#linux_mac_branch | ARMA | Page 7

short tulip Sep 1, 2017, 7:30 PM

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I was never able to really process when the event would be according to a time zone that I recognize. But I found a note on Steam that I missed the event by a few hours. But I figured I'd try getting on the server anyway. There was one other player, so it's better than nothing. So I connected, and I was a bird.

hidden grail Sep 1, 2017, 7:44 PM

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lol

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what timezone u live in ?

short tulip Sep 1, 2017, 7:44 PM

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I mostly forgot how to play the game, and I was a bird. I'm in EST.

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Er, EDT

hidden grail Sep 1, 2017, 7:46 PM

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you didnt miss much, most of the time there was only me and Pedeathrian

short tulip Sep 1, 2017, 7:48 PM

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I would've been more likely to see the message if I were logged into Steam. But I had a power failure scare at the time and had most of my programs closed out to prepare to shut down my computer, and maybe give it a much-needed cleaning. But I never got around to it when I felt like I could.

hidden grail Sep 1, 2017, 7:51 PM

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what happened ?

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are you in the flooded area ?

short tulip Sep 1, 2017, 7:55 PM

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I'm semi-close to the outer remnants to Harvey. It's been windy all day. I had my lights on, and even though the lights dim for a split second when the air conditioner kicks in, the lights dimmed for a few seconds at a time. So I checked my UPS and found that it's battery capacity was almost empty. Since I routinely put heavy load on my browser, it takes a while to shut down, and it wsa a bad time to even start until about half an hour later. But once I did, my battery seemed to get better.

hidden grail Sep 1, 2017, 7:56 PM

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good luck then

short tulip Sep 1, 2017, 8:06 PM

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Well, as far as the weather is concerned, I really don't need much luck. I'm pretty far from where all the scary stuff is happening. All this amounts to is more wind and rain. I just gotta keep the windows closed when it rains, and keep them open when it doesn't.

midnight blaze Sep 3, 2017, 5:19 PM

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Hi, I am thinking about buying Arma 3. I only have a mac, but I heard there was an experimental port. What DLC is compatible with it? Is Zeus and Maiden DLC compatible? Also, is there something similar to Zeus but for single player? Will it ever update to include newer DLCs?

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I am asking since there is only 4 days until 66% discount on steam ends~

blazing sonnet Sep 3, 2017, 5:27 PM

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@midnight blaze Here's the most recent official word that I've personally seen: https://www.reddit.com/r/arma/comments/6vie6m/any_update_on_state_of_experimental_ports_linuxmac/dm0i8kl/
We are coordinating with VP on a bigger update now, we expect to release it rather sooner than later. It's still going to be a few versions behind the Windows version (actually using the Jets DLC release package), on the other hand, it's going to support 64bit memory allocation. That alone should solve many pressing issues we had in the past. Eventually, we would like to make the gap smaller, but testing the build takes some time. - previously-encoding-now-project lead Petr Kolář

midnight blaze Sep 3, 2017, 5:27 PM

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nice! Thanks.

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Would you recommend buying the game and which DLCs?

blazing sonnet Sep 3, 2017, 5:29 PM

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I would think that the two-hour time window for refunds works on Linux/irrespective of platform?

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Others can vouch for the game, not just in here 😉

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As far as DLCs... Apex is the most content-behind-the-paywall-per-dollar of the DLCs released thusfar I'd say with the possible exception of the upcoming Laws of War

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Dunno if you've heard about the Arma 3 DLC 'strategy' but a TL;DR of "features are free, content is paid" is pretty apt here

midnight blaze Sep 3, 2017, 5:32 PM

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ic

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is the helicopters, marksman DLC worth it?

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Are there stock helicopters and longer range rifles?

blazing sonnet Sep 3, 2017, 5:33 PM

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There are indeed

midnight blaze Sep 3, 2017, 5:33 PM

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so what more do the dlc include?

blazing sonnet Sep 3, 2017, 5:35 PM

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The paywall for them consists of ahem notifications when you're in proximity/looking at them and a restriction from entering-as-crew/picking-up-DLC-weapons normally

midnight blaze Sep 3, 2017, 5:35 PM

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i see

blazing sonnet Sep 3, 2017, 5:36 PM

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Not restricted from passenger seats though

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The Virtual Arsenal/Garage feature is exempt from the notifications, if you want to "try before you buy"

midnight blaze Sep 3, 2017, 5:38 PM

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i see

blazing sonnet Sep 3, 2017, 5:39 PM

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There's also one or two "Showcase" SP missions associated with each of the Helicopters, Marksmen, and Jets DLCs; Apex has the "Apex Protocol" co-op campaign (you can theoretically play it SP but it's not designed for that) and the upcoming Laws of War DLC has the "Remnants of War" mini-campaign

midnight blaze Sep 3, 2017, 5:39 PM

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What DLC out off all the current DLC are compatible with the current port?

blazing sonnet Sep 3, 2017, 5:40 PM

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Based on the Reddit comment I linked from the project lead, possibly Jets (no promises!) since that one is mentioned; that DLC corresponds to game version/update 1.70

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As far as what you'd be missing out on on Linux for now, game version/update 1.72 corresponded to the Malden DLC (but that's a free download), 1.74 was a bit of a hotfix, and game version/update 1.76 is currently undergoing release candidate testing before Laws of War's September 12th release.

midnight blaze Sep 3, 2017, 5:43 PM

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i see

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is there something like zeus in single player?

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And are mods compatible?

blazing sonnet Sep 3, 2017, 5:44 PM

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Regarding Zeus there's an official "Showcase" and I'm sure people have done Zeus-compatible SP scenarios

verbal nova Sep 3, 2017, 5:45 PM

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Simple Single Player Cheat Menu (mod). Should be compatible, but not sure.

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Aka SSPCM

blazing sonnet Sep 3, 2017, 5:46 PM

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As far as mods (community content that isn't just scenarios) go... I make no guarantees.

midnight blaze Sep 3, 2017, 5:46 PM

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i see.

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thanks

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are there vanilla snipers though

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since i am not too sure what marksman adds

blazing sonnet Sep 3, 2017, 5:48 PM

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If you mean vanilla sniper rifles then absolutely

midnight blaze Sep 3, 2017, 5:48 PM

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hm.

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what does the dlc add that is different?

blazing sonnet Sep 3, 2017, 5:49 PM

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As per my previous Virtual Arsenal/Garage, you can try before you buy (the DLCs) 😉 in there the weapon/vehicle/equipment lists have icons for each entry corresponding to its DLC

midnight blaze Sep 3, 2017, 5:50 PM

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thanks

blazing sonnet Sep 3, 2017, 5:50 PM

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That being said, Marksmen has seven weapons with pick-up-from-ground-or-vehicle-or-container access to them being behind the paywall as I mentioned previously: two 'medium' machine guns and five "marksman" rifles

midnight blaze Sep 3, 2017, 5:51 PM

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though would the apex bundle on steam be worth it if i don't want the karts dlc

verbal nova Sep 3, 2017, 5:51 PM

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https://arma3.com/dlc/marksmen

Arma 3

Marksmen | Arma 3

Hone your shooting skills and engage in ranged combat with the seven new weapons in the Arma 3 Marksmen DLC.

blazing sonnet Sep 3, 2017, 5:52 PM

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The Apex Edition bundle is definitely the most content-per-dollar bundle right now, yes

midnight blaze Sep 3, 2017, 5:53 PM

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i see

blazing sonnet Sep 3, 2017, 5:55 PM

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DLC Bundle 1's included in the Apex Edition bundle while DLC Bundle 2 includes all four of the other paid DLCs (Zeus and Malden are free)

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So for now Apex Edition + DLC Bundle 2 = all official content

midnight blaze Sep 3, 2017, 5:56 PM

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well thanks for persuading me. ;D Now i'll go ahead and buy it tmr.

blazing sonnet Sep 3, 2017, 5:58 PM

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You're welcome 😉 please note that "[h]alf of Bohemia Interactive's net revenue from direct sales (not as part of bundles) of the Arma 3 Laws of War DLC during 2017 will be donated to" the International Committee of the Red Cross. 😃

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Please note that I can't promise any timeline or even confirmation of Arma 3's Linux version updating past game version 1.70 / the Jets DLC, nor do the developers; that's why this isn't a Steam Play game

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@midnight blaze Some additional takes on A3-on-Linux via Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/62hqel/how_is_the_linux_port_of_arma_3_coming/ + https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/6j6wlf/to_arma_iii_or_not/ with the (Windows) project lead's remark I already quoted being the most recent answer 😃

sly rover Sep 3, 2017, 6:12 PM

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As for mods: It mostly depends on if you can find ones made for the older version we are on (1.64, possibly 1.70 "soon").

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Since mods will update with api additions/changes.

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But binary mods do not work at all, the last time I tried. That means that radio mods that use teamspeak will not work, or things like more realistic ballistics.

hidden grail Sep 3, 2017, 6:19 PM

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Mostly only older versions of mods work (e.g. RHS, Ryanzombies, CUP ...)

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and atm the DLC bundle 2 is not compatible with our current version of arma - so the Jets DLC and Malden dont work

blazing sonnet Sep 3, 2017, 6:41 PM

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Although see the (Windows) project lead's remark that "[i]t's still going to be a few versions behind the Windows version (actually using the Jets DLC release package)"

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Unfortunately what HER0 and emp64 describe are very relevant

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For example CUP is having some work done on the Weapons and Vehicles packages to update them for the Jets DLC-corresponding game version 1.70 due to key changes introduced in that version

molten pulsar Sep 4, 2017, 10:23 AM

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typically you'll need to use mod versions that are released before 1 dec 2016 to be safe

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at least until we get an updated port

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there might be a couple that updated after that and still work but it's not likely

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especially mods that have assets besides scripts

molten pulsar Sep 4, 2017, 10:50 AM

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perhaps "we" should set up a repository of mods that are compatible with the port

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a central place where we can download compatible mod versions 🙂

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the only difficulty with that is finding downloads with older version

hidden grail Sep 4, 2017, 5:02 PM

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thats a good idea @molten pulsar, but we would need pretty lot of storage space

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I created last year a free mega account on behalf of the armaonunix group, that I havent used since

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there is ~50GB free space, I can put there some compatible mods I have

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if anyone is interested in adding moar, just write me a message here on Discord

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... hmm I just remembered why I dropped the idea using Mega

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Safari does not support it according to some guys that tried to use it

hasty pelican Sep 4, 2017, 5:35 PM

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the problem is where do you get those older mod versions?
afaik the steam workshop always downloads the latest one
and Armaholic deletes old files when you update a mod.
not sure about play with six, but I doubt they keep hundreds of different mod versions around

hidden grail Sep 4, 2017, 6:35 PM

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i got some old mods

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all the mods that are supported on my modded server

molten pulsar Sep 4, 2017, 7:38 PM

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withSix keeps a version history

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will need Windows to download them though ^^

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but yea, storage space and the associated costs probably don't outweigh the benefits

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I do have 1TB free space available but it's only accessible through webdav

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and it's fairly slow IIRC

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ah didn't notice @hasty pelican's note about withSix ^^

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and once a new port update happens someone will have to update everything 😁

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but if there's enough interest I guess we could do a little web based thingy with some moderation functionality

midnight blaze Sep 5, 2017, 4:14 AM

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it is so laggy on my computer with lowest settings... 😦

midnight blaze Sep 5, 2017, 6:44 AM

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especially in vehicles

midnight blaze Sep 5, 2017, 7:27 AM

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and in cutscenes

molten pulsar Sep 5, 2017, 8:09 AM

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what are your specs?

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On standard I'm able to play the Combined Arms showcase at about 40-60 fps

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my specs are i5 3570k @ 4.2GHz and an AMD R9 290-ish with the open source mesa drivers

wise canyon Sep 5, 2017, 9:14 AM

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@molten pulsar you can download from withSIX without windows

midnight blaze Sep 5, 2017, 9:15 AM

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I run a 13-inch Early 2015 macbook air. Using Sierra. 1.6GHz intel core i5

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intel HD Graphics 6000 1536MB

wise canyon Sep 5, 2017, 9:18 AM

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we use withSIX as source for our web based mod manager

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https://i.imgur.com/w5oLxSo.png

molten pulsar Sep 5, 2017, 9:24 AM

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@midnight blaze well I guess that's why you have bad performance ^^

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@wise canyon any more details? Always thought they used some proprietary thingy

wise canyon Sep 5, 2017, 9:25 AM

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nah, it's just a lot of json metadata + gzipped files

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https://github.com/Dahlgren/node-playwithsix

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https://github.com/Anrop/Anrop-Arma3Sync-Manager

molten pulsar Sep 5, 2017, 9:26 AM

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cool thanks 😃

wise canyon Sep 5, 2017, 9:26 AM

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we use it for our server manager as well

molten pulsar Sep 5, 2017, 9:26 AM

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did you talk with the withSix people about it? In the past they didn't like 3rd party tools on their network

wise canyon Sep 5, 2017, 9:27 AM

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they have their own node tools as well

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https://github.com/SIXNetworks/withsix-sync

molten pulsar Sep 5, 2017, 9:28 AM

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didn't that require the Sync client on the local machine?

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anyway, thanks 😃

wise canyon Sep 5, 2017, 9:30 AM

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we're transitioning over to steam workshop eventually

hasty pelican Sep 7, 2017, 4:11 PM

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275MB ArmA 3 Linux Update??

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Anyone else got that too rn?

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Oh, it's just Laws of War bonus content for the deluxe edition :(

short tulip Sep 7, 2017, 4:14 PM

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I don't have the update yet. But I'll bet that's what it is.

hasty pelican Sep 7, 2017, 4:15 PM

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yeah I checked the "downloading" folder of steam, just the bonus content

short tulip Sep 7, 2017, 4:43 PM

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I'm getting 79 MB for the game and 1.4GB for the server.

hidden grail Sep 7, 2017, 4:50 PM

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there does not seem to be any change on steamdb

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https://steamdb.info/app/107410/depots/

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btw Malden DLC was before or after the Jet DLC ?

short tulip Sep 7, 2017, 4:52 PM

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After. I have a playlist of all the OSTs in order of DLC releases. And Malden is after Jets.

hidden grail Sep 7, 2017, 4:53 PM

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😦

midnight blaze Sep 8, 2017, 3:45 AM

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wonder when the update of the port will be released

hasty pelican Sep 8, 2017, 6:53 AM

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well Dwarden said something about port news after Laws Of War is out
Laws of War is out, the next Sitrep should be due in 2 weeks, so... in 2 weeks? 😄

midnight blaze Sep 8, 2017, 7:12 AM

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😄

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still have framerate issues when in vehicles, and in campain mode. no lag whatsoever in editor or VR

molten pulsar Sep 8, 2017, 10:42 AM

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yeah your CPU and GPU are way underpowered to run A3 in any shape or form

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maybe at 800x600 😁

sly rover Sep 8, 2017, 3:14 PM

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But you are far from alone

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There are many Mac users with underpowered hardware stubbornly playing Arma 3.

hushed vine Sep 8, 2017, 4:24 PM

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I have a goddamn multimedial laptop and it works fine

midnight blaze Sep 9, 2017, 8:49 AM

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any servers compatible with our port?

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looking for some RP

hidden grail Sep 9, 2017, 9:25 AM

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dunno what RP stands for for, but there is one quality server online (😄 ), called emp's Mission server

midnight blaze Sep 9, 2017, 9:47 AM

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roleplay, like arma life

sly rover Sep 9, 2017, 2:10 PM

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You could try hosting one yourself.

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Well, probably not on that mac, unless if you want to rent out a server.

midnight blaze Sep 9, 2017, 2:58 PM

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hah

hidden grail Sep 9, 2017, 3:23 PM

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there is only a little number of players really playing arma multiplayer, I am not sure if it would be worth it

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Altis life with 5 players at max would be probably boring

midnight blaze Sep 10, 2017, 5:56 AM

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true

short tulip Sep 10, 2017, 7:51 AM

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After thinking about everything that changed in the game between 1.64 and 1.72 (since we're getting 1.72), I'd just like to say that I can't wait to fly jets (1.70) over Malden (1.72) with the Advanced Flight Model (1.66)! It'll be 64-bit (1.68)!

hasty pelican Sep 10, 2017, 9:15 AM

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wait, advanced flight model??

covert quiver Sep 10, 2017, 12:39 PM

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advanced flight model was before 1.66 AFAIK

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but its not compatible with linux

short tulip Sep 10, 2017, 12:48 PM

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Oh. Okay. My mistake.

sly rover Sep 10, 2017, 4:13 PM

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Are you certain we will be getting 1.72? It might just be 1.70.

sly rover Sep 10, 2017, 5:28 PM

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As for the flight model, the library they use is Linux compatible, they would just have to figure out a way to make it work in the port.

covert quiver Sep 10, 2017, 5:29 PM

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ok sorry

hasty pelican Sep 10, 2017, 5:31 PM

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well it's not compatible with Mac, and the ports share data so maybe that's why

sly rover Sep 10, 2017, 5:31 PM

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It is a small detail, no big deal.

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I hadn't considered that.

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Is that even true, though? It is kind of hard to tell, from their website.

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It looks like it should work. It is just a C++ SDK. It has a plugin that works on Windows and Linux, but that doesn't mean the library itself doesn't work on Mac.

hasty pelican Sep 10, 2017, 5:34 PM

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yeah well I don't see any other reason it isn't included in the ports...

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ultimately I don't know either

sly rover Sep 10, 2017, 5:35 PM

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Well just because it might work natively on all platforms doesn't mean it is easy to include.

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There may be a complication related to its interaction with eON.

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Or it may just be extra work that isn't worth the time right now, when there are more important tasks.

short tulip Sep 12, 2017, 7:07 PM

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Yeah. I guess I lost focus there. I thought we were getting 1.72, but we're just getting 1.70, I think.

left fog Sep 14, 2017, 9:57 AM

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grins evilly ... for some suspicious reason

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 10:19 AM

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https://media.giphy.com/media/PBM14uaJCbp72/giphy.gif

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 11:55 AM

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😮

cursive oasis Sep 14, 2017, 11:59 AM

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someone has updated the experimental ports article on the BI wiki: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=Arma_3_Experimental_Ports&diff=104430&oldid=99287

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 12:00 PM

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😍

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 12:00 PM

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Thank you very much.

left fog Sep 14, 2017, 12:16 PM

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https://twitter.com/BohemiaPalmTree/status/908300022445477888

BohemiaPalmTrees (@BohemiaPalmTree)

Palms are conducting last pre-flight checks on the new Arma3 Linux/Mac port release. (No penguins or apple trees were harmed during testing)

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 12:21 PM

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❤

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even more ❤ if porting newer versions picks up some speed now that the 64-bit stuff is out of the way 😃

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 12:35 PM

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@left fog 😘

heavy lion Sep 14, 2017, 1:54 PM

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Awesome :D

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 2:26 PM

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downloading now.. woohooo 🥂

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 2:27 PM

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It gave me error messages about missing assets. Also, there are some control changes, and a lot more control presets.

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 2:28 PM

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perhaps everything wasn't synced properly between mirrors or whatever?

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 2:28 PM

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I'm validating now. It's still probably worth downloading. If it takes an additional patch to fix it, it will be small. If it takes a few more months of testing to patch it, we'll just live with it.

left fog Sep 14, 2017, 2:29 PM

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mirrors are PITA (usually something is corrupt and steam fails to check it), my windows update download of 1.76 was 60 GB (9+9+23+19)

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 2:30 PM

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ouch

left fog Sep 14, 2017, 2:30 PM

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so, i can fully understand frustration of some users

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 2:30 PM

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Okay. 9 files failed validation. It looks like it's on my end.

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...It's saying that the files to download all amout to 0 bytes. That can't be right.

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Well, time to try validating again. Also, Guns of Icarus Online wants to patch too.

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Well, it says it checks out. Time to try it again.

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 2:38 PM

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first run, no errors

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all good 😃

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 2:38 PM

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@short tulip I had ArmA report to me some addon needing another but not finding it with the last version too, it would still work just fine
so maybe just ignore it?

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 2:40 PM

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Well, the error messages are happening again. The offending files are a3\vegetation_f_exp\clutter\grass\c_grassbunch_hi.p3d and a3\vegetation_f_exp\tree\t_rhizophora_f.p3d and I get "Cannot open object" errors on both of them. If they come from a mod, I can safely ignore them. But if not, it's a problem.

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 2:43 PM

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no, that doesn't look like mod files, looks like Tanoa files.

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 2:44 PM

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Okay. I tried opening Tanoa in the Eden editor and now a3\vegetation_f_exp\treeparts|d_treestump_cut_large_f.p3d cannot load either. Time to go back to validate.

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 2:48 PM

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very nice, the combined arms showcase at Very High preset on an AMD R290 using the open source mesa drivers runs between 30-50 fps and about 3.2-ish GB ram 😃

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 2:48 PM

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if it still doesn't work, I'd try removing steamapps/common/Arma3/Expansion and validating
could be steam not properly downloading/overwriting a file, and *_f_exp is definitely Expansion (Tanoa)

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I'm still downloading, I'll report if I run into problems

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 2:49 PM

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@short tulip are you still on the legacyports branch perhaps?

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 2:49 PM

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Nope.

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 2:49 PM

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aww 😦

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I'm on the normal one and it's all good for me

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you could try deleting the PBOs that contain those P3Ds

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vegation_f_exp.pbo

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 2:54 PM

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yeah that pbo doesn't exist

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that's why I said delete the whole Expansion folder
i dont know where vegetation_f_exp is contained

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 2:54 PM

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ahh missed that sorry 😃

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 2:55 PM

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and I can't look at it, because it's .ebo so no unpacking
(did Tanoa become unencrypted with 1.70? if so, you could look inside and find the pbo you need to delete)

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 2:56 PM

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it did

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no it didn't 😛

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 2:56 PM

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nicey ^-^
mikeros pbo tools run on linux

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 2:56 PM

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happened with Malden

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 2:56 PM

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oh :c

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 2:56 PM

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they're .pbo files though

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 2:56 PM

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well then they're unencrypted and we can look inside xD

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 2:57 PM

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I tried deleting the Addons folder that was in the Expansion folder. I'm validating now.

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 2:57 PM

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yup unpacking works fine 😃

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 2:57 PM

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okay

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 2:59 PM

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If this doesn't work, I'm going to restart Steam and switch to another mirror.

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 3:17 PM

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It didn't work. It seems that the files that are being downloaded are invalid.

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I am changing mirrors from Atlanta to Charlotte.

sly rover Sep 14, 2017, 3:18 PM

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The 0b download can mean that it is removing extra files.

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But I'm having the same issue. Tanoa has no trees/grass

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 3:19 PM

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Hmm. Yeah. I was wondering about that. No matter how much it downloads, the process ends with the total amount of data to download changing to 0.

sly rover Sep 14, 2017, 3:20 PM

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I'm trying legacyports right now.

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legacyports fixed it for me

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 3:26 PM

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Okay. I will switch to that version for now.

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Um, what's the code for that again?

sly rover Sep 14, 2017, 3:27 PM

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Arma3LegacyPorts

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 3:28 PM

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Thanks.

covert quiver Sep 14, 2017, 3:39 PM

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"please end the game and wait until steam downloaded the DLC. then restart the game"

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/239344443503804416/357910003727859712/unknown.png

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cant choose tanoa from editor

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 3:49 PM

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I remember having had that once, I think validating fixed it, can't remember tho

covert quiver Sep 14, 2017, 3:57 PM

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not for me though

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 3:58 PM

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are you using the legacy ports branch?
if no, switch to it, if yes, switch away, idk :b

covert quiver Sep 14, 2017, 3:59 PM

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tried both 😛

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 4:00 PM

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oh, well shit

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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@covert quiver okay, got the same problem too now 😦

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 4:11 PM

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same for me

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 4:13 PM

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and I got super low fps now... everything on low 15fps with AMD RX480 (Mesa 17.3-git)

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 4:13 PM

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compared to 1.64?

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 4:14 PM

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in 1.64 I easily had 60+
(just stratis in eden editor, no scenario at all)

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 4:14 PM

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hmm weird

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it runs way better than 1.64 for me

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are you on an older distro (e.g. lower LLVM version)?

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from glxinfo: OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD HAWAII (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.12.11-300.fc26.x86_64, LLVM 4.0.0)

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 4:16 PM

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no I'm on Arch linux, llvm-svn 6.0

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 4:16 PM

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ah no clue then 😛

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 4:17 PM

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OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon (TM) RX 480 Graphics (POLARIS10 / DRM 3.15.0 / 4.12.12-1-ARCH, LLVM 6.0.0)

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turning Bloom to 0 gave me 20fps extra

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wtf

hidden grail Sep 14, 2017, 4:17 PM

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I cant even run the game, it says that I have to wait until the DLC is downloaded

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 4:19 PM

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do you have -world=tanoa as a parameter?

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 4:19 PM

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right, whenever I enable bloom, I'm limited to 15 fps

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all other PP settings are okay

hidden grail Sep 14, 2017, 4:19 PM

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@molten pulsar no

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 4:20 PM

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I'mma delete my profile and see if generating a new one with default settings has any impact

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 4:21 PM

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bloom doesn't affect performance at all for me

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maybe it's a driver issue

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me looking at the terminal on Altis with the Very High preset I get about 66 fps

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 4:23 PM

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yeah, I now got artifacts all over the place, I'll recompile Mesa, I'm 99% sure it's an issue on my side, not with arma

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deleting profile didn't fix Tanoa DLC missing btw

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so don't try that

molten pulsar Sep 14, 2017, 4:24 PM

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I'm quite amazed how well the open source driver performs

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and how well the port is done I guess ^^

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 4:25 PM

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actually, let me try mesa from the repos first, can't remember why I used the git version anyway...

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 4:29 PM

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I've had some pretty bad framerates on some of the main maps. But I went into VR, and it's generally fine. But there seems to be an odd amount of sharpness in the game. I'm not sure if it was the case in 1.64. Maybe I'm spoiled after playing Shadow of Mordor for the past few days. But I'm gonna do the Bootcamp campaign again.

hidden grail Sep 14, 2017, 4:32 PM

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I tried the Attack heli showcase and I have to say that I got higher fps and in general turning around is much more smooth

covert quiver Sep 14, 2017, 4:32 PM

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hmmm, if i disable vSync arma crashes after 3-5 minutes into the scenario (proprietary NVIDIA driver)

hidden grail Sep 14, 2017, 4:33 PM

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also I like the new radar system in the heli and the new heli HUD 😃

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 4:34 PM

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right, mesa was the problem. Stratis in Eden, everything high, 120fps ^-^

hidden grail Sep 14, 2017, 4:34 PM

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😮

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 4:37 PM

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ooh, even the white blinking on lod change seems to have disappeared :O

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I'll test some scenarios etc later c:

hidden grail Sep 14, 2017, 4:38 PM

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textures are great now

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 4:39 PM

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yes :D

hidden grail Sep 14, 2017, 4:44 PM

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the fighter jet mission is too hard for me 😭

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but the visuals are really cool now

covert quiver Sep 14, 2017, 4:45 PM

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as a navy fan i must say the USS Freedom is cool "af"

hidden grail Sep 14, 2017, 4:46 PM

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playing on laptop with 760m and I am getting 30fps with visibility set to max, when set to 6000km then I am getting 60+fps

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yeah it is 😄

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 4:50 PM

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what you need so high viewdistances for? D:
I'm usually at 3500 total and 2500 object and 100 shadow D:

left fog Sep 14, 2017, 4:50 PM

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https://twitter.com/FoltynD/status/908369487149322240

David Foltyn (@FoltynD)

#arma3 just received it's experimental #linux #mac port-update 1.70 with 64-bit, Metal support, in collaboration with @virtualprog

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 4:51 PM

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So if the Mac version has Metal support, does the Linux version have Vulkan support?

left fog Sep 14, 2017, 4:51 PM

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there might be some bugs so please write reports to support if needed

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@short tulip not (yet) afaik

hidden grail Sep 14, 2017, 4:54 PM

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@hasty pelican for jets

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when flying 1200km/h +

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 4:54 PM

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ooooh okay, that makes sense :D
I only do infantry and helicopter b:

hidden grail Sep 14, 2017, 4:54 PM

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I just wanted to try the new jets

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@left fog and BI and VP team, thanks for the new version 😁

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 4:58 PM

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can anyone try if startup parameters work for you?
it seems arma ignores mine (noticed because -nosplash doesn't work)

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 5:00 PM

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Oh dear. I'm on the Bootcamp campaign. And in the part where I'm riding in the helicopter, I can turn all the way to the right and see my own neckhole.

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Okay. After some switching to 3rd person mode and back and zooming in, I've lost the ability to see my neck hole.

hidden grail Sep 14, 2017, 5:09 PM

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@left fog there is problem with Tanoa not working, dont you know something about it ? some workaround ?

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 5:19 PM

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I think I found the problem (maybe), my appmanifest for ArmA 3 does not include any data for the ArmA 3 Apex depot

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nope, that did nothing

hidden grail Sep 14, 2017, 5:26 PM

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anyone tried installing arma serve ?

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I tried it twice through steamcmd and I am still getting the 1.64 version

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 5:29 PM

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my bet with the Tanoa issue is that Steam is reporting some false information to the game, because the data is there... (i tried moving the tanoa pbos into the main addons folder)
I guess they check Steam info about what dlc is installed, and Steam is confused somehow and says we don't have apex

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 5:51 PM

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OMG YES!!!
RHS AND CUP WORK WITH THIS VERSION 😍

hidden grail Sep 14, 2017, 5:58 PM

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@left fog could you please update also the server ? its still 1.64 only

hidden grail Sep 14, 2017, 6:51 PM

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@hasty pelican you have the Tanoa not working issue as well ?

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 6:52 PM

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yes, I do

hidden grail Sep 14, 2017, 6:57 PM

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if anyone is interested we are trying to solve the Tanoa issue

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at https://discord.gg/fhkecB

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there are some people that dont have the issue

blissful ravine Sep 14, 2017, 7:03 PM

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hey

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Apex doesnt work under 1.70

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any solution?

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 7:03 PM

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yes we know, we're looking for a fix rn

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basically it seems like Steam doesn't download a few files, for some weird reason

blissful ravine Sep 14, 2017, 7:05 PM

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😦

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hope for a fix

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 7:05 PM

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Well, I was having the problem where a few asset files in Apex weren't valid. And the Arma3LegacyPorts branch fixed the issue. And you are the third person that I notice has the problem of Apex not working at all.

blissful ravine Sep 14, 2017, 7:06 PM

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Legacy doesnt fix it for me

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 7:07 PM

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my bet is that steam has some issue

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because if I saw this right, there's 2 depots for Apex and Apex Ports, so maybe steam doesn't correctly decide to download one? i have no idea, honestly

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 7:09 PM

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I bought Arma3 via the Apex edition which came with Apex and all the DLC before it.

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 7:10 PM

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well I got the Alpha verison way back, then dlc bundle 1, apex, dlc bundle 2 :|

hidden grail Sep 14, 2017, 7:10 PM

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for me neither

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 7:10 PM

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so maybe that makes a difference?

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 7:11 PM

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So I guess the people who bought Apex separately from the game has the problem, and the people who bought Apex with the game don't?

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And there are seperate branches for each condition?

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 7:11 PM

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I don't know, but that seems plausible to me, because some people have no issue and others do...

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I don't know how exactly steam works this out, so

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

hidden grail Sep 14, 2017, 7:13 PM

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every random chosen person has a working Apex dlc

short tulip Sep 14, 2017, 7:16 PM

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I really can't believe it to be random. There's gotta be some rhyme or reason behind this.

hasty pelican Sep 14, 2017, 7:17 PM

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well the strange thing is I had this issue like a few weeks back but I think switching to legacy fixed it
now nothing fixes it

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idek why, but I remember seeing that message not too long ago

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one strange thing is, for some reason, in ArmA 3 I don't get the DLC Tab when going to Properties inside Steam... usually you can disable and enable DLC there... but for ArmA it's nonexistant :|

left fog Sep 15, 2017, 12:20 AM

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@hidden grail we will be looking in those bugs

scenic sleet Sep 15, 2017, 12:47 AM

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Thanks to everyone at BI! Sadly I'm still in India for another month so I won't be playing with the new release for a while yet, but it's something I'm really looking forward to.

hidden grail Sep 15, 2017, 7:59 AM

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@left fog Thank you. Also thanks for the new version, I got better fps and turning around is much smoother and I like the new radar system 😃

hidden grail Sep 15, 2017, 9:45 AM

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Tanoa now seems to work !

hasty pelican Sep 15, 2017, 9:51 AM

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wow, arma seems to eat ram on linux like crazy
I was 14GB RAM usage just now, after ending arma it dropped to 6GB (and I don't even have anything running using more than 500mb ram, so memory leak maybe?) ._.
I was using a ton of mods tho

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I'll have to test if that replicates

gritty sage Sep 15, 2017, 9:52 AM

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VRAM is also in RAM on Linux

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So.. That sounds reasonable if you play on high graphics settings

hasty pelican Sep 15, 2017, 9:53 AM

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yeah I'm using Ultra Textures.
so if that's true that would explain it, I guess

remote forge Sep 15, 2017, 9:57 AM

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OpenGL copies everything from vram to ram 😃 That is why 32bit version had to be limited and now from 64bit version all limitations have been lifted 😃

hasty pelican Sep 15, 2017, 9:58 AM

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wow, does it really? that seems dumb to do that, but okay

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

remote forge Sep 15, 2017, 9:58 AM

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That is how I was told it works on OpenGL

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Also a reason why metal 2.0 had such an impact on MAC performance as it does no such thing

hasty pelican Sep 15, 2017, 9:59 AM

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would be awesome if they could get Vulkan working then, I don't think it does that

left fog Sep 15, 2017, 10:46 AM

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pre-64-bit ... omg the game isn't using enough of memory

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post-64-bit ... omg the game uses too much of memory

hasty pelican Sep 15, 2017, 10:47 AM

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people will always find ways to complain :D

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nah it's fine tho :p

short tulip Sep 15, 2017, 10:48 AM

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Well, I maxed out the RAM on my motherboard. So come at me, bro.

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32GB

molten pulsar Sep 15, 2017, 11:06 AM

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just confirming that Apex now works properly 😃

hidden grail Sep 15, 2017, 11:11 AM

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@left fog and BI team, thanks for the quick fix of Tanoa

arctic oyster Sep 15, 2017, 11:34 AM

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What is 5,2 GB update ?

hidden grail Sep 15, 2017, 12:21 PM

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arma server 1.70 now available

arctic oyster Sep 15, 2017, 12:22 PM

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no is my client but is always 1.64

hidden grail Sep 15, 2017, 12:52 PM

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you still have 1.64 ?

short tulip Sep 15, 2017, 12:54 PM

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@arctic oyster Are you on the development build?

spring kite Sep 15, 2017, 9:14 PM

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Where do you guys play the game online?

hidden grail Sep 15, 2017, 9:28 PM

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emp's Mission server

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at least me when I got time 😃

scenic sleet Sep 16, 2017, 3:00 AM

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^^

short tulip Sep 16, 2017, 3:14 AM

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I went back to the mainline build again. And after a 147.8MB download (which doesn't turn into 0 bytes at the end), it is still working without errors.

hasty pelican Sep 16, 2017, 7:22 AM

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do startup parameters like -nosplash work for any of you?

left fog Sep 16, 2017, 7:50 AM

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@hidden grail ye the apex/tanoa problems should be fixed and same goes for dlc issues and also the server appid for linux was updated to have 1.70 data

midnight blaze Sep 16, 2017, 8:38 AM

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Weird glitch

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https://imgur.com/0FbOcWr

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no matter what view it has this blue transparent glitvh around me

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cannot see when diving etc.

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driving*

left fog Sep 16, 2017, 8:53 AM

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linux or mac @midnight blaze ?

midnight blaze Sep 16, 2017, 8:53 AM

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mac

left fog Sep 16, 2017, 8:57 AM

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specs/os build ?

hidden grail Sep 16, 2017, 9:03 AM

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@hasty pelican use -noSplash instead of -nosplash, that one works for me

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also there is a bug with the -noSplash parameter

hasty pelican Sep 16, 2017, 9:04 AM

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yup, that one works
strange, seems like the parameters are also case sensitive now :b

hidden grail Sep 16, 2017, 9:05 AM

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when I minimize the game instantly after I hit play in Steam, and then I let the game minimized for ~20sec and then I click on it (maximize it from the panel) the game crashes

hasty pelican Sep 16, 2017, 9:06 AM

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lemme try that

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jup, it replicates

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and I didn't have it before, so I'm with you that it's a noSplash issue

hidden grail Sep 16, 2017, 9:09 AM

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yeah, I tested it with this only launch parameter and without it

midnight blaze Sep 16, 2017, 9:09 AM

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I run a 13-inch Early 2015 macbook air. Using Sierra. 1.6GHz intel core i5
intel HD Graphics 6000 1536MB

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@left fog

hasty pelican Sep 16, 2017, 9:11 AM

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@hidden grail I tried with -noSplash and -noPause, and it didn't do it. I guess it has some issue with loading and pausing at the same time (?)

hidden grail Sep 16, 2017, 9:14 AM

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yeah, you are right, so we have a workaround now

hasty pelican Sep 16, 2017, 9:14 AM

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or you could simply not minimize instantly xD

hidden grail Sep 16, 2017, 9:14 AM

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no ! I have to

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😄

hasty pelican Sep 16, 2017, 9:15 AM

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okay 😦

hidden grail Sep 16, 2017, 9:15 AM

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I will use noPause

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when I am testing stuff on the server I mostly do some console stuff during the launch of the game

hasty pelican Sep 16, 2017, 9:16 AM

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ah okay :)

hasty pelican Sep 16, 2017, 9:32 AM

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sent a pull request to ArmA3-unix-launcher that fixes the startup parameters and adds a warning tooltip to noSplash ^-^

arctic oyster Sep 16, 2017, 7:01 PM

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@short tulip Yes, i switch to main branch

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@left fog It's possible to fix x axis for mouse after ATL+TAB on fullscreen ?

short tulip Sep 16, 2017, 7:04 PM

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I just noticed that there's activity on emp's server. I'll be joining in now.

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But my lunch is cooking, and I'll have to take a break when it's ready.

left fog Sep 16, 2017, 7:50 PM

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@arctic oyster linux or mac ?

arctic oyster Sep 16, 2017, 7:51 PM

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linux

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X11

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Fedora 26

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You need more info ?

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Reference of feedback E5GUG72WZD. Mouse bug cause if you not in game in startup crash of game and in game if you change windows (ALT+TAB) arma no capture x axis and the map go to left. The scroll mouse is not captured.

left fog Sep 16, 2017, 8:12 PM

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fwded

molten pulsar Sep 16, 2017, 9:07 PM

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hmm I didn't notice such a thing the other day

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also on Fedora 26 and Gnome 3 with Xorg

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I think it's something related to Gnome

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for example sometimes when ALT+TAB-ing the fullscreen window won't be correct

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there will be like a border at the top

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ALT+TAB-ing a couple of times usually fixes it

arctic oyster Sep 16, 2017, 9:10 PM

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But i have mouse capture for player, i can fire, ect... but gui mouse capture is broken

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And on other game, i don't have this problem

molten pulsar Sep 16, 2017, 9:11 PM

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hmm I'll check just to make sure 😃

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nope, I can ALT+TAB just fine

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nothing breaks for me

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also no crash when starting the game without having the game window focused 🤔

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unless I misunderstood what you meant

hidden grail Sep 16, 2017, 9:18 PM

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there is a bug when you have -noSplash option on

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that causes the game crash when you Alt tab it

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but you can add -noPause parameter, that will fix it, we already were talking about it higher in the chat

molten pulsar Sep 16, 2017, 9:19 PM

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hmm started the game with -noSplash and ALT+TAB-ed like crazy during startup but it still loaded fine

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for me anyway

hidden grail Sep 16, 2017, 9:20 PM

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instantly allt+tab it after you hit play in steam, wait ~25 seconds and then maximize the game

hasty pelican Sep 16, 2017, 9:20 PM

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@hidden grail what window manager are you using? kwin / KDE?

hidden grail Sep 16, 2017, 9:20 PM

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yes

hasty pelican Sep 16, 2017, 9:21 PM

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I do too
Marcel said he is on Gnome
KDE issue?

hidden grail Sep 16, 2017, 9:21 PM

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maybe ...

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kwin had also issues with some unity games with older unity version

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all the games were caped to 30fps for me

molten pulsar Sep 16, 2017, 9:22 PM

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waited for a while and alt tabbed back in, no crash

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Linux ^^

arctic oyster Sep 16, 2017, 9:24 PM

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That true -nopause fix the problem 😃 but the is on map is small bug after move.

molten pulsar Sep 16, 2017, 9:24 PM

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do you use Gnome or KDE?

arctic oyster Sep 16, 2017, 9:25 PM

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I use Gnome. On startup non-focus the game don't crash, after ATL+TAB x axis is bug. The mouse is unusable on gui.

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The x axis is blocked to 0

molten pulsar Sep 16, 2017, 9:26 PM

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can you give step by step repro instructions for the x axis bug?

arctic oyster Sep 16, 2017, 9:28 PM

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Start you game on first screen. And on main menu change mouse on second screen. And move you mouse on arma.

molten pulsar Sep 16, 2017, 9:29 PM

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are you on fullscreen or borderless window?

arctic oyster Sep 16, 2017, 9:30 PM

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fullscreen

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is only fullscreen state is buged

molten pulsar Sep 16, 2017, 9:31 PM

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hmm weird, well it doesn't bug out for me

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apparently there's no borderless window setting for the port 😛

arctic oyster Sep 16, 2017, 9:35 PM

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i install peek for record my bug

arctic oyster Sep 16, 2017, 11:29 PM

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https://imgur.com/K1uhSel

covert quiver Sep 17, 2017, 9:43 AM

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i also dont have the bug (gnome3.26/archlinux)

arctic oyster Sep 17, 2017, 10:57 AM

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I have this bug, after 1.50. It very weird 🤔

covert quiver Sep 17, 2017, 12:49 PM

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BI you should update the minimum / required RAM (8Gb is not enough, will exceed after a few minutes of playtime)

hidden grail Sep 17, 2017, 12:58 PM

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@covert quiver try using openbox instead of Gnome 😄

arctic oyster Sep 17, 2017, 1:10 PM

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@covert quiver Not for 32 bits

hasty pelican Sep 17, 2017, 1:10 PM

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the 32 bit version of arma is no more, there is only 64bit now (ports at least)

covert quiver Sep 17, 2017, 1:15 PM

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@emp end other programms only 350mb for other stuff used but i dont think 7.65gb vs 8 makes such a difference

hasty pelican Sep 18, 2017, 2:02 PM

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wow... the Titan Compact (javelin like AT launcher in Arma) sucks so friggin much... took me like 20 attemps to lock onto a non-moving target at 50-100m distance, and when it finally did the fucking rocket missed by 10-20 meters 😑

molten pulsar Sep 18, 2017, 2:05 PM

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were you behind some object?

hasty pelican Sep 18, 2017, 2:05 PM

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I was kindof hiding in a bush, but I had clear sight onto the vehicle

molten pulsar Sep 18, 2017, 2:06 PM

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yeah bushes may have some weird geometry that blocks the thing that locks on other things ^^

hasty pelican Sep 18, 2017, 2:06 PM

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hmm... well still doesn't explain the rocket missing by a lot

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I mean I thought I used those to make sure I don't miss with an RPG, but actually it would've been better if I had used a Panzerfaust...

molten pulsar Sep 18, 2017, 2:08 PM

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maybe too close for the rocket? I don't know.. Arma 😁

sly rover Sep 18, 2017, 2:22 PM

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If it is obviously having difficulty, you can wire guide it.

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Was the target vehicle running hot?

hasty pelican Sep 18, 2017, 2:23 PM

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yup, I was on WHOT and it was bright af

covert quiver Sep 18, 2017, 6:41 PM

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new arma update

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13.1GB

hasty pelican Sep 18, 2017, 6:43 PM

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steamdb shows no update of the depots... all last updated 4 days ago

gritty sage Sep 18, 2017, 6:43 PM

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@covert quiver You are a couple days late

covert quiver Sep 18, 2017, 6:46 PM

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@gritty sage got the update from 1.70 earlier, but thats new for me

molten pulsar Sep 18, 2017, 7:38 PM

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no update here either

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sounds like a perfect time to error check your harddrive(s) 😁

covert quiver Sep 19, 2017, 12:47 PM

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it downloaded the update, but nothing changed so nvm

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and arma is on a new ssd so i dont guess thats the problem

dusk ermine Sep 19, 2017, 3:06 PM

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is there any way to use my soldier i had in windows in my linux?

hasty pelican Sep 19, 2017, 3:07 PM

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you mean your profile?
just copy it over
the location is /home/username/.local/share/bohemiainteractive/arma3/gamedocuments

dusk ermine Sep 19, 2017, 3:07 PM

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yes the profile ty

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u know the windows route ?

hasty pelican Sep 19, 2017, 3:08 PM

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C:/Users/Username/Documents/ArmA3
not 100% sure, but something like that

dusk ermine Sep 19, 2017, 3:08 PM

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i will check ty

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i found it, i must copy all the folder?

hasty pelican Sep 19, 2017, 3:10 PM

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Just copy the ArmA3 folder, or if you have it, the ArmA 3 - Other Profiles folder and paste it on linux

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.

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New Sitrep, guys! 😄

In cooperation with our external partners at Virtual Programming, we plan to start working on updating these experimental ports to the current main branch release (1.76) soon™.

soom™ 🙃

dusk ermine Sep 19, 2017, 3:13 PM

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too big folder

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damm

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wow 1.76 in linux

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maybe a merge in the future?

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very nice news

hasty pelican Sep 19, 2017, 3:15 PM

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the relevant documents are Arma3.cfg, Username.Arma3Profile, Username.vars.Arma3Profile and Username.3den.Arma3Profle
so if the folder is too big, just copy those

dusk ermine Sep 19, 2017, 3:15 PM

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ty

molten pulsar Sep 19, 2017, 3:40 PM

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good news ❤

hidden grail Sep 19, 2017, 4:57 PM

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nice, we will get Malden 😃

sly rover Sep 19, 2017, 4:58 PM

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And Laws of War.

short tulip Sep 19, 2017, 4:59 PM

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I kinda have some trepidations about Laws of War. But I'm glad that the gap is going to shrink again.

arctic oyster Sep 19, 2017, 7:20 PM

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If you copy Argo folder, you have malgen available and Orange is partial compatibily (vehicle bug)

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Argo work perfectly

hidden grail Sep 19, 2017, 7:41 PM

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really ?

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have you succesfully tried that ?

hasty pelican Sep 19, 2017, 7:42 PM

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I could imagine it, usually the p3ds are the only problem, but they haven't changed version sicne 1.70 (thus mods work too)

hidden grail Sep 19, 2017, 7:42 PM

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maybe we could use Malden from the win version

arctic oyster Sep 19, 2017, 7:42 PM

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Yes, and you have Orange campaine free 😄

hidden grail Sep 19, 2017, 7:42 PM

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lol

arctic oyster Sep 19, 2017, 7:43 PM

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I copy paste Argo folder and enable on arma. And malden map work perferctly 😄

hasty pelican Sep 19, 2017, 7:44 PM

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Can confirm Malden working
https://i.imgur.com/5CnzeO4.png

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haven't tried Orange

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got no errors whatsoever

arctic oyster Sep 19, 2017, 7:56 PM

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Orange have problem after loading model, the game crash and some models is invisible.

hidden grail Sep 19, 2017, 7:58 PM

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I should add it to the server 😄

sly rover Sep 19, 2017, 8:10 PM

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@short tulip What trepidations do you have?

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Does the game mode from Malden work on the port?

arctic oyster Sep 19, 2017, 8:13 PM

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He need very small update to support new p3d and 👌

hasty pelican Sep 19, 2017, 8:18 PM

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gimme a sec, I'll try

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that was strange... discord just die for anyone else?

sly rover Sep 19, 2017, 8:24 PM

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Only in my dreams

hasty pelican Sep 19, 2017, 8:24 PM

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anyway, yes, Combat Patrol works just fine, didn't get a single script error or anything :)

sly rover Sep 19, 2017, 8:25 PM

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Cool, thanks for checking.

arctic oyster Sep 19, 2017, 8:25 PM

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👌

hidden grail Sep 19, 2017, 8:44 PM

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@hasty pelican you got the version from Argo or windows Arma ?

hasty pelican Sep 19, 2017, 8:44 PM

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from Windows ArmA

hidden grail Sep 19, 2017, 8:45 PM

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ok, ty

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 1:08 AM

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What did you do to make Combat Patrol work?

hasty pelican Sep 20, 2017, 7:36 AM

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I copied the "Argo" folder from my Windows ArmA installation and I hosted a Server and selected Combat Patrol 🤔

hasty pelican Sep 20, 2017, 9:12 AM

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made a pullrequest for ArmA3-Unix-Launcher to add Mod Presets 😄

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for anyone using it ^-^

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 4:25 PM

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So you loaded the argo folder as a mod?

hasty pelican Sep 20, 2017, 4:25 PM

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yes, as the executable doesn't know about the DLC yet, (it released 1.72 I think?) it doesn't auto-load it

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 4:26 PM

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Just making sure. It is obvious that the missions by themselves do not work, as they are missing assets.

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 4:26 PM

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the executable doesn't contain the info about which DLC's to load. That is stored in dta/product.bin

hasty pelican Sep 20, 2017, 4:26 PM

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oh okay

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well, but that still doesn't know about Argo DLC

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 4:27 PM

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I am only really interested in this for multiplayer, but right now I don't want to require people to install stuff.

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 4:28 PM

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Is there a pressing need for TFAR on Linux yet?

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 4:37 PM

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That depends on everyone's priorities.

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Perhaps I'll look into plugin compatibility again. Before I couldn't get it to work at all.

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As in, a hello world plugin didn't seem functional.

hasty pelican Sep 20, 2017, 4:41 PM

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pressing need? I don't think so.
would it be nice to have it? absolutely

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 4:42 PM

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Good. So I can stay calm 😄

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 4:48 PM

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Why wouldn't you be calm?

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 4:50 PM

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If there were many people begging for it I would get hectic and try to get a Linux VM running 😄

hasty pelican Sep 20, 2017, 4:51 PM

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it would probably still not be a bad idea to do so 😄

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 4:52 PM

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I have forked it and made a couple small commits so far, but I stopped working on it when I couldn't get an example extension to work.

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 4:53 PM

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Ouhh right

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Does linux client have extensions now?

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 4:53 PM

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I don't know, that is what I was saying.

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 4:53 PM

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Can you PM me the linux executable so I can take a look?

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 4:53 PM

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When I said plugin compatibility, I meant extension compatibility.

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Well tfar will definitely not work as it is now. You can see what I have on github, if you want.

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I can even do a PR, as it shouldn't mess with Windows.

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 4:55 PM

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Yeah we are using Windows API for communication to teamspeak.
That was already replaced in TFAR 1.0.. still windows API but much easier to replace with the linux equivalent.

hasty pelican Sep 20, 2017, 4:55 PM

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well the offical ports page doesn't list "no extensions" as a limitation

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 4:55 PM

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Like I said, extensions might work, but the last time I tried I couldn't get anything out of them.

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Which was a long time ago. Like over a year.

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 4:56 PM

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Even if they don't.. I could probably hack something together and just push Intercept into it and use that to interface

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 4:57 PM

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The only changes I have made so far are to change the import path separators and case, then put all the Windows specific includes into ifdefs.

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Which still leaves it broken, because of the code to check for something online (I forgot what it was) which requires the Windows networking libraries.

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I stopped before I looked further into that.

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 4:59 PM

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That was just check for update. That is optional

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 4:59 PM

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It is probable that this functionality can just be removed at first for the Linux version to work.

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And if you were willing, maybe replace it with a cross platform library.

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 5:00 PM

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Then the TS->Arma communication is windows API. which can now be quite simply replaced by linux equivalent.
And then...

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in 1.0 3D sound is also windows stuff.. But I still have the old code from 0.9.x which worked without windows

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 5:00 PM

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I think that last part was implemented since I last looked at it.

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Do you mind if I make a Pull Request for changing the includes?

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I'd first check if it is up-to-date, then you'd need to test that it still compiles on Windows, but it should be mostly harmless.

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 5:02 PM

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feel free to. Do that on 1.0 branch. A build on the CI server is done automatically when you create the PR

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 5:02 PM

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Okay, I'll probably get to that later today.

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 5:03 PM

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I'll do a commit in a couple of minutes removing all the windows includes that are actually not needed

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 5:03 PM

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Cool

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 5:15 PM

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removed all but 6.
out of which 1 is a completly unused module.
3 are optional features that can just be disabled.

the other 2 are stuff that needs to be moved to linux specific stuff. Mutex, Shared memory and cross-process events.. No Idea how the latter works on linux
just windows.h btw. There is also the Direct3D include for Audio processing

hasty pelican Sep 20, 2017, 5:49 PM

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I guess you could do audio processing with OpenAL to replace D3D?

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 5:54 PM

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I am sort of confused as to why the 1.0 branch isn't the default.

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 5:57 PM

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because... That is just a workbranch. thingy..
We had our own 3D positioning code before. The switch to D3D was made because it was not accurate enough. But we the old stuff is still used for Radio speaker 3D positioning.
The D3D stuff is theoretically still in testing phase

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I also don't have enough rights on the github repo to change default branch.

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 6:00 PM

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Okay

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Because normally a working branch isn't the exclusive target of development for 8 months. I wouldn't have realized if I didn't ask that 1.0 is so ahead of master.

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I assumed it was just an old release.

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Not a big deal, I was just curious.

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Also, would you be opposed to adding a crossplatform build system?

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Like cmake, for example.

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 6:06 PM

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if you can get it working good. No problemo ^^

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 6:07 PM

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It would be easier for me to do that than for me to replace all the Windows code.

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As for your own development on Linux stuff in the future, it is possible that you can use the Linux subsystem for Windows to compile stuff.

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Which should be a lot more convenient than a VM when you don't need to test stuff.

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 6:11 PM

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I'm not on windows 10 ^^ And I also would need to run Teamspeak.. and not sure if that runs in the subsys

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 6:12 PM

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Well that is why I said just for compiling.

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Does the CI only do style checks?

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Or am I missing something?

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 6:13 PM

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appveyor CI is compiling

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 6:14 PM

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Ah, okay

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Because Travis doesn't do Windows, right?

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 6:14 PM

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yep

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will add a travis then when linux compat because a primary concern

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 6:15 PM

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Even before then, you can add Linux but set it not to fail if Linux fails.

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If that sounds alright to you, I may add that whenever I get to the build system.

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 6:16 PM

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I think we already have a travis server. Just no travis config

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So feel free to do whatever you want

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 6:17 PM

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You do have a config, it does a style check with a python script.

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Or so it seems.

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 6:18 PM

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oh uh... could be ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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😄

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 6:18 PM

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Maybe it is disabled right now.

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Okay, looks like it is only on master and release branches.

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And there is no release branch.

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Might want to enable there where all the development is happening :p

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 6:24 PM

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1.0 is supposed to be done soon™ anyway

sly rover Sep 20, 2017, 6:49 PM

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I'm putting off work on this for now, but it is encouraging to know that you are supportive of working towards tfar on Linux.

arctic oyster Sep 20, 2017, 7:02 PM

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#soon™

hidden grail Sep 20, 2017, 8:06 PM

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did anyone succesfully run a server with Malden ?

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Wasteland on Malden does not work atm

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but Exile seems to work

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it would be funny if we would get Vulkan port in next release and it would perform better than the windows version

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I got almost everything maxed out except FSAA and I got ~20fps on laptop with gtx760m 😄

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on Malden

short tulip Sep 20, 2017, 8:27 PM

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If they do Vulkan for the Linux version, they might as well also do that for the Windows version and give us version parity.

hidden grail Sep 20, 2017, 8:31 PM

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if there would be vulkan version it would me made by VP not BI

short tulip Sep 20, 2017, 8:32 PM

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Hmm, good point.

molten pulsar Sep 20, 2017, 8:32 PM

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@left fog any word on callExtension support for the ports? It appears to be not working 😦

hidden grail Sep 20, 2017, 8:37 PM

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in Exile there is no loot spawning on Malden 😦

arctic oyster Sep 20, 2017, 8:42 PM

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@molten pulsar callExtension exist for me

molten pulsar Sep 20, 2017, 8:42 PM

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it exists but it fails to load extensions

arctic oyster Sep 20, 2017, 8:43 PM

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What is error log ?

molten pulsar Sep 20, 2017, 8:43 PM

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just a generic "extension" could not be loaded

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strace doesn't show the A3 process trying to access the extension at all

arctic oyster Sep 20, 2017, 8:48 PM

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In eon.txt you don't have info of this ?

molten pulsar Sep 20, 2017, 8:49 PM

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never heard about that file

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where would I find this?

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nvm

arctic oyster Sep 20, 2017, 8:49 PM

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~/.local/share/bohemiainteractive/arma3

molten pulsar Sep 20, 2017, 8:51 PM

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nah doesn't say anything about it

left fog Sep 20, 2017, 9:02 PM

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@molten pulsar you can get around the callExtension on linux by using the allocator interface but it's workaround la unfoseen consequences

molten pulsar Sep 20, 2017, 9:05 PM

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no clue what that means but I guess that does mean it's a known thing? Is there any indication on whether this will be looked at at some point in time? 😃

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 9:05 PM

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That's exactly how I planned to inject Intercept 😄 through the allocator

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^^

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Which still doesn't make it less work

molten pulsar Sep 20, 2017, 9:08 PM

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this must be way over my head, how would you make a call to Intercept or any other extension that way? 😃

arctic oyster Sep 20, 2017, 9:08 PM

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The injection run and use RVExtension(), RVExtensionArgs() ?

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 9:08 PM

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Intercept can just RSQF at first call to it

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and then intercept registers it's own RVExtension type function

molten pulsar Sep 20, 2017, 9:10 PM

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ah I think I get it, through the injection the extension gets loaded by the engine which then allows a callExtension since it doesn't have to lookup the extension anymore? In the case without Intercept anyway

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or not 😁

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 9:14 PM

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just make every extension a intercept plugin. and call into it via RSQF.

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Intercept will take care of loading it's plugins. So everything goes through it

molten pulsar Sep 20, 2017, 9:15 PM

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mhm I get that

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was just wondering how it would work in the case of a "normal" extension

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 9:16 PM

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I don't think that would work.. using the allocator interface.
You can't directly call to it.

arctic oyster Sep 20, 2017, 9:17 PM

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Arma 3 Port use dll (mingw) or so (gcc) extension ?

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 9:18 PM

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you mean dll(windows),so(linux) 😄 Good question @molten pulsar
Btw can you also send me the files in the dll directory on Slack?

molten pulsar Sep 20, 2017, 9:19 PM

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no such directory ^^

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 9:20 PM

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any .dll or .so file?

molten pulsar Sep 20, 2017, 9:21 PM

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BattlEye .so files and libfreetype.so libopenal.so libsteam_api.so

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that's it

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no dlls

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if any, they're probably packed in arma3.vpfs

gritty sage Sep 20, 2017, 9:22 PM

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hmpf.. Okey.. should be easyish then :D
I guess I'll have to grab the port branch myself

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could just inject into the BE.so 😄 for lulz

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Good night o7 🍪 🛏 🍌

molten pulsar Sep 20, 2017, 9:23 PM

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night 😃

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@arctic oyster probably .so since the executable is native

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unless it does some wine-esque stuff

sly rover Sep 21, 2017, 3:06 AM

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Well eON is some sort of translation layer.

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But I am not sure that many people outside of VP know how it really works.

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Anyway, I'm glad that someone besides me has not been able to get callExtension to work. That means I probably wasn't doing something wrong.

arctic oyster Sep 21, 2017, 3:55 PM

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@molten pulsar It question, because on server it natively but on client owned by eon. To convert D3D to OpenGL, Windows filesystem to unix filesystem, emulate windows register, ect...

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D3D function*

molten pulsar Sep 21, 2017, 3:56 PM

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yeah I'm not sure how native the port is

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well judging by https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/6kltwp/about_native_vs_eonwine_ports/djoqlxz/

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it's basically wine

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so probably DLLs

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which kinda complicates things since you can't use any platform dependent code

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because it doesn't have access to Linux/Mac systems
because their wine-ish layer probably doesn't have whatever you're trying to use implemented

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(they only implement what's required by the game, apparently)

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if my thinking is correct 🤔

gritty sage Sep 21, 2017, 4:34 PM

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Nope... You already said it's using .so steam_api and battleye

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so I guess it's using that... And that is definetly linux format.

arctic oyster Sep 21, 2017, 4:34 PM

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I don't think. Wine emulate windows build., he don't run so, only dll's. But eON is for build windows game for unix. So eON have possibility to run so and dll.

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dll for me is BOOL APIENTRY DllMain( HMODULE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved) { switch (ul_reason_for_call) { case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH: case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH: case DLL_THREAD_DETACH: case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH: break; } return TRUE; }

gritty sage Sep 21, 2017, 5:24 PM

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Yes... That's a windows dllmain

molten pulsar Sep 21, 2017, 6:21 PM

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well wine, for example, uses .so libraries to get it running and what not but the apps being loaded by wine can only do DLLs

sly rover Sep 21, 2017, 6:21 PM

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eON is not Wine

molten pulsar Sep 21, 2017, 6:21 PM

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no but it's similar

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read the link above

sly rover Sep 21, 2017, 6:22 PM

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I am fully aware that it is similar.

molten pulsar Sep 21, 2017, 6:23 PM

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in my mind it means that arma3.x86_64 is native and loads the BattlEye stuff in a way so that A3 can interact with it (or the other way around) and then it wraps the Windows A3 etc, which means DLLs

cursive oasis Sep 21, 2017, 6:24 PM

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that apps under wine can only use dlls is not correct - when you can compile them you can access unix apis directly through winelib

sly rover Sep 21, 2017, 6:27 PM

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And Dwarden told us specifically that the Linux client can use the allocator interface, so I'm pretty sure that what Dedmen wants to do is possible.

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Especially considering this is the first time I've seen any comment on it that wasn't random speculation from someone outside of BI/VP.

molten pulsar Sep 21, 2017, 6:29 PM

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ah winelib, didn't know that ^^

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alright, I'll consider myself wrong until proven otherwise 😁

arctic oyster Sep 21, 2017, 7:14 PM

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@left fog You have specific tools for inject library ? I have error "target stopped with signal 19". This doc is up to date https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Extensions#Linux_shared_library_interface ?

gritty sage Sep 22, 2017, 7:15 AM

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@arctic oyster As was already written here multiple times. Extensions don't work. What you linked works on the Linux server. Not on the client port

arctic oyster Sep 22, 2017, 10:54 AM

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@gritty sage Yes, but he as mentionned than it possible via allocator interface.

gritty sage Sep 22, 2017, 11:02 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Custom_Memory_Allocator

arctic oyster Sep 22, 2017, 2:00 PM

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@gritty sage You have exemple usage of this ? And --malloc=system doesn't help callExtension or is by default ?

gritty sage Sep 22, 2017, 2:50 PM

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No. And it won't make callExtension possible.

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It's just a way to get your code into the game's context. Nothing more. With that you could do more if you have the API. Which intercept would provide

dusk ermine Sep 22, 2017, 3:29 PM

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hiho, can anyone remind me or give me a link for how to load mods?

arctic oyster Sep 22, 2017, 3:32 PM

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It's same on Windows, copy paste folder on base arma dir and go on main menu > Options > Expansions > select your mod > Enable > Restart and enjoy 😃

dusk ermine Sep 22, 2017, 3:44 PM

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i mean i subscribed to some mods on the workshop, but they doesnt show in options>expansions just 1 empty blanck slots and the official ones

molten pulsar Sep 22, 2017, 3:53 PM

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add -mod=/the/path/to/the/workshop/folder/thingy to your startup settings in steams

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e.g. -mod=/mnt/data/games_linux/steamapps/workshop/content/107410/378941393\;/mnt/data/games_linux/steamapps/workshop/content/107410/940093669

arctic oyster Sep 22, 2017, 4:14 PM

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@molten pulsar \;

hidden grail Sep 22, 2017, 4:14 PM

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or you can symlink the mods from the workshop directory to your arma directory

arctic oyster Sep 22, 2017, 4:15 PM

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it's true

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symlink save your disk space 😎

dusk ermine Sep 22, 2017, 4:35 PM

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how can i do that symlink thing?

arctic oyster Sep 22, 2017, 4:41 PM

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@dusk ermine ln -s /opt/realfile /opt/linkfile

dusk ermine Sep 22, 2017, 4:46 PM

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oki why that will save disk space? if i dont do that the mod is downloaded twice or something?

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its hard to find mods called with random numbers in the steam folders 😭

hidden grail Sep 22, 2017, 4:49 PM

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its like .lnk in windows but better 😄

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yes, it is hard

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there are some text files in every directory tho

dusk ermine Sep 22, 2017, 4:50 PM

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some guy did a linux launcher i heard, is it worth?

molten pulsar Sep 22, 2017, 5:00 PM

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@arctic oyster oops, forgot about the \; 😃

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because I usually wrap the -mod in quotes ^^

midnight blaze Sep 23, 2017, 5:13 PM

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So whenever I play anything but the VR, the ground infront of me becumes transparent and blue.

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But when I walk toward that spot, it pushes foward.

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Floorpancake - 09/16/2017
Weird glitch
https://imgur.com/0FbOcWr
no matter what view it has this blue transparent glitvh around me
cannot see when diving etc.
driving*

13-inch Early 2015 macbook air. Using Sierra. 1.6GHz intel core i5
intel HD Graphics 6000 1536MB

arctic oyster Sep 23, 2017, 6:49 PM

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@left fog For PBO, are you going add support unix path with folder/file ?

gritty sage Sep 23, 2017, 7:00 PM

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@StidOfficial#6777 what do you mean with PBO?

hidden grail Sep 23, 2017, 7:05 PM

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is there any way how to convert some image file into .ppa on linux ?

gritty sage Sep 23, 2017, 7:05 PM

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Armake can do that

hidden grail Sep 23, 2017, 7:10 PM

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havent heard about it before

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thanks, will try it

arctic oyster Sep 23, 2017, 10:46 PM

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@gritty sage https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/PBO_File_Format

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@left fog My game crash and i don't have CrashReporter windows. eON.txt : [thread 00000002][I][1577718]: Exiting through Windows call TerminateProcess() with exit code -1073740777 (0xc0000417) [thread 00000001][I][1577760]: ===enforcing log flush=== [thread 00000001][I][1577760]: Log system shutdown

gritty sage Sep 24, 2017, 8:19 AM

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I know the PBO format.. but how is that connected with unix paths?

arctic oyster Sep 24, 2017, 12:36 PM

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@gritty sage filename use backslash. It for use normale slash. For no convert slash to backslash and reverse.

gritty sage Sep 24, 2017, 12:36 PM

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But you only use backslash in PBO's.. No matter what system you are on

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So I don't see a reason adding the unix. As there is already a standart everywhere and you don't have to convert anything and you also can't mix it up

arctic oyster Sep 24, 2017, 12:38 PM

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If y pack /opt/folder/filename to pbo, folder\filename. It's just for non convert slash to blackslash in pbo.

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i*

hasty pelican Sep 25, 2017, 8:00 PM

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did I miss something important? I moved and didn't have internet since thursday :d

short tulip Sep 25, 2017, 8:01 PM

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It's all here on the log.

hasty pelican Sep 25, 2017, 8:01 PM

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but I'm too lazy to read all of that xD

arctic oyster Sep 26, 2017, 9:53 PM

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@hasty pelican Yes, Arma 3 is Open Source and 1.76 is release for ports branch. 😁

molten pulsar Sep 26, 2017, 10:17 PM

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dreams 😃

hasty pelican Sep 27, 2017, 6:31 AM

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Oh great! 🙃

arctic oyster Oct 1, 2017, 9:38 AM

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I have found a bug, i reload my weapon and switch to another weapon. And result this : http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1153408342

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And after lot of time on arma on multiplayer, if i move my mouse the game going to laggy and i have 1 FPS. If i don't move my mouse the game, i have normale FPS and is not laggy.

hasty pelican Oct 1, 2017, 11:21 AM

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lol
how much ram do you have? I could imagine maybe it's a problem where the game needs to load new resources but ram is full so it uses swap or whatever, and that's just dead slow ?

arctic oyster Oct 1, 2017, 11:23 AM

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I don't see how mush ram used. And i have see, i bot run lay down ^^.

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Hi body moved lay down

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his*

midnight blaze Oct 1, 2017, 11:33 AM

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I got a bug too. In addition to the terrain glitch, the hands are not holding the weapon right.

arctic oyster Oct 1, 2017, 11:38 AM

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i have 17 FPS, arma use 10,5 G on 16 G of RAM after 2h.

wise canyon Oct 1, 2017, 12:07 PM

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I’ve seen that weapon reload bug on current Windows version too

molten pulsar Oct 1, 2017, 12:20 PM

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@left fog -filePatching seems to break a lot of stuff: no sound, some warning about profile(namespace) being locked/read-only and it may or may not crash based on luck. Is this a known issue?

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when luck is on my side the file patching part of it does actually work 🤔

dry venture Oct 3, 2017, 7:39 AM

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Today I learned that new ver is out like half a month 😆

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How is metal performance? Became just smooth or big increase in performance?

molten pulsar Oct 3, 2017, 9:11 AM

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there's a new port_176 branch btw.. almost a week old but meh.. haven't seen it mentioned here ^^

hasty pelican Oct 3, 2017, 9:26 AM

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ooh, cool :D
now it's just a few months of QA away 😂

molten pulsar Oct 3, 2017, 6:54 PM

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hmm does the (linux) port have a memory leak or is that a side effect of OpenGL storing textures in memory and not clearing it?

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(after closing A3 that is)

hasty pelican Oct 3, 2017, 6:56 PM

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yeah I mentioned that too a while back... no idea, I think BI will have to check that

molten pulsar Oct 3, 2017, 7:38 PM

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might be JSRS and/or audio drivers but anyone else have some bad audio distortion when the thunder sounds are playing?

hidden grail Oct 3, 2017, 7:56 PM

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sometimes, when I alt+tab the game and then enter the game again, the thunder and jet flying sound are weird

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I mean there is a cracking sound

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to me it seems that the cracking sounds are caused by sound being above/below some frequency

molten pulsar Oct 3, 2017, 8:30 PM

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yeah that's exactly what I'm hearing

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I may have alt+tab'ed

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I'll check it again tomorrow 😃

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without mods

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probably just PulseAudio being shitty

hidden grail Oct 3, 2017, 9:30 PM

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yeah, it might be also caused by mods, I use DynaSound and Enhanced soundscape

kind ibex Oct 6, 2017, 2:17 PM

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Hi guys! Is there any proper ways to play arma 3 multiplayer on linux yet? Seems like most servers are empty and not supported

covert quiver Oct 6, 2017, 4:04 PM

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you can only play with other linux/mac players or windows players who have downgraded, but there are the servers from emp, on which are most of time thime 2-8 players

midnight blaze Oct 6, 2017, 6:34 PM

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still have rendering issues. about 20 feet radius of the player, the ground is invisible and glitchy.

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using a mac.

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13-inch Early 2015 macbook air. Using Sierra. 1.6GHz intel core i5
intel HD Graphics 6000 1536MB

hidden grail Oct 6, 2017, 8:55 PM

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@ajnieminen#2180 look for emp's Mission server

sly rover Oct 6, 2017, 9:49 PM

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I feel like you should rename that with how often it is on Wasteland.

covert quiver Oct 7, 2017, 6:38 AM

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@sly rover 90% of the time its liberation

arctic oyster Oct 7, 2017, 10:52 AM

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Westland is cool 2 sec after this is shitting.

sly rover Oct 7, 2017, 2:00 PM

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But with a name like that, I feel like Wasteland shouldn't even be an option.

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It isn't that big a deal to me, but I don't think it is fitting.

hasty pelican Oct 7, 2017, 2:04 PM

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eww, Wasteland

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never seen it on the server tbh, I thought it runs liberation 24/7 xD

sly rover Oct 7, 2017, 2:11 PM

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It doesn't have a set rotation, so the first person who joins it gets to pick what is played.

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And it has a lot of options. Usually Altis liberation is picked, but the rest of the time it is often Wasteland.

hasty pelican Oct 7, 2017, 2:18 PM

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oh okay.

hasty pelican Oct 7, 2017, 2:38 PM

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did you ever have the problem of steam just not downloading workshop mods?
I mean it shows in the list, it even says the download is going, but steam is simply not loading anything!
and nah, it's not my internet...

covert quiver Oct 7, 2017, 2:39 PM

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i also couldnt, because the download rate was going down to under 100KB/s, but dnsmasq fixed it

hasty pelican Oct 7, 2017, 2:40 PM

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yeah, it's like a heartbeat, every 5 or so seconds it downloads a few bytes at like 60bytes/s for liek 2 seconds, then waits another 5...
Don't have dnsmasq; how did you configure it to fix this? or was installing enough? :P

covert quiver Oct 7, 2017, 2:40 PM

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what distro are u using?

hasty pelican Oct 7, 2017, 2:40 PM

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arch

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I know dnsmasq, just dont use it :D

covert quiver Oct 7, 2017, 2:41 PM

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well it was a little hard to setup on arch, but on kidbuntu you only need to download it

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/dnsmasq#DNS_cache_setup

hasty pelican Oct 7, 2017, 2:42 PM

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oh okay, I wondered if you did something special with it... strange how that fixes it... i'll try

covert quiver Oct 7, 2017, 2:42 PM

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steam linux client has an bug with dns spamming, you can see this on wireshark

hasty pelican Oct 7, 2017, 2:44 PM

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oh okay

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welp, that did nothing ; thanks for the suggestion tho

covert quiver Oct 7, 2017, 3:04 PM

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check it with drill google.com if it works

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and it doesnt work immediatly, dnsmasq must first cache the steam servers...

hasty pelican Oct 7, 2017, 3:06 PM

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jup it does work, I did check that :D
yeah, the download is running for like 15min now, I would assume it cached the servers by now, but it's still doing the same old.

covert quiver Oct 7, 2017, 3:06 PM

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yea steam is a little bit weird

hasty pelican Oct 7, 2017, 3:46 PM

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one hour later and I got 35MB done 🙃

sour vapor Oct 9, 2017, 5:42 PM

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Anyone here running on OSX El Capitan? I just updated to 1.70 port and i get a CTD straight from launch.

arctic oyster Oct 9, 2017, 6:17 PM

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CTD ?

hasty pelican Oct 9, 2017, 6:17 PM

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crash to desktop

arctic oyster Oct 9, 2017, 6:18 PM

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Ha 😂

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@sour vapor Paste eon log or rpt log.

cursive oasis Oct 9, 2017, 6:37 PM

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it looks like OSX Sierra 10.12.5 is now a requirement (according to https://dev.arma3.com/ports)

sour vapor Oct 9, 2017, 7:32 PM

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That would explain it then...

arctic oyster Oct 9, 2017, 7:56 PM

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You eon log is alright. Give me your rpt for more information. What does arma on startup ?

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Your*

sour vapor Oct 9, 2017, 8:39 PM

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Where's the RPT on Mac again?

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https://feedback.bistudio.com/T126722

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ok got the RPT... nothing really in there

midnight blaze Oct 12, 2017, 11:51 AM

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https://imgur.com/a/vZvFt

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I have this bug with mac

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the ground infront goes like that

arctic oyster Oct 12, 2017, 5:56 PM

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@midnight blaze Create feedback it's better.

midnight blaze Oct 13, 2017, 1:53 PM

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Uuuuuuh.... How?

molten pulsar Oct 13, 2017, 1:54 PM

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https://feedback.bistudio.com/

scenic sleet Oct 17, 2017, 11:56 AM

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So finally back home and I was able to take the latest linux version for a test drive. Immense improvement in performance, I was able to run it at 4K with everything on Ultra and still maintain 35+ FPS in single player (this was previously impossible). I'm not seeing any issues with textures, or LODs. The responsiveness when turning was so good that it actually caused me to dial down the mouse sensitivity so that I didn't get virtual whiplash

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I've yet to see how it performs in MP, I expect performance to drop and I'll probably have to tweak the settings accordingly, but this is a really great boost

hasty pelican Oct 17, 2017, 3:05 PM

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yeah performance in Multiplayer isn't great, even on Windows, so don't expect the improvement to be as impactful in MP as in SP :)

scenic sleet Oct 17, 2017, 3:43 PM

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well simply being able to play in 4K (or 2560x1440) in MP would be nice. That was impossible due to the texture memory limits in the older build

rain flint Nov 3, 2017, 11:41 PM

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the day there is koth by samatra..

arctic oyster Nov 5, 2017, 12:58 PM

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KOTH is bullshit. It's same of altislife. This missons create juste money and nothing anymore ^^. Is not a prority for ports 😄

sly rover Nov 9, 2017, 1:34 AM

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So I've made a small update in features but a big update under the hood to Asma (an Arma 3 launcher).

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https://github.com/her001/asma

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It might even be possible for it to work on macOS.

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Which is probably not new, I just mention that because this channel isn't just for Linux.

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By update, I actually mean rewrite.

dusk ermine Nov 9, 2017, 3:23 AM

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whats meson, ninja and gtk? i need to install that first and later follow the installing instructions?

sly rover Nov 9, 2017, 5:22 AM

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Yes

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Eventually I'll try to write more detailed instructions that are specific to distros in the wiki.

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I think it is really messy to have that stuff in the readme.

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Meson is a build system. Ninja is a low level build system used as a backend. GTK is the GUI toolkit used by things like GIMP and Gnome (and tons of others).

sly rover Nov 9, 2017, 5:44 AM

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Also, in most cases installing Meson should also install Ninja.

arctic oyster Nov 9, 2017, 7:03 PM

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You doesn't like Makefile ?

sly rover Nov 9, 2017, 9:39 PM

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Nope

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It is funny. My first contribution to Asma was a cmake config, because it had no build system then.

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Then I experimented with other things. Meson actually annoys me a bit sometimes, because CMake + Ninja (instead of the Make backend) can often do the same things better.

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And CMake has a way better backend for Windows users.

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Autotools is nice for getting projects to compile on more obscure platforms.

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But for an Arma 3 launcher for Linux (and maybe macOS), neither of those things are a concern.

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So Meson does alright. It is certainly a lot faster than Make, which is useful when developing it.

sly rover Nov 12, 2017, 8:22 PM

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For those who may have wanted to try Asma but didn't know how, there is now a wiki page with more specific instructions to install it: https://github.com/her001/Asma/wiki/Build-Instructions

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If your favorite distro isn't there and you are lost, let me know and I'll get around to adding it.

left fog Nov 13, 2017, 1:25 PM

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goes back to eating nachos while grinning over the fact whiners now can't blame BI for non-in-sync build releases or something ...

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new Arma3 port update soon, Linux/Mac users should be able to play the same splendid version as Windows users for a while

tight yarrow Nov 13, 2017, 1:39 PM

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Heh

blazing sonnet Nov 13, 2017, 1:56 PM

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https://twitter.com/BohemiaPalmTree/status/930061395059716096
(🍏+(🐧+🐃))+⊞ =🌴 🌴 🌴 As the purely scientific equation suggests, we are expecting the new Arma III port update. Linux/Mac users should be able to play the same splendid version as Windows users for a while.

uneven locust Nov 13, 2017, 1:56 PM

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yeahhhhhhhhh

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no wait

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"for a while"?

tight yarrow Nov 13, 2017, 2:02 PM

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Tanks dlc

scenic sleet Nov 13, 2017, 2:04 PM

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@left fog Let me buy you a beer to go with those nachos!

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@tight yarrow Depends whether there will be an update to go along with Tac Ops ...

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in which case this period of overlap could be very, very short

tight yarrow Nov 13, 2017, 2:07 PM

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@scenic sleet Then Linux and Mac will be very behind post tac ops

uneven locust Nov 13, 2017, 2:08 PM

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but

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The Tac Ops dlc will be avaiable on Mac?

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/Linux

gritty sage Nov 13, 2017, 2:08 PM

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Tac ops doesn't have any engine changes. So porting that is veeery easy.

left fog Nov 13, 2017, 2:09 PM

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@scenic sleet beer supply is fine, need more nachos and tacos and spicey sauces 😉

scenic sleet Nov 13, 2017, 2:10 PM

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@gritty sage No new assets or major new features, but IIRC some new stuff to make mission creation easier is being included and it's not clear if that's purely scripting or whether it does involve more in the core application

uneven locust Nov 13, 2017, 2:11 PM

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lol

gritty sage Nov 13, 2017, 2:11 PM

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It's been said that tacOps won't include new engine features. So I guess that's all just scripts

scenic sleet Nov 13, 2017, 2:11 PM

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@left fog I'll see what I can do 😉

uneven locust Nov 13, 2017, 2:11 PM

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and how much will cost the Tac Ops dlc?

blazing sonnet Nov 13, 2017, 2:12 PM

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What's your currency?

uneven locust Nov 13, 2017, 2:12 PM

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EUR

gritty sage Nov 13, 2017, 2:13 PM

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https://steamdb.info/app/744950/

scenic sleet Nov 13, 2017, 2:14 PM

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unless you bought the "DLC Bundle 2"

uneven locust Nov 13, 2017, 2:14 PM

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thanks

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❤

scenic sleet Nov 13, 2017, 2:16 PM

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note that is a pre-release price, with a 10% discount

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if you wait the price will go up slightly

uneven locust Nov 13, 2017, 2:16 PM

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ok

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But I'm waiting the black fryday to buy the game and other dlc (the Apex for example)

scenic sleet Nov 13, 2017, 2:18 PM

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ok

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Looking forward to exploring Malden ( I know technically I can download it out-of-band and manually install it, but I've been busy )

smoky crater Nov 13, 2017, 2:31 PM

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here's hoping evreything goes smooth 😃

hasty pelican Nov 13, 2017, 3:42 PM

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11GB ArmA Update <3

smoky crater Nov 13, 2017, 4:07 PM

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11G? blimey.. didnt realise it was that big 😃

scenic sleet Nov 13, 2017, 4:09 PM

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would include Malden and Lords of War DLCS

hasty pelican Nov 13, 2017, 4:09 PM

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Laws of War xD

scenic sleet Nov 13, 2017, 4:09 PM

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heh, yeah, I blame Monday ;)

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I was thinking Laws, but typed Lords anyway

hasty pelican Nov 13, 2017, 4:10 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

scenic sleet Nov 13, 2017, 4:11 PM

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lots to look forward to in this update.

hasty pelican Nov 13, 2017, 4:11 PM

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looked in Server Browser, all green ❤

scenic sleet Nov 13, 2017, 4:12 PM

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yeah ... this could very well spell the end for our little community now that we're not all forced to play on the same 3-4 servers

hasty pelican Nov 13, 2017, 4:13 PM

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but at the same time we're now part of the whole community c:

scenic sleet Nov 13, 2017, 4:16 PM

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why did the update have to come out on a Monday though? Particularly on a week when I have a work deadline and we're so far behind schedule ... it's a cruel tease

hasty pelican Nov 13, 2017, 4:17 PM

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:(

smoky crater Nov 13, 2017, 4:18 PM

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because we couldnt build it in time for Wednesday 😉

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liam must be asleep, no news on GOL yet !

heavy lion Nov 13, 2017, 4:25 PM

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he's away until wednesday due to house moving

smoky crater Nov 13, 2017, 4:27 PM

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ahh

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didnt know, i dont go in the irc channel any more

heavy lion Nov 13, 2017, 4:28 PM

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There's also a discord channel ;)

smoky crater Nov 13, 2017, 4:29 PM

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yeah its a bridge to their irc server i think

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i left because i was sick of getting into arguments about VP's work

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(I worked for them on Linux stuff)

minor lily Nov 13, 2017, 4:31 PM

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Hello, I just purchased Tac-Ops DLC and forgot to take a look if it will work on my Linux OS.

heavy lion Nov 13, 2017, 4:31 PM

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are you jaycee from GoL (sorry if I butchered your name)?

smoky crater Nov 13, 2017, 4:32 PM

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yes

minor lily Nov 13, 2017, 4:33 PM

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great

strange mango Nov 13, 2017, 4:35 PM

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https://forums.bistudio.com/forums/topic/188937-experimental-ports-release-announcements/?do=findComment&comment=3249129

Bohemia Interactive Forums

Experimental Ports Release Announcements

In this thread we'll post announcements about Experimental Ports updates. This thread itself will remain closed to allow for a clear overview of announcement...

dusk ermine Nov 13, 2017, 5:05 PM

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Yeah¡

molten pulsar Nov 13, 2017, 7:00 PM

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woohooo nice one 😃

short tulip Nov 13, 2017, 7:20 PM

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I just came back from the doctor's visit and subsequent shoping trip. And I come back to PARITY!

scenic sleet Nov 13, 2017, 7:51 PM

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@left fog Any idea why official servers still show as incompatible?

hidden grail Nov 13, 2017, 7:52 PM

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proper Wasteland and Exile fights 😄

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but probably also end to our server 😢

scenic sleet Nov 13, 2017, 7:53 PM

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now I can't find your servers!

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Too many in the list and every upgrade it forgets my favourites

hidden grail Nov 13, 2017, 7:53 PM

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its still 1.70, I just turned on the pc

scenic sleet Nov 13, 2017, 7:53 PM

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ah

hidden grail Nov 13, 2017, 7:53 PM

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work is biatch 😄

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hate the world of adults

scenic sleet Nov 13, 2017, 7:54 PM

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yes, yes it is

hidden grail Nov 13, 2017, 7:55 PM

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at least I reorganized the server during the last update, and it should not take long to update both servers

scenic sleet Nov 13, 2017, 7:56 PM

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Does it seem contrary of me to say that there are now too many servers available? It could take me months to find a decent server with a good friendly crowd

smoky crater Nov 13, 2017, 7:57 PM

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@scenic sleet are the servers which are not working, requiring a specific game build ?

hidden grail Nov 13, 2017, 7:57 PM

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dont worry GBee, I am working on it

smoky crater Nov 13, 2017, 7:57 PM

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ie, do those servers require 1.76... or do they require 1.76.123456?

hidden grail Nov 13, 2017, 7:58 PM

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hmm, now it will be harder to mantain the server, I will probably have to turn on BE

sly rover Nov 13, 2017, 8:08 PM

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I had some fun in a EUTW server for a while.

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Something I wanted to play but there was no way we would get the player count to make it worth it before.

hidden grail Nov 13, 2017, 8:26 PM

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ty BI, now I have one more reason to remove the windows partition from my pc 😄

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there seems to be a problem with the server mods not showing when browsing the servers

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anybody has the same issue ?

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does anyone get also insanely high ping ? mine starts at 580

smoky crater Nov 13, 2017, 8:47 PM

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you can get high ping simply by the game server being overtaxed.. curious quirk of arma3's networking

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however in my own limited testing, from the same internet connection, ive found the pings consistent between platforms

hidden grail Nov 13, 2017, 8:53 PM

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the pings were ok, before this version

molten pulsar Nov 14, 2017, 12:19 PM

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man this is nice

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EUTW Warfare server.. mixture of very high and high settings running at 60 fps, 18 ping and 30 players 👍

smoky crater Nov 14, 2017, 12:21 PM

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so much for all the "Non native" bashers 😉

scenic sleet Nov 14, 2017, 12:47 PM

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I've got to say, I only played a little of the LoW campaign last night, but it was really, really well done. Definitely hope the guys in the Amsterdam studio are involved in the single player campaigns for Arma 4

hasty pelican Nov 14, 2017, 2:12 PM

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yup, the Laws of War campaign is amazing! :D

gritty sage Nov 14, 2017, 4:13 PM

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https://dev.arma3.com/post/sitrep-00206
This means cross-platform compatibility in multiplayer. However, please note that this is only temporary and the branches will again part ways with the Tac-Ops release

hasty pelican Nov 14, 2017, 5:31 PM

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but hey, enjoy 2 weeks of version parity!

short tulip Nov 14, 2017, 5:32 PM

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I wonder if we will have version parity again after the split.

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I wonder if the impending split itself will be temporary.

hasty pelican Nov 14, 2017, 5:36 PM

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I'm pretty sure we will. we'll just be delayed.
And at least with the final update to A3 we will be...

let's hope BI will be able to put some magic in for ArmA4 so that it will run native/can be ported faster, as it will run on their new Enfusion engine, iirc
but ArmA4 is probably still a long way from now :b

arctic oyster Nov 14, 2017, 7:54 PM

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The cross-platform work ?

molten pulsar Nov 14, 2017, 7:57 PM

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yes

arctic oyster Nov 14, 2017, 7:58 PM

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oh my good :D, it very nice. But not for windows player (BE free hax party).

molten pulsar Nov 14, 2017, 7:59 PM

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BE works just fine

arctic oyster Nov 14, 2017, 7:59 PM

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nn is doesn't work for memory editor

molten pulsar Nov 14, 2017, 7:59 PM

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ah alright

arctic oyster Nov 14, 2017, 7:59 PM

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I have 1000000 $ on westland lol

molten pulsar Nov 14, 2017, 8:00 PM

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just don't ruin it for everyone else 😛

arctic oyster Nov 14, 2017, 8:00 PM

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I have not continue for port pbo hide. But i think is possible.

molten pulsar Nov 14, 2017, 8:00 PM

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including your fellow Linux/Mac users ^^

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and the port

arctic oyster Nov 14, 2017, 8:03 PM

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Yes, how long for this temporary cross-platform ?

sly rover Nov 14, 2017, 8:07 PM

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The 30th is when Tac Ops comes out.

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After that, we will have to wait for an update to bring us back.

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No idea how long it will take, but in theory it wouldn't be a ton of work.

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Either way, it would break again with the Tanks DLC.

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Which is the last big thing planned by BI.

arctic oyster Nov 14, 2017, 8:21 PM

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You have more information, why is temporary ? Security ? Prevent for crash server by ports client ? Tac Ops does't seem touch on network system.

gritty sage Nov 14, 2017, 8:28 PM

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Because most engine changes need to be ported. And it usually takes quite some time for that to happen.
The linux/mac version is not temporary. But it's version matching the current windows version is

spring kite Nov 14, 2017, 8:36 PM

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One question i can play with win players now?

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If i knew about this update i would buy more RAM 😄

arctic oyster Nov 14, 2017, 8:41 PM

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@gritty sage I talk about, the mp cross-platefrom is temporary. The client update, doesn't all time affect network communication and mostly with missions DLC.

gritty sage Nov 14, 2017, 8:41 PM

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Every major version increment means the versions are incompatible. Even if nothing changed in the engine.

arctic oyster Nov 14, 2017, 8:44 PM

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Okey, it's their system. For exemple HTTP server based on HTTP/1.1 accept HTTP/0.9 and HTTP/1.0. I think it same possibility for arma.

sly rover Nov 14, 2017, 8:45 PM

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@spring kite Yes, you can play with Windows users right now.

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HTTP is a little bit less complicated than realtime game networking.

spring kite Nov 14, 2017, 8:45 PM

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downloading the game i wanted to play king of hill for 2 years 😃

sly rover Nov 14, 2017, 8:45 PM

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And by "a little bit," I mean "significantly."

arctic oyster Nov 14, 2017, 8:47 PM

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Packed id system, is a possible. You can add new packet id and he don't affect another packets. And it's is used by lot of game.

arctic oyster Nov 14, 2017, 9:13 PM

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Anyone have test new update ?

gritty sage Nov 14, 2017, 9:15 PM

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It doesn't happen that often that anything on the netcode changes at all. It's just that everyone should play on the same version because.. stuff

sly rover Nov 14, 2017, 9:21 PM

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Lots of us have been playing since yesterday. Scroll up and you will see that.

spring kite Nov 14, 2017, 9:30 PM

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how much RAM arma consumes on windows servers?

gritty sage Nov 14, 2017, 9:32 PM

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Uh... @spring kite #server_windows ?

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I don't see why asking a windows server question in the channel for linux/mac client would make any sense

arctic oyster Nov 14, 2017, 9:35 PM

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lol

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The mouse issues he don't resolved :(. I have 11G update but i have 1.76.000000 and i can't play on win releases 😦

spring kite Nov 14, 2017, 9:38 PM

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@gritty sage i mean on client side when playing on linux machine

arctic oyster Nov 14, 2017, 9:39 PM

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If you use 64 bits is 4 GB idle and usable 6 GB max

spring kite Nov 14, 2017, 9:42 PM

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thanks

short tulip Nov 14, 2017, 9:44 PM

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Well I'm getting on an online server for the first time. Looks like the ones that list any expansions won't connect. But I managed to connect to a server that doesn't list expansions.

spring kite Nov 14, 2017, 10:13 PM

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Played KOH for about 30 min, arma just quietly crashed without after crash window.

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Anyway thanks for the cool update will have fun on weekend

arctic oyster Nov 14, 2017, 10:20 PM

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My arma work perfectly and memory editing it same 😄

smoky crater Nov 15, 2017, 12:14 AM

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@arctic oyster what mouse issues?

uneven locust Nov 15, 2017, 1:06 PM

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I don't understand, I mean if the port to 1.76 work why is only temporary?

hasty pelican Nov 15, 2017, 1:06 PM

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because windows will get update 1.78 before we do

uneven locust Nov 15, 2017, 1:07 PM

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so?

hasty pelican Nov 15, 2017, 1:07 PM

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so 1.78 does not work with 1.76

uneven locust Nov 15, 2017, 1:07 PM

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yeah but at least now we have the 1.76 version no?

hasty pelican Nov 15, 2017, 1:07 PM

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yes

uneven locust Nov 15, 2017, 1:07 PM

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so I repeat my first question XD

hasty pelican Nov 15, 2017, 1:08 PM

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we have 1.76 ; we can play with windows people
windows people get 1.78
we do not get 1.78
we cannot play with windows people anymore
#temporary

uneven locust Nov 15, 2017, 1:09 PM

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Yeah but the 1.76 work so why downgrade?

hasty pelican Nov 15, 2017, 1:09 PM

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what?

uneven locust Nov 15, 2017, 1:09 PM

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And we can also use the Laws of war DLC