general_chat_arma

[quiet pine]

I don't think officials would like it yeah - sorry bro :(

[brittle vector]

Do you know any mods that can do that?

[quiet pine]

nope, but maybe some cool dood overwatching #arma3_questions does though 🙂

[rugged escarp]

Also, I'm changing my major from CS to environmental sciences, so I got that going for me. Yay

So you'll have "name-all-the-species-on-a-map" gamemode in Arma soon... 😄

[quiet pine]

CS: no-go it is

[rugged escarp]

Kek

[lean flume]

Weird change of major employment rate - wise

[quiet pine]

it is twice "an investment for the future"

[mental juniper]

bitcoin miner integrated into arma #when

[rugged escarp]

I've come to conclusion that I hate programming. Will rather work on something that actually interests me, like marine biology or plant sciences

[untold cairn]

how well will arma 5 run on xbox 720 2013

[quiet pine]

no

😃

[elder oxide]

Coffee time

[turbid heart]

salut

[quiet pine]

Hello!
While this Discord speaks English only, welcome, have a seat!

[hazy rock]

Sup

[mental juniper]

[red matrix]

hope ai will be decent this time. I dont want to shoot ai while they stare at me

[opal nacelle]

This time being 'as opposed to Arma 2'?

[quiet pine]

COD most likely

[red matrix]

there should be a better way than simple scripting

[storm helm]

ok so uh literally just finished the virtual training stuff and watched a video on how the controls work and stuff

should i just join a random server? idk what to do lol

[opal nacelle]

You could try out one of the vanilla game modes in one of the official servers, if you don't want to practice via the SP campaign or showcase missions

The official servers don't run with mods so you won't run into unexpected gameplay changes due to them

[storm helm]

o okay, where are those ?

[opal nacelle]

The official servers? Check the server browser and search for Bohemia Interactive (the company behind the game)

Here's an example of an official game mode, Warlords: #general_chat_arma message

Note that the in-game server browser will not allow you to swap/set up mods before connecting to a server, while the browser in the game launcher will... this won't be a problem for official servers or (the few) other servers that run without mods though

[storm helm]

uh i tried joining a warlords server and its throwing an error message telling me to remove listed files/install additional accepted keys

doing that for any server i try join

[quiet pine]

!gettingstarted

[trail zealot]

If you're new to playing Arma, its recommended to have a read of #info_help_tips and especially the getting started guide (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Getting_Started).
Those resources will provide you with a good way to learn the basics of playing Arma 3 in both single- and multiplayer.

[quiet pine]

Can help you with what to do :)

[storm helm]

o okay ty

[smoky mural]

if your in a western timezone, coffee this late, bruh

[elder oxide]

It was 3 pm :d

i can drink coffee from midnight to midnight with no issue tbh

[smoky mural]

coffee after 12 is too late haha

[twin cave]

How do I change my name in-game?

[quiet pine]

you can create a new profile 🙂

[elder oxide]

top right of the main menu iirc

[twin cave]

I mean in-game is not the same as my steam profile

[quiet pine]

the original, static profile is based on PC's name and cannot be changed. another profile has freedom

[quiet pine]

yep, that's what I said 😉

[twin cave]

Then what do you mean by create a new profile and where would I do that?

[quiet pine]

you can create a new profile in game, and name it as you wish

[elder oxide]

top right of the main menu, you should have the option

[twin cave]

oh i see now

Thank you

[elder oxide]

Thanks lou c: XD

[shrewd turtle]

My Arma Arma'ed me

[celest prawn]

ive been playing arma for like 800 hours and i've never figured out how to lower your weapon

lmao does anyone know how? like you know when your normally standing and gun points out but then u can lower it

[robust hollow]

Should be double tap left control to lower weapon.

[mental juniper]

^

[sage bluff]

Do any of you know If arma supports .ogg files with the opus codec?

[mental juniper]

uhh, #arma3_audio might know?

[sage bluff]

Ait, thanks

[eternal lotus]

Hey guys, quick question I can't find a dedicated channel for: There is a user contacting me in my dms with his (I suspect highgly illegal) "darknet" services. I'm only connected with said user over this discord server. How do I contact a server admin about this issue? Maybe someone here got spammed with this too?

thank you :)

[raw peak]

@eternal lotus please post screenshot evidence in #discord_server , but chances are, that that bot is already banned

[runic jay]

@celest prawnalso remember to leave the zoomed in weapon view, otherwise it won't work...

I think I was about 800 hours too when I learned it, somehow milsim-ish folks make it a point to do it .... and you can apparently go faster/less fatigue with it

So it's our "running with the knife"

[twin cave]

How do I go third person in vehicles?

[celest prawn]

Okay thanks

[runic jay]

numpad-enter

[rugged escarp]

I don't wonder this at all actually... Remember running with my assault rifle in conscript service too well 😛

The thing is quite heavy

[runic jay]

And it doesn't have a safety

[rugged escarp]

The rifles in Arma? Yeah

[runic jay]

What's odd is I played the game this long before noticing it's odd it's missing

[rugged escarp]

Now that you said it... lol

[runic jay]

Did you actually hold your breath to land your shots in the army?

[rugged escarp]

When shooting from long distance, yes

I miss those times... It was super fun to be a medic 😛

Got to do all kinds of cool stuff especially because I specialized in ambulance stuff. Had some actually critically ill and wounded fellas a couple of times

[runic jay]

Playing pranks on the staff? Oops, sorry I think I just gave you morphine by accident. Don't worry it's not dangerous. You should hurry to that drill you're conducting in 5 mins!

Oh. That can also be seriously not-fun.

[rugged escarp]

Well, our favourite prank was to talk about "the Major will arrive soon" since we had a guy that had "Major" in Finnish as his surname in the medical team 😄

[granite ember]

Ah, Major Major Major Major.

[rugged escarp]

I also got the company leader to order 100 guys to clean the barracks for an hour without an actual reason when I got a special task to transport a colonel to the local train station and back, when I said out loud that "the colonel will come soon" next to the company leader's room 😄 😄 lol

[rugged escarp]

Well, ofc you never want stuff like that happen to anyone, but gotta admit that I really did enjoy treating those critical patients. One guy fell deeply unconscious due to overdose (he had just started the conscript service), the second one almost suffocated due to carbon monoxide intoxication, and the third one fell from top of a truck on his assault rifle that pointed upwards. The last guy had a huge bruise on his chest and had troubles breathing, but it turned out that he was actually fine in that context, he just had pneumonia and had breathing problems that's why

[urban sluice]

Isn’t it in ace or something

[runic jay]

Never used it with ace

@rugged escarpglad that everything turned out well for those guys...

[rugged escarp]

Ofc when they got a skilled medic around 😉

[urban sluice]

Last guy must be glad he didn’t have a bayonet!

[rugged escarp]

...yikes

[runic jay]

the .fi military isn't as it used to be... now tons of tanks and conscripts who can't run around the whole field

[rugged escarp]

Haha 😄

And soon F-35s...

It's kinda funny since we're spending 1/6 of our yearly fiscal budget to the new fighter jets

Total lifetime cost will be around 1/2 of our fiscal budget... yikes

[runic jay]

Kinda. Wish it was a topic to discuss freely and joke about 😅

[rugged escarp]

We make jokes about it ourselves too, so feel free 😄

Technically the choice for the next fighter jet hasn't been done yet... But I can guarantee that the choice will be F-35

[runic jay]

It might sound a little bit like that, yea

I can't remember if we had other US planes last time... F-16 of course?

[rugged escarp]

Which ones do you have currently?

[runic jay]

F-18

[rugged escarp]

Oh, so same as here now

[runic jay]

Well, here being 🇫🇮 😅

I think it's called F/A-18 elsewhere

[rugged escarp]

Wait, you're a Finn? Or what, I'm confused now lol

[runic jay]

What, you didn't figure out from the name & avatar? 😅

[rugged escarp]

I thought you're from the Nordics but not that you're a Finn... lol

Torille!

[twin cave]

Are there servers able to spawn in vehicles and use them?

[runic jay]

That's a bit vague, what do you want to do? 🙂

[twin cave]

Use jets in public servers with no restriction

[runic jay]

Yeah that's very different.. hmm

[twin cave]

like a sandbox

[runic jay]

I've heard rumours there's a server like that. Usually you have limitations like credits etc

[twin cave]

hmm ok

[runic jay]

If you find a nice zeus that wants to entertain indulge you

[sturdy tartan]

doubt it in a pub server. having unrestricted vehicle access would get annoying fast.

[runic jay]

Yes, but depends on players etc

[sturdy tartan]

in my experience the amount of people who think they can fly properly is significantly greater than those who actually can

crashes entire heavy lift full of players into building

[twin cave]

Can I fly jets on islands in single player mode? Tutorials are boring because it just blank spac.e

[sturdy tartan]

you can do whatever you want in single player, as long as it's in the mission

[rugged escarp]

I almost got banned from 77th JSOC because of the joystick throttle bug that made me crash the big fat transport plane (of which name I can't recall rn) multiple times in row... 😄

[twin cave]

Hmm I can just host a LAn Zeus and become a zeus right?

[sturdy tartan]

lol yeah been there 😆

[sturdy tartan]

You can host zeus, you can make a mission, you can play a mission from the workshop

[twin cave]

host LAN Zeus right?

[sturdy tartan]

if you want to host a lan zeus then sure

[rugged escarp]

You can open the editor in singleplayer and place and use whatever vehicles and units you want there

[runic jay]

you can run stuff you create straight from editor and shoot barns or tanks or boats or whatever

[twin cave]

oh ok

[sturdy tartan]

yeah if you just want to mess around the editor is the way to go

[rugged escarp]

That's where the fun starts 🙂

[runic jay]

great way to learn to fly and shoot at the same time

[sturdy tartan]

I spend more time in the editor just plopping stuff in and blasting it than probably any other thing in the game

[twin cave]

What do I need to spawn to control the MQ-4A Greyhawk?

[runic jay]

UAV terminal?

[twin cave]

so fun to fly in a jet

[urban sluice]

Any British army groups ?

[runic jay]

Tried helicopters too?

!lfg

[trail zealot]

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.

[twin cave]

hmm will try n

are the open editor same kind ui as the Zeus in Zeus gamemode?

[runic jay]

It's kind of more advanced and powerful

[twin cave]

which zeus or the editor?

[runic jay]

the editor, zeus is more streamlined

[twin cave]

k

aaaaaaaaaaa landing so hard

[sturdy tartan]

keyboard and mouse?

[twin cave]

si

[sturdy tartan]

what do you mean?

[quiet pine]

you can open the Eden Editor, open the Debug Console (the ` key, top left of your keyboard under Escape)
and type in utils 4 then press Enter

[sturdy tartan]

like..just in the background while playing?? or like as part of a mission?

[quiet pine]

I provided you with the Jukebox ↑

[sturdy tartan]

Why not just...play it normally through media player or winamp or whatever?

[quiet pine]

if you have the audio files

[lyric ingot]

well anyway, onto more.....Arma things

[mental juniper]

tbh that isnt even just sad anymore, thats concerning
the guy clearly has some kind of problem he should be getting professional help with

[quiet pine]

you can bring a horse to the river, etc. unfortunately

[mental juniper]

Yup true

[quiet pine]

though now I am at ease with that. I tried, he refused, my mind is OK with it.
if he ever wants to meet IRL, he's always welcome. to talk.

[runic jay]

Lou takes being dad very seriously 👀

[twin cave]

Is there a way to solo zeus so I can practice as a Zeus and learn the mechanics?

[quiet pine]

yes, there is a tutorial

[twin cave]

oo by the way how to turn units/assests in editor?

[quiet pine]

Shift+click

[ornate summit]

does anyone know of any mods that add kinda futuristic troop transport vtol/helis?
outside of total conversion mods, just kinda looking for a stand alone vic or small pack if possible

[misty verge]

I think I know one but I cannot send it to you rn cuz I'm doing something if you want type me on dm and I'll send it to ya as soon as I can

[ornate summit]

Will do

[worldly mulch]

every server i join everyone gets disconnected wtf

[placid spoke]

?

[worldly mulch]

ive been joining zeus servers all day and within an hour of being on each everyone gets kicked by battle eye

[craggy crane]

What

[tight blaze]

any way to disable modded servers appearing in quick play when playing with no mods? got a zeus defend kamino server when searching for zeus servers

[runic jay]

just run a zeus mission locally or make your own in the editor (needs a few steps, find an online howto)

[craggy crane]

Quick play works?

[prime wyvern]

ugh

i just want to fly mod planes with my friends but idk how to

[runic jay]

@prime wyvernhost a local server

[lyric perch]

Is talking about the Brits winning no wars by themselves political?

[placid spoke]

I don't know why you wanted to talk about it in the first place

[lyric perch]

Well just bringing it up to see who wants to debate about it.

[placid spoke]

At least this doesn't seem to be an ontopic

[lyric perch]

Aight is it allowed though in offtopic sections?

[placid spoke]

Suggest #offtopic_history , if it is a topic about the history

[lyric perch]

Thanks!

[vestal stream]

anyone playing arma at the moment ?

[placid spoke]

I guess so

[mental juniper]

Dont worry about it, it got deleted

[urban sluice]

guys idk if im dumb, but can someone please help me? when im in a164 wipeout or how its the name and i got macers, i got laser on, i got marked location when i want fire, but the macers fire infront of me

[quiet pine]

Macers might not be laser-locking?

[formal hollow]

Macers are not laser-guided. They are infrared-homing (IR).

[urban sluice]

that means ? please

[formal hollow]

The vehicle needs to be 'hot' (aka white/black in thermal vision)

[quiet pine]

you should target a heated target (engine on) with R or T

[formal hollow]

If it's 'cold' then the missile can't lock on.

[urban sluice]

ohhhhhhhhhh and can i lock on infrantry like opfor ground soldiers with macers ?

[quiet pine]

IDK, can you manually lock e.g a cold truck?

[formal hollow]

No. They are anti-vehicle only.

[urban sluice]

😐 and me that was trying to lock on soldiers thanks for help bro

[quiet pine]

one guy = one Macer, I am almost certain it would count as a breach of so many war-related laws 🤣

GAU-8 is the way 👀

[urban sluice]

and what rocket should i use when i want to lock on soldiers or just on ground where are enemies with laser?

[quiet pine]

let the *BRRT* guide you my son

[formal hollow]

The Shrieker rockets (AP/HE) don't have any guidance. They're dumb fire only, so you have to aim with the Wipeout's HUD marker.

[urban sluice]

oh

[formal hollow]

Use HE for infantry and unarmoured vehicles. Use AP for lightly armoured vehicles.

[urban sluice]

i was wondering too of that, so they are like hydra rockets ? rockets without guiding ?

[quiet pine]

yep

[formal hollow]

Yes.

[quiet pine]

or FFAR for OFP lurkers

[formal hollow]

Use GBU-12s. You can self-designate with the Wipeout's targeting pod.

[quiet pine]

you already asked that

[urban sluice]

oh im

[urban sluice]

arent they bombs ?

[formal hollow]

You asked for something to aim with the laser marker.

GBU-12s can be freefalled or laser-guided to their target.

[quiet pine]

laser = GBU (guided bomb unit iirc) or some missiles

heated targets = missiles
infantry = brrrt or HE dumb rockets
buildings = lasers or dumb fire

[urban sluice]

ohhhh alright, so thats only rocket/bomb i can use ?

[quiet pine]

you can use everything, just that not everything is lockable

[urban sluice]

i meant what everything i can laser lock but thanks for help bro

[quiet pine]

just so we agree, when I say "dumb fire" it is not demeaning, it is the term for "fire without locking" 😉

[urban sluice]

ight thanks for help guys

[formal hollow]

For the Wipeout it basically boils down to this: GBU-12 = laser, Macer = IR, Falchion-22 = IR, Shrieker = no guidance, 30mm Gatling = no guidance

[urban sluice]

omgg thanks bro luv u 💋 gn

[runic jay]

There's not many laser guided munitions in A3 it seems, just a few

and eg. rhino I sometimes got to work and sometimes not 🤔

[formal hollow]

Pretty much. For aircraft it's just the guided bombs and DAGRs/Skalpels.

[frosty ridge]

👀

look at all those bohemians online

[runic jay]

unnamed Arma sequel intensifies

[untold cairn]

just wondering, is there anyway to find the height of a building in arma in meters? for example, the kavala hospital?

[placid spoke]

getPosATL?

[runic jay]

or use a rangefinder from the roof

I wonder if the editor or fancycamthingy show coordinates

[quiet pine]

"more or less" yes

see BIS_fnc_objectHeight but note that it might be completely off
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_objectHeight

[mental juniper]

like 10+ bohemians being online has been pretty normal for the last few months or so

I think the main reason is that some peeps that were already here became bohemians (lou, dedmen, kk) and that some new bohemians 'came online'

might have to do with home office stuff

some new peeps that showed up recently are ondra, andrej, occa

[quiet pine]

do you have an excel-generating bot about us or what

[mental juniper]

nah I just searched for 'new bohemians', since I usually ask when i see a new one

[mental juniper]

oh also cant forget LeClair, dont think he was here before

[quiet pine]

he used to be a French tank iirc

oh wait, that's Leclerc

[mental juniper]

[dusky valley]

Allo Allo, It is I, Leclerc!

[steel kite]

There are a few more hiding in the shadows.......... without the BI or even veteran tag 😎

[supple burrow]

Anyone down for some ArmA? I'm VERY new and I would love it if someone could help me out because I really like the helicopters but i'm really bad with them 😅

[quiet pine]

way to go out the closet 😁

[quiet pine]

hi very new, I'm dad!
if you are looking for a game, see the following:

[trail zealot]

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.

[supple burrow]

Hi dad! Thanks for the help!

[ember blade]

@mild breach you smell like a rat!

[quiet pine]

no u
please get a room (aka DMs 😉)

I think you meant "yes".

[ember blade]

@quiet pine you smell like a rat!

sorry bro forgot to use dms

[quiet pine]

!mute @ember blade 10m cooldown 😬

[left granite]

Silence!! ò_ó
...
I keel u, @ember blade!! Ò_Ó

[quiet pine]

np bro!

[mental juniper]

👀 time to go bohemian hunting

[quiet pine]

or fishing, given Nillers' latest twit 😄

[rain juniper]

when I fight with people my pc freeze while I have a good PC I don't know why I freeze, I have a very good hardware configuration but there is a small freeze when shots are near me know you how to help me?

[jaunty whale]

Learn to play in singleplayer and/or training missions, once you're semi-competent find a good milsim community and train/operate with them. 🙂

[mental juniper]

#hardware_vs_arma

[rain juniper]

Thx bro

[south ferry]

I wrote a mini-essay on Arma's future:

The Past

Despite the push for new content in the form of CDLC, for me every time I reinstall Arma 3 it only highlights how outdated it is. Due to the ad-hoc expansion nature of development post-release, you have all these systems layered on top of the old like the new armor modelling or the new flight models that it seems to collapse under its own weight.

Take the updated sensor system. Some vehicles have a "sensor" screen, some have a toggleable "radar" screen. End result is always the same: my gunner can't see the AT soldier standing 10 feet away. And it's even-odds whether a mod that relies on a vehicle-triggered script will work. Half the Make Arma Not War winners aren't even on Steam Workshop anymore.

It's 8 years old. It came out the same time as Batman Arkham Origins and Dead Rising 3 and Splinter Cell Blacklist. It needs a new more cohesive foundation to build off of.

The Present

I remember when Arma 3 revealed it'd be a near-future setting and I was supportive. I understood where they were coming from. Militaries are conservative and slow to adopt. Stick with the present and it'd still be M4s, Abrams, and Apaches from here to 2030. It's boring. I'm bored. They bore me.

By switching to near-future it gave them carte blanche to respec everyone. You can pick and choose from a whole bunch of shiny new toys even if they only made it to the prototype stage.

However, playing over the years I have realised a few things:

• Militaries pick equipment that fills in gaps and complements existing equipment. By keeping equipment "faction pure" instead of mixing and matching from different militaries, you get to see how all these parts work together to create a cohesive fighting force.

• Fictional equipment sucks. You will never make one as good as real life. What did we gain by having the MX instead of the XCR or ACR rifle family they were inspired by? Real life equipment is shaped over years and years of use. This brass deflector on that gun after they found a jamming problem, that bulge and panel on a helicopter denoting where they installed an upgraded RWR. Aside from incredibly rare lighting-in-a-bottle moments that gives you iconic things like X-wings or Aliens' Pulse rifle, you've no chance of reaching the same standard.

The Future

Arma 4 is inevitable, but I don't think it'll have a rosy development. Does anyone remember the leadup to Arma 3's release, and how they casually dropped in an interview that they were tossing the campaign until after launch, along with multiple tanks and jets? Or the hideous copy & pasted artillery and armor units? These problems get worse with complexity as tech becomes more advanced, not easier. And that's without the already-known issues surrounding the new Enfusion engine slowing development. Or if they decide to chase after gaming trends like a Battle Royale mode.

I said before that M4s, Abrams, and Apaches bore me and that still holds true. I would love to see another country's military simulated. Plenty of countries have their own domestic arms industries and have taken part in global peacekeeping missions. Poland, Turkey, India, Singapore, South Africa, Japan... We've had the Arma 2 BAF & ACR expansions but they've had the full roster of equipment that matches the main factions.

'Course, it's another development hurdle. Reference materials for US and Russian stuff are so much easier to come by and modellers will be old-hands at crafting AKs and BTRs. Not to mention, some of those countries have an incredibly vocal nationalist contingent who would descend on BI with the full backing of their local media if they felt they weren't being portrayed as perfect, and who would want that aggro?

I'd love to see a bigger scale game with functional naval support and the like. My favourite missions have always been combined arms missions. Squads of 20 with light armor and CAS storming a base. But going by the focus of Arma 2 and 3, BI seem to really like the spec ops and guerrilla warfare missions.

In short, my gut-feel is BI are going to play it super-safe with Arma 4's launch. 90s-era US and Russian factions, launching with an island map and multiplayer-only modes. Old reliable favourites. M16s and Humvees for everyone. Coming 2024.

[urban sluice]

yo anyone got usaf mod for arma 3 ? like not the steam subscribe version but normally for download and install manualy

[dusky valley]

There are sites that download the workshop mod by providing them the steamworkshop link.

[urban sluice]

ohhh

can you send me link in dms please ?

[dusky valley]

You can also write the words in google. Don't let me google that for you. 😉

[tranquil bay]

Why would you want a non-steam version...?

[dusky valley]

Something can be said for avoiding the senseless re-downloading of mods that Steam does on occasion. Or wanting control over a specific mod version.

[quiet pine]

or:

• subscribe
• grab a backup of the files
• ???
• profit

[tranquil bay]

And then complain when a mod sends out an update, all servers update, and then not being able to join...

Been there, done that...

[dusky valley]

Sure, that is the other side of the coin. Or knife cutting both ways.

Just saying, an update isn't always an improvement.

[quiet pine]

it should be
but be sure to know the counterpart

(some/a lot of people don't, and complain about e.g an outdated reupload of CUP about a bug that has been fixed 2 years ago, for instance)

[strange dove]

who do i message in regards to someone from this discord attempting to steal my steam account 🤦‍♂️

[steel kite]

@strange dove Lou/Dedman/Polpox/Fireball

Send them a DM with screenshot

[smoky mural]

home office stuff eh? 👀

[quiet pine]

stuff

[mental juniper]

Well BI didnt keep their employees in the office during covid

if they had done, they'd be a bad company

[smoky mural]

Imagine if they did, theyd all be Barking mad

[steel kite]

@smoky mural @mental juniper they even made a promo video that they were working from home also for YouTube 😉

[mental juniper]

[steel kite]

Found it: https://youtu.be/CyzPLGDu_Ug

[smoky mural]

Bruh, not going to lie though the text transitions in/out slightly too fast, but still, intention is dope
Thanks for finding the video, which was my previous deleted message

[brisk gazelle]

BI cannot even program simple physics at all. Far Cry 3 has far superior physics than Arma 3. Ramming vehicles and jumping on moving vehicles works perfectly in Far Cry 3. You can walk around in a moving boat easily. They need a whole new engine from scratch. Even if it takes 10 years.

[sturdy tartan]

I agree with that. I don't want another coat of paint.

[reef folio]

I'm trying to connect to a team speak server [thats mine btw] but this shit is so old every single time it doesn't let me in it

[tranquil bay]

then update... ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[reef folio]

I did that...

[neat raft]

Teamspeak is just a crappy product. At least it’s free though

[craggy crane]

I agree, it’s terrible, HOWEVER. It’s nice with acre

[brisk gazelle]

Try Teamspeak Beta.

[tropic swift]

hi there is there any chat for the zeus mode i really want to play a more organize zeus

[cyan ferry]

Arma 4 is like star citizen, I'll never be released

[craggy crane]

I feel like after some point, games won’t need to be re-released or remastered, like RDR2, ARMA 3 is ALMOST like that, the graphics definitely are, it just has some performance issues

So I feel like it’s not on bohemias priority list

“Some”

Where in the 2000s to 2010 the advances in gaming and things almost made it required to make a sequel very often or the game would appear very dated

Like Morrowind to oblivion, then oblivion to Skyrim

When’s the last time u got on arma

[urban sluice]

12 hours ago\

[craggy crane]

Never seen this before, I was asking that because arma had an update a few weeks ago and pretty much required it to update mds

[urban sluice]

steam updated for me earlier

[placid spoke]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/107410/discussions/1/135510194254064583/
IDK if it works for you. I've never had that issue

[urban sluice]

did it hopefully it works

worked thx @placid spoke

[craggy crane]

Polpox makes good mods

[tiny ravine]

But the MX is a real weapon. It was a concept made by a real weapons manufacturer. In fact, pretty much 90% of Arma's stuff is based on real world prototypes.

[zealous rover]

does anyone have any screenshots of the SOC-R from the mod pack Pook Boat Pack it would be greatly appreciated DM me please

[stone thicket]

The graphics are definitely not there yet

Hopefully with enfusion it gets to atleast ue4 graphics/lightning

[undone geode]

ay

[urban sluice]

why do my mods keep on uninstalling themselves? this has happened 3 times this month

[neat raft]

Because nothing works right for long with Arma.

[quiet pine]

it's actually a Steam issue thank you.

[wide hound]

My landlord put my rent up again. Bloody ARMA!

[autumn shell]

So... is anyone else getting the DNS error black screen on Steam?

[hearty island]

yes

[wide hound]

Yeah. Bloody AR...
https://steamstat.us/

[urban sluice]

Just thinking if anybody wanna create a group of US milsim?? (Lou, please dont awnser this)

[quiet pine]

yep, don't do that - create it then advertise it in #communities_arma3

[urban sluice]

No but

I want to create it with somebody, got it?

[quiet pine]

create it, then advertise it to have somebodies joining

otherwise the answer to

anybody wanna create a group of US milsim?
is
"yes"

I get what you want to do

I tell you that because 99.99% of the time, it ends up with

"yo dude, wanna do something"
"yes"
"…"
"…"
"so huh…"
"sorry can't play tonight"

etc

[urban sluice]

Damn that sucks. Lemme do it then lol

[quiet pine]

a group should grow organically, not "oh hey, let's create one" 🙂

[urban sluice]

organically
No plastic condoms allowed on that group!!!!

[quiet pine]

…they are usually latex (except for those allergenless ones)

but you multiply your count of players as you wish ofc 😄

[urban sluice]

Wait... So if I dont use condoms.... I multiply thr players? I got it

[quiet pine]

not viable for an all-male group (but you can still have a good time I guess)

[thin sable]

yep you get new players in about 5 years

though it might be few more years before they are any good

[urban sluice]

I think that an 5-6 yo would play arma

I meaaaaan its just a guess, nothing against

[thin sable]

They would beat Lou at least id wager!

[quiet pine]

I'm dad, so I beat them ahem no u

[thin sable]

🙀

[crystal trench]

I just created a unit but I’m new to this anyone wanna help me out?

[trail zealot]

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.

[quiet pine]

you can advertise your group in #communities_arma3 only 🙂

[twilit fiber]

Arma rocks!

[smoky mural]

#creators_recruiting * #ip_rights_violations job post Rant incoming:

• I really hate how people have the audacity to ask for different people for different jobs (e.g Zeus, Mission Maker, Server Manager, Animator, etc etc), and in the paid section, have 'No', like, do these people have this delusion where, because they are them, the world evolves around them, and someone should work for free? They shouldnt have to pay someone because they are giving someone an 'opportunity'? 'Exposure'?
  First of all, lets be clear, yes they may get the opportunity, and the exposure, but if they (the jobee), dont capitalise on the experience in some kind of like CV format, social media/websites, and reference materials, they just done a job for free, back to square one, and how they going to pay to eat? they go negative, hours - money.
  Oh, but that isnt the job posters problem, thats theirs (jobee), sick twisted mindset

My point im trying to make is, if said job poster cannot pay the person, atleast offer something tangibly worthwhile and fair in return, not just free in-game perks and bonuses, thats nothing, atleast pay them something, doesnt have to be the going rate

I have had to do jobs i really didnt want to do to pay my guys, i made it possible, even if i couldnt pay full whack, i was honest and paid what i could, with bonuses in future>
brothers/sisters got to eat too you know!

the same for mod ripping and appropriation, its disgusting, its not your work, your looking for an easy fix, and tread on others, take time to learn the skillset and make it yourself, or make do without! theres plenty of gameplay scenarios/servers to not inhibit your experience

Treat those as you want to be treated, put yourself in their shoes, it should be natural, this is why i dislike people

[quiet pine]

you should also consider that people use #creators_recruiting as a secondary #communities_arma3 advertising for their group to have a Zeus/Mission Maker; and of course the people joining may or may not be looking for a group to enZeus / mission-fancy. While I do not deny that it happens, it is not all about exploiting people but also some "friendly sharing".

Mod Ripping should burn into oblivion, especially in a higher level of hell (because heat rises) if they did not think of asking for permission first.

[thin sable]

Imo, main problem is that best working mod teams grow organically around a subject all the members are interested and invested in. Such things cant be forced very successfully and frankly there are very few posts on creators_recruiting that are in any way interesting/ describe at all what the project is about, and to me that kinda always feels like if the one asking cant do the work of explaining what its about why should I do the work on chasing him and asking whats this thing you do.

and also in this day and age secretive posts more often than not seem to mean some shady business is going on

[smoky mural]

I see where youre coming from, NDA i believe would be the most feasible reason as for the withholding of information/brief descriptions, wouldnt exactly say its always shady, but i can see and understand why one would be percieving a level of shadiness

[thin sable]

well project with NDA is not a mod anymore 😄

[smoky mural]

And in regards to this;
' best working mod teams grow organically around a subject all the members are interested and invested in. Such things cant be forced very successfully and frankly there are very few posts on creators_recruiting that are in any way interesting/ describe at all what the project is about'

💯
This is a tough one, the modteams already established are blessed 100%, but the effort to get to such a state is an arduous one, especially in regards to business and financial aspects**

[thin sable]

it is

takes a lot of time and well you, if I understand right are trying to get a more commercial project going, which is very different from a mod project where the members invest their time when they can just for the fun of it

since there is no business considerations on a mod

its just a hobby.

[smoky mural]

💯
I feel as though, the moddev should really put a drive on paying the guys doing some work on their mod, regardless of if said guy has a vested interest in mod or not, the moddev should pay something tangible, financial or by another feasible means, not just to pay for their skill and labour, but as thanks, gratitude and appreciation of the work the guy puts in for the moddev, and these moddevs just dont want to even let their mind venture that way, as that means they want to get, but not give out, greed, imo

[thin sable]

well this kinds is what I mean about the organic growth of a mod team

your model differentiates "moddev" which I suppose you mean someone whose idea the mod is and who steers it forward. and then there are these other makers who do stuff

[smoky mural]

Yeah youre right here 100%, should have made this clearer, but the smaller teams, where one individual gets exploited, its horrible to hear

[thin sable]

but Imo thats does not fit my picture of mod team that organically grows around the subject they want to make

[smoky mural]

thats the picture perfect scenario of what should happen yes, agreed

but what about these small, incomplete, or even unpublished mod projects, where hours and hours of work has been labored by an individual to the moddevs vision, and, they get nothing out of it? Individuals should look to get confirmation of jobs in writing and signed, and never accept a job otherwise, i hear it too often, guy x lost £xx amount of money from this moddev taking their items then unfriending them

[thin sable]

but thats not even modding anymore

its work. and the "moddev" is not mod developer hes employer

[smoky mural]

even if that is part of a bigger project, eg what youve been saying, agree to a framework type contract, that hasnt the money involved, but the necessary technicaliites, NDA, IP, TO, copyright, etc etc

[thin sable]

moddev is someone who works on a mod? not just some guy paying for stuff

[smoky mural]

This would solve mod ripping and appropriation cases alot more, as they could be trackable

moddev in general, mod or cdlc, or anything

[thin sable]

now Im lost? what would solve this? what could be tracked?

money lost means there has been some sort of contract to make stuff for money. which is not really modding anymore. its working for someone

[smoky mural]

Maybe im just too much of a business and legal mindset, and dont see the point in doing something, business wise unless there is a return, monetarily, career progress, but something tangible and measureable*

[thin sable]

but there is no business in modding

not really.

modding and business of making games/DLCs is to sides of the coin

[smoky mural]

modding is more social is what youre saying?

[thin sable]

its a hobby

since the modding tools are non commercial and the game itself is non commercial

if you do commision models/coding/sounds whatever its work

[smoky mural]

guess your right, but still, giving some kind of value in return to the guy working would go far, it doesnt have to be a commercial end product to justify being paid, currency or otherwise, time = moeny it could be argued

[thin sable]

yes well but that would mean the guy is making your vision come true

its not then shared vision. because if its shared vision, making it come true is the reward

and in modding teams different people do different things

for example 1 guy models, 1 guy puts it in game, they profit in being able to play with the stuff they make

thats organic teamwork (at least how I see it)

[smoky mural]

good point, so we come back to your point of a blessed mod team overtime point, but what about all of the tumbles teams go through, disband/fall apart, due to lack of good planning, coordination, things writ up, as a form of security, so guys dont get messed around

[thin sable]

well those probably fall into oblivion I suppose

I dont think anything can be done about that

[smoky mural]

All im trying to get at is, paying someone like £5 for a small/medium shows gratitude and appreciation, wherther they share the vision or not

[thin sable]

sure

but like, in that modeler, coder team, if they pay each other 5bucks whats the point?

[smoky mural]

it also would help in creating more successful big mod teams, as the fundamentals principles social coordination and 'transactions' are met

[thin sable]

nah that I dont believe.

bringing money into it makes it work.

[smoky mural]

then again, i might be too business minded, had to be as im self employed*

[thin sable]

in a hobby environment money rarely sparks the passion that succesfull mod teams share

[smoky mural]

but, also in my defence, at the same time i do value strong relationships, and strong relationships founded in business are stronger than social relationships, as there is actual risk and trust involved constantly

[thin sable]

sure, but then its not a hobby anymore

and thats where people burn out

[smoky mural]

true, true, so, you think its ok for guys to put 'No' in the Paid field?

[quiet pine]

well, at least they are not lying
plus, they are not saying "great work for visibility"

(for the honest ones I mean)

[smoky mural]

ok, maybe thats an unfair direct statement onto you/putting u on the spot, my bad @thin sable , but under what grounds just flat out saying 'No' is ok? maybe @quiet pine has the answer tbf

[thin sable]

Id personally remove the paid portion. its feels weird to me.

does not feel like mod recruiting

[smoky mural]

Let me presume horrible, youve done work on both sides of the coin, right?

[thin sable]

yeh

I do my own project just for the sake of creating stuff

[smoky mural]

and AFAIK, unless accepted by BI, one is not allowed to advertise a mod as potential CDLC, even if that is 100% true, unless given CDLC status, so one is stuck using the word 'modteam', so, another sticky one

[thin sable]

and the work stuff does have the money as incentive, but there I also have more responsibility and accountability.

which I dont really want to carry all day long.

[thin sable]

well even mods buy assets when there is no one to make them, so advertising for commission modeling etc is all fine

just the "put this into arma and I pay you" is not.

but yes afaik if one does not have permission from BI to advertise as a DLC team, then you cant say you are a DLC team

but I dont handle those things anyway.

[smoky mural]

Guess i just wish guys would be more aware and less naive to get themselves done over, can incentivise some kind of gratitude payment but cant make payment a mandatory requirement, wed lose what makes arma great, like youve said, modding

[thin sable]

everytime payment is involved, then proper contract should be made.

thats just sensible business.

but like I said, thats work, not hobbying

[smoky mural]

ok, so im in agreement with you on both the modding and potential dlc creation, and its differences

my whole rant was going more off the negative relationship dynamics between the guy and moddevs where said 'moddevs' intention was toxic in the first place, would love it if these kind of people got called out for their bull ish, and got a bad name, of course, backed with evidence

[thin sable]

name and shame boards always end up badly though. but then again would be nice if there was mechanics in place to weed out scammers like that.

but partly that is problem brought in by the idea of making money out of modding.

one solution could be educating people more in how contracts work and why they are necessary and maybe folks would stop falling for those "make few quick bucks" scams

[dry marsh]

Any idea why my last few posts on the BI Forum are being hidden?

[thin sable]

nu :C

#community_forum might be the place to find out or message a moderator (not Lou cuz dad does not do forums)

[dry marsh]

yeah missed that channel thx @thin sable

[mental juniper]

• I really hate how people have the audacity to ask for different people for different jobs (e.g Zeus, Mission Maker, Server Manager, Animator, etc etc), and in the paid section, have 'No', like, do these people have this delusion where, because they are them, the world evolves around them, and someone should work for free? They shouldnt have to pay someone because they are giving someone an 'opportunity'? 'Exposure'?
  That sounds to me like you're advocating for people to violate the arma 3 eula

Because from how I read it, the majority of people asking for mission devs/zeuses etc. in that channel are trying to find people for their communities, rather than some kind of commercial project (which would then likely have an exception for the eula and be allowed to pay for stuff)

[quiet pine]

ah yeah, that ↑ too 😄

[molten hornet]

Dumb idea time

The Blank rounds and SIMCOM barrel should be added to base Arma 3, it would be interesting to see what ops can be made with them

[placid spoke]

Indeed. I think Electron-39 is a canon, so why not

[molten hornet]

It would be fun to make ops where you would be fighting friendlies and not have to come up with some dumb reason why they have blood on them

@placid spoke If I am right Contact isn't canon to the main timeline however I bet the training ops are

[onyx dragon]

not canon to the mainline... hm... what if it is, but its just classified and covered up in canon? You know... like the real alien landings 😄 👽

[molten hornet]

Also there is a AAF soldier in the Laws of War DLC that has the uniforms pants yet what looks like a undershirt. Does anyone have any idea why that isn't in the Arsenal?

[onyx dragon]

possibly just forgotten to implement / enable for arsenal? If you report it as bug it could be patched

[molten hornet]

I'll try to find a Screenshot

[onyx dragon]

write down the class name, thats much better help for bug report

[molten hornet]

Class name?

[onyx dragon]

you know, the I_soldier_blabla in Eden, when you hover over the list entries on the side

[molten hornet]

Maybe it is just me remembering false things but I swear I saw it

Is there any other/easier way to find it?

@onyx dragon read last message

I recall seeing it with Major Gavaras

although it is pretty weird I would love seeing it as a option

[onyx dragon]

i have no idea who major gavaras is... if you know the mission then just put that and the location of the character in the report. That is if you are sure its in fact missing

[molten hornet]

@onyx dragon I can't find the trooper in the cutscene but I found a similar outfit

Just check ask questions here and I posted links to the similar outfits

[novel rapids]

One of the guerilla outfits?

A lot of them use the AAF digicam pants

[molten hornet]

@novel rapids Is wasn't a Guerilla outfit

Plus from what is in the arsenal I can make something close but not it

[novel rapids]

Gavras can be spawned in the editor at least with CBA installed

But he wears officer fatigues afaik

[molten hornet]

Because it had the Bandit tanktop

@novel rapids it wasn't Gavras wearing it but a soldier with him

but with AAF trooper pants

[novel rapids]

You should try replaying the Laws of War mission, opening Zeus and checking the loadout of the soldier

[molten hornet]

@novel rapids how do I open zeus in campaign?

[novel rapids]

MCC or ACE could allow it

Or SSPCM, I think it needs the least setup

Also get Zeus Enhanced with it to make sure you can view the loadout

[smoky mural]

not really advocating, i mean more like i hate how people get used and abused by guys and get messed around developing a free mod

[molten hornet]

Wait

Now that I am replaying the mission the trooper isn't wearing it

[novel rapids]

Restart it a couple of times

Official missions tend to make use of unit randomization

[molten hornet]

Ight

[smoky mural]

furthermore, tangible, worthwhile in return, could well be developing a goodstrong working relationships and develop a relationship with a big mod team, in return for the work put in, this is great, but imagine the amount of times people get used and abused and dont get basic manners and respect, by people who dont care how they f*** people over

[novel rapids]

If you never see it again, it's possible you were just deceived by something, unless you can get a screenshot confirming it

[molten hornet]

@novel rapids Could be possible I may have just not seen something correctly

[novel rapids]

@molten hornet
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/180646-list-of-all-hidden-texture-inits/
You should also look into here, it's a bit of a rabbit hole of a resource, but you could possibly match something to what you saw

[smoky mural]

and like i said in earlier conversation, i might be too business minded approaching this situation, but my main message im putting across is the more social aspect appreciation,
Its about the toxic people who dont mind doing people over, thats the message im trying to put across, nothing more, nothing less

Treat those as you want to be treated, put yourself in their shoes

[molten hornet]

@novel rapids Can I create a mock up of it with Arma 3 samples or is that beyond the tool?

[novel rapids]

Im not familiar with the tool so can't tell you

[molten hornet]

Or I could just boot up photo shop and make it that way

[novel rapids]

I think you should play around with the hidden textures to see if there's anything matching, especially that there's a large number of guerilla outfit variants, at least some of them using AAF pants

[molten hornet]

Found it on the thread

[molten hornet]

Something I never understood

Why is there Taiga Boon hats yet no Taiga uniforms

[quiet pine]

for the lulz! and to show diversity (and scarcity) of equipment as well

[runic jay]

I still haven't checked out that mini-dlc 🤔

[molten hornet]

If arma 3 is to get another DLC a map full of mountainous terrain would be super cool as well as making it hard for armor and aircraft

[runic jay]

unless that officer uniform was from it

[molten hornet]

Being a more infantry based map

[runic jay]

I was being zeus, hopped into an AI guy whom I gave some high ranking officer uniform

Walk up to the front line to talk with the boiz and see how they are doing
Get shot by AI in under 3 minutes 😂

[molten hornet]

I presume that also goes with why there is Urban CRTG Uniforms yet no Urban CRTG Helmet

[quiet pine]

I would call that one an oversight 😁

[molten hornet]

When it comes down to it tho I think the Urban CRTG would only make sense on the Amsterdam map

However given the fact that you can't open the map in Eden Editor I imagine you have no other plans for the Amsterdam map @quiet pine

Right?

[quiet pine]

you can

[mental juniper]

the amsterdam map is altis

[quiet pine]

moment of truth: the Amsterdam Map is VR

[molten hornet]

Wat

[molten hornet]

That doesn't make sense

[mental juniper]

its not a real map, the scene is built on the altis sand flats and through some config the game displays it as amsterdam

[quiet pine]

it's just the loading name that has been changed, buildings placed, et voilà!

the illusion is perfect

[mental juniper]

^

[molten hornet]

DAMN YOU!

[quiet pine]

https://tenor.com/view/hue-huehue-huehuehue-duck-laugh-gif-4916860

[mental juniper]

Evil laughter!

[quiet pine]

https://tenor.com/view/raccoon-weird-clapping-evil-laugh-gif-9962946

[molten hornet]

I always wanted Amsterdam as a playable map but it never was a real map

[mental juniper]

Quick someone get the evil goat gif!

[quiet pine]

the Evil Masterplan! \o/

[quiet pine]

so no :-p

[runic jay]

Where do you even see Amsterdam 👀

[molten hornet]

Whats next Tanoa is Stratis

[mental juniper]

the art of war gallery

[runic jay]

ahh

[quiet pine]

it's somewhere in the Netherlands

I swear

[mental juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/the-arcana-count-lucio-devil-fire-goat-gif-12243364

[quiet pine]

https://tenor.com/view/the-arcana-count-lucio-devil-fire-goat-gif-12243364

@thin sable

[molten hornet]

Also why is there a LDF Fighter Jet helmet yet no LDF Fighter Jet uniform!

[mental juniper]

lou gib embed pls
thanks

damn you slowmode!

[molten hornet]

You know why opinion doesn't count.

I unironically like playing as the LDF.

[mental juniper]

I like the LDF too

[bright kiln]

Indep supremacy

[molten hornet]

Also give the LDF the Gyrphon

They use them in contact just slap a LDF reskin and boom

[quiet pine]

ChDKZ wants to know your location

[bright kiln]

o no

[crystal dawn]

Lou Montana still at it
this is a man of dedication
and sheer fucking will
(not saying they are a male its just to do the meme)

[bright kiln]

ChDKZ frighten me

One of the ai drove an SPG truck directly next to a BLUFOR APC and shot it at point blank

[crystal dawn]

holy...

[quiet pine]

'they' are, no worries
_and yes, weer effin' chill — wait, _

[quiet pine]

https://tenor.com/view/undertaker-stay-down-wwe-gif-19278108

[runic jay]

In Arma 3, every bot is a 360 noscope aimbot

[bright kiln]

Depends on their skill level,

But always fear the AI on a turret.

[thin sable]

https://tenor.com/view/goat-gif-10344461

[molten hornet]

LDF GANG

[thin sable]

Lesotho Defence Force?

[molten hornet]

Livonian Defense Force

[naive tide]

I dont see any tech chats so i'll ask here. I bought and downloaded this game. Did nothing to it (mods/dlc) as i was new. The audio has always been messed up. In first person i cannot hear vehicles, my weapon firing and other wacky things. I can hear the enemy talking from about 100 yards out and cannot tell which direction as its all in my left ear. In third person i can hear vehicles and such. Its just so whacked out and i cant find anything online except "no audio" issues. Does anyone have any idea on what to do?

so far nobody has heard of such an issue.

[runic jay]

@naive tidesounds pretty strange yeah, any exotic (sound) hardware?
There's also eg. the #arma3_troubleshooting channel which is better for issues like these, in case you don't get any answers to this today

[naive tide]

no nothing exotic. I'm not really computer savy so i did nothing. thanks tho. i'll try in troubleshooting

[quiet pine]

@hot plinth hello and welcome ; unfortunately, this server speaks English only. Please refrain from using allcaps as well, thank you.
#rules

[copper ocean]

Yes

[urban sluice]

Ik some mouths pass but lol only if malden was a island in Algarve because malden have figeiras and many things from Algarve and if i know azores dont have figeiras..

[molten hornet]

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1702908447825136916/6BD137F007661936E903BF1ECF8F5740D4762DC7/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false Suffering

That image is Zeus in a nutshell

[urban sluice]

[undone geode]

Hi

[sterile hawk]

Why yes I do hate "steam/electric powered, long range under water cylinder shaped hole poking device's"

[urban sluice]

hmm

i think today i shall try flying with a analog collective input

[quiet pine]

RIP, 'twas a pleasure 😃

[burnt hearth]

Algún español?

[placid spoke]

I knew there're some, but this is a place where you have to speak English unfortunately #rules . Thanks

[burnt hearth]

I know but Im askingif there is some spanish people here

[placid spoke]

Still, please comply, sir

[quiet pine]

you can speak (a bit) in Spanish as long as you provide English translation in the message 🙂
then you can use it in DMs all the way

welcome aboard though! 👍

[quiet pine]

@urban sluice Hello and welcome to the ARMA Discord server 🙂

[craggy crane]

Guys
There’s a lou emoji

[lost raft]

When is the next sale?

[runic jay]

When it's back to school or black friday or something?

[lost raft]

I realy want to buy but its a little bit pricey

But is the game good doe vietnam?

[runic jay]

Think there's something in November

Excellent. But you need the SOG dlc

[lost raft]

Hmm and unsung?

[runic jay]

(although free mods aren't bad either I think)

[lost raft]

I saw a review that the servers where dead

Whith out dlc is that true?

[runic jay]

For unsung?

[lost raft]

No whole arma whith out dlc

[hearty island]

type the words into google and add "steam" and you'll get the best estimate

[runic jay]

Well I'm waiting to finish dinner so I can join my favourite server that already has 13 people
That means we'll have a full war over Altis with tanks mortars missiles etc, taking towns and building bases

But Arma 3 daily peak is like 17k players, so you make your own opinion

[craggy crane]

When I was trying to buy it I stalked the sale timings, there’s about one every 3 months

And the last one was a few weeks ago, so another 2 months or so is about right

[urban sluice]

hmm

how hard could the advanced flight model really be

ok landings are very touchy but this is fun

my helicopter kinda keeps going shakey shakey then drops

[quiet pine]

@urban sluice check your friends' behaviour towards your Discord, thank you

[urban sluice]

we are having an excellent conversation

[celest prawn]

how do u turn on a lazer attachment

?

[tranquil bay]

usually "L"
check your key binds

[celest prawn]

ya i try that but i cant see it

[urban sluice]

IR laser

[celest prawn]

ohh you can only see with nightvision?

[tranquil bay]

yes

[celest prawn]

Ok thx

[urban sluice]

any tips on landing w advanced flight model? i seem to now be flipping almost always

i really ejoy flying w it

[celest prawn]

pray to your god

[outer marten]

i need support pls

[tranquil bay]

@outer marten
#arma3_troubleshooting and state your issue there

[outer marten]

ok

[novel pumice]

Nice Groose hair

[celest prawn]

is chad hair

[outer marten]

can u help me?

[dusky valley]

Whenever you put the game on your Steam watch/wishlist and get a reply from it. It happens multiple times a year, but the last one was about a month ago. So you may have to wait a while. Maybe you can find a patern in the dates of pricechanges: Choose your currency on this table and check the price chart below: https://steamdb.info/app/107410/

My guess the first or second week of September.

[jaunty wolf]

For the most part the pve servers are a moderate size and amount in the SOG dlc but the standard game is fully active with units, random servers, and public zeusing

And unsung is a community mod that is free that adds a shit ton of Vietnam items

[foggy smelt]

why is spanish banned lmao

yall admins doing too much

[runic jay]

kind of handy if everybody speaks the same language

[foggy smelt]

no me gusta

[mental juniper]

its not spanish thats banned, its just only allowed to speak english here

helps a lot with both moderation and actually being able to help people

[foggy smelt]

wack

[cerulean venture]

how to i link mods instead of listing them all.

[runic jay]

link?

like when/where

[cerulean venture]

like instead of listing them like CUP VEHICLES, UNITS, etc

just one link like www.steampowered.com/example-text

[runic jay]

make them into a collection

[mental juniper]

or even better just use html presets

[runic jay]

Well it depends on what he's trying to do

[molten hornet]

It would be super cool to have urban CRTG helmets

They have Urban CRTG uniforms but no Helmet

[young escarp]

Yeah idk why they wouldn't add that along with the uniforms

i just use the highcut helments with that uniform

[turbid mirage]

hey guys im new to arma and i was wondering how to join a popular rp server and the names of ones i could join

[sick holly]

Where should I ask about # admin commands on a server

[quiet pine]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Multiplayer_Server_Commands#Commands

[sudden cape]

@sick holly do a google for "Arma 3 admin command"

[smoky mural]

What is the Maximum Effective and Potential Range of the LRR Sniper Rifles in A3? (GM6 Lynx, M320, etc)

[quiet pine]

I guess "far away" isn't an acceptable answer…

[merry sundial]

How do I make an AI helicopter with AI units go from an airport to a certain place, unload all AI units then go back to the airport?

[quiet pine]

waypoints

[merry sundial]

But I don't know which waypoints :( I tried with move and unload cargo but it didn't work

[quiet pine]

so! if I remember properly:

Heli → LOAD → MOVE → UNLOAD (iirc) next to it → MOVE (airport)
                    (sync)                                (sync)
Units → GET IN →                       GET OUT

[merry sundial]

Thanks a lot

[quiet pine]

wait until you checked it works 😄

[merry sundial]

Alright

[runic jay]

Make sure to place the invisible helipad @merry sundial

[lean flume]

I have hit a player from 2600 meters away. I was very lucky with that shot as the bullet travel time starts to be very long.

[smoky mural]

with no windage? no coriolis effect im guessing? (non ace)?
What was the bullet drop?

[mental juniper]

wait a second

since whzen does the 'information' category title have a lil icon in it

[elder oxide]

Not so long ago 🧐

[lean flume]

This was vanilla, no idea about bullet drop as I just used the scope setting. With ace I barely can hit 2000m targets

[smoky mural]

if you go off the lines on your scope, how many cm's/inches from the center point of scope?/

[prisma venture]

Does anyone know any mods that add some more depth beyond ACE engineering for vehicles? the unit im with is looking for our engineers to have some more depth to their gameplay

[reef tartan]

#✔role-selection for all the server or are these new channels?

[reef tartan]

some KotH clips show 4km kills, target not even in sight anymore as they aim up

[runic jay]

Prob all the old ones to which it applies... #rules wasn't very clear what you need to do (though there is only one emoji on the channel... 😅 )

[reef tartan]

seems like staff is utilising the tools/channel (icons) community server get, maybe upping their processes for guidlines

[runic jay]

Not sure if any of that is related to community server

Maybe the screening, not sure how the mechanism works again

[dark swallow]

i have a problem, i recently cleaned up my documents folder and now the game thinks im new and all my campaign saves are gone

[placid spoke]

Because you have deleted your profile?

[dark swallow]

yes

by accident, i forgot the arma 3 profiles folder was in there

oh and none of its in my recycle bin

[placid spoke]

¯_(ツ)_/¯ Delete cannot be undone, unless you have it in the Trash Can

[dark swallow]

b r u h

how do i fix the campaign problem

[mental juniper]

you deleted the saves

[dark swallow]

help

[placid spoke]

With what?

[dark swallow]

life

i spent so many hours completing the campaigns

[tranquil bay]

think of it as a second chance

[elder oxide]

We can’t help ya mate

[wind breach]

quuuuestion, ive played alot of "similar" games to arma but never got into arma, how the hell do you find like actual servers to do ops in with guys instead of the just chaotic servers

[rose crag]

Another question, which is the lowest gb apon the arma 3 dlc's

also does anybody agree that arma 2 is realistic yet kinda boring

[rugged escarp]

Oh boy, if you just had experienced the golden times... 🙂

[rose crag]

i mean i have arma 2 free demo

[rugged escarp]

Yes, I played Arma 2: Free for months before buying the game. A2 had the best server ever back in the days 🙂

[rose crag]

i like how the bots called hostiles ''enemy man''

[rugged escarp]

We can continue in #end_of_life_arma btw, before an angry mod starts to yell at us 😅

[rose crag]

ok

[dusky valley]

Replay it. And make a regular backup of your system in the future.

[dusky valley]

If you've never really played Arma then it's best is to first learn the basics via the single player tutorials, bootcamp, showcases, virtual arsenal and maybe set up things in the editor. Learn the basic controls. It's not your average FPS. There are few keys on your keyboard that are not used in gameplay. Only then get into multiplayer activity. Since you never know how community units are organised you also have a chance of chaotic behaviour there, just like open servers. Or at least, it may rub you in the wrong way as to how casual or serious hardcore they are. We can't tell what you want or need, so it's a mater of trial and error. You can always checkout the communities that advertise themselves in #communities_arma3. There are simply too many communities all over the world to suggest a specific one.

[neat raft]

They aren’t worth it really

[mental juniper]

I quite enjoyed my time with the campaigns

the LoW one is the best of course, but the others were quite good too

[kind copper]

I hated all the campaigns... Only Oldman and Contact are worth it...

Arma 1 and 2 had much better campaigns too...

[mental juniper]

ok

[kind copper]

But if you liked them then you got your money's worth just from those 😉

I really wanted to like them... but somehow the regular campaigns just reflected the worst parts of Arma to me... the AIMBOT Ai, the walking simulator part, the lack of combined arms, all in a kinda boring and linear estructure...

Whereas Arma shines with the Sandbox experiences, using the weapons you wanted, starting from scratch building your way up in the "virtual world" with some sort of progression but with your character free to do what you want at the pace you want and then with something interesting happening on every corner! Check Vindicta, Antistasi, Overthrow etc... those are the scenarios where the Arma 3 engine shines the most!

[neat raft]

Yeah, I got really bored with the nato perspective and the MX series

And why do they keep giving me a square sight and not the rco? How am I supposed to fight at any range with the garbage sights. Even irons are better

[kind copper]

In the regular campaign, by the time you spoted one enemy who was firing at you the whole battle was basically over already, your Ai team mates killed all the bad guys or all the bad guys killed them and you in the process... save, load, rinse and repeat... terrible terrible balance design and boring missions too... generic as hell

[neat raft]

Not to mention buggy af so you have to repeat missions several times to beat them. And before some says something stupid like “yOuRe UsInG mOdS” this was my vanilla experience too

[kind copper]

Thank God by the time of Apex released the had learned a lot and improved their campaings going forward. With Contact and Oldman being the fruit of that, and even Warlords in the MP department, all of those being steps in the right direction. So in the end the devs finally understood what their own engine was actually good at portraying.

What the devs never understood sadly was that it is the COOP and MP experiences which boost sales exponentially. That is because what generates views for the youtubers and the twitchers etc is the human interaction doing those COOP missions and Campaigns. By Releasing Old Man and Contact as SP only campaigns they certainly lost lots of potential sales. I guess they lacked the Manpower internally to pull something like that, even thou guys like @midnight condor managed to pool that out without any resources at all.

[midnight condor]

Check Vindicta, Antistasi, Overthrow etc... those are the scenarios where the Arma 3 engine shines the most!
I wouldn't call it 'shining' for the first one at least, very few dedicated servers can run it well. It basically needs a server which is a gaming PC to run it. Engine chokes fast because of lots of AIs.

guys like @midnight condor managed to pool that out without any resources at all
well it takes lots of spare time, so... it's a resource

[sturdy tartan]

The Devs have always known that. ARMA has never really even been a SP game and taking a swing at a fairly small SP expansion doesn't really change that.

[midnight condor]

I actually quite like the arma's campaign (except for the mission where you must escape Stratis on the boat, hehe)

[kind copper]

I thought that the whole reason for Contact was to generate sales... but if the devs did all that work just for "taking a swing at a small SP expansion" then Ok I guess?

[midnight condor]

What the devs never understood sadly was that it is the COOP and MP experiences which boost sales exponentially.
The APEX campaign is coop though 🤷

[sturdy tartan]

Everything is to generate sales really

[kind copper]

So my suggestion to "boost sales via COOP" is valid then...?

[sturdy tartan]

That doesn't really mean exploring one avenue, one that's always been a part is exemplary of the "devs not knowing what they're doing"

Especially as any low interest is a result of overall engine failings

[kind copper]

And Apex sold like hot cake 😉

[midnight condor]

I doubt that it's because of that coop campaign, but rather because it was a big expansion overall, with a new interesting terrain

[sturdy tartan]

I don't see shoveling more of the same content onto a rusty old frame of a house as something which will result in exponential sales.

[sturdy tartan]

I disagree, I thought this missions was excellent. It actually felt like a half decent "stealth" mission. Was quite tense and rewarding to finally escape

[kind copper]

So what you are saying is that "Devs know that COOP boosts sales but they thought it was not worth it because the engine is not worth the trouble"? If that hypothesis is true then A4, with a much more capable engine, will indeed release with a COOP Campaing

[midnight condor]

Well maybe I was dumb and didn't find an alternative way 🤔 Maybe I should replay the campaign btw.

[kind copper]

Much better escape missions on the Workshop at this point 😉

[sturdy tartan]

No, what I'm saying is that ARMA is a tool which has a number of different systems, including single player. Devs are well aware that it is not an exclusively single player game and know that co-op and mp drive its growth.

[midnight condor]

mission aimed solely at escaping VS a mission which is story based and part of a big campaign, what is the point of this comparison?

[sturdy tartan]

Pilgrimage is a good "Escape but with story" mission.

[kind copper]

I thought you wanted to experience the "escape" premise and not the whole campaign... sorry 😅

[sturdy tartan]

I'd actually argue that Pilgrimage is singularly the best single player "videogame mission" (outside of a dynamic ops sort of thing)

[kind copper]

Agree! Quite unique and revolutionary when it got out...

[sturdy tartan]

When you finally find your brother's corpse

[kind copper]

I almost 😭

[midnight condor]

Strong point of the game is its terrain technology and the actual terrain itself made by the env team, so whatever scenario can find a way to utilize whole map and encourage exploration is a good scenario, I think. That would be my definition of the Arma Experience .

[sturdy tartan]

There are a couple of pure orienteering/mapping missions in the workshop, sometimes I'll just throw on a podcast and do those for an hour or two 😄

[hearty island]

Engine chokes fast because of lots of AIs.
Headless client :3

[amber barn]

How do you guys feel about putting your face onto the characters?

[mental juniper]

meh, I wouldnt like seeing my own face ingame

[amber barn]

why not?

[mental juniper]

dunno, just dont like it

[amber barn]

fair enough

[vestal cape]

For the same reason you didn't put your first and last name as nickname

[amber barn]

privacy?

[sturdy tartan]

what if your real name IS Kostas Stavrou??

[amber barn]

lol

[midnight condor]

just multithread the ai :3

[hearty island]

HC == multithreaded AI :3

[midnight condor]

It doesn't make the engine shine either since now server owner must do a weird setup of running several processes, ensuring that they can connect, etc, and the scenario maker must multithread the ai himself (include here the locality issues and the whole headache of programming a parallelized system in SQF). It better than nothing, but - wouldn't call this case 'shining' at all.

How about if arma server starts the HCs itself, then assigns bots to them itself, and makes all that hidden to the 'scenario' , this would be nice.

[kind copper]

Now THAT would be a tremendous contribution to the longevity of Arma 3.

[brisk gazelle]

On unused CPU cores?

[midnight condor]

Well it's up to Windows' scheduler to decide where jobs run 🤷

Or do people force process affinity for HCs?

[brisk gazelle]

I thought you would use a separate PC for a HC?

[midnight condor]

It's not a strict requirement, you can run as many as you like on one PC. In fact it's even better because then network latency between HC and server is reduced, and BW is increased.

[midnight condor]

And to fire rate of datacenters 🔥 🚒

[kind copper]

Cores are meant to be used! Datacenters should invest in better cooling 😉

[brisk gazelle]

Would be cool if you could use multiple CPU sockets and have 6 CPU`s running a server. Would that help? If you could afford it?

[midnight condor]

I guess they lacked the talent internally to pull something like that, even thou guys like @midnight condor managed to pool that out without any resources at all.
Also I don't think that it's nice to call employees untalented, many of them are at that discord. And if you want to do so, please don't put me into the same sentence, it looks weird to me and I don't want to get into trouble. @kind copper

[mental juniper]

Also there's a lot more behind creating something than just the pure talent, especially in a business enviroment

[kind copper]

You are right Sparker... I was referring to "Talent" as a synonym to "Employee" and not the exact meaning of Talent... But I will rephrase that to avoid confusion and misinterpretation...

For example in my company we often tell our clients: "We don't have the talent to do that specific job". It doesn't mean that we are not talented, it just means that we don't have anyone willing to do it

[midnight condor]

ok, maybe lack of manpower would be correct

[kind copper]

Correct! That sounds much better, fixed the original post 😉

[celest prawn]

ok

[urban sluice]

does anyone know how to upload composits to steam?

[hearty island]

In eden, select composition, press the steam button on the bottom

[urban sluice]

dope thanks for your help

[celest prawn]

your welcome

[night creek]

Anyone know of any wave defense mods like Dynamic Bulwarks or Survive?

I wanna turn my brain off and go brrrt but have some variety

[celest prawn]

just use hide/show module to make waves of enemies

[night creek]

I meant more fully featured, because Dynamic Bulwarks and survive have base building, money, and purchasable supports and looting

[sturdy tartan]

Dynamic Combat Ops

[night creek]

Ty, will check it out

[runic jay]

Oh! Just noticed the roles for channels work in reverse 😅

It's all about filtering out stuff

[mental juniper]

yup got reversed earlier

[long meteor]

Sup

[placid spoke]

@urban sluiceI don't recommend you to expose someone's phone number...

[urban sluice]

Hello can anyone help me in retexturing the vanilla press vest? I have GIMP, texview 2 and PBO manager

[placid spoke]

Put your PBO Manager to the garbage bin and use pboProject first

[urban sluice]

ok

done. I have Pboproject now

[dark swallow]

I accidentally deleted my arma 3 save data and now ive lost all my campaign progress is there anyone here who has completed the full east wind campaign, who could send me their profile, so i could continue where i left of

[untold cairn]

just curious, is there a way to download voiceline mp3 files from the arma campaign?

[dark swallow]

i think they are stored somewhere

its in the folders the hold the campaigns, but you would have to play them first

[untold cairn]

specifically i'm looking for mp3s of miller's briefings

[dark swallow]

you would have to play the campaign with the voicline you want

[untold cairn]

I mean, I have finished the campaign

[dark swallow]

ok, i could hop in a vc with you and help you out

[untold cairn]

can you just maybe point me to where they might be stored?

[dark swallow]

i think its in documents

and then arma 3-other profiles and then theres the campaign save data in there

[untold cairn]

kk

[untold cairn]

where? in Saved?

[dark swallow]

idk

[rose crag]

isnt argo just a free dlc of arma 3 that doesnt require arma 3 and argo is just free but with less features

[brisk gazelle]

argo has cool props and skins.

[rose crag]

doesnt argo have the same props and skins but less props and very less skins

[placid spoke]

True and false. Argo has its own assets and skins which Arma 3 doesn't offer. But Argo is really outdated Arma 3 with really limited features

[rose crag]

no night vision no anti air , pretty boring

its outdated since the player base is dead

and since its outdated, i and probably alot of other players get bored and dont play

[placid spoke]

I don't understand what's the point of your saying

[rose crag]

which one, the first sentence or the 2 below

[placid spoke]

its outdated since the player base is dead
Nope. It's outdated even before the player base is dead
and since its outdated, i and probably alot of other players get bored and dont play
Nope. Since its not outdated but just the game is boring, the player base is dead for years

[rose crag]

well when it stopped getting worked on i just got very bored

[placid spoke]

2018

[rose crag]

funny death number

[placid spoke]

Keep it mind that (Project) Argo is just a their experimental project to make Bohemians understand PvP things, so nothing is wrong. They've done what they wanted to do

[rose crag]

its a dead project with barely some players play it

[placid spoke]

Yes it is. I don't know why you love to yell the well-known fact

[rose crag]

fleks

[craggy crane]

U mean like using alt to wall peak?

[hazy rock]

Hello

[merry sundial]

can i play arma 3 single player without battleye?

[midnight condor]

yes sure

you can even play multiplayer without battleye, but only on the servers which have disabled battleye

[merry sundial]

aight thanks

[midnight condor]

just disable battleye through the checkbox in arma launcher

[merry sundial]

"Starting the game or battleeye has failed" now i know its not battleye

can it be reshade at fault?

[midnight condor]

try to disable it then?

[merry sundial]

its not it

without mods it runs normal

[dusky valley]

What are we supposed to do in the #✔role-selection channel? Select when we use Windows or Linux or both, or when we don't use it (given the "opt-out"). And preference to MP or SP or not. This could use some better description of what is needed there.

[low isle]

Any servers rocking the RHS mods?

[orchid isle]

RHS koth

[thin sable]

Then you might have some broken mod. Try them out one by one.

[merry sundial]

379 mods one by one

[thin sable]

thats a lot of mods.

perhaps try half and then half

and so on

[vale valley]

see #discord_server but generally the roles will allow you hide categories fully (not just mute) in way of opt-out

[charred pivot]

🤔 wondering if there's a way to preview where the object im using an AttachTo command on will end up? would rather not have to load the real game up every time to see

[untold cairn]

just wondering if there's a way to get the voice lines from the arma campaign, specifically miller's briefing in the mission "camp maxwell".

[warm narwhal]

is there a lfg?

[steel kite]

!lfg

[trail zealot]

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.

[steel kite]

@warm narwhal here you go ☝️

[midnight condor]

you can figure out positions in the editor if you use some scripted commands

Use this to get the selected objects:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/get3DENSelected
Then use the positioning commands to figure out positions and vectorup/vectordir of the attached object relative to base object
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/worldToModel
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/vectorWorldToModel

[low nymph]

so i bought arna for 30€

now i cant start it. can anyone help?

[tranquil bay]

post your issue in detail here #arma3_troubleshooting

[pastel sable]

how much space does the game take?

[thin sable]

depends a bit what DLCs you buy

[pastel sable]

none

[thin sable]

little over 100GB with all optional DLCs,

aand honestly you should have at least twice of that free for things to work correctly and so that you dont run out of diskspace by accident

[pastel sable]

that's what i did

so i uninstalled it, but it says that it requires way less than my diskspace

so i got a bit confused

[thin sable]

Im not following

[urban sluice]

ok i am really bad at piloting w the advanced flight model but its so much fun i dont think i can go back

[hot wren]

Ahhh its so hard finding people for a fresh server

[lilac arrow]

Hello

[worthy ravine]

Where do i go to ask for help cause my arma is messed up

Nvm

[unreal ocean]

I officially live inside of screenshots 🛂

[celest gull]

how to make antistasi work i have subsribe on it but its not working

please someone help

[thin sable]

it does not work how?

[celest gull]

when i play it on multiplayer i choose the independent faction i see the box and the mission maker the flag all is in there the problem is you can access the arsenal nor the flag its just all normal without script

[thin sable]

are you trying to set up your own antistasi game?

[celest gull]

Yes

[thin sable]

mm probably best to ask such questions at Antistasis own discord. link is at #channel_invites_list

[craggy crane]

Get the community edition

[urban sluice]

bobox

landings are really annoying me i keep flipping

i thinkk the term is dynamic rollover

[craggy crane]

Wait, you can land?

[worn cape]

Hiou

[hearty island]

unpack yes, mp3 no, they are not mp3 files. I think they probably are ogg.
And finding it could be a bit hard, its somewhere in dubbing.
And also what do you want to use it for? Not every use case is allowed

[kindred flame]

Miller's Warcrimes ASMR Edition

[untold cairn]

It's okay, I just found a random video on youtube containing all of Miller's voicelines

[placid spoke]

It's outdated tho

[neat raft]

copyright struck

[buoyant trout]

Anyone able to get the RHS pontoon bridges to work as per this vid? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dgMFQc6Io8&ab_channel=3CBRealism

[sweet axle]

That's not the default behaviour for them in RHS. Presumably 3CB have their own scripts in the mission for manually moving the pontoons with ACE interaction

[urban sluice]

Hi

I was thinking that arma 3 was dead but i was wrong

[quiet pine]

indeed! welcome aboard

[buoyant trout]

Assuming they don't work other than unloading to a vic and the opening and closing animation of the actual pontoon itself.

[sweet axle]

The dynamic ones are like that I think - there's issues with Arma where vehicles floating an bobbing around on water that means they can't work as a bridge without transforming them to the static type ones

[placid spoke]

Well technically - Arma 3 is not a human or animal being - so it's not alive or dead

😉

[quiet pine]

since when can moderators troll users

[placid spoke]

since when can the moderator dadjokes

[smoky mural]

What is this antistasi i keep hearing it everywhere

@quiet pine you are guilty of wilfully slaying other users. Wit, and Sarcasm being your preferred Weapons of choice to carry out these attacks

how do you plead 😂

[lean flume]

Guerrilla game mode (mission) for Arma 3

Its really well made I hear

[dusky valley]

@smoky mural Yes, rebel capture the island mission. Start with just SMG, pistol,weak grenades, lousy hardware, etc.. Looting is the main way to get better gear. You have to overcome the occupying government force and maybe the invading force that will terrorise the cities if they are obstructed too much. You have to win the minds of the people to gain manpower and occupation of resources and factories to gain money. By doing missions for the leader, or simply going out on your own initiative and harras the 2 main forces.

There are multiple forks of the mission. Personally I can recommend the Community version of it. The also host it on their own servers.

[smoky mural]

@dusky valley thankyou very much for the description

Whats it like in comparison to Oldman? As playing that right now

[dusky valley]

never played old man myself. I can't compare to be honest.

Youtuber De4dCert has a bunch of Community antistasi videos the past year. But those are often long hours to watch.

[quiet pine]

Guiiiiiilty as charged, your dishonour!

[lyric atlas]

where is the role for people who want new next gen Arma game that have stable 60fps all the time?

[eternal edge]

!arma4

[trail zealot]

For all official information related to Arma 4, see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_4.

[urban sluice]

HEY GUYS

How is everyone doing?

[mental juniper]

ye all ogg

[rose crag]

imagine a future update to argo 😳

[mental juniper]

meh, not worth it

[lone niche]

What if I told you I already have that now?

[thin sable]

that would make you a lying troll

[ember briar]

do the old man modules work in multiplayer

[white plume]

Just got an ad on youtube for some random fucking mobile game, and it’s literally arma 3 gameplay

[stable halo]

Is it possible to make jet crash landings in the water survivable?

[quiet pine]

yes, with a good amount of #arma3_scripting I guess, allowDamage etc

addEventHandler "HandleDamage"
check altitude and "" type of damage

so it can e.g take missiles/guns damage but not water contact damage

[foggy smelt]

all yall keep complaining abt armas copyright

[quiet pine]

@foggy smeltthis is not religion we are talking about, but education

[foggy smelt]

what

[quiet pine]

@foggy smelt what did you mean in your last message, were you telling people to be careful about copyrights and not breach them?

[foggy smelt]

every time im here i see ppl complaining but whens the last time boh actually sued someone

[quiet pine]

oh so it's "instead of praying for a bike, steal the bike and ask for forgiveness"

(if I get you right though?)

[foggy smelt]

#general_chat_arma message

[hearty island]

last DMCA for illegal use of footage/content? a few weeks ago afaik

[foggy smelt]

ppl scared to do make mods and stuff bc blank threats

[tranquil bay]

nothing to worry about when playing by the book ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hearty island]

no reason to be scared if you're not stealing stuff

[foggy smelt]

isnt it illegal to sell arma models

[quiet pine]

yeah, it is

you can monetise their usage though

[foggy smelt]

who is that protecting

[quiet pine]

original content creators

[foggy smelt]

if u make ur own model and want to sell it what part makes that illegal

[quiet pine]

wait I suggest we all move to #other_ip_topics

[tranquil bay]

🥷

[hot wren]

i have no idea how to get people to join my unit..

[thin sable]

patience and time

[hot wren]

ahhh

why do i have to be so impatiecent

[quiet pine]

aaand advertising once every 14 days in #communities_arma3 can help, too 😉

PS:

[hot wren]

i do im trying so hard xc

praise be ith

[elder oxide]

.-.

[quiet pine]

well, apparently this script has been made by someone who didn't think of AIs

(disclaimer: it is not a vanilla feature)

but it should be fixable with a pinch of scripting knowledge

[vale swan]

Everyone started somewhere!

[urban sluice]

arma 4 when

[tranquil bay]

!arma4

[trail zealot]

For all official information related to Arma 4, see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_4.

[urban sluice]

what about arma reforger?

[tranquil bay]

see my last post

[urban sluice]

its about arma 4

[tranquil bay]

applies as well

[merry sundial]

does arma by any chance have a mod limit

cause i cant go beyond 378

[quiet pine]

no hard set limit
limit is either mod conflicts or Steam query length

[merry sundial]

ive seen cases were some cant go beyond 410-ish or 429

im trying to work around that limit somehow, heres what i found: "The limit probably isn't the path length but rather the length of execution parameters. The launcher probably adds the list of mods as arguments when calling arma exe and with this number of mods, you probably break the limit..."

[quiet pine]

name your mods with shorter directories

or use a teeny tiny bit less mods perhaps?

[merry sundial]

less mods? impossible. also how do i name my mods shorter and forgive me for my utter stupidity but its late and im tired

[quiet pine]

hi tired, I'm dad!

[merry sundial]

why.

[quiet pine]

take your mods
place all pbo in one dir
load that one local "addon" and you are good
it will obviously mess with the launcher but everything should work fine

[merry sundial]

so do i make, for example, a @Mod folder in which i place all PBOs?

or do i put it in an already existing directory

[tranquil bay]

https://giphy.com/gifs/why-ryan-reynolds-1M9fmo1WAFVK0

load only the bare minimum of essential mods... ez pz

[merry sundial]

that is the bare minimum

but i have 47 additional mods that just dont want to fit

https://imgur.com/a/JijQh6S this is basically where my mods are can i just take the others and put them in !Workshop?

[ember briar]

what the fuck

at most I use 35 mods, feel like 400 would make arma load all day

[merry sundial]

i am begging for help i am on my knees

[tranquil bay]

create a folder on your arma 3 root called modlists
inside that folder, create a txt file called my_ridiculous_high_modcount_list.txt
fill the txt file with your mods
-mod=path_to\mod\@cba_a3;path_to\mod\@whatever;path_to\mod\@lastmod
use the start parameter -par=modlists\my_ridiculous_high_modcount_list.txt

[merry sundial]

so in the common>Arma 3>modlist>my_ridiculous_high_modcount_list.txt?

[tranquil bay]

you can name the txt file whatever you like, as long as you call te same name in the -par command

[merry sundial]

nah you gave it a decent name

but how do i paste them into the txt file

[tranquil bay]

others might have to guide you through any other required setps since i'm off to bed now

When working with shortcuts, cmd launch options: there is max characters limit for the executing line, use -par (see: Startup parameters config file;) to avoid it;
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Startup_Parameters

[ember briar]

can't you download your modlist as a html file from the arma launcher

[merry sundial]

i dont understand the slightest shit of that thing since i suck at computers but thank you either way mate

well i have to go but if anyone knows how to help me... ping me or dm me because help is much needed

[mental juniper]

sorry but if more than 300 mods is the bare minimum of mods you play with, you're playing arma wrong

[neat raft]

jesus man, you need help

[ember briar]

300 mods what the fuuuuck

[brisk gazelle]

Bet his server runs like shit. Holy crap.

[neat raft]

bet his storage hates him. Actually I bet he hasn't cleaned in years so he has a bunch of depreciated crap

[jaunty whale]

My unit keeps a pack of 40, never above. I find it's kinda the golden number for milsim.

It's good for us to use 40 as a number, because then if we desperately want to add a new one, we also have to find one to remove.

[mental juniper]

eh, my unit usually does it more based on size than number of mods

[neat raft]

I feel like I’m begging my unit to add some more, but at such a low member count it’s not justified

[jaunty whale]

Just helps with the mentality of it

[mental juniper]

fair