spearhead_1944

[lunar socket]

SPE_Normandy

[strange imp]

ima try that

how does it work do i just copy the spe folder on the server folder

[lunar socket]

yeah, it looks the same as the client, right. You'll have vanilla folders like addons, Expansion, Orange etc. Put it right next to those.

Then once it's transferred, add "SPE" to the modlist, just like "vn" for SOG.

[strange imp]

alright thanks

[runic prairie]

hum that confirms my first test. I just found I need to select CDLC from launcher to be able to use the map , didnt remember I had to do that for the others DLC but maybe CDLC don't work the same way.

[willow iron]

Is there a purpose for the medical halfback varients? Can someone also tell me why the medics are given white crosses despite being combatants? Like why do they get insignia if they function as normal combatants

[versed grove]

Nah I'll wait, I don't usually buy dlc and then wait to see if they add more content

[merry chasm]

it's 10% discount currently, and we dont know if this cdlc will be discounted later on steam halloween or winter sale

[versed grove]

That's okay, it's only 20$, I'm just waiting to see if they support it longer than a few monthsd

[merry chasm]

more revenue = more stuff to release

[silk python]

Any "must have mods" for Spearhead, besides Faces of War?

[nova epoch]

IFA3 is ok

also northern fronts

[strong sandal]

If i wanted to add the Spearhead 1944 cdlc to my server, would i need to add SPE; in the command line?

[naive field]

yes, and spe

[solemn surge]

All CDLCs are opt in, they wont autoload

[harsh orbit]

Because these videos bypass all our volume adjustments in audio options :harold:

[balmy estuary]

Can you implement some control on them? Pleaseee

[harsh orbit]

Currently not planned, maybe

[zealous urchin]

bruh reviews on Spearhead are 💀

people got high expectations for no reason

[merry chasm]

they angy they dont get the stuff they want, while the page itself shows what the cldc will contain

[exotic spear]

Why are the Germans a BLUEFOR faction and US GREENFOR? 😐

[harsh orbit]

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198027843419/recommended/1175380/
Well I would reply, but they disabled comments...

Mac version of spearhead will be coming with the 2.14 update (There are currently missing features and atleast one crash bug in the current mac build)
But if you want, you can load the compat data from workshop, and it will work (unless you run into that crash)

[exotic spear]

Sorry but HUGE disagree on that.

Also - weirdly political somehow saying the Germans are "good guys" but I won't get into that

Whatever justification for having Germans on BLUEFOR now goes against all of ARMA and makes it more difficult to integrate the module

[harsh orbit]

Its news to me that BLUEFOR/GREENFOR/REDFOR says anything about "good" or "bad" guys.

[gritty nest]

Well my point is more that nowhere in Arma is it stated that Blufor = Good guys and that Opfor = Bad Guys. They are essentially just coloured teams. We followed the same general convention used by most WW2 mods available for Arma 3 to maintain compatibility with existing content.

[exotic spear]

"OPFOR" is not an ARMA term. It's a universal term for OPPOSING FORCE and is normally applied to 'bad guys'

Regardless of any weird justification - like I said, it goes against ARMA standard convention - to include ALL of CDLD - and just makes it hard to integrate

[gritty nest]

and just makes it hard to integrate
How?

[exotic spear]

I mean. I think its pretty obvious

Most BLUE/RED/GREENFOR factions are clear.

[gritty nest]

If it was obvious, I wouldn't be asking for an explanation?

[exotic spear]

No matter what I say, you're going to just keep using this ...'we don't consider good / bad' stuff

[gritty nest]

I am genuinly curious in why you think it's a problem from your perspective.

[exotic spear]

I'm blown away. I don't know what to say, that we are now considering the Nazi's not a 'bad' faction. It's mind blowing

or an Opposing Force

[uncut silo]

No one said that

[exotic spear]

He did: #spearhead_1944 message

[gritty nest]

This is the full conversation, if that helps with clarity.

[harsh orbit]

I don't know what you are reading, but clearly not the same text as we are.
He says its not related to Good/Bad at all.
And you are now saying he called Nazi's "good". I don't see that at all.

Still the question, why does it cause issues for integration, maybe these can be fixed? Can you explain what the issues are?

[uncut silo]

He asked you to clarify how it makes it hard to integrate, if you're trying to make him look like he said they're good guys you're just looking for drama now.

[exotic spear]

No drama. Just weird.

[cursive bone]

Changing the faction would be 'weirder' as suddenly no WW2 mod is compatible with the dlc

that's all it is

besides the sides can be called 'Blufor' and 'Redfor' and opfor doesn't even come into it

[uncut silo]

Baggage of 20 years of Arma/OFP modding, that's all to it.

[exotic spear]

Sure - REDFOR symbols are shown as 'enemy' in ARMA. That's how it is.

enemy = bad guys, in simple terms

[gritty nest]

What about when you are playing as Redfor?

Then the other side are considered "Opfor" are they not?

As they are the Opposition force.

[uncut silo]

IIRC russians were marking themselves as red on the map...

[exotic spear]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_Joint_Military_Symbology

[cursive bone]

and Germany marked themselves as blue on the map

[uncut silo]

the colors for the factions match what was used in the era too.

[exotic spear]

Colors....sure. But ARMA isn't just colors. It's symbols linked to friendly, hostile, civilians, etc factions

[uncut silo]

It's WW2 tho, you need to accept that not everything from vanilla works for the DLC and they can't change every part of the engine as they need to have compatiblity with everything.

I don't think there's anything more to discuss about it.

[harsh orbit]

Well yes its unfortunate that Arma has engine limitations (Red/Blu/Green/Civ factions). But we are not going to overhaul the whole two decades of faction system just for one CDLC just because a handful of players aren't able to look over that limitation.
When I play as russians, I am a "Red" faction, I still use blue markers on the map for myself, and red markers for enemy. No problem.

[uncut silo]

.

[zealous urchin]

cope

[zealous urchin]

if you think BLUFOR/GREENFOR/OPFOR have anything to do with politicals you are too self centered

they literally dont

Every country's enemy is considered OPFOR and they are considered BLUFOR to themselves

so trying to put blufor and opfor to specific countries makes no sense at all

[exotic spear]

"Good" or "Bad" guys is entirely subjective.

Just a weeeeeeeeird way of justifying it. Especially for WW2 content.

I see the other perspective of technical limitations of ARMA though. I would recommend THAT be the selling point and not the good vs bad debate in a WW2 context.

[zealous urchin]

i mean you came in with the argument that it was about good and bad

[exotic spear]

That's how ARMA classifies the factions. Literally defined with NATO icons and graphics. But I also didn't. I asked about BLUE/RED/GREENFOR

[violet wyvern]

It's done like that so soviets can be Opfor and never be allied with blufor Germans, but can be allies or enemies of indfor American/Brit factions

[zealous urchin]

^ that too

more so that

[violet wyvern]

Allies during ww2, enemies during alt history post ww2 shit

Ww2 mods have been like this for years for this reason

It's nothing political.

[zealous urchin]

tbf who cares what side they are on

[violet wyvern]

It's purely gameplay adaptation

[zealous urchin]

this is typical inputting politics into everything

it literally doesnt matter

[violet wyvern]

And spearhead follows this trend

[zealous urchin]

its a game bro

also i mean i play REDFOR the most

so i cant relate to BLUFOR being good guys

eye of the beholder type deal.

[violet wyvern]

indfor is the true good guys

[cedar plinth]

so following your "logic",for german side, allies are also opfor - opposing force 😏

[zealous urchin]

TRUE

[cedar plinth]

depending on the side you're playing on, the definition of who's the enemy will change, obviously...

[exotic spear]

ARMA 3 is laid out as BLUEFOR, OPFOR, GREENFOR - the core of the game designates those colors and icons, which are associated with hostile, neutral, friendly, etc.

It was already explained here that it follows historical mod faction convention, so I'm good. It makes sense.

But its weird that the initial response was some weird theorical view on good vs bad

[cedar plinth]

👆

[cedar plinth]

👆

[harsh orbit]

I don't think we need to go over a already solved topic again

[zealous urchin]

true

[exotic spear]

Good DLC, btw. ARMA feels good in WW2.

It's nice that we also have a map that covers the area south of St Lo, which is usually overlooked in most games. Lots of tough fighting in that area. St Lo is also depicted as destroyed in-game, as it was in July 44. Nice touch

[zealous urchin]

well it is led by IFA44 Devs

[tawdry condor]

Y'all with your political and moral side judgements. The only way to look at it correctly is that your faction is either on side 0, 1, 2 or 3. The rest is subjective :trollface:

[cedar plinth]

nowadays it has to be they, them or theirs, to not offend anybody...

[sturdy raptor]

r/whoosh?

[dusty current]

my side is empty

[winged willow]

Didn't the allies mark themselves as green in maps during WW2 anyway?

[naive field]

back then everything was black'n'white so they didn't use colors

[uncut magnet]

tricolor film, notably not invented until much later in 1935, long after WW2

[limber dagger]

Hey everyone, can anyone help me setup the spearhead 1944 files so I can play the campaign on my dedicated server with my friends?

I’m sorry for being a nuisance, just a little lost on the whole setup part. I use FASTER for the server

[timid flax]

Actually the Germans, at least in the early war marked themselves in blue, the British in red and French in green. Seen on a situation map before Dunkirk in the IWM

Wonder when BLUFOR and OPFOR became an allied thing? Post WW2 when the adversary became the USSR?

[idle bramble]

Picking this CDLC up Friday w I have to to mess with it. Looking fwd to it!

Question is how is the map and is it historically accurate? Are the roads towns, cities, villages where they should be, and can be referenced on google maps and ww2 maps (SOG Khe Sahn map is very close)? Knowing ARMA, answer is yes.

[dusk blade]

Normandy has been build from real world data reference but it is scaled smaller and some artistic/gameplay freedom has been taken

[cedar plinth]

check youtube vids

[dusk blade]

pretty much everyone has to decide that for themselves

[idle bramble]

Cool, thanks! It's like 75x75km?

[cedar plinth]

no

[dusk blade]

12x12

[versed grove]

The top down sat image reminds me of livonias

[cedar plinth]

there is vegetation from Livonia, yes

[tame escarp]

Depends on what ur looking for

[brazen bough]

Great Job!!

I fuckin almost cried listening to the title track.

[sharp cliff]

I really like the option to choose a faction when starting the Normandy Combat Patrol mission, but when I have RHS mods loaded the missions starts (I can hear shooting and other sounds) but my screen stays black (except for hints). Does anybody know how to fix that?

[earnest magnet]

Good Day
I hope you all are well
I wanted to ask and i hope theres someone who can advice or assist me
I wanted to know is there a way i can use spearhead DLC for the Exile mod to basically make it an open world WW2 Scenario type of thing ?

[wanton prawn]

Is it possible to make the wavy frontlines like in the single player but in a different mission? Like where the green is for the americans and the blue for the Germans

[balmy onyx]

Yes, although there are a few limitations to it. Read the head of SPE_MISSIONUTILITYFUNCTIONS_fnc_generateFrontline for instructions. Feel free to ping me if you need assistance

[wanton prawn]

Where would I read that? Sorry for dumb questions

[balmy onyx]

In the Editor, go into the Functions viewer

[wanton prawn]

Gotcha

[brazen bough]

Is there any plans to do IFA3 Redux? Like they did with Unsung?

[frail arch]

how do i get the scenarios to host them on a dedicated server?

[sharp thicket]

I absolutely love the tank damage system and shots bouncing and cookoff effects. It would be awesome if RHS implemented this system for their vehicles

[brazen bough]

B17 liberators with the new Support module is happiness.

RHS is done with A3.

[zealous urchin]

rhs doesnt really work on a3 anymore

they are more or less moved completely over to Reforger.

[sharp thicket]

That's probably the worst thing I've ever heard

wtf is reforger?

[zealous urchin]

Arma Reforger

the future

[sharp thicket]

What's that supposed to be the fancy name for Arma 4?

[zealous urchin]

[sharp thicket]

I like this mod it breathes new life into the game. I was wrong before

[terse perch]

Unless they have more or less moved completely to a CDLC!? 👀

[zealous urchin]

that would be strange considering PuFu is actively on reforger 🤣

and hes lead

anyway off topic

[sharp thicket]

How come the swastika is an X

Like on the periscopes of german tanks the little stamp on the glass

[balmy onyx]

It's a forbidden symbol, we cannot use it

[sharp thicket]

Forbidden by? Steam? BI?

[brazen bough]

Wow... So historical accuracy is taboo?

[sharp thicket]

oh wait BI is based in Czech right

probably illegal there

[brazen bough]

I think there needs to be a law implemented to protect history.

[zealous urchin]

uhhh no?

[sharp thicket]

There's no free speech in Europe ain't nothin we can do about it

[zealous urchin]

they just dont wanna be taken down in a lot of countries

they kinda need to sell for money you know?

[brazen bough]

I wonder if the next US president could be like...

Be a shame if we pulled all those US bases and military funding facing east...

[zealous urchin]

:?

[sharp thicket]

"In 1991, in Czechoslovakia, the criminal code was amended with 260 which banned propaganda of movements which restricted human rights and freedoms, citing Nazism and Communism. Later the specific mentions of these were removed citing their lack of clear legal definition. However, the law itself was recognised as constitutional.

The police may cancel such events only once it becomes clear that protesters are inciting hate, which is deemed illegal in the Czech Republic. Legal regulation of hate crimes in the Czech Republic is contained in Act 140/1961 The Criminal Act (amended by Act 175/1990)."

[brazen bough]

That law seems reasonable.

Inciting violence isn't cool.

[sharp thicket]

So it's probably legal in Czechoslovakia but not in other extremely cucked nanny states (UK, Germany, Canada, etc)

Therfore they went with the option that gives the greatest amount of reach to different nations customers. While extremely gay, it's understandable

[uncut silo]

American moment, Czechoslovakia does not exist since 1993

[zealous urchin]

i was sitting here thinking

lmao

[sharp thicket]

czech repub

[brazen bough]

I was gonna say lol.

[zealous urchin]

was wondering when that'd click

guess it was never gonna click

💀

[brazen bough]

So do the laws from 1991 still apply?

[sharp thicket]

yes

[brazen bough]

Okay lol. The US hasn't had to go through so many big changes like that, but I think we're due. Having our own mini fall of Rome over here.

[sharp thicket]

I'm going to fire up spearhead with OPTRE and see how many shermans/tigers a UNSC Scorpion tank can handle lol

[brazen bough]

Hahaha

[wanton prawn]

would you be willing to dm with just general help I am very slow when it coems to like scripting and coding

[brazen bough]

I'm having a great time playing the campaign.

Just did 03. March to Quibo (sic).

[zealous urchin]

when next CDLC, Ondra

[balmy onyx]

It's already very late here. I will try to prepare an official documentation tomorrow. Feel free to ping me if I forget 😬

[wanton prawn]

no worries I go to work soon so some time tomorrow works

[brazen bough]

Great job R3vo.

[sharp thicket]

Is that operation cobra or something different? I was wondering if I could play it singleplayer

Also I'm sure this has been asked 5 billion times but are there plans to add German voices

[balmy onyx]

Is that operation cobra or something different? I was wondering if I could play it singleplayer
You can host your own session and play the campaign this way. This is however not recommended

Also I'm sure this has been asked 5 billion times but are there plans to add German voices
No comment at this point

[frail arch]

where can i find the mission names that i can plug into my server?

[frail arch]

alright after a bit of work i got it

for anyone else here it is

class Missions {
class Mission_one {
template = "SPE_M00_Operation_Cobra_Prologue.SPE_Normandy";
difficulty = "Custom";
};
class Mission_two {
template = "SPE_M01_Liberation_of_Saint_Gilles.SPE_Normandy";
difficulty = "Custom";
};
class Mission_three {
template = "SPE_M02_Liberation_of_Canisy.SPE_Normandy";
difficulty = "Custom";
};
class Mission_four {
template = "SPE_M03_Quibou_Dangy_March.SPE_Normandy";
difficulty = "Custom";
};
class Mission_five {
template = "SPE_M04_Defense_of_Pont_Brocard.SPE_Normandy";
difficulty = "Custom";
};
class Mission_six {
template = "SPE_M05_Villebaudon_March.SPE_Normandy";
difficulty = "Custom";
};
class Mission_seven {
template = "SPE_M06_Liberation_of_Saint_Denis_le_Gast.SPE_Normandy";
difficulty = "Custom";
};
class Mission_eight {
template = "SPE_M07_Defense_of_Saint_Denis_le_Gast.SPE_Normandy";
difficulty = "Custom";
};
class Mission_nine {
template = "SPE_M08_Operation_Cobra_Epilogue.SPE_Normandy";
difficulty = "Custom";
};
};

[brazen bough]

Host a Lan server and you can play through the campaign. Works fine for me! I love the atmosphere and the game mechanics.

[strong sandal]

how come when i load the spearhead cdlc onto my server, the campaign missions dont show up in the mission select menu

[uncut silo]

Are you running CBA? Make sure to switch it to show official content.

[silk jay]

Came here to say I'm loving the CDLC. Great to have a set of quality content without having to get a ton of mods in various states of creation.

Praying for Willy Jeeps, Kubels and 2-1/2 tons.

[strong sandal]

how do i do that

[lunar socket]

There's a toggle button in the top right.

[strong sandal]

wtf

the "show all missions" tab in the top right?

[lunar socket]

yes

[strong sandal]

still nothing

i would just add it to the beginning of my command line correct?

[lunar socket]

"spe"?

The files do need to be on the server as well.

[strong sandal]

spe;@3den Enhanced;@ace;@Alternative Running;@Animate;@Better Convoy;@Better Inventoy;@Blastcore Murr Edited;@CBA_A3;@CH View Distance;@CUP Terrains - Core;@CUP Terrains - CWA;@CUP Terrains - Maps;@CUP Terrains - Maps 20;@DUI - Squad Radar;@Enhanced Movement;@Enhanced Movmement Rework;@Forgotten Fronts 40 - 45 [DEAD];@Foxholes;@Gruppe Adler Pace Count Beads;@Gruppe Adler Trenches;@iFatigue - no sway and stamina;@Improved Melee System;@MCC Sandbox 4 - Mission Making The Easy Way;@Ladder Tweak Remastered;@sellect's Whistle;@Tank Shell Fly Sound;@Task Force Arrowhead Radio BETA;@TFAR Animations;@TGP Main Mod;@WMO - Walkable Moving Objects;@Zeus Enhanced;@Zeus Enhanced - ACE3 Compatability;@NATO Markers+;@Reduced Haze Mod v31

thats my comand line

[lunar socket]

Yeah but do you have SPE on the server?

[livid geyser]

Spe not czech.

[floral lava]

Let me ask yall. Is this DLC a better platform to build a standard mod framework off of than IFA3, FoW, etc.?

[merry chasm]

sure, higher quality and models but rather limited content (but still plentiful), a good investment since it will get more stuff in the future

[floral lava]

And I'm assuming if people just port IFA3, FoW, FF, etc assets to this DLCs framework, we could have a more cohesive foundation for WW2 mods in general?

[merry chasm]

that's an idea

[floral lava]

I mean I'm pretty sick of all the weird mod incompatibilities and patch on hotfix on patch jobs to stitch them all together

But i guess SH1944 will have to prove its worth first that its codebase is the superior choice compared to all the other WW2 mods?

[merry chasm]

time will tell

[floral lava]

No i want the answer nowwwww 😭😭😭

[primal latch]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/504077586985385996/1134023708609105980/ezgif.com-gif-maker.gif

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/504077586985385996/1134023708198047754/ezgif.com-gif-maker_2.gif

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/504077586985385996/1134023707795398697/ezgif.com-gif-maker_1.gif

anyone else notice these stills in the campaign?

||(For some odd reason someone decided to block embed perms in a channel that probably needs them)||

because they show;
1. the beaches of normandy (or some other region w/beaches)
**2. **british forces
3. Canadian forces with a bren carrier
of which none are in the current release. but I suspect may be teasers for coming things of interest 👀

[wary cloud]

so far sh1944 looks like a ifa3 clone right now

[wary cloud]

1 may be sicily

[naive field]

sog is a clone of unsung and globmob is a clone of CWR3

any other open-minded comparisons?

[primal latch]

water is wet is a good one

[merry chasm]

all the cdlc chat in this server are like this

[merry chasm]

oh no you found easter eggs of what's to come

[merry yoke]

@pearl coral

[blazing gate]

flamethrowers are actually a World at War reference actually

[livid geyser]

UK assets were deleted 😉

[polar mountain]

Their is more coming to this dlc right? Cause this DLC is pretty bare bones.

[zealous urchin]

its pretty good for init release

CDLCs always receive large updates after release.

[wanton carbon]

Well the Models were originally intended to be for the IFA3 Update but the Lead Dev decided to want to be a DLC

[zealous urchin]

omg wow

its almost like the Spearhead Devs are the same devs that do IFA3

OMG WOW you really hacked the system today bro

[zealous urchin]

Squad is a clone of PR

[uncut silo]

Arma 3 is Arma 2 + 1

[zealous urchin]

real

Battlebit is a clone of Battlefield

🧠

[merry chasm]

wrong, these all new

[dusk blade]

You should not really spread this kind of false rumours. not a good look on you

be better than this man.

pour your salt elsewhere

[merry chasm]

completely disregard that IFA3 team and HOW team are completely different entities

[dusk blade]

steam comment quality content

[zealous urchin]

FR tho

lmao

the steam comments are such copium

i remember comments about paying mods even tho thats what the community always talked about "The modders basically make the games nowadays should basically pay them bro"

BI Paying the Modders -> The community still complaining

[wanton carbon]

Wrong ? I got a very good source for my argument.

[merry chasm]

and i work in the project so?

[naive field]

they lied to you!

[merry chasm]

Betrayal

[mellow bough]

That's because the Steam community is not a hivemind so it's not the same people who complain about paid mods that those who suggest that modders should be paid 😉

[sturdy raptor]

please provide

[zealous urchin]

true and fair but its close

[wanton carbon]

I never said that the assets arent new. I said that the assets was going into IFA3 Update but then it changed and its in the DLC

And btw i think the Sounds of the M1 Garand, Kar98K and MG42 are from Battlefield V

[dusk blade]

they are not

[zealous urchin]

brother and christ

[merry chasm]

it's more of a 50/50 according to BI website

[dusk blade]

and you have not yet provided that source

[merry chasm]

and a firm handshake

[zealous urchin]

ik

but its still basically paying the modders

[sturdy raptor]

for info 'freedom of speech' is usually the first line of defense of dumb people. 'I said it because I can' should be the last defense, there should be a reason before that.

imagine thinking the US has full freedom of speech.

[zealous urchin]

TRUE

[merry chasm]

it's more like modders paying bi in the end lol

[wanton carbon]

I compared them right now the M1 Garand sounds like it but given how Arma sounds are they sound dumbed down

[zealous urchin]

also true

[naive field]

dude is still salty after his call of duty mod got DMCAd

[zealous urchin]

you could say they are paying eachother

😉

[dusk blade]

well they still are not

[wanton carbon]

Not really.

[dusk blade]

and that source you mentioned?

[merry chasm]

they forgot Freedom of consequences

[naive field]

you're the one coming here with false allegations and refusing to provide any source for your claims, so I guess really

[dusk blade]

that source

[zealous urchin]

Honger too based

[naive field]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-zyzz-zyzz-yes-bodybuilder-gif-23904689

[wanton carbon]

My Comparisson right now with Battlefield V

[zealous urchin]

bro

[dusk blade]

no on the IFA thing

[zealous urchin]

ok ok if they are both aiming for realism

[dusk blade]

you said you have a source

[zealous urchin]

wouldnt they sound the same

if they got it spot on?

[dusk blade]

you can eitehr cough up that source or admit you lied

[sturdy raptor]

source: trust me bro?

[wanton carbon]

Or lets say its someone on HOW ?

[dusk blade]

well cough it up then

who is your source

[zealous urchin]

on HOW?

lmao

ok buddy

[dusk blade]

becaues I have many sources on HOW that can say otherwise

and there are lot of people who like to spread malicious lies for whatever reason

[naive field]

also that "IFA3 clone" thingy is also pretty baseless since how can it not be similar if they are portraying the same theatre of war and almost the same year of it

[zealous urchin]

very true

also the BFV copy claim is dumb

[wanton carbon]

Very baseless because HOW Team are merged with IFA3

[zealous urchin]

because if they are going for realism ofc it sounds the same bro

[zealous urchin]

no they aint

[dusk blade]

they are separate entities

[naive field]

what are you talking about now

[wanton carbon]

A Gun recorded never sounds the same

[sturdy raptor]

I will exceptionally be a bit rough here but

source or GTFO

[zealous urchin]

brother in christ

[naive field]

Dr House forgot his pills

[uncut silo]

Sound libraries are a thing xD

[zealous urchin]

^

fr

[sturdy raptor]

he's playing BF5, most likely recording sound 🙄

[zealous urchin]

ive only been modding in the community for you know maybe a decade and some dude on sh44 channel calls me "Baseless" real.

veteran destroyed rn

[wanton carbon]

No comparing the sound

[sturdy raptor]

well you do write ArmA 3 in your profile…

[wanton carbon]

Because i was curious

[zealous urchin]

yes bro

i have to be CORRECT

[dusk blade]

so how about that source already?

[zealous urchin]

fine fixed

[wanton carbon]

You think i give out a name ? Btw i dont know what the problem exactly is with my statement that a HOW Team Member told me when he worked on the Assets for the DLC and he thought its gonna be for IFA 3

[dusk blade]

yes I think you gonna give out a name of someone who spreads such lies

[zealous urchin]

you are the classic liar bro

[merry chasm]

Lou is heating up the Hammeur

[zealous urchin]

you are the guy who talks about his source

but when he asked for names

hes like "Sorry bro cant tell you that, im protecting him bro"

[wanton carbon]

Because i dont betray my mates ?

[zealous urchin]

REAL

[wanton carbon]

Its called Loyalty

[zealous urchin]

bro you are the classic

so classic

[sturdy raptor]

ah, that's not a source then, that's assumption

he thought its gonna be for IFA 3

either you source your claims because they are important ones, or you don't back them up and you back down. as easy as that

contact a BI representative with evidence, or get nuked to oblivion from this server if all you can do is spread baseless claims.

[zealous urchin]

its crazy

[zealous urchin]

then why did you even bring it up

[merry chasm]

sounds like a hearsay to me

your honor

[sturdy raptor]

you just did, by attacking their project. so either stop right here or provide (in DMs if you will) evidence

one more word on this from you and you're ejected.

[zealous urchin]

^

literally tho

[wanton carbon]

Because it was interesting to know how the DLC was build up

[zealous urchin]

but you betrayed him anyhow even you r saying is real

[dusk blade]

no you werent. you directly attacked the reputation of the team. not ask questions

[zealous urchin]

like you actively shat on his project

fr

[wanton carbon]

In which kind of way did i attacked the project ? You know i bought the DlC to support them.

[sturdy raptor]

"hey guys, these are rips / paid mods"

think a bit

[wanton carbon]

What ?

I never said they are ripped

[sturdy raptor]

sounds?

[wanton carbon]

They sound similiar okay

[zealous urchin]

Kju more then anyone can probably debunk that

lmao

[wanton carbon]

Forget the sound thing

[sturdy raptor]

And btw i think the Sounds of the M1 Garand, Kar98K and MG42 are from Battlefield V
🙄

[sturdy raptor]

forget this channel please.

[wanton carbon]

But please tell me where did i said its a paid mod ?

[zealous urchin]

you inferred that

wtf

you literally inferred IT

[dusk blade]

source of your IFA claim, thanks

[wanton carbon]

No ?

[zealous urchin]

no bro stop coping

[dusk blade]

dont get sidetracked

[zealous urchin]

you literally inferred it

[dusk blade]

this is a hole you dug up yourself

now own up to it

[merry chasm]

oh boy they got ur tail now

[zealous urchin]

haters always have the loudest the voices

they have to come join the discord just to hate on CDLC every time one releases

[wanton carbon]

My Comment about the IFA3 thing was not about beeing ripped from IFA3. I said they were CREATED for an Update and then the Update thing was scratched so its gonna be a DLC 🤦‍♂️

[dusk blade]

and that is not true

[wanton carbon]

And that came from someone who worked on the Assets when he was in the IFA3 Team.

[dusk blade]

well who was it

[zealous urchin]

damn thats a lot of people bro

[sturdy raptor]

and why do you say that, if not to infer that an IFA3 update has been scratched to make it a CDLC? still, without a source?

[uncut silo]

Not possible, CDLC needs full IP ownership of the models.

[zealous urchin]

instantly debunked

[uncut silo]

You can't simply change from "oh we'll make mod update" to "it's a CDLC now"

[wanton carbon]

Does it matter ? Its not that i hate the DLC or something i just said thats the way how the dlc thing came up ?

[sturdy raptor]

!mute 856672181559230504 2d #spearhead_1944 'IFA3 models, BF5 sounds' nonsense after several warnings - source or get out

[crude sun]

Silence!! ò_ó
...
I keel u, @wanton carbon!! Ò_Ó
sturmfall7#0000 now has 3 infractions.

[sturdy raptor]

that's my limit.

[naive field]

but that is not the way it came up.

[zealous urchin]

3 infractions???

ayo

[merry chasm]

yes

[zealous urchin]

he did sound the typical hater

lol

[merry chasm]

whole lot of shenanigans about ripping and stuff

[naive field]

he was pretty hostile ever since his CoD rips got DMCAd by Activision.

[uncut silo]

New contender after Nyu

[zealous urchin]

[tawdry condor]

The bannings continue. 😄

[zealous urchin]

these dudes never get tired of it man

its honestly amazing.

[dusk blade]

it is tiresome

it does not take a lot to be decent

[zealous urchin]

they always make sure to come back

after that mute.

[naive field]

ok so since he's gone, @gritty nest when should we expect the rest of unrealeased IFA3 models in Speerhead?

[tawdry condor]

Has anyone asked about why the Germans are Bluefor today already?

[zealous urchin]

i died

when i saw that

mfw dudes can only think on a political level.

[sturdy raptor]

well technically, the Nazis were right

wing, especially

[zealous urchin]

[gritty nest]

I looked away for like half an hour...

[tawdry condor]

QFT

[sturdy raptor]

quote mining for the win!

[zealous urchin]

too long

[sturdy raptor]

https://tenor.com/view/thats-what-she-said-office-comeback-gif-5515606

[zealous urchin]

[polar mountain]

Okay I'm glad you feel that way. Still didn't provide any response to my actual question

[zealous urchin]

i did tho

its the next sentence

CDLCs always receive large updates after release.

i mean jeez, GM is on 1.3

[stable pier]

1.5*

[zealous urchin]

oh its 1.5?

[stable pier]

Yup

[zealous urchin]

👴

@tawdry condor i cant keep up

im too old for this

😩

[mellow bough]

That's what that "Decade of modding" does to you 😛

[zealous urchin]

the decade of modding was for veteran

im a zoomer in terms of sqf

like 1 year max

lol

sadly

[tawdry condor]

Also updates are not guaranteed. Its just that every team so far decided to provide further content afterwards for free.

[mellow bough]

Picking up SQF in ~2022 should be forbidden.
One of the CDLCs should have implemented some functionality using Intercept, that way BI would have been forced to ensure Intercept works in the future (or the CDLC breaks), thus enabling everyone else to make mods using a sane programming language 😈

[zealous urchin]

[uncut silo]

SQF is great tho

[zealous urchin]

idk tbh i only know LUA real well

tbh the more i look at SQF

it doesnt look awful

but thats because my brain is starting to cope probably

[mellow bough]

No, you're great!
||SQF isn't, though... 😦 ||

[uncut silo]

it's easy to read, it's fast to prototype in, it gets the job done.

[zealous urchin]

and thats all you can ask out of a coding language

[mellow bough]

it's easy to read
No. It's. Not. 🙄

[naive field]

sqf is cool because anyone can pick it up and understand it in no time, unlike Enforce...

[zealous urchin]

depends on whos typing it

tbf

but thats any language

[mellow bough]

Let me fetch a slide from one of my presentations I was giving at a programming conference...

[zealous urchin]

ok but enforce has 50x more potential

but i get what u r saying

although i say that and idk everything i look at it im like nope

[naive field]

still, it's a complicated language you need to dedicate plenty of time to do stuff, especially things that can be done with SQF in a way shorter time span

[zealous urchin]

but im also a fully homegrown coder

[naive field]

I would appreciate if someone made some sub-language of sorts for Enforce that would be as simple as SQF for at least the mission making purposes

[uncut silo]

what's unreadable in that?

[zealous urchin]

thats not that bad

[uncut silo]

You basically yead it like a natural language sentence

[mellow bough]

Check the arrows

[zealous urchin]

i think ur arrows are making it confusing

not the actual code

lol

[uncut silo]

side of the killer firendliness side of victim less than 0.6

I don't need the arrows I know operator precedence.

And it's awesome as it makes the SQF read like sentences basically.

[mellow bough]

Well, Mikero claims otherwise... 🙄

[zealous urchin]

just wondering can you rock with enforce personally?

or you dont code in it?

[uncut silo]

not really a person to get any opinion on SQF from tbh.

The image has actually the shittiest example you could imagine.

[naive field]

I don't, I already spent way too much time trying to master C++ and I feel it's time wasted, especially that Enforce is supposed to be similar yet I feel dumb looking at it

[uncut silo]

It should have binary operator taking arguments from binary operator if anything.

not unaries

[zealous urchin]

i feel dumb looking at it same.

i feel extra stupid

idk people seem to be getting into it

[naive field]

I am a simple man, i prefer this setDamage 1 over some high-level language mumbo jumbo

[zealous urchin]

although i feel like a lot of sqf guys aint really rocking with it

although thats probably more because you still code so much shit in a3

[uncut silo]

we're sidetracking the channel a bit

[gritty nest]

This may not be the best place to have SQF pro-con discussion.

[naive field]

right

[gritty nest]

Pretend I said that with my scary orange role showing.

[mellow bough]

Let's just agree to disagree. As a professional programmer with no SQF background (hence I don't know which one is an unary command and which one is a binary) SQF is often unreadable to me 🤷‍♂️

[naive field]

IFA3 is a Spearhead clone

[sturdy raptor]

"back on topic"
"not that topic!"

[zealous urchin]

you have to point to the right channel when u moderate

[uncut silo]

damn I can't add funni emote to that, he has me blocked

[zealous urchin]

lol

[gritty nest]

I don't remember reading that in the handbook.

[zealous urchin]

discord moderator handbook

no memes in general please refer to #memes

[zealous urchin]

hes a big mean bully

[wise walrus]

Would take it as a compliment if the accusation wasn't so insulting :P

[livid geyser]

not true 😉

[sturdy raptor]

prove it
it's ok, it has been dealt with - muted, he left

[livid geyser]

Good.. Think "hater" 😄 😄

[livid geyser]

Bluefor - map "blue" , red - opfor , green - other... it is too map colour. Whe FoW and CSA38 released, they had to change side (OFP, ArmA , ArmA II and firs relase in ArmA III ... 2005-2015 this same but after 2015 change 😄 )

https://d34-a.sdn.cz/d_34/c_img_gZ_r/WJKUHQ.jpeg?fl=res,500,500,1

[brave terrace]

Hello : D just bought this dlc

bit weird that the germans dosent speak german.. xD

[merry chasm]

currently muted due to no german radio protocol available (at the moment). but ambience noise is there.

[brave terrace]

so it will be fixed? : >

[merry chasm]

Soon™️

[gritty nest]

It's not strickly speaking "broken". More like missing. We are having discussions about what we can do about it.

[loud stone]

If you own GM, run this from console, and all your German units (including player and any newly spawned units) will speak German for duration of mission.

[] spawn { while {true} do { { private _unit = _x; if (!(_unit getVariable ["jboy_speakerAssigned",false]) and toLower (uniform _unit) find "spe_ger" >=0) then { _unit setVariable ["jboy_speakerAssigned",true]; _unit setSpeaker selectRandom ["gm_voice_male_deu_01","gm_voice_male_deu_02","gm_voice_male_deu_03","gm_voice_male_deu_04","gm_voice_male_deu_05","gm_voice_male_deu_06","gm_voice_male_deu_07"]; }; } foreach allUnits; sleep 60; }; };

[trail wren]

Thank you. I was just messing around with the GM voices in Spearhead and was figuring out a way to do this with a script. I'm glad you guys are taking a look at this. This is a matter of taste but the sound in ARMA is a big reason why I play and the lack of the voices were making Spearhead feel very sterile.

[loud stone]

Agreed, need voices for increased immersion. I'm working on getting SOG AI mod fully compatible with Spearhead, and adding the GM voices is part of it.

[sharp thicket]

Could someone explain how the tank damage system works with regards to tracks? There's been a couple times where my tank had had one or both sets of tracks destroyed and I was immobilized, and then after a whole the tracks seem to fix themselves. I never got out of the tank nor did I see any AI repair it

[livid geyser]

AI no repair track. It is arma system, when is repair truck near, game "automatic" repair tank 😉 you play ArmA 3 and no PS

[balmy onyx]

I would need to look up the code but we have a difficulty adjustment system running on lower difficulties that might auto repair your tank until it can move again.

But as I said, not 100% sure.

[floral lava]

Currently, is SH44's codebase "better" than the big WW2 mods everyone is usually forking off of, aka IFA3 or FoW?
Or is it just different?

I ask cuz I wonder if it's worth attempting to unify all future WW2 mods for ARMA3 under SH44 codebase, instead of what seems like either IFA3s subset or just separate mods (FoW, CSA38, FF) etc.

[sturdy raptor]

maybe

[floral lava]

Is it too early to tell?

[sturdy raptor]

what are the criteria, what goal, what point, what perf, ?

[floral lava]

It's just the absolute mess of hotfix/patching/minimodding to get all these separate ww2 mods to play nice is a complete nightmare rn

And could SH44 be an answer to that?

[sturdy raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[wooden wing]

most missions have rearm trucks - either US near the start locations and US supply points, or German ones you can "acquire"

do you mean config tweaks or scripted adjustements/systems?

[humble fox]

I see, thank you

[wooden wing]

There is one SP mission, Der Zahnarzt. However we made the BI game modes, Combat Patrol and Escape also playable alone - as group leader or under AI leadership (in hosted session/dedicated server).

The campaign can be also played by yourself via dedicated server (or hosted - needs powerful PC). There are various systems to help make it playable like various revive features, check respawn, indirect fire support, custom difficulty adjustment.

[lusty forum]

Just as a whole - in the same way SOG tweaked the AI to fit the setting.

[wooden wing]

still working on the documentation. hopefully in coming days/next week more will become available - please be patient 🙏

will be addressed - sorry about that!

[wanton prawn]

No worries just seeing if it was out yet 🙂 i would love to know what the different lighting effects do

I am loving the dlc

very happy with it! 🙂

[wooden wing]

did you get this solved by now?

did you get this working for your server?

did you get it working with TFAR? you need to give the respective units radios via mission parameter or console/CBA settings

yes works in SP. can be configured via module or scripting (docu incoming soon)

[wooden wing]

(more) medical items in the cargo space

[wooden wing]

did you get you server set up and working?

[wooden wing]

can you please make a report on our discord or issue tracker and attach the rpt log. ty!

[wooden wing]

SPE version of exile will be available very soon 🙂

[earnest magnet]

thank you so much

[wooden wing]

the official modes or community modes from our partners?

[wooden wing]

yep you can play the campaign by yourrself due to AI support, revive feature, respawn and other systems to make it playable alongside friendly US forces - best go low difficulty tho

[tame escarp]

If you do I recommend SOG AI when (I think it will be) updated

Makes the way of commanding squad way easier

[wooden wing]

Just as a whole in the same way SOG

[wooden wing]

thank you 🙇‍♂️ maybe @dry wing can assist and share some insights once he is around

[wooden wing]

indeed @loud stone does excellent work with his AI mod 👏

PS: sorry for the message spam - only today found some time to answer questions here 😊

as an exclusive sneak peek 👼

for now you can make use of the great German RP by GM with SPE (mod will be on workshop soon)

(requires to load both GM and SPE ofc)

or use the good old Iron Front German RP via IFA3 for SPE

enjoy 🤟

[sharp thicket]

This mod badly needs the bigger German halftrack, Stug, and Jeep 😇

[loud stone]

Thanks kju! Congratulations on releasing your awesome DLC. I know it was a ton of hard work! I'm currently updating SOG AI to work cleanly with Spearhead, should be done in a few days.

[livid geyser]

CSA38 and FF guys cooperate with IFA3 for SPE 😄

😉 BI have limits for models and more - what added

[willow iron]

Is there anything you can do with Germans who surrender?

or do you just let them walk around

Also does anything happen if you shoot them? I was surprised when I was playing coop and my teammates actually didn't shoot the surrendering Germans - I've assumed since that there is some sort of punishment for it, so that's why they don't shoot them

[latent junco]

Depends on how you set up the module parameters. You can make them immortal or not. POW’s should be able to show you on the map approximate location of some other units of the same faction. There will be a proper guide how to use specific modules

[naive field]

is AI capable of reviving player in the advanced revive system?

[tranquil spoke]

That would be a really nice feature to have.

[loud stone]

Note that your AI squad mates in SOG AI do revive player (sog ai coming soon to Spearhead!).

[naive field]

I hoped for a built-in feature tho, it's for a custom scenario and healing-capable AI is the only thing I need right now. But I have some scripts saved for that ocassion

[gritty nest]

The AI are capable of reviving both other AI and players with the spearhead revive system.

When you are down the hint box that tells you how far away the nearest friendly is should update to tell you that an AI is trying to come and revive you I think.

[sturdy raptor]

when I tried the AI would not revive me >:(

[trim ravine]

Hi. I have never played Arma, but have loads of experience in other tactical games. I'm really interested in the spearhead DLC. Would I be able to learn straight from spearhead, or should I play the base game first?

[tranquil spoke]

I would suggest you play some of the basic showcase missions in the base game first, then jump into Spearhead.

[trim ravine]

thanks!

[tranquil spoke]

You can start with the Infantry Showcase mission in the base game, you may want to try it a couple of times until you get the hang of things. Or you could start out in the mission editor, just put down a unit, and start learning the controls.

[lunar socket]

Is the infantry showcase the mission that's quite a lot harder than the version in the campaign? :P

[winged willow]

It's not that hard. Just GL everything

[tranquil spoke]

It's not easy for someone just starting, but it's not that hard, however, that's why I also suggested starting in the editor.

[tight cargo]

As people have said, it's worth playing the prologue or showcase missions since they teach you the mechanics, but after that feel free to jump into spearhead. The gameplay isn't much different in regards to controls, it's just a switch of time period and a couple extra features. You don't need to play through the whole campaign or anything to that extent, once you know which buttons do what you can jump right in.

It's possible to just jump straight into spearhead if you wish, looking through the settings menu should give you an idea of what most of the features are, and you can always use the ingame encylopedia if you need a tutorial. Still, I do suggest playing the prologue just since it does a great job of explaining all the mechanics.

[fathom ruin]

q, anyone here from Asia/Oceania or East coast ... can you see the Spearhead 1944 servers located in Singapore and USA east ?

[timid flax]

I tried from NYC, I see the Singapore servers but while the lowest ping to me servers are USA they are named EU # - are they the USe ones?

[fathom ruin]

example : EU: 85.190.150.106:5102 USw: 37.10.126.71:5102 USe: 109.230.208.231:5102 SG: 128.0.113.134:5102

grahame, which server in USA is named EU for you ...

[timid flax]

Actually, is my launcher borked... https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/433065860199088128/1134252933014364190/20230727183500_1.jpg

In direct connect the USe one above is found fine and named USe #5

Also SG one shows fine in direct connect search too

[fathom ruin]

probably just need full refresh / restart of the launcher

[timid flax]

Sorry meant in game server browser... never checked launcher lol - never use it for ARMA 🤣

[fathom ruin]

guess same thing, maybe some caching issue

[timid flax]

Will restart ARMA and let you know

[timid flax]

Regarding the Steam Launcher, I just checked its server browser and that USe server and other ones show up. Man, is it slow compared to the in game one, really slow

After restarting the game, the in game server browser is still showing the same wrong names it seems

[fathom ruin]

😕 must be some caching issue ... as the names are correct in server config and on direct query

[stray folio]

Anyone knows how to export mission from Spearhead? I want to load .PBO to dedicated server.

[wooden wing]

@stray folio do you man custom missions or those shipping with SPE?

[mellow bough]

Man, is it slow compared to the in game one, really slow
Thanks 😏

I've only seen your message now. Do you still have that issue? (yes, I realize that it's been hours since you posted)
I can see that the #21 server is now named as "EU", if that's what was the problem.

[stray folio]

@wooden wing the missions shipped with SPE. Particularly the Escape one.

[wooden wing]

@stray folio there is no extra upload necessary - only the SPE folder. you can get also the small server only version (~2 GB)

[stray folio]

Thank you for responding to my question kiju. Im trying to export the Escape mission to have is in .PBO format. In other words, how can I open the Escape mission in Editor?

[sturdy raptor]

you can't.

[stray folio]

Thanks!

[wooden wing]

we will try to release sources to make it easier for mission makers to use our campaign framework and systems, and also game modes to allow porting to other community terrains. its still early for that tho

[leaden flare]

hey is "sp" the code to launch Spearhead on a dedicated server?

[sturdy raptor]

spe

[balmy onyx]

@wanton prawn Better late than never https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Spearhead_1944_Frontline_Function

[wanton prawn]

Thank you plenty! I appreciate it so much

[balmy onyx]

Feel free to dm me if something is unclear or could be improved

[wanton prawn]

Will do! 🙂 thanks again!

[wanton prawn]

One question that I just wanted to make sure I asked while reading it over. So the last step. Every player that connects needs to add that script to see the line or?

[balmy onyx]

Nope. Just add the code into the init.sqf as described.

Init.sqf file is ran on every client

[wanton prawn]

Gotcha!

[glossy agate]

Will this DLC get an update adding Brits and Canadians

[gritty nest]

🤷

[glossy agate]

Cause it would be a nice addition

[livid geyser]

🙄 think not good ask dev "what going to add"

[glossy agate]

What?

[livid geyser]

😉 dev this think dont know too.

[naive field]

this DLC should get a dinosaurs update, a possibility to make Dino D-Day mission without any mods is a very crucial thing for WW2 content

[gritty nest]

Given that we are only 3 days post release, we aren't 100% sure ourselves ,on what we might add and when. Plus even if we did, we wouldn't be able to say.

[glossy agate]

If Dinosaurs died 65 million years ago. How come we aren't 65 million and 23

[livid geyser]

😉 you have "true". Limit is only time. For example - for first release CSA38 i need 3 years and i had basis in me A2 models. When people begin new project from ground need time.... if you don't want to just buy models on webs and only added to game (modern game this system use 😄 ). I remember game Red Orchestra 2 - one tank , i mean panzer IV - one year work - but for CDLC guys this no a job but hobby. This people have Job, Family, hobbys etc.

[mellow bough]

NO!
There are already dino mods out there.
Adding dinos to SPE will cause people to flock here and complain that instead of improving the already existing raptors, modders decided to go the paid-mods route instead! 😩

[sharp thicket]

disregard forgot I'm not using ace arsenal (vanilla one sucks)

[silk jay]

[shell hearth]

oi quick question, how exactly does rearming vehicles work, i had the engine off, got out, when to the rearm truck in the convoy and activated the direct support but nothing happened

[marble hamlet]

[zealous urchin]

[neat vale]

Hello. Trivial question. Upon purchasing this latest cdlc I noticed that there is a feature whereby the weapon cannot glitch on objects such as walls, vehicles etc I find that it is a crucial feature for Arma 3 (already available in Reforger), my question is how come it is not introduced then in the base game? I also take this opportunity to congratulate the guys for Spearhead 1944, a well done CDLC indeed

[blazing gate]

Is it that the weapons are facing down when you get too close to a wall or vehicle?

[vapid wren]

For instance?

[neat vale]

yes precisely

down or up, the bounce of the weapon off objects

it is therefore no longer possible to shoot through an object, and that is still a terrible thing in Arma

I find it surprising that in this CDLC they found a solution moreover already present in Reforger as mentioned, but in the base game it is not yet present. I wonder what the reason is since it is really an important feature for a game imho

[naive field]

if it was important it would've been included

[gritty nest]

There are pros and cons. Our wall avoidance system isn't perfect either. There are a number of exceptions we have built into the system. 🤷

[frail fulcrum]

Hi everyone

[neat vale]

definitely, however better always an imperfect solution, which still works in most cases I suppose, than the possibility of being killed through a brick wall

[frail fulcrum]

So I tested this dlc on Warlords over bots. That's a lot of fun. But Germans lack half-track with full squad possibilities

It's very hard using just Opel without armour to get into action. I prefer to fight with armoured vehicles but it's like 4 places? In their halfrwck. It's too small

I don't count driver and gunner because I always let them be inside and help us on foot

[neat vale]

there will certainly be a release of new content in the future. Each CDLC on its first release seemed to me to have limited content compared to how much content it had as time went on

[frail fulcrum]

I'm overall excited very much. I have a lot of fun. And sound design is something beautiful and this classic cliche Menu music is pure love. Reminds me of old games

I always like Arma but I was never super excited to play this game. It was too complicated. But now I spend couple of hours in this dlc and I understand almost everything. I just don't understand how artillery works. I play warlord on single. I love it. It so much fun for Me and totally chill gameplay

For me It's best dlc ever happened for this game. But I'm in love in WW2 genre and history. So it was easy love for me

German voice acting should be added first and then bigger german halftrack. That's the basics I think.

[cinder wave]

Is it just me, or does the new Fire Support module not work in MP? Or is it just not intended to be MP compatible?

And also: Since you made a "custom" arsenal Version (with custom Icons and filtered equipment), is there a way for me, to use it in a mission without having to create a filter myself?

[gritty nest]

Via Zeus?

[blazing gate]

Oh that, yeah it's not a huge issue, if you want to shoot through an object then maybe pick a larger bullet and do it a little bit further away.

[neat vale]

I was saying the opposite. Shooting through a wall, with the gun barrel sticking out the other side has been the problem for years on Arma. With this CDLC, however, it has been solved brilliantly. So I was wondering why the same solution had not been introduced so far in the base game

[blazing gate]

Oh fair

I didn't read it right

[neat vale]

I think this has been talked about for years, and in a 'shooter game' it's really a consistent problem. I was positively surprised by several pieces of content that belong in this CDLC. This solution, however, is what impressed me the most.
If the base game could draw from the well-done work of all these CDLCs, especially those features that do not affect performance, it would be perfect

[lunar socket]

What do they do? Just move building positions away from the walls?

[wooden wing]

oi quick question how exactly does

[cinder wave]

Im talking about the feature, where a player with a special kind of Radio backpack can call in air- or artillery support

[gritty nest]

Oh, IFS.

[cinder wave]

Yes

[gritty nest]

Well it is used in our campaign, which is MP. So it certainly works in that environment. Off the top of my head I am not sure if the field manual entries for it only cover it's appearance in the campaign or how to use it elsewhere too, but I would start looking there if you haven't already. We are also looking into documentation for our modules and features to likely go on the BI wiki in the near future.

[cinder wave]

It works perfectly find in Eden and in a localy hosted session, but not on our dedicated server

[gritty nest]

🤔

That sounds, problematic.

[cinder wave]

Just to clearify:
I just need to set up the module and play as a unit with one of the backpacks in question. No syncing needed, right?

[gritty nest]

I am not sure. I am endeavouring to find someone in the team whom worked with the system to double check.

[cinder wave]

Another thing I noticed:
I can use it in Eden, eventhough I dont have a radiobackpack

[hardy pilot]

Here is the code to create a ww2 filtered arsenal. Will show SPE equipment and if you have other ww2 mods, it should show that gear as well.

["Open",true] spawn SPE_Arsenal_fnc_arsenal;

[wooden wing]

Unfortunately the module is incorrectly set up - sorry for the inconvenience!

Try to execute this in initPlayerLocal.sqf:

[] call SPE_MissionUtilityFunctions_fnc_IFS_init;

[wooden wing]

//support call availability specific conditions in form of strings. _unit variable represents unit tested for calls availability. If ANY of included conditions is true, calls will be available for unit of allowed side. Best practice for performance: the more complex/heavy condition, the lower/further in the array
if (isNil "SPE_IFS_ArtyAvailability_specific") then
{
    SPE_IFS_ArtyAvailability_specific =
    [
        "_unit getVariable ['SPE_IFS_Transmitter',false]",//_unit is set as a transmitter via 'SPE_IFS_Transmitter' OR
        "(vehicle _unit) getVariable ['SPE_IFS_Transmitter',false]",//is inside a vehicle set as a transmitter via 'SPE_IFS_Transmitter' OR
        "_unit isEqualTo (leader _unit)",//is GL OR
        "((toLower (backpack _unit)) in SPE_IFS_AcceptedRadioBackpacks)",//has proper backpack OR
        "[_unit] call SPE_fnc_IFS_hasRadio",//has a radio OR
        "(vehicle _unit) isKindOf 'Tank_F'",//is inside a tank OR

        "((crew (vehicle _unit)) findIf {((_x getVariable ['SPE_IFS_Transmitter',false]) or {((toLower (backpack _x)) in SPE_IFS_AcceptedRadioBackpacks) or {[_x] call SPE_fnc_IFS_hasRadio}})} >= 0)",//_unit in the vehicle with someone able to transmit
        "((_unit nearEntities [['Tank_F'],((vehicle _unit) getVariable ['SPE_IFS_ArtyAvTransmitterDst',SPE_IFS_ArtyAvTransmitterDst]) select (missionNamespace getVariable ['SPE_CDA_currentDifficulty',difficulty])]) findIf {((side _unit) getFriend (side _x)) >= 0.6}) >= 0",//is close enough to an allied tank OR
        "((_unit nearEntities [['CAManBase'],((vehicle _unit) getVariable ['SPE_IFS_ArtyAvTransmitterDst',SPE_IFS_ArtyAvTransmitterDst]) select (missionNamespace getVariable ['SPE_CDA_currentDifficulty',difficulty])]) findIf {(_x isEqualTo (leader _unit)) or (((toLower (backpack _x)) in SPE_IFS_AcceptedRadioBackpacks) and {(((side _unit) getFriend (side _x)) >= 0.6) and {not ((side _x) in [civilian,sideFriendly,sideLogic])}})}) >= 0",//is close enough to own GL or an allied radio carrier unit OR
        "((_unit nearEntities [['CAManBase','LandVehicle'],((vehicle _unit) getVariable ['SPE_IFS_ArtyAvTransmitterDst',SPE_IFS_ArtyAvTransmitterDst]) select (missionNamespace getVariable ['SPE_CDA_currentDifficulty',difficulty])]) findIf {(_x getVariable ['SPE_IFS_Transmitter',false]) and {(((side _unit) getFriend (side _x)) >= 0.6) and {not ((side _x) in [civilian,sideFriendly,sideLogic])}}}) >= 0"//is close enough to an allied unit or land vehicle set as a transmitter via 'SPE_IFS_Transmitter'
    ];
};```

Depending on difficulty its available without a radio / radio backpack.

It can be customized as by defining the desired conditions in the above SPE_IFS_ArtyAvailability_specific array.

@cinder wave does that help?

[cinder wave]

I will test it soon and get back to you. We are currentyl mid OP

[cerulean cipher]

What would the main difference be between the “.30-06 8Rnd Clip” and “.30-06 8Rnd Clip (M1/Ball)”?

[cinder wave]

That could also be the reason why:
I have it on the lowest difficulty on my machine, and on the hightes on our server

[naive field]

not sure if there is any difference between them in game but M1 ball is a newer type of bullet for Garand. The former one's name would be M1906 iirc

[wooden wing]

should get synchronized

[vale junco]

Anyone played koth spearhead....any good?

[sharp thicket]

How do you get the WW2 Unit Voice Overs mod to work with this? It doesn't show up in addon options

Also, why are the Americans/French independent and Germans Blufor, and nobody is Opfor

I think the Americans should be Blufor, Germans Opfor (and not just because the are the "bad guys", the red opfor color would match their all red flag) and French should be indep

[latent junco]

Sides are configured that way to maintain compatibility with other WW2 modes. It goes back all the way to OFP ww2 mod IIRC. Regardless, you can change sides yourself in parameters

[merry chasm]

blufor doesnt necessary mean a good guys, those are just sides

[sharp thicket]

Right, well as it stands it's really lame when German AI are saying "MAN, 300 METERS, SOUTH!"

And with unit voiceovers Germans are saying "GOT THAT MOTHERFUCKER!!!" whereas the Americans are yelling "somebody is shooting me heeellllp" in a european accent

[merry chasm]

the vanilla spearhead already have ambience voice over

[livid geyser]

Nop. This system is in WWII mod ArmA III community 10 years

😉 when change side, not possible use with another mods.

And German colour for WWII maps is blue and for allied is red

For example

[loud stone]

If you own GM, you can execute this code in console, and the Germans will no longer be mute and speak German:

[] spawn { while {true} do { { private _unit = _x; if (!(_unit getVariable ["jboy_speakerAssigned",false]) and toLower (uniform _unit) find "spe_ger" >=0) then { _unit setVariable ["jboy_speakerAssigned",true]; _unit setSpeaker selectRandom ["gm_voice_male_deu_01","gm_voice_male_deu_02","gm_voice_male_deu_03","gm_voice_male_deu_04","gm_voice_male_deu_05","gm_voice_male_deu_06","gm_voice_male_deu_07"]; }; } foreach allUnits; sleep 60; }; };

[sturdy raptor]

not like it hasn't been replied here too - close to one of his responses 😉

[sharp thicket]

What do I do with this?

[sharp thicket]

What about the non-owners compat patch?

[loud stone]

No idea on that.

[sharp thicket]

Can I post screenshots here?

I just hit a Panzer IV from the side while it was driving downhill at full speed and it's turret went into orbit

fucking amazing

[lethal compass]

Yeah but redfor is usually for russian factions, so you can use these units to fight the russians from ifa3 or northern fronts

[cinder wave]

We are also constantly getting bombed by our own planes, because we are next to an enemy vehicle. I think thats because of the option "Check for armored vehicle something something something", right?

[cursive bone]

There's two types of rifle ammo available 'ball' and 'heavy-ball'
for 30-06 this is M2 Ball and M1 Ball

the difference is damage and ballistics
heavy ball does slightly more damage (will generally always one shot) but has slightly higher ballistic drop

we included it this way from feedback in pvp modes where bolt action users would get frustrated about hitting at close range but not killing vs. semi auto/autos

so they're included for scenario makers

it's still somewhat realistic because the difference between these rounds is usually one is completely made of lead + a copper jacket (heavy ball) and the other is lead + jacket but a core of soft steel

[silk jay]

I think I am confused on the module setup for fire support. It seems having it down gives everyone the ability to call in support, rather than just the individuals with the backpacks. Seems this was answered earlier today.

[wooden wing]

You can set the safety ranges higher or define exclude lists of units or areas

if (isNil ("SPE_IFS_SafetyDistance_MortarArty")) then
{
    SPE_IFS_SafetyDistance_MortarArty = [75,75,75,75];
    publicVariable "SPE_IFS_SafetyDistance_MortarArty";
};//friendly units closer than this value (in meters, reduced by target's value) will invalidate potential mortar artillery target. Per side: [east,west,resistance,other]

if (isNil ("SPE_IFS_SafetyDistance_HeavyArty")) then
{
    SPE_IFS_SafetyDistance_HeavyArty = [100,100,100,100];
    publicVariable "SPE_IFS_SafetyDistance_HeavyArty";
};//friendly units closer than this value (in meters, reduced by target's value) will invalidate potential non-mortar artillery target. Per side: [east,west,resistance,other]

if (isNil "SPE_IFS_SafetyDistance_CAS") then
{
    SPE_IFS_SafetyDistance_CAS = [50,50,50,50];
    publicVariable "SPE_IFS_SafetyDistance_CAS";
};//friendly units closer than this value (in meters, reduced by target's value) will invalidate potential CAS target. Per side: [east,west,resistance,other]

if (isNil "SPE_IFS_TargetBlackList") then {SPE_IFS_TargetBlackList = [];};//units inside this array will be not targeted by IFS, nor units close to them (in base safety radius)
if (isNil "SPE_IFS_AreaBlackList") then {SPE_IFS_AreaBlackList = [];};//No target within included areas will become a target of IFS. Also IFS will try to avoid any shells dropping inside those areas. No 100% warranty. Accepted are all entries handled by inArea command (trigger, marker, location or [center, a, b, angle, isRectangle, c] array. If object is given as a center, area will be each check updated depending on object's position)

[sharp cliff]

I think it usually depends on who is drawing the maps as it's widespread military consensus to draw friendlies black and blue and hostiles in red

[errant eagle]

This is the truth of it.

[livid geyser]

nop, not true.

😉 mainly blue is WH and red i USSR

[merry chasm]

"Where greenfor?"

[livid geyser]

😉 you not know this mention.. sides solved all mods for cooperation in year 2016

IF was mainly as USSR vs WH

FOW and CSA38 had before year 2016 as red WH, but all mods change side after year 2016

[merry chasm]

so all ww2 mod scenes were agree to all of this side set up since 2016, but alas some casual players doesn't know about it.

[livid geyser]

yes... 😉

A for next.. Wehrmach officer pencils are only black blue and red

[merry chasm]

i still can't believe people leaving neg review thinking dev is making a mistake when setting up the side

[livid geyser]

sides are ok. Change sides in CDLC = end compatibility with all WWII addons or mods

[merry chasm]

"Yeah changing it would be a middle finger to all the WW2 mods out there" - Kerc

[harsh orbit]

Huh, neat. We had a bunch of switchable pencils at home, red blue black

[livid geyser]

yes, this is true. In year 2016 FOW and CSA had sides - REd wehrmach, Blue allieds, but people in this year mainly play IFA, all mods change. first CSA and next FoW

[merry chasm]

wait pencils?

[harsh orbit]

Pen

[livid geyser]

🤣 ach... i remember... i had 35 years ago

[cinder wave]

Ok, i tried it now:
I set my local difficulty exaclty like it is one our dedicated.
I changed a few of the settings in the module
I added [] call SPE_MissionUtilityFunctions_fnc_IFS_init; to the initPlayerLocal.sqf

It's still the same as before. It works for all slots in Eden, for all slots on a locally hosted server (through Eden), but not on our dedicated

The code block you provided is the initial instanciation for the array, right? So i could theoretically overwrite the array?

Also curiously the module seems to work on our dedicated in some way, because we were passivly assisted by friendly CAS (even though it keep bombing us, when we were next to the target), but neither did the enemy call for support nor was it activly possible for us 🤔

[balmy onyx]

Also curiously the module seems to work on our dedicated in some way, because we were passivly assisted by friendly CAS (even though it keep bombing us, when we were next to the target), but neither did the enemy call for support nor was it activly possible for us 🤔
Yeah, currently the modules do not add support action for players. AI however as long as it's local to the server should use IFS

[cinder wave]

Correction:
The enemy does also call in CAS

[alpine forum]

How were the American forces made opfor for the SPE Warlords scenario? I've got the faction set to opfor in the Warlords init and have them listed in my description.ext as:

class CfgWLFactionAssets
{
    class EAST // --- OPFOR
    {
        class InfantryUnits
        {
            class SPE_US_SquadLead {};
            class SPE_US_Medic {};
            class SPE_US_Assist_SquadLead {};
            class SPE_US_Autorifleman {};
            class SPE_US_Rifleman_AmmoBearer {};
            class SPE_US_Grenadier {};
            class SPE_US_Assist_Autorifleman {};
            class SPE_US_Rifleman {};
        };
    };
};

They still remain independent and dont make a move on any sectors. If I script them to join an opfor group they call in reinfs which then just starts a fight because the reinfs are independent
Feel like I'm missing something small and obvious, anyone done this before?

[wanton prawn]

damn people still goin on about wehmacht being blufor

also other than the very obvious thing of there not being a driver

what is the benifit of using the (driverless) tanks

do they not demount and sustain against more damage or?

[sharp cliff]

You can drive and shoot without changing seats

[wanton prawn]

ahh from a ai standpoint does it change it at all?

[modern swift]

very impressed with the spearhead dlc

[sharp thicket]

Why is the American medics colors inverted from what it usually is. In most pictures, they have a white background with a red cross (armband and helmet) but in this mod it's a red background with white cross. I know some of them are that wat but it's not common.

[sharp cliff]

I assume that it’s an AI soldier who is locked to the driver position and who’s locality is automatically transferred to any player boarding the vehicle.

[wanton prawn]

Ahhh that makes sense

[sturdy raptor]

most likely to avoid Red Cross issues

[sharp thicket]

Omg lol

[balmy onyx]

Haven't you asked the same question yesterday?

[sharp thicket]

nope

[naive field]

people really forget that this is a game not a reconstruction

[sharp thicket]

I still don't understand how the unit voiceover mod is supposed to work because everyone is so vague they just post scripting mumbo jumbo

I need a tutorial video I don't understand scripting

[sturdy raptor]

there have been mods posted above

[sharp thicket]

I saw someone post a .pbo file idk wtf I'm supposed to do with that

[sturdy raptor]

read and thou shalt know

[sharp thicket]

read what

[sturdy raptor]

text

[sharp thicket]

?

[balmy onyx]

Yeah, sorry for that. Just noticed it was on a different discord

[sharp thicket]

What mod

[sturdy raptor]

I can't babywalk you through it sorry

[willow folio]

anyone else getting texture errors? like the whole german uniform being pitch black and the US shirts being pitch black as well?

[sturdy raptor]

tried repairing Steam cache?

[zealous urchin]

Copyright is a real thing

It's easy for mods to do reconstruction

But Official CDLC can't do that

[stray folio]

Is there a list of weapon class names? including magazine class names? Need to add weapons to a spawning back pack for escape.

[sturdy raptor]

sure, see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Spearhead_1944

[balmy onyx]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Spearhead_1944_Items

[idle bramble]

Just Dl'ed this and pretty nice! Question is how to setup the support module that's included ? Is there PDF manual that I missed? Didn't see anything in the SPE folder.

[balmy onyx]

The documentation is work in progress. For now. In single player, just place it in your mission.

[idle bramble]

ok thanks! Don't sync to anything?

[balmy onyx]

Nope.

[idle bramble]

Cool man! Thanks!

[balmy onyx]

Just be aware, in dedicated and hosted is has still some issue currently

[idle bramble]

Ok

[sharp thicket]

Thanks

[balmy onyx]

You will find the documention here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Spearhead_1944_Indirect_Fire_Support_(IFS), once it's ready.

[stray folio]

Thank you

[stray folio]

Thank you

[livid geyser]

Again 😄 😄 Do you like feed this discord? Red Cross is International Red Cross. Video Games Aren't Allowed To Use The "Red Cross" Symbol. For use you need permission by the International Committee of the Red Cross. In the US, using the red cross is a violation of 18 U.S.C. §706. 😉 For games is Red Cross similiar problem as use HakenKreuz. Similiar problem - not politically correct 😉 This is only work for mods.

[wooden wing]

Ok i tried it now

How were the American forces made opfor

[wooden wing]

less AI, less perfomance drain - mainly for player use to be able to control the tank without another player or AI

[wooden wing]

These will be on workshop shortly

[hoary shuttle]

Why cant i play Blitzkrieg?

[wicked sail]

What’s wrong @hoary shuttle?

[hoary shuttle]

When i wanna play Multiplayer on Spearhead 1944 i see that there is a gamemode called blitzkrieg. but it says no servers found with the current modset/filters and i have no filters and no mods?

[balmy onyx]

@sturdy raptor Would you mind pinning this?

Spearhead 1944 Documentation: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Spearhead_1944

[willow iron]

The Red Cross is a symbol for medical neutrality, spearhead does not have non-combatant medics, therefor putting the red cross on them would make no sense.

[versed grove]

theres something similiar in vanilla arma 3

red crystal what they use i think

[solemn pier]

Hi, im trying to work on something for the tanks in the DLC, i have the tank set up with a custom ammo loadout, and it is linked to a respawn module, however when the tank dies and the respawn module respawns it, it fully resets the vehicles ammo to default, as well as its appearance and its inventory.

How can i set the respawn module to respawn the tank exactly as it was set in the editor before it died?

[stoic linden]

You can't turn off (skip) cutscenes in missions MP campaign? Before the cutscene ends BattEye kicks players (BattlEye: Quert Timeout)

[blissful mirage]

The Red Crystal, along with the Red Cross and Red Crescent are all protected symbols.

[gray forge]

As the tanks seem to for some reason change controls a little in gunner view, how do I zoom in on the SH tanks? The same controls that work on all other DLC and basegame tanks, just not SH tanks, or do the SH tanks not have any zoom options?

[cursive bone]

all the tanks we have have only fixed magnification scopes for gunners

the american tanks have periscope views if you zoom out - we don't change any of the keybinds

[livid geyser]

Are you war thunder player? zoom not real 😉

[wooden wing]

unfortunately not yet available - still polishing it up a bit more. it will be available on this weekend including servers (can be played also locally/in SP)

[wooden wing]

@cursive bone can you advise please

[cursive bone]

I'll have to investigate this re: the ammo
the appearance and inventory is strange and sounds like an oversight on the respawn module

how comfortable with scripting are you? because yeah it seems like thats an oversight from BI with the module - but it'd be possible to script the changes back using the eventhandler

[solemn pier]

Not very and we are trying to do this with as little scripting as possible, at least via files and such, if there is a way we can do it via the expression of the respawn module that would be best

For clarification The module is resetting EVERYTHING, the appearance, ammo, inventory, the whole lot

[cursive bone]

I wrote this eventhandler just now:

//Vehicle Respawn handler
[missionNamespace, "respawn",
{
  params ["_newVeh", "_veh"];
  //Note _veh gets deleted too early to be useful
  //Vehicle customisation
  private _customization = _newVeh getVariable ["BIS_fnc_initVehicle_customization",nil];
  if !(isNil "_customization") then
  {
    ([_newVeh] + _customization) call BIS_fnc_initVehicle;
  };

  if !(_newVeh getVariable ["SPE_System_VehicleLoadout_Enabled",true]) exitWith {};

  private _ammoArray = _newVeh getVariable ["SPE_System_VehicleLoadout_Array",nil];
  if (isNil "_ammoArray") exitWith {}; //No saved ammo loadout so just exit
  [_newVeh,[true,_ammoArray]] spawn SPE_fnc_System_ammunition_updateAmmoLoadout;

}] call BIS_fnc_addScriptedEventHandler;

you can copy paste

  params ["_newVeh", "_veh"];
  //Note _veh gets deleted too early to be useful
  //Vehicle customisation
  private _customization = _newVeh getVariable ["BIS_fnc_initVehicle_customization",nil];
  if !(isNil "_customization") then
  {
    ([_newVeh] + _customization) call BIS_fnc_initVehicle;
  };

  if !(_newVeh getVariable ["SPE_System_VehicleLoadout_Enabled",true]) exitWith {};

  private _ammoArray = _newVeh getVariable ["SPE_System_VehicleLoadout_Array",nil];
  if (isNil "_ammoArray") exitWith {}; //No saved ammo loadout so just exit
  [_newVeh,[true,_ammoArray]] spawn SPE_fnc_System_ammunition_updateAmmoLoadout;

into the module expression line

it will restore the customisation and vehicle ammo but the inventory is uh, a bit hard due to how the respawn module works unfortunately

[hybrid raptor]

i cant find an answer anywhere. does the dlc have campaign missions? and are they work well?

[stoic linden]

I repeat the question.
Why can I join your MP campaign missions (players on the server) but I can't start it first.
While watching the "cutscene" BattEye kicks players (BattlEye: Quert Timeout)
I asked my friends to check - the result is the same.

[naive field]

Spearhead has a multiplayer campaign + two singleplayer showcases and they work well as long as you have a decent PC

[naive field]

if you don't get an answer here join their discord where all people who made Spearhead are.

[balmy onyx]

• sp/coop mission

[opaque acorn]

Honestly definently would be cool to have a mike force type of a setup when it comes to multiplayer. Probably would increase sales too

[merry chasm]

it's more of a coop campaign, you can play it with bots on Lan

[wooden wing]

I repeat the question

[cerulean cipher]

There is a server already online being run that has Mike Force for Spearhead. You have to have both Prairie Fire and Spearhead enabled to play it. IIRC it’s being hosted by Bro Nation

Played on it a bunch already and I’ve been loving it. The counter attacks seem to come down on us harder than anything I’ve experienced

[loud stone]

SOG AI Mod just updated to support Spearhead 1944!!! Hoo-ah!

Works for Campaign, Escape, and Combat Patrol. In campaign, it's best to choose leader of an infantry squad (Support, Tank Hunter, or Recon), because the other squads drive tanks and half-tracks, and SOG AI does not help with vehicles.

https://youtu.be/C7di4ZIdoRk
https://youtu.be/kOVlPeIsnEc

[opaque acorn]

That sounds cool, ill check it out! Since i have them both

[vague burrow]

i just got global mobilization, should i get this or iron curtain next

[sturdy raptor]

this (personal taste that does not represent BI position on the matter)

[vague burrow]

ok

actually

what abt prairie fire

[naive field]

why ask these on Spearhead's channel then?

[sturdy raptor]

you know what, you got me
buy everything

twice

moar monies

[naive field]

google each of them and check what they offer, if something builds up your interest - buy it. Every CDLC shows different theatre (of war)

[opaque acorn]

You wouldnt happen to have the ip and port for the server?

[vague burrow]

i dont have enough money

i highly doubt i'll buy tac ops

[sturdy raptor]

don't ruin yourself then 🙂

see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_3:_CDLCs
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Global_Mobilization
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/S.O.G._Prairie_Fire
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/CSLA_Iron_Curtain
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Western_Sahara
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Spearhead_1944
for a quick overview of CDLCs

see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_3:_DLCs_%26_Expansions for DLCs

[sharp thicket]

What's the "explosion" classname of the incendiary grenade? I had an idea of spawning the incendiary explosion on a soldier carrying a flamethrower when he is killed

[honest ledge]

If ever this works, could you make this a composition?

[cursive bone]

The ANM14 thermite or the WP?

[sharp thicket]

anm14

[cursive bone]

its particle effect is scripted you'd want to look at the SPE_fnc_thermite_ammoInit function in function viewer

[wooden wing]

@loud stone kudos to your efforts and excellent work 👏

[fathom ruin]

official SPE servers were updated with today's hotfix and are on latest #perf_prof_branch

[wooden wing]

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/243027-spearhead-1944-changelog/

[loud stone]

Thanks kju. You and your team did a fantastic job, I'm really enjoying your DLC.

[idle bramble]

Fantastic DLC! The map alone is worth the price imo. Combined with Alive, it's epic!!!

[loud stone]

True that. Map is beautiful (even has flowing rivers for pete's sake!). Combined Arms missions very well crafted. Imagine how hard it is in ARMA to get vehicles to move down narrow roads and arrive where they need to go, and NOT run over friendly infantry on the way--a major scripting accomplishment! Plus lighting in night missions very cool. A righteous Medic system (with tons of voice line variations to maximize immersion). Then all the excellent detail in vehicles, uniforms, weapons, etc. And don't forget destroyed tanks cooking off!

[lunar socket]

Oddly enough, vanilla Arma AI driving is not bad on this map, at least until a tracked vehicle decides to go offroad.

I sent 20 vehicles on different routes for an unrelated test and they all got somewhere near the target.

[naive field]

if they do 360s on offroad perhaps it's the similar issue as with vanilla (and definitely IFA3) tanks where you have to place driver in a separate group

[lunar socket]

Looked more like they weren't thinking far enough ahead and then doing random walk around the hedges.

I feel like the tracked vehicles should be driving through the hedges, but I guess that's not a thing.

[naive field]

infantry doesn't go through them either no? I guess it's but an AI limitation then, dunno if can by bypassed without some ordinary scripting

[loud stone]

They made small gaps in hedges for infantry to pass through. Without those, AI pathfinding would be a frustrating mess to observe.

[idle bramble]

Agree 100%. The only thing that I have issues with is the AI behavior module; it just lags the hell out of my Alive campaign. Also, the support module is a bit buggy, but when I'm about to get overrun by Panzers, the cavalry arrives and knocks out the tank(s), called by another unit apparently. But I can't call for support currently.

[naive field]

on Altis vehicles do not go through the swamp marsh bushes iirc

[idle bramble]

...and, as stated, the vehicles actually stay on the road, very tight too when combined with Alive's new pathfinding.

[loud stone]

I was impressed in campaign how tracked vehicles pause when player squad in road ahead of them. Plus I'm pretty sure they scripted the infantry AI to sense that situation, and get off the road to allow them to pass.

[lunar socket]

I dunno, vanilla AI does that.

It's just not always successful in avoiding them even when it's trying.

Well, not the infantry-getting-off-the-road part.

Stock infantry behaviour has no road sense :P

[idle bramble]

Seems vanilla gets janky when they have to avoid something that shouldn't be there.

[loud stone]

I'm pretty sure about additional infantry AI scripting, since I had given AI move commands to positions in road, and they decided to leave those positions on their own (which does not happen when commanded by SOG AI, so must have been additional script running telling them to move).

[idle bramble]

I too noticed this behavior.

[west valve]

Hi Kju, congrats on the release. Terrain is excellent. This is the first ever mod/dlc where you can actually flank AI without them noticing.

All round excellent and well worth the cost. Hope it returns the investment

SOG set the standard, you just managed to make it higher

[cobalt zephyr]

How does the Artillery Sky Lights object work? I placed one but it doesn't seem to be doing anything.

[naive field]

iirc it produces cloud particles -black and red - that resemble clouds being lightened up by artillery

dunno the height and density but it is very low and I noticed it only on spectator lol

[wooden wing]

@dry wing can you advise please

[wooden wing]

@formal finch scripted a system for AI infantry to clear the road for passing by cars/trucks/tanks - however its not always active as quite performance intensive. so may or may not have seen that in action 🙂

[wooden wing]

there is some mission specific scripting with tank or convoy advance in relation to supporting infantry. however the said case sounds more like vanilla A3 😛

Agree 100 The only thing that I have

[tranquil spoke]

I making a mission right now where the infantry is following a tank, I can tell you there is a lot of problems just getting a tank to follow a road, and the infantry to follow the tank. If the infantry gets within 3-4 meters of the tank, weird things start happening. I had to have the driver, and commander in their own group, set to careless, and the gunners in their own group so they would shoot at targets. In the mission, the player is the squad leader of the infantry, you have to keep everyone in the squad away from the tank, or like I said, weird/bad things happen. Arma being Arma.

[winter grove]

Is there a Spearhead_1944 version of Endgame (perhaps with a different name)?

[wooden wing]

try agent as driver, or careless and driver only as separate group, or our custom WPs

[wooden wing]

@vivid scarab made an Endgame scenarios 😉

[versed grove]

I remember driving tanks through them? Or maybe we are talking of different things

For the Tank DLC campaign

[vivid scarab]

Yes I made one as kju said, hasn't been published yet due to delays but I'm planning on doing it tomorrow/during the weekend

[zinc pasture]

Hopefully there is more content on the horizon, Spearhead has been tons of fun for me

[loud stone]

What "weird/bad things" happen?

[tranquil spoke]

It messes with the tank's pathing, sometimes the tank will even go back the opposite direction from the next waypoint. It will also run over the AI units sometimes. Even the ground units getting within a few meters of the tank makes it squirrely, it just generally becomes very unpredictable.

[dusk blade]

is it Spearhead related though?

or more a #arma3_scenario thing?

[versed grove]

this is standard arma 3 ai shenanigans tbh i also have issues with ai pathfinding etc...

sometimes i feel like arma 2 has better ai handling than arma 3

[tranquil spoke]

Yes, while the AI have issues navigating the Normandy map, the issues with the tank waypoints is just Arma being Arma, and is no fault of the CDLC.

[loud stone]

It may not be worth the effort, but you could try running a loop on tank that monitors player's AI squad. It would then forceSpeed of tank to match average speed of squad, forceSpeed lower if squad in front of tank but at least 10 meters away, and pause tank if any AI withing 10 meters in front of tank. And make driver an Agent, with combatMode BLUE and Behaviour CARELESS. Maybe also give chats to player if any of his team is blocking tank so he can manage them better. And if tanks have horns, honk them when blocked.

[dusk frigate]

are there any units i can join for this DLC specifically?

[versed grove]

Does the DLC improve AI outside of mission conditions? Or are the stated improvements just scripted for campaign

[tranquil spoke]

I kind of like the idea of the tank blowing a horn every time a unit gets too close, but I really don't want to run a script constantly checking for that, as the performance isn't that great on the map as it is. Setting the tank crew to careless seems to get them to follow the waypoints fairly well, I'll probably just have a hint at the start of the mission telling the player to keep the AI away from the tank, and just let the player manage the AI.

[tranquil spoke]

Which improvements are you referring to?

[balmy onyx]

There is a scripted system for it. Parts of it are available through the AIS module (documentation WIP)

[balmy onyx]

My experince from working on the campaign is; Keep vehicles and AI separated e.g. don't have them run side by side.

[balmy onyx]

For those who wanna learn more about some of the Features. The Field Manual is now fully available on the Biki https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Spearhead_1944_Field_Manual

[vapid wren]

This makes me to realize we don't have vanilla Field Manual in BIKI

[sturdy raptor]

we do

[vapid wren]

Do we?

[sturdy raptor]

(not the Reforger one)

[vapid wren]

Oh good to know. I'm not going to read it anymore

[balmy onyx]

We do, but it's let's put it that way...simple

[wooden wing]

Yes while the AI have issues navigating

[wooden wing]

best to join the spearhead 1944 discord and check the units channel

[balmy onyx]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Spearhead_1944_Indirect_Fire_Support_(IFS)

For those interested in IFS. All variables have now been documented. If something is unclear feel free to ping me.

[naive field]

what would be the smallest mod with ww2 cars/unarmed vehicles that would complement Spearhead? I don't feel like loading IFA just for two or three cars.

[lunar socket]

I searched around recently and failed to find anything.

[naive field]

[lunar socket]

IIRC D3S has one car from the era and it's probably too flashy to work.

[naive field]

I did some thinking and S&S has one or two Willys' jeeps but I think they might be much more different than what was used in WW2.

[lunar socket]

If anyone fancies making a 30s-40s car mod I can guarantee it'll get fast-tracked into Antistasi support :P

I guess cars weren't very international then though.

[naive field]

hmm, I could use a honse mod instead... Too bad they can't drag carts.

[naive field]

I wonder who made that building because I remember it from some scenario I played on Suursaari (it was either a terrain object or something from Northern Fronts). This one looks way more "modern". 😄

[tranquil spoke]

I don't know of anything, but if you have SOGPF, they have some civilian cars that could be passable. You could also use the jeeps, and deuce and a half. Not perfect, but maybe better than nothing.

[wild pond]

I think the next update for spearhead is Stalingrad with the soviets

[uncut silo]

I think it's little green men on Mars.

[tranquil spoke]

I don't think that's a realistic expectation. I think some of the obviously missing assets of the Germans, and the US may be added, and maybe some things for the Brits.

[versed grove]

I feel like some QOL stuff should be vanilla from this. Like more menus when paused. Or the chance to use virtual arsenal on any map

Aside from that, the shooting feels more satisfying

[stoic badge]

Nope, its the battle of the Atlantic, ocean map, u-boats and multi-crew battleships.

[wild pond]

would be nice if they add naval ships

or the imperial japanese

[mellow bough]

You mean nazis on that dark side of the moon, like in Iron Sky?

[stoic badge]

Faces of war has 🇯🇵 troops and equipment

[vapid wren]

Eastern or African or Pacific front won't fit into the name "Spearhead 1944" but lovely to see

Especially after I'm a Japanese

Rising Storm has the best Japanese soldiers in every gaming scene, I'd like to see similar

[wild pond]

They might import the models and add better textures, just like the csla dlc

[wooden wing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XsWQNNPEuM

[dense hill]

Just finished the campaign as Able and loved it, is it worth replaying as other squads or is it the same?

[balmy onyx]

Absolutely.

Each squad has two voting options so there is quite some replay value. And of course, no one forces you to stick to the planned path

Also, playing on a different difficulty can change the experience a lot

[dense hill]

Well I know what to do for next week 😂 Guess the AI in Able will be glad they'll get a commander that doesn't drive into walls every 5 seconds 😂

[sharp thicket]

Any plans to add more US and German ranks? Gotta have Sergeant First Class and Staff Sergeant. And whatever the german equivelent is

[silk spoke]

I'm a little late but 100% worth it!

[tranquil gazelle]

Is spearhead pretty active still?

[vapid wren]

You can always activate it

Jokes aside if you're looking for players to hang with, you can check the Discord

[vapid wren]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/User:POLPOX/Sandbox/A3Credits/SPE
Made an article to credit all of contributors, just like other CDLCs articles

It is always strange and interesting to see how many are gathered and worked after one goal. What have I done, what have we done?

[balmy onyx]

Looks nice. Can you create an official page for it?

[vapid wren]

Maybe. I mean, you can actually steal it

[balmy onyx]

Then I do it tomorrow👍

[karmic coral]

😦

[mellow bough]

You wouldn't steal SPE end credits

[dark wharf]

No voices for this dlc?

[wooden wing]

@dark wharf do you mean German radio protocol?

[dark wharf]

yes

[wooden wing]

stay tuned 🙏

for now you can use GM/IFA3 with this: #spearhead_1944 message

[dusk frigate]

is there a spearhead discord?

[naive field]

yes, see pinned messages

[thin fox]

Guys I have the impression that some uniforms are strictly identical to uniforms of IFA3.

[sharp thicket]

I have a question for the mod makers

Is there some kind of AI mechanic that simulates accidental friendly fire? (In my case, an American Sherman tank firing on me from the rear at about 500 meters even though I was also an American Sherman)

Or is there a glitch where Indep and Blufor are considered allies (even though they are set as enemies in the editor)? Because I killed a Panzer IV that wasn't shooting at me and then after it exploded my own tanks fired on me

[livid geyser]

nop... when you are team killer, another AI shot at you 😄

[lunar socket]

Arma has a rating system that adds or subtracts points for various actions. It is fairly dumb. If you go into negative numbers you're considered sideEnemy and then everyone shoots at you.

[sturdy raptor]

you are wrong; refer to #spearhead_1944 message

[sharp thicket]

I know that but in the editor I have Indeped set as hostile to Blufor and Opfor and yet the German tank wasn't shooting me and the American tank shot me AFTER I killed the German tank