dont need dlc's

solemn wyvern
#

Lol. Amazingly I am noob as well but I have read the getting started stuff. I have about 25 hours in, have done east wind until the mines in the forest mission and am currently fumbling around with DUWS.
Two questions. How many mods is the limit?
Which of the dynamic mods is the best in y'alls opinion? DUWS, Dynamic Recon or Direct Action

urban sluice
#

is apex free??

quiet pine
green vine
solemn wyvern
#

I took the plunge and bought ultimate

urban sluice
green vine
solemn wyvern
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Wow

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That's impressive. Coming from the Fall out community and XCOM both of which require several days to set up properly Armas modding is easy

thin sable
#

well conflicts between mods are possible

solemn wyvern
#

True but I do my homework. Latest versions and I read the github and comments. Also been watching YT tutorials and reading the forums

urban sluice
#

Hey anybody up to join a swat server im hosting?

solemn wyvern
#

This is my first Milsim. And I've never done MP

urban sluice
green vine
solemn wyvern
#

My schedule is CST after 8pm and since I work remote, I can text during the day but can't play until the night. I'm off Sundays and Mondays. Let me know if that fits

urban sluice
#

mods are free right

solemn wyvern
#

I'll send ya a friend request when I'm off later. And thanks. I was pretty much going to stay single player for the first 1000 hours because after watching noob MP I just can't be that guy

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@urban sluice yes

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Super easy to setup. Find what you want, read the docs to see if it's compatible, hit subscribe, let steam download, load em up and go

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First two I'd recommend are CBA3, and ACE

green vine
#

better get used to the base game before jumping to ACE meowsweats

solemn wyvern
#

Fair enough

urban sluice
solemn wyvern
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I did get stumped on the grenade binding thing with ace

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So how long did y'all go SP before jumping in MP? I'm curious what MP is like

urban sluice
#

could someone dm me instructing me through getting the mods plesse?

green vine
urban sluice
#

thanks, any suggestions?

opal nacelle
solemn wyvern
#

I'd watch a best mods 2021 video

urban sluice
#

like id rather play as fucking communists even though my dad was tortured by them at this point, americans everywhere!

green vine
urban sluice
#

alr, ill download now.

solemn wyvern
#

Yeah I generally go by most subscribed but I also limit the time on it cause Arma is older

opal nacelle
urban sluice
#

do you need mods to get better guns?

solemn wyvern
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CBA, RHS and CUP for gear, Enhanced map and movement, and ACE plus compat patches are my base

green vine
# urban sluice do you need mods to get better guns?

mods usually add new things.
E.g. if you want US and Russians in the game, you download a mod that has those.

If you want more weapons, such as HKs and stuff, you grab weapon mods

it's not a "level-up" system

opal nacelle
# urban sluice do you need mods to get better guns?

There's three DLCs that include personal weapons: Marksmen has some rifles and machine two machine guns, Apex expansion has something like ten different weapons with wider range of types, and Contact DLC has a new rifle series, carbine and machine gun versions of an assault rifle from Apex, and a double-barreled break-action shotgun (full-length and sawn-off, but no attachments allowed

urban sluice
#

cheers.

opal nacelle
#

although the overwhelming majority of said DLC weapons are based on/look like real-world ones, stats may vary from the versions found in mods

solemn wyvern
#

Yeah you can add what you want including 40k, Star Wars, Starship Troopers this game is wild

green vine
#

no start wars ๐Ÿ‘€

opal nacelle
#

For example, Apex DLC's SPAR-16 looks like the HK416A5 with 11 inch barrel and 14.5 inch barrel (this second one is called the SPAR-16S), whereas a bunch of modders have done the HK416 (whether 'original' or A5) in different barrel lengths

solemn wyvern
#

Saw a vid yesterday where a guy recreated the first Predator movie in Arma 3. Used jet afterburner heat effect for the predator camo.

opal nacelle
#

but don't worry too much about whether the stats are 'better' when it comes to mods

urban sluice
#

yeah

opal nacelle
#

After all, all too many of them are Yet Another AR-15 Packโ„ข๏ธ

urban sluice
#

so i subsribe to the mods, then i can join the different servers

solemn wyvern
#

Yeah it's not really gonna matter. You don't see the one that gets you

opal nacelle
#

If the servers allow or require them, yes

urban sluice
#

alr

opal nacelle
#

You may be blocked from a server if it only allows a specified mod list, for example

solemn wyvern
#

From my understanding you have to check the server first and see what mods they need or allow

opal nacelle
#

And the in-game server browser does not let you swap mods on-the-fly... fortunately, in addition to what murphy01 said, the game launcher's own server browser can set up mod loading before you join a server

urban sluice
#

alright

green vine
urban sluice
#

alr

solemn wyvern
#

Armas mod loader is awesome because you'd have to work to break it. I love that it tells you the dependencies and you don't screw up your load order. I have 280 mods on my XCOM 2 and 134 on my fallout new Vegas so trust it's a huge thing

runic jay
#

Yeah it really feels like modern day

opal nacelle
# urban sluice alr

Alternately, they may compile a Steam Workshop Collection with all required mods on a Steam Workshop Web page, allowing to subscribe without having to import a HTML file in the launcher.

solemn wyvern
#

Like I said this is my first Milsim and after missing a lot and dying a bunch in the SP I decided that I couldn't brute force this game and would have to play the boot camp. Which is exhaustive and led to another few hours just doing the gun ranges and infantry showcase. Then I got side tracked with Contact. I think I might get to multiplayer next year at this rate

urban sluice
#

whats the button to go into semi again

steep meteor
#

F

green vine
solemn wyvern
#

F but be careful it's also your underbarrel grenade launcher and you can kill yourself by hitting a door

urban sluice
solemn wyvern
#

@green vine Really?! The more you know. Lol

green vine
#

yeah
1 -> switch to rifle / switch rifle modes (if any)
2 -> switch to pistol / switch pistol modes (if any)
3 -> switch to launcher / switch launcher modes (if any)

solemn wyvern
#

Nice. That's going in my notes.

opal nacelle
#

Note that the above is if you use the Arma 3 Apex preset (for keybinds) or if you manually bind 'Weapon Group 1/2/3/4'

solemn wyvern
#

Gotcha

opal nacelle
#

The same principle is used in some vehicles to swap between weapons from the same 'group', e.g. between Shrieker AP and Shrieker HE unguided rocket pods on the A-164 Wipeout (its default loadout has one each)

solemn wyvern
#

I'm actually using Viper1Zeros presets

craggy crane
#

I set 3 to prop weapon, itโ€™s where u set your gun on something so itโ€™s less wobbly, or it deploys the bipod if u have one

solemn wyvern
#

Then reading which mods change what. The sheer volume of info is insane

lilac arrow
#

hello

opal nacelle
#

Arma 3 Apex is the default keybinds preset nowadays

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I believe in all other presets included with the base game, you don't get 'weapon groups' on foot, just ; to switch between primary weapon and sidearm, and RCtrl+; to swap to the launcher/secondary weapon

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This is because all other presets besides Apex use the number row for the full range of 'AI orders' if you play a squad leader

runic jay
#

full range of orders?
what's that

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and how it's different from normal (=Apex)

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@solemn wyvernthere's certainly a lot to explore. I'm kind of drawn between the different cdlc/expansions now, trying out GM helicopters but friends play SOG but my favourite server is without cdlc but now has a map from Contact ๐Ÿ˜‚

green vine
solemn wyvern
#

Yeah I'll be about 1000 hours just sorting mods and doing SP stuff

gentle spear
#

Sure einen trio mit 30 pr

runic jay
tepid pasture
#

Better graphics mod?

solemn wyvern
#

Graphics probably depends on your rig

lilac arrow
#

yeah i agree

solemn wyvern
#

I found a no haze mod and if you lower your view distance to 2k or so instead of 8k your frames go up

#

You could probably search for texture packs

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Graphics aren't that important to me. I'll play a text based game if it's interesting

lilac arrow
torpid wren
#

im brand new to the game and im looking for someone to teach me and walk me throw the entire process

solemn wyvern
#

That's 5 by my count. Lol

#

!gettingstarted

trail zealotBOT
tranquil bay
solemn wyvern
#

Lol

lilac arrow
quiet pine
opal nacelle
# green vine > full range of 'AI orders' if you play a squad leader you can still get those i...

@runic jay High Command uses the Open Menu (Move), (Target), (Engage), and so on keybinds which under the Apex preset are blank, in favor of Select Menu 1 through 0; whereas in all other presets (including, ironically I suppose, Industry Standard) both sets are bound to the number row, e.g. 1 is both Open Menu (Move) and Select Menu 1... this means that under the Apex preset you have to hit Navigate Menu (Backspace), then select a HC subordinate group, in order to be able to select the full range of commands...

Otherwise if you just select a HC subordinate group your High Command options are greatly reduced to the Quick Commands' Set Waypoint, Add Waypoint (hold LCtrl), and Watch There (LAlt), and you have to use Enter (Use Default Action) or use the map to issue Add Waypoint... because LCtrl+Space is a default Apex keybind for swapping between High Command and commanding your own group

solemn wyvern
#

Yeah I played around with it at lunch and yeah I'm gonna hold off on ACE until I get base game commands down

#

Also I'm not ready for aces advanced medical. Got my dudes loaded into a transport truck and then cleverly hit a pole. Apparently I wasn't wearing my seatbelt, injured my head, realized no medic in squad, bled out

runic jay
#

Aggressive tactical maneuvering may result in casualties

solemn wyvern
#

Wasn't even aggressive. Like 20 mph

runic jay
#

I've always thought I'm unconscious in ACE because the screen is black. But seems it's actually just I can't see because it hurts so much

torpid wren
#

looking for someone to walk me throw the game and teach me alot

runic jay
solemn wyvern
#

Dude that's a full time job

quiet pine
#

Because many people jump straight into MP

quiet pine
torpid wren
solemn wyvern
#

I'm not touching MP until I know which end is the bang end

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Yeah you gotta put some work in

quiet pine
trail zealotBOT
runic jay
quiet pine
#

Here some useful links ๐Ÿ™‚

runic jay
#

I was just wondering if people do it in (other) shooters

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I've never really experienced it I think

solemn wyvern
#

No idea. I chose hard mode by picking arma as my first. Lol

#

Never played any other FPS except halo and half life

opal nacelle
#

In my experience a lot of said games are either designed around console controllers (not that Arma 3 is perfect here...) or outright don't allow the range of what's possible in Arma

runic jay
#

Well ARMA is a sandbox. You can just place some riflemen and mow them down with your tank or APC if that rocks your boat

opal nacelle
#

Sorry murphy01 if what I just described above sounds academic

solemn wyvern
#

Yeah I saw the Xbox controller argument and it is impossible with arma. It's like the devs took a challenge to use all the keys

opal nacelle
#

But the use case I'm describing above is essentially 'AI team leaders commands their team, I command the AI team leaders and characters under my direct command'

runic jay
#

Have to do something to get free keyboards from the manufacturers!

solemn wyvern
#

Lol

opal nacelle
#

For example, I can give the AI teams waypoints

runic jay
#

bets Dedmen was issued top of the line RGB Extreme Gaming keyboard on day 1

solemn wyvern
#

Oh. You mean like platoon or company command

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That is nuts

#

And super cool

opal nacelle
#

Yup... or what I'm doing at the moment in the Editor where I split off a Rifle Squad so that I (Squad Leader) have direct command of the Marksman, Automatic Rifleman, and Combat Lifesaver while the Team Leader leads a separate group comprised of an Ammo Bearer, a Rifleman, and a Rifleman (AT)

runic jay
#

I don't fully understand what he's talking of ๐Ÿ˜…

solemn wyvern
#

Cool

#

Breaking your squad into fire teams and controlling both

runic jay
#

I'm not sure if the mode I play has high command supported

opal nacelle
#

I can use the command menu to give more detailed commands to the marksman, automatic rifleman (machine gunner essentially), and CLS (medic), then swap command menus and tell the Team Leader where to take his group... and even give him waypoints

solemn wyvern
#

I will have to look into the editor more

#

I also want to learn Zeus. Being a tabletop RPG guy I dig the idea even if I don't get the nuts and bolts yet

flat yew
runic jay
opal nacelle
#

Warning: Public Zeus experience will vary A LOT

solemn wyvern
#

@flat yew. Yeah I cheated a bit and used a preset made by viper1zero. He changes a few thing like tab being 1st/3rd and lctrl+middle mouse being inventory

#

GMs for RPGs vary a lot

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And I could see where a bad Zeus would play competitive as opposed to putting up interesting challenges or telling a good story

flat yew
#

I've been using my current preset since Arma 2, with a few alterations I made for Arma 3 in like 2014 lol. I could never change now haha

solemn wyvern
#

Yeah it's probably muscle memory

flat yew
#

I just can't have extra ones, cuz there's no more space ๐Ÿ˜‚

solemn wyvern
#

Lol

runic jay
rich gyro
#

I have to say one of my favourite things I've found in ArmA 3 in the like 5 years I've had it, and a bit in ArmA 2 as well.

Is the conversation of who's going to lead "Who's going to lead?", "you" "Why?", "Because you spoke first"

runic jay
#

While the players throw dice at each other and make lame jokes

rich gyro
#

Every single Escape missions I've played, that's exactly how it plays out, or it's "Not me" x4

runic jay
#

I think my milsim unit would have several Hero of the Soviet Union and what not already if there was decorations, so many volunteers. You have to sign up fast if you want to have a LMG on ops etc.

solemn wyvern
#

Rules are for chumps. I generally have a half page of notes and a random encounter table. Reason is because if you offer players a,b, or C someone will pick fucking banana and the other guy goes 'Fuck banana, I want schoolbus' and your 12 page script goes out the window in favor of banana schoolbuses

rich gyro
#

I'd rather not blow my ears out with an LMG..

runic jay
#

organized groups have their squad leads and so

solemn wyvern
#

Yeah I'm watching YouTube of the Friday night fights and I'm amazed at the coordination some of these units have. And then there's the random units doing wacky stuff like pulling the tires off thier humvee and using them as firing stands

opal nacelle
#

In addition to or without the aforementioned High Command, you may also divide your directly-commanded group members into up to five 'teams' by color (Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, or White), then use LShift/RShift+F1 through F5 to select them

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Essentially the (limited quantity) equivalent of RTS games' control group hotkeys

solemn wyvern
#

Yeah I saw that in there so you can hotkey the teams which is dope

wild gale
#

hey can someone please help me host a server for me and my buddies to play i did all the steps on youtube but its still not showing for my friend dm me or @ me

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if you can he;p

opal nacelle
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Here's an example High Command setup, a custom platoon headquarters with three Rifle Squads and one Weapons Squad, the latter of which are all unaltered NATO:

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lofty basalt
#

Iโ€™ve played so much arma over the past few days that i point things out using compass directions and have to physically stop myself using bearings

opal nacelle
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Upon clicking Play Scenario, playing at the platoon leader (although called Squad Leader in the list on the left), I'll see the 'usual' command row for the platoon headquarters members, but hitting the Switch Command Menu keybind (LCtrl+Space or App Menu aka the menu key) will result in this:

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solemn wyvern
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Very cool

runic jay
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Amazing, I had no idea

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how do you get into the high command view again

steep meteor
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Ctrl + space

quiet pine
flat yew
#

Lol

opal nacelle
sand marsh
#

So Iโ€™m super new to arma, been through a few vr trainings and the first handful of SP mission. Iโ€™ve been watching liberation online, and would really like that play style, but SP due to low FPS when multiplayer with lots of other people. I like the idea of using the C2 mod to control a large blue force and play liberation locally. My question is though, is as a new player, is that way too much to take on - it seems like with all the mods available and different ways to use them I could be in over my head. Is there a better/simpler way to accomplish what Iโ€™m looking for? Thanks

opal nacelle
#

How large is large here?

flat yew
#

You're cross posting bro

runic jay
#

@opal nacelle I mean how to bring up the high command map ... if that even adds any feature? ๐Ÿค”

opal nacelle
sharp ferry
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How do I set OPFOR as the attackers in the attack/defend Zeus objective?

urban sluice
runic jay
opal nacelle
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I haven't tried Arma Commander yet

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Note however that vanilla High Command lets a commander in the 2D map view right-click a waypoint (before it's completed) and bring up a waypoint menu... number row 1-9 for Type, Command Mode, Formation, Speed, Timeout, Wait until, Radio, Create Task, and Cancel Waypoint respectively.

opal nacelle
oak raptor
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how do i join a a KOTH server? i only have the base game

opal nacelle
oak raptor
oak raptor
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in quick play? @opal nacelle

opal nacelle
oak raptor
oak raptor
opal nacelle
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Oh, that's up to whatever that server's rules are... in KOTH at least you have to level up to unlock the ability to buy/rent one, unless you mean 'as a passenger'

oak raptor
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yes as a passenger

opal nacelle
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It should be as simple as getting close enough to the doors that a car-seat-from-the-side icon or a crosshair icon appear

oak raptor
#

what do i press

opal nacelle
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with the default controls preset it should be Spacebar or Enter

oak raptor
#

ok thanks

opal nacelle
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If you can enter multiple vehicle positions from the same location, then the scroll wheel on the mouse will let you select a specific one

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I should warn that this is 'you could have learned this in singleplayer' stuff

oak raptor
#

oh

mental juniper
opal nacelle
# oak raptor oh

Also... with the default controls preset, G is the grenades button

oak raptor
#

i flew a heli but crashed when i tried to land lol

opal nacelle
#

Gotta be careful with those landings...

oak raptor
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I DONT EVEN KNOW how to go down lmaoo

opal nacelle
#

Yeahhhhh I'm going to suggest giving singleplayer a try before any more KOTH shenanigans.

oak raptor
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AGREED

opal nacelle
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Helicopters in particular can be learned with Tutorials>VR Training (turn around and you'll see the Helicopters training topics... shoot at the marker to begin) and Singleplayer>Showcases>Helicopters or Gunships

novel jacinth
#

What the fuck. I just finished installing Arma 3 for the first time and it says โ€œan error occurred while updating Arma 3 (disk write error)โ€ what do I do???

oak raptor
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CRAP

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I CRAshed again

opal nacelle
oak raptor
#

I DIED ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

craggy crane
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And I would probably click the verify game integrity thing

olive comet
#

I'm going balls to the wall and developing automation to deploy beefy "gaming rigs" in the cloud, to run large scale arma operations smoothly with a friend. We should be able to far surpass what our computers themselves could handle. And pair it with an equally beefy server instance

mental juniper
raw peak
#

yeh, non-directed profanity is tolerated (unless it becomes excessive)

placid spoke
#

Basically F-me vs F-you

quiet pine
#

don't make it all about you ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜„

craggy crane
#

Huh... when did that change?

novel jacinth
#

ow do i find a server that has like more than 8 people on it?

quiet pine
novel jacinth
#

Are there any servers I can join when I only have the jets DLC installed? I canโ€™t find anything and I donโ€™t have enough money to get more dlcs

opal nacelle
tame plover
#

i wish ace3 wasnt as complaicated like for the itc mod you need it to work, i like it but ace is just to complicated

left ravine
#

ace medical sucks the rest is decent

tame plover
#

yeah i wish you could turn off things

left ravine
#

more servers need to run dui squad radr

tame plover
#

eh

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i liked the itc ciws mod it was really cool but i dont like ace

left ravine
#

have you tryed the new cdlc

tame plover
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no? which one is it

left ravine
#

SOG PrarieFire Its Badass bro should check it out definitely worth it and theres still more to come

tame plover
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i dont have money for it rn lol

left ravine
#

well when you have 20$ you should get the cdlc it literally changes arma into a different game

oak raptor
#

whats the point of getting the marksman pack?

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?

sage condor
#

Everyones catchphrase should be
"Cry all you want, it wont Un-Arma your tank"

oak raptor
#

HOW DO I UNMUTE MY GAME

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whats the button to parachute?

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mod check

olive comet
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does dedmen do cloud stuff too?

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we need more cloud people in here

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oh he's a mod. Hopefully sharing R&D regarding pushing arma to it's limits isn't against the rules.

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This is also not something that will be offered to the public, so there's no advertising issues hopefully. Just internal use with myself and friends

slate canyon
#

yo im new and askin if anybody tryna help me out learn to play arma semi decently

opal nacelle
oak raptor
#

what missions can i use planes on

opal nacelle
#

Do you mean the Jets DLC or jets in general? Because the answer for the latter is 'whatever missions have them, under whatever rules they're available under'

oak raptor
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if i dont have the dlc can i still fly other jets?

opal nacelle
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Yes, absolutely

oak raptor
#

like what gamemode does it have to be in?

opal nacelle
#

๐Ÿคท

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The base game has two ground attack-oriented jets and one light multirole jet, the Jets DLC has three air-to-air oriented jets

oak raptor
#

what server would i go in to fly thoo

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or is there a tutorial

opal nacelle
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There's a guided tutorial mission... from the main menu: Singleplayer > Showcases > Fixed-Wings

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That'll have you play as a pilot for the A-164 Wipeout jet with hint pop-ups during the mission

oak raptor
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ok thanks

opal nacelle
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The same basic gameplay principles apply to the To-199 Neophron jet

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and the A-143 Buzzard jet has similar concepts but it's more lightly armed and has no laser designator in return for having an active (toggle on or off) radar

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As far as what servers will allow jets... other than full-range-of-vehicles-allowed King of the Hill (KOTH) servers, I don't know

#

Custom missions mean that the rules for aircraft will vary A LOT

oak raptor
#

i crashed....

opal nacelle
#

You crashed in Showcase: Fixed-Wings?

oak raptor
#

yes

opal nacelle
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Did you not get off the ground?

oak raptor
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i did i just went into the water trying to shoot out a heli

opal nacelle
#

Ohhhh, that

oak raptor
#

also how do i brake

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yah.... i think its time to try something else ๐Ÿ™‚

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back to koth

oak raptor
opal nacelle
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Ooooph, yeah... that's one risk of playing KOTH

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which is part of why people suggest the Infantry version of KOTH

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same dynamic as in Battlefield games, infantry-only versus vehicles-allowed servers

opal nacelle
oak raptor
#

how do i jump

placid spoke
#

Jump what?

oak raptor
#

jump

placid spoke
#

Jump yourself?

oak raptor
#

like put yourself into the air for a brief second using your legs

placid spoke
#

Nope

opal nacelle
#

Without modding... none

steep meteor
mental juniper
#

I recommend pinging the mods in general rather than just dedmen

lyric frost
#

anyone wanna play some antistasi

mental juniper
trail zealotBOT
#

Are you looking to play with people?
pick one channel:
#looking_for_game to tell others you want to play
#looking_for_unit to tell others you are looking for a group
#communities_arma3 to browse through advertised groups

Note: Please follow the templates in those channels (if applicable), and don't use them for discussions.

zinc osprey
#

How do i load compositions?

placid spoke
#

A subscribed compositions?

oak raptor
#

how do i go down in a heli

green vine
oak raptor
#

i permanently bought a scope but i cant equip it

placid spoke
#

KotH system =/= Arma 3 system

oak raptor
#

nvm

#

what gamemode should i play?

placid spoke
#

Something you prefer to play

oak raptor
#

but i wanna play like a long mission with other players in different squads

craggy crane
tame plover
#

can i get some help...

placid spoke
#
  1. Crossposting is out of the #rules
  2. Major part of this server is in night/midnight/early morning
  3. Regarded to the question you posted in #arma3_questions , it's really not a CUP related but generic scripting or config question
tame plover
#

i just want to change ammo on the cwis gun thingy

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but ill go to the channel

runic jay
#

@ZEN Spax#9869@opal nacelleI find it by far the easiest learning to fly and fight in the editor... because then you have the targets you want, and can do what you want, without having to grind or anyone yelling at you...

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Heli time trials are essential in becoming a good pilot though ๐Ÿ˜‰

craggy crane
#

How do I set up TFAR, their website is in Russian or something

cedar jewel
#

Where do we put the stream links

runic jay
#

The mod is effectively illegal and frowned upon

elfin imp
#

only 60 hours away from having 2k

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so very close

quick steppe
#

How to change from right hand stance to left hand aim stance whilst wieldin a gun? Also, how to holster our gun in the back? Thanks.

dusty wigeon
#

okay so im playing the campaing right

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and i need to find these spotters, ive found them, but i cant do anything after that

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i cant mark their location or anything like that

placid spoke
#

I think you need to Reveal Target, T by default

dusty wigeon
#

ah okay didnt know that

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lemme try it

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im pressing T and nothing happens

placid spoke
#

Are you looking at the target?

dusty wigeon
#

yea that little crosshair is looking at it

placid spoke
#

Make sure you zoomed in enough with your UAV

dusty wigeon
#

nope nothing happens

placid spoke
#

Check the keybinds then. Controls > Weapons > Reveal Target

dusty wigeon
#

the "lock target" and "reveal target" is on the same bind, is that good?

placid spoke
#

There're a LOT of duplicated keybinds by default. You don't need to use ALL keybinds at the same time, so no problem at all

dusty wigeon
#

the mission might be broken gimme a sec

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nope still nothing

placid spoke
#

Just in case, you're playing Death Valley (IIRC) right? The mission where you need to secure the village of Girna

dusty wigeon
#

this has to be the one im looking for, since theres 2 mortars

dusty wigeon
placid spoke
#

If you don't know how to proceed, you can shoot those spotters

dusty wigeon
#

i dont have enough time to run there

placid spoke
#

Let bullets run instead

dusty wigeon
#

yea well those bullets need to go through 2 mountains

placid spoke
#

Where are you at?

dusty wigeon
#

how can i send a screenshot

placid spoke
#

imgur

dusty wigeon
#

literally cant find the picture that ive taken

placid spoke
#

This is not where you supposed to stand... ๐Ÿค”

dusty wigeon
#

wdym

placid spoke
#

Well you're in Camp Tempest right now?

dusty wigeon
#

no i mean thats the drone

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thats where the mortars are

placid spoke
#

Spotters aren't there

dusty wigeon
#

what the fuuuck

#

so i dont need the mortar team, i need the spotters?

placid spoke
#

Yes, as you told so

dusty wigeon
#

im braindead

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got them

#

finnaly this mission is done

#

i was stuck on it for a day

placid spoke
#

Lesson learnt: Listen to your order carefully

dusty wigeon
#

thought spotters and the mortar team is the same, but it wouldnt make sense

runic jay
#

@dusty wigeon I'm stuck there for the last 2 years, couldn't find them ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

elder pendant
#

Looking for recommendations on scenarios that could be put on a dedicated server. I'm a big fan of dynamic recon/combat ops, have done a little with DUWS AND DUWS_X, but I also really like the things you can do in Antistasi like disrupt coms and stuff. I haven't tried ALiVE yet. Just looking for anything that could bring together the best of most of those mods.

quiet pine
#

@olive comet no links without description. Your message has been removed.

olive comet
#

๐Ÿ‘

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It was a screenshot of the server that I am deploying as a game streaming server to stream arma3 from a machine way more powerful than the computer's that myself and my friend has. Coupled with a beefy server, we are going to push the limits of arma3 action

quiet pine
#

GL!

dusty wigeon
#

is the ai supposed to go till the end of the island in the mission "tipping point"

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i mean, we left the village we supposed to take over, now the ai is WALKING somewhere that isnt noted at all

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and the leader always say "move 100, front"

quick venture
#

Arma 3 lagggg ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

quiet pine
#

no u

quick venture
#

bohemia ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

quiet pine
#

interactive ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

quick venture
#

๐Ÿ˜ณ

flat yew
#

Studios ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

smoky mural
#

Guys, Weapons and Recoil in Arma 3 right now, do you believe Arma 3's current stance/animation post recoil, looks believable, is feasible, or accurate?

flat yew
#

Yes

flat yew
smoky mural
flat yew
#

Yes

placid spoke
#

It works, but not exciting and satisfying, IMO

flat yew
#

^ I use the immerse, suppress, and align mods to fix that, along with jsrs

smoky mural
flat yew
#

Just search one of those in the workshop. That's literally the names of the mods, they're all by the same guy. I'd give you the link, but I'm on my phone and about to go have lunch so

smoky mural
cedar jewel
#

Why are there no rp servers anymore

placid spoke
#

There're I suppose. Most likely you're searching wrongly

cedar jewel
#

There's only American servers

placid spoke
#

Then join there? I don't know where you from

cedar jewel
#

And they're fucking shit. Legit just vdm rdm everyone

#

Americans are so toxic

placid spoke
dapper finch
#

no they're not

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i met a good ammount of americans and they're mostly nice

eternal edge
smoky mural
# cedar jewel Americans are so toxic

so everytime you meet one guy from a country and they are toxic, suddenly it seems easy to just say everyone from that country is bad, makes sense meowfacepalm

drowsy meteor
#

Hiyo

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Well I mean, you can say the same about any community based on one interaction with anyone.

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Doesn't make it right.

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The fact that I can't find an arma community that A) uses female character models and 2) doesn't give a fuck that I'm trans, is kinda annoying though.

placid spoke
#

Well, female character models aren't so common in Arma terms, since not official and needs some effort, maybe an illegal one, so...

drowsy meteor
#

There are two on Workshop alone.

placid spoke
#

But still, one actually is illegal

drowsy meteor
#

?

eternal edge
drowsy meteor
#

If that unit is SOG, the leader has it out for me.

placid spoke
#

Illegal, in the terms of โ€œmodding existed (and official) models, is illegalโ€

drowsy meteor
#

I guess what I'm saying is that i'm tired of pretending to be a dude in order to shoot virtual baddies?

eternal edge
drowsy meteor
#

No, I mean SOG as in Sentinel Ops Group

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Bad times. Anyways.

tiny otter
#

Why on earth would anyone in the arma community care about gender....

drowsy meteor
#

this, but probably for the wrong reason

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I just want to better represent myself is all.

placid spoke
#

Just curious, what is the motivation to be woman in the game? Because you just prefer?

drowsy meteor
#

...

smoky mural
drowsy meteor
#

Because I am one. That's the problem.

eternal edge
drowsy meteor
#

It's just the principle of it, is all.

eternal edge
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why waste space with a mod when you dont have a female in the unit is my point, if a female joins ya can just add it

drowsy meteor
#

I want in, but I don't want to leave half of me at the door.

eternal edge
#

then just ask em to add the female mod? cant expect a unit to somehow know youre about to join

drowsy meteor
#

God I sound like a fucking SJW.

smoky mural
# drowsy meteor Because I am one. That's the problem.

My advise is instead of using your energy here, use your energy to make your own female version character and upload to steam workshop, if its done to a good enough standard, it may get alot of subs, for increased immersion, and female users will use to be a female char, some guys may use a female character because they want a chanc of pace, or be a female operative, just because for whatever reason, or just give a new vibe to the mission, you just got to learn modelling and rigging
(but IIRC there may be a coding issue, as the coding covered in stable build is for character_m rig setup, no _f version)

drowsy meteor
#

...

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I'm just annoyed that A2 had them but A3 doesn't.

eternal edge
#

to come back on point, just go to #looking_for_unit , state your terms, and be recruited by a fitting unit

drowsy meteor
#

I'll shut up. I sound stupid.

placid spoke
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But A2 females can't carry guns. Since the models don't have such configs

smoky mural
midnight condor
placid spoke
#

Simply A2 females are only for lore/โ€œcosmeticsโ€

drowsy meteor
#

Shouldn't matter.

tiny otter
#

Gender discrimination in arma, didnt see that coming - i get it tho, sorta.

drowsy meteor
#

But it does to some people. Same with the other communities I ride in. Firearms related channels, mainly. The second they realise what I am, it's attack helicopter jokes all the way down.

midnight condor
#

Ah sorry, so you mean that these units do discriminate. Sorry I've misunderstood your sentence first.

drowsy meteor
#

Some do. Some are better at hiding it.

tiny otter
#

But cover all the genders that people identify themselves with - I mean perhaps someone should make a workshop for all genders

drowsy meteor
#

There was ONE that met both my criteria.

tiny otter
#

yeah YOUR criteria ๐Ÿ˜„

dapper finch
#

i don't think people knowing that you are trans is necessary, no offense

drowsy meteor
#

It comes up.

tiny otter
#

I cant imaging how that would come up

drowsy meteor
#

And now I'm the bad guy for some reason?!?!

eternal edge
#

this is getting danger close to politics, watch out!

dapper finch
#

i just don't think it's needed for people on arma 3 servers to know what gender that person is.

smoky mural
quiet pine
#

@drowsy meteorno politics on the server, thanks (#rules)

flat yew
#

On the topic of Arma tho, it would be nice to see female characters in a possible future Arma installment tho, as long as it's feasible within the theme of such installment (no US female combat soldiers in the cold War pls). Why? Because it's a reality in many militaries across the world. Also, civilian women. It's weird seeing an entire terrain populated by sausages ๐Ÿ˜…

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No children tho, that would lead to some messed up stuff

smoky mural
placid spoke
#

Yeah. The community loves to recreate some warcrimes, which is shame and if we add children, we know what'll happened

proud pollen
#

Yeah I don't really see children being a necessity for 'maintaining immersion'.

flat yew
#

Nope

proud pollen
#

Women pls tho.

flat yew
#

First time I see you in this discord ๐Ÿ‘€

proud pollen
#

I mostly lurk. ๐Ÿ˜›

mental juniper
#

๐Ÿ‘€

#

Calm down there #rules @cedar jewel

flat yew
#

I honestly don't understand the obsession and compulsion for war crimes in some parts of this community. Remember the controversy with MW2's no Russian mission? Good thing the media hasn't found the Arma 3's community dark side ๐Ÿ‘€

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There was that whole thing about ISIS using Arma for recruitment tho... meowsweats

mental juniper
#

insert geneva suggestion joke nr 200184 here

proud pollen
#

Because it's edgy and edgy = funny apparently, and while edgy can be funny, they're just tired and effortless.

midnight condor
smoky mural
flat yew
#

No, not just kids unfortunately

mental juniper
#

meh I wouldnt call these warcrime jokes dark humour necessarily

proud pollen
#

Stale humor if anything. ๐Ÿ˜›

flat yew
#

Like, it's one thing that sh*t happens during an OP, and a civ gets killed in a spectacular Arma way and you laught about it. It's another to go out of your way to mow down dozens of civ NPCs and laught about it. That's just tasteless

thin sable
#

It being the current edgy thing to say and do without thinking sounds plausible.

flat yew
#

Yeah, pretty much

spiral jewel
#

Dumb kiddies will do anything to present themselves as a rebell

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And the really dumb ones are gonna stick to that behaviour for a livetime lol

flat yew
#

Arma is very capable of showing some of the realities of War, and it's awesome that BI decided to do so in the Laws of War DLC, and focus so much on that. Honestly the Remnants of War campaign makes my stomach spin a bit, thinking of how real it all actually is. And then you get ppl using the same game to joke about it. Just feels kinda disrespectful you know

spiral jewel
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Eh its a game. If we all were respectful about the Horrors or war, we wouldnt play it.

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After all arma is killing for recreation.

quick venture
#

arma 3 still lag ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

spiral jewel
#

Thats part of the arma experience.

quick venture
#

ugh i can't record or even play the game without it lagging i tried everything ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

eternal edge
placid spoke
#

I thought it's a (in) famous enough story. You can Google it