#community_units | ARMA | Page 2

odd trellis Mar 24, 2020, 11:27 PM

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Because if it contains strange characters (especially slashes), it will break the path where the image file is stored.

short mountain Mar 25, 2020, 2:04 AM

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1-1 SOCOMD AUS [1-1], I've seen units with dashes, but it might be that if special characters aren't fully support

potent gazelle Mar 25, 2020, 7:29 AM

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@short mountain Linux server?

worn current Mar 25, 2020, 11:35 AM

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Heyy
Where and how can i join a unit?¿ :/

potent gazelle Mar 25, 2020, 11:43 AM

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you find one by asking in #looking_for_unit or simply clicking join in #communities_arma3 and then you talk to them

rose hornet Apr 1, 2020, 7:56 PM

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where do i post an ad for recruitment?

deft sphinx Apr 1, 2020, 7:59 PM

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#communities_arma3, following the pinned template

gilded ivy Apr 2, 2020, 7:40 PM

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any idea when the units server is coming back online?

gilded ivy Apr 4, 2020, 7:57 PM

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units server is down again

gilded ivy Apr 7, 2020, 7:55 PM

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any idea when the units server will be back up?

potent gazelle Apr 7, 2020, 7:58 PM

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negative

primal lodge Apr 12, 2020, 4:39 PM

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Couldn't it be made possible to save the emblems and information of a players units on their PC in order to enable players play with their unit active even if Arma 3 Units is down?

The saved information could be synchronized with Arma 3 Units whenever the player starts the game and Arma 3 Units is online and if it's not the saved information from the last synchronisation would be used instead.

odd trellis Apr 12, 2020, 11:19 PM

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That's already happening... All people in my unit still have their emblems, since it's stored on my machine.
However the server doesn't know the unit and therefore doesn't show the unit name.

Tbf... Unless you run a unit only server (by checking units of players) it doesn't really matter if someone has an emblem or unit name...

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And making it decentralized just makes it less secure, or even worse...

primal lodge Apr 13, 2020, 12:26 AM

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I did not suggest to make it decentralized in the normal sense. I was just suggesting to have a file with unit emblem, name, tag etc. on players PCs which gets updated whenever a player starts Arma 3 while Arma 3 Units is up and running and which gets only used when Arma 3 Units is down.

There wouldn't be any access to unit properties or anything like that (which would indeed be unsecure) but the emblem file as well as the name, tag and other information that is openly displayed in-game anyways when Arma 3 Units is online.

Think of it as a backup system with one-way synchronisation.

odd trellis Apr 13, 2020, 12:45 AM

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Player name, unit name and emblem are already stored on each client that met that player on any server, when available.

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However not on the server (afaik), which is actually handling the data (except for the image) based on data from the squad.xml

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So if you really need it to work, create a squad.xml with all members and host it on a public place, and make sure all members set the URL in their profile

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Like the good old days 👴

deft sphinx Apr 13, 2020, 9:00 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/squad.xml for information 👴

squad.xml

median moss Apr 13, 2020, 10:03 PM

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So whats going on with units? Is it just me or has you Units been unable to receive data?

deft sphinx Apr 13, 2020, 10:05 PM

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read upwards, it has issues for a long time now

gilded ivy Apr 16, 2020, 9:48 PM

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to say issues is an understatement. is there any movement toward resolution? suggestions concerning work arounds?

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@odd trellis last time I dove down that rabbit hole it was very confusing. do you happen to know of a halfway decent specification? how/where we could potentially host, that sort of thing? thanks...

odd trellis Apr 16, 2020, 10:32 PM

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I guess you're talking about squad.xml

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The wiki has a detailed page about it, and there are several posts on the forums with more details.

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For hosting; any webhost will do, although in the Arma 2 days I used a GitHub.io page, which is free

gilded ivy Apr 16, 2020, 10:53 PM

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good to know, appreciate the feedback @odd trellis

plush crest Apr 21, 2020, 10:40 AM

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They work fine on my phone

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Not on my pc tho

gilded ivy Apr 28, 2020, 3:53 PM

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Q: so I am setting up my unit's Github.io presence, squad.xml, etc. Given the dtd dynamic xml, xsl transformation, nature of it, am I right in thinking I can customize the squad.xml allowing for more specific conventions in terms of first and surname, ranks, etc?

odd trellis Apr 28, 2020, 3:56 PM

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Technically you can add everything in the XML and display it though DTD/XLS/CSS in the browser. However it won't be handled by Arma at all (except for the default elements)

gilded ivy Apr 28, 2020, 3:56 PM

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Ah okay I see. So probably best not to deviate too far from that. That's unfortunate.

deft sphinx Apr 28, 2020, 3:57 PM

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@gilded ivy that's the actual opposite, you can put whatever you want! just that Arma will only deal with the default fields, not whatever you added on the side

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you could add first name, last name, nickname, age, location etc

gilded ivy Apr 28, 2020, 3:59 PM

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Point is, I wouldn't want to drop name in favor of first_name, surname, and so on. The only question then would be how much maintenance we would want to do.

deft sphinx Apr 28, 2020, 4:00 PM

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keep the needed fields, but don't show them
that's an option too

odd trellis Apr 28, 2020, 4:02 PM

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Back in the Arma 2 days I created a PHP script which would take all members from a database (we had community website/forum) and put that data in the XML. This included all the required fields (nick and id), but also custom data like rank, first and last name (which got concatenated to 'name' as well, just not shown in online version) and some other stuff we had in our community.

gilded ivy Apr 28, 2020, 4:06 PM

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Thanks... there also seems to be a dearth of examples bridging the gap between xml/dtd/xsl and a web page... Perhaps I am missing something about that integration. I just want to reference squad.xml (or dtd or xsl as the case may be) from an html web page?

deft sphinx Apr 28, 2020, 4:07 PM

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<a href="squad.xml">my link</a>

odd trellis Apr 28, 2020, 4:08 PM

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just open the XML file in your browser, and it will load the DTD (validation) and XSL (HTML, CSS and JS), which will then show correctly

gilded ivy Apr 28, 2020, 4:26 PM

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hmm @odd trellis perhaps I am missing something. would you mind having a peek at my squad.xml?

odd trellis Apr 28, 2020, 4:27 PM

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sure

gilded ivy Apr 28, 2020, 4:39 PM

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@odd trellis thanks, can I DM you the link?

odd trellis Apr 28, 2020, 4:40 PM

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sure, I've enabled DM's for the time being 😉

gilded ivy Apr 28, 2020, 8:18 PM

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hmm so the squad is "accepted" but the unit patch is not going. do I need to do anything special with the imagery?

gilded ivy Apr 29, 2020, 3:56 AM

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having difficulties for my unit insignia not being recognized, probably the squad.xml itself. Is there anything in particular I need to be aware of when setting up a github.io?

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I've currently got it hosted in basically a https://myunit.github.io/src/membership/squad.xml area. The xml/xsd/dtd is working correctly to transform to a stylized web page. But the insignia is not working in game, nor do tags show up, so something tells me I do not have it configured quite right.

gilded ivy Apr 29, 2020, 2:30 PM

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am I doing something wrong, if the A3 units server is down, then it does not consider alternate or custom hosted sources?

deft sphinx Apr 29, 2020, 2:35 PM

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squad.xml should work no matter what

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~~but I get a 404 following your link~~

gilded ivy Apr 29, 2020, 3:00 PM

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@deft sphinx yes that's not the correct url. the url itself "works" but the in game insig does not.

deft sphinx Apr 29, 2020, 3:01 PM

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the rest, such as text etc work?

gilded ivy Apr 29, 2020, 3:03 PM

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I do not see any tags or anything either, yes.

deft sphinx Apr 29, 2020, 3:03 PM

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dm me the link (or the file)

pallid copper Apr 30, 2020, 4:37 AM

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im having trouble uploading a unit patch, it goes to the point of uploading files then i get a glicthly error message thats on the side of the screen?

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The media tab in in red and clicking on it the unit emblem is too

deft sphinx Apr 30, 2020, 5:52 AM

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Read above.

gilded ivy Apr 30, 2020, 10:23 PM

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BIS not real helpful in determining the A3 specs for the custom squad.xml. We are sure it has to be an insecure http site?

deft sphinx Apr 30, 2020, 10:25 PM

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no, we are not

wary girder May 2, 2020, 12:31 PM

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there's been some reports of HTTPS issues with the linux server

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note that you should provide both xml and dtd as per https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/squad.xml#Publish_your_Squad_data

squad.xml

misty oyster May 4, 2020, 6:34 PM

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Units is down again 🙂

autumn badger May 4, 2020, 6:37 PM

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it was up?

misty oyster May 4, 2020, 6:37 PM

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yep 😏

deft sphinx May 4, 2020, 6:55 PM

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~~that's wh~~

potent gazelle May 5, 2020, 7:25 AM

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its was never fixed @misty oyster

misty oyster May 5, 2020, 10:42 AM

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eh, it worked 2 days ago 😛

potent gazelle May 5, 2020, 11:41 AM

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it randomly works/doesn't work on a daily basis

autumn badger May 5, 2020, 1:24 PM

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heh I like it, adds some RNG feeling

sick oak May 12, 2020, 6:42 PM

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Units it's Down Again

deft sphinx May 14, 2020, 2:13 PM

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nope; see the pinned message in #general_chat_arma! 😉

rocky silo May 15, 2020, 7:13 PM

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nope, in #communities_arma3

obsidian wagon Jul 2, 2020, 7:51 PM

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So, uh, fun fact: unit logos do not appear on linux servers with unit tags that include periods.

potent gazelle Jul 2, 2020, 8:17 PM

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On perf/prof branch?

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because they didn't work at all, no matter the tag, before current perf/prof or dev branch

obsidian wagon Jul 3, 2020, 4:07 PM

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I forgot to mention: yes on the perf/prof branch. You are right, previously they did not work at all.

peak thicket Jul 12, 2020, 1:27 AM

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Wondering if this is good meta for my unit. Any suggestions are appreciated <3

The (unit name) is a special/black operations unit jointly supervised by NATO and the United Nations. The (unit) was created and codenamed "(codename)" after a series of terrorist attacks in countries under the UN that originated from multiple terror cells in Altis and Malden. Their current base of operations is FOB (name of some random politician) in Altis near Oreokastro.

cursive olive Jul 25, 2020, 7:18 PM

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Sounds nice 🙂

stiff jolt Jul 26, 2020, 10:45 PM

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I was interested in making an Arma unit based on the unit I was in during my service, is there anyone experienced in this that could help? Thanks in advance!

deft sphinx Jul 26, 2020, 10:47 PM

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sure thing!
1/ go to https://units.arma3.com/
2/ click "register new unit"
3/ ???
4/ profit 🙂

stiff jolt Jul 26, 2020, 10:49 PM

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aha, i have one registered already, thanks! I just don't really know where to go from there @deft sphinx

autumn badger Aug 17, 2020, 11:28 PM

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@burnt ravine Have a look at #communities_arma3 , thats props the channel you're looking for

burnt ravine Aug 17, 2020, 11:29 PM

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thanks

uncut panther Sep 4, 2020, 6:31 AM

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Not a place to ad your gruop but for discuss "Arma 3 Units" @glacial bay

stable crater Sep 6, 2020, 3:10 AM

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@uncut panther Is there a place to ad my group?

uncut panther Sep 6, 2020, 3:44 AM

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#communities_arma3

toxic bluff Sep 6, 2020, 4:36 AM

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If you were to give any advice for a new unit what would it be?

odd arch Sep 6, 2020, 5:30 AM

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be cool and not get overly kick happy

balmy crater Sep 13, 2020, 6:50 AM

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@toxic bluff Dont jump straight into rank. For example, so many groups have like Captains and Colonels, and then just Pvt and PFC

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no midrank supervisors, leaves a lot of dead space that is hard to fill

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Also Close air slots soon. If at all. I was in a unit that crashed because they never closed aircraft recruitment, so we lost an entire squads worth of dudes in the infantry division because they transfered to USAF and Rotary Wing, and we were forced to close because of that and poor managment, but mostly that

last owl Sep 15, 2020, 3:31 AM

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Who do I need to talk to about someone in this discord joining my units discord and actively sending recruitment posts to some of my people trying to recruit them?

potent gazelle Sep 15, 2020, 8:27 AM

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@last owl can you specify further? don't quite understand what you mean

deft sphinx Sep 15, 2020, 8:27 AM

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someone from here tried to steal his Discord/unit members

last owl Sep 15, 2020, 4:25 PM

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@potent gazelle sorry about that. Yeah a guy who is posting in #communities_arma3 channel is also joining other groups discord’s and DMing lower enlisted asking them to join his unit. Now I’d call this poaching but my original question was more directed at is this something we can remove this group from posting on this discord? Luckily my guys are smart enough to tell the guy to kick rocks but that might not be the case with everyone else.

potent gazelle Sep 15, 2020, 4:30 PM

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Please send a moderator a screenshot of that guy doing that

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We certainly don't like such behaviour

last owl Sep 15, 2020, 5:30 PM

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Will do, thank you.

clever gale Sep 17, 2020, 6:02 PM

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Had the same thing as Rico. a member of this discord was joining other units and messaged my group to poach/steal unit members. I'll message you the details Dedmen

autumn badger Sep 19, 2020, 4:41 PM

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@shrewd patrol No advertising in this chat please, use #communities_arma3 for that BlepGoo @shrewd patrol

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Also remember to remove the message here bongocat

timber herald Oct 9, 2020, 1:20 PM

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any one know of any active OPTER ODST units

golden crest Oct 11, 2020, 3:08 AM

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Can't promote people or access certain pages on the units page without getting constant errors. Is this something that is a wider problem?

tepid lagoon Oct 11, 2020, 3:13 AM

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Units are having issues, its a known problem that BI are slow to fix.

golden crest Oct 11, 2020, 3:31 AM

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Ah I see. Thanks for the info

golden kernel Oct 26, 2020, 1:31 AM

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Need advice; started a unit, I think I have a good foundation dedicated server, Tfar training server. List goes on. I have ppl that join at a slow past. Are there other avenues to gain new members?
Ty DM plz

odd trellis Oct 26, 2020, 1:35 AM

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This Discord (in #communities_arma3), Arma Forums (Squads & Fanpages) and Reddit (/r/FindAUnit/) are as far as I know the best places.
I believe there is a LFG website as well, but never seen/used it...
And of course being active on public servers, without breaking any server rules, and play by example.

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Just don't expect to find hundreds of active members within a week

autumn badger Oct 27, 2020, 8:12 AM

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Also once you've got some members doing joint ops with other units can be a good way to gather some new members

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not from trying to steal the other groups players though, just from people wanting to then play in both groups

proven nest Oct 29, 2020, 10:17 PM

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Anyone invested in a PMC team here? We keep it as realistic as possible and have a fun time doing it

deft sphinx Oct 30, 2020, 8:18 PM

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@golden kernel wrong channel I'm afraid, try #communities_arma3 (following the template 😉)

golden kernel Oct 30, 2020, 8:21 PM

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@deft sphinx i have a few days b4 being able to post again, can I post what I posted here?

deft sphinx Oct 30, 2020, 8:22 PM

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nope, sorry
here is about the Units system itself

golden kernel Oct 30, 2020, 8:23 PM

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Ok will I need to wait to post on #communities_arma3 even if its something different?

deft sphinx Oct 30, 2020, 8:23 PM

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if it is about the same group, yes.

golden kernel Oct 30, 2020, 8:23 PM

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Ok ty NP

snow dove Oct 31, 2020, 10:12 PM

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Hey hi does somebody why http://units.arma3.com/my-units down is or not working?

deft sphinx Oct 31, 2020, 10:19 PM

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unfortunately, it happens (quite frequently)

sage crystal Nov 15, 2020, 9:34 AM

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Does anybody know where i can find a unit to join?

radiant finch Nov 15, 2020, 9:50 AM

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me too

deft sphinx Nov 15, 2020, 11:29 AM

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#communities_arma3 to browse, #looking_for_unit to ask @sage crystal @radiant finch

sage crystal Nov 15, 2020, 11:29 AM

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ok thank you!

fluid hedge Nov 15, 2020, 10:21 PM

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any particular reason for the 300kb limit on the emblems?

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I tried to use the CTRG flag as my unit logo, but I can't due to the png being 540kb 🤔 so just curious why the limit of 300kb

odd trellis Nov 27, 2020, 7:49 PM

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Most likely because it will be downloaded to all clients, and to prevent abuse it's limited.
And probably to limit the amount of space required on units.arma3.com for hosting all those images

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Can't remember if squad.xml also had a limit on the image (which needs to be .paa so already smaller), but that could also be reason

deft sphinx Nov 27, 2020, 7:51 PM

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300kb as well, most likely historical reason I think

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(iirc)

abstract beacon Dec 4, 2020, 5:29 AM

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Are there any Vanilla based units?

autumn badger Dec 4, 2020, 7:10 AM

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Iirc there are some units that play without any mods, have a look at #communities_arma3 @abstract beacon

deft sphinx Dec 20, 2020, 10:25 AM

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@scenic island wrong channel, lookup #communities_arma3 for a group or ask in #looking_for_unit if you are… looking for a squad ^^

deft sphinx Dec 28, 2020, 11:55 PM

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STOP!
This channel is not for advertising your group nor to find one.

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

flint briar Jan 5, 2021, 11:21 PM

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Is there like an application process or do you get on the community radar posts?

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I've been reading through them. Seem neat.

ashen token Jan 6, 2021, 9:32 AM

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Be active community member and get asked for an interview I suppose.

astral spear Jan 21, 2021, 12:26 AM

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@deft sphinx thank you!

blazing ginkgo Jan 29, 2021, 10:19 PM

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is there a reason behind the units.arma3.com pages taking a long time to load if not just give ERROR_ besides the one lucky time it loads?

potent gazelle Jan 29, 2021, 10:21 PM

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Yes

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the server is having problems

blazing ginkgo Jan 29, 2021, 10:23 PM

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hm ok, I must always check it at unlucky times cause a few weeks ago when I was trying to access it aswell it wasnt loading

autumn badger Jan 29, 2021, 10:49 PM

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Ye its down every now and then

lethal escarp Feb 4, 2021, 11:58 AM

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will the announcements feature ever be implemented? iey

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on the units webpage

autumn badger Feb 10, 2021, 8:22 AM

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I think your best bet would be to contact support @formal urchin

deft sphinx Feb 24, 2021, 11:08 PM

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deft sphinx **STOP!** This channel is **not** for advertising your group nor to find one. >...

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STOP!
This channel is not for advertising your group nor to find one.

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

craggy river Feb 27, 2021, 5:37 PM

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why is there a limit to the number of mods that can be attached to a unit page?

deft sphinx Feb 27, 2021, 5:39 PM

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technical limitations I presume

craggy river Feb 27, 2021, 6:22 PM

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ahh, thanks

rare totem Mar 7, 2021, 10:45 PM

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Kinda wish there were more RAF units

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Not the royal air force but Russian armed forces

versed hearth Mar 8, 2021, 6:59 PM

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deft sphinx **STOP!** This channel is **not** for advertising your group nor to find one. >...

What IS this channel for

autumn badger Mar 8, 2021, 7:03 PM

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Have a look at the channel description @versed hearth

versed hearth Mar 8, 2021, 7:04 PM

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autumn badger Have a look at the channel description <@!445018151827144715>

How do dat

autumn badger Mar 8, 2021, 7:04 PM

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are you on discord desktop?

versed hearth Mar 8, 2021, 7:04 PM

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Mobile

autumn badger Mar 8, 2021, 7:04 PM

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ah

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then swipe inwards from the right iirc

versed hearth Mar 8, 2021, 7:04 PM

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Discussion about unit service ... I see

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So would this be where someone would ask questions to a unit leader or something like that?

autumn badger Mar 8, 2021, 7:12 PM

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Its to talk about the website itself

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website/surrounding service

orchid smelt Mar 9, 2021, 4:53 PM

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@versed hearth See #offtopic_communities

fluid hedge Mar 12, 2021, 6:47 PM

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Is the website down? I can't seem to get on my unit page

deft sphinx Mar 12, 2021, 6:58 PM

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fluid hedge Is the website down? I can't seem to get on my unit page

I can display the website itself

fluid hedge Mar 12, 2021, 6:59 PM

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I can get to the "frontpage" @ https://units.arma3.com/ but when I try to go to my unit page or register new unit I get "We encountered an error. If the problem persists, please contact us as via email at support@bistudio.com."

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persistent across Chrome, Opera GX & Firefox

deft sphinx Mar 12, 2021, 7:03 PM

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therefore website issue

fluid hedge Mar 12, 2021, 7:50 PM

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any word on when it should we working again?

deft sphinx Mar 12, 2021, 7:54 PM

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nope - plus, it's the weekend

autumn badger Mar 12, 2021, 11:58 PM

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Just assume that the units website is going to be down on the weekends by default

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its sorta its thing

latent sparrow Mar 13, 2021, 8:38 PM

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https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/306879107654746114/820395326228922378/unknown.png?width=912&height=701 This man deadass copied another unit's advertisement haha

lost turret Mar 13, 2021, 8:55 PM

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ok?

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used it as a template my guy

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you mad?

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@latent sparrow you used the same one so lul

latent sparrow Mar 13, 2021, 11:39 PM

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Read mine, its totally different wording

pallid copper Mar 14, 2021, 9:53 AM

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I have a problem withy the units: I can't create mine

tidal night Mar 18, 2021, 6:59 AM

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I'm getting a security warning when I try to logout. Staying loged in vs some risky page that must load after i log out. So which poses the highest risk?

autumn badger Mar 18, 2021, 7:45 AM

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Huh ConfusedDog ?

tidal night Mar 22, 2021, 5:48 AM

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Its working now.

edgy ginkgo Mar 28, 2021, 12:07 AM

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Is anyone having problems accessing the "Units" system on the Bohemia website (arma3.com) today?
I'm finding it particularly sluggish
I'm using Firefox

autumn badger Mar 28, 2021, 12:36 AM

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edgy ginkgo Is anyone having problems accessing the "Units" system on the Bohemia website (a...

ye down as every week

deft sphinx Apr 25, 2021, 6:36 PM

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@static sphinx wrong channel. use the pinned template in #communities_arma3

scenic garden May 22, 2021, 10:16 AM

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Hello there.
My unit page has been suspended and i cannot appeal because the page wont send the appeal.

deft sphinx May 28, 2021, 11:37 PM

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@worldly bloom wrong channel, try #arma3_troubleshooting

forest gull Jun 9, 2021, 10:04 AM

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My unit got suspended and I am trying to submit it for approval but it doesn't appear to be going through.

autumn badger Jun 9, 2021, 10:06 AM

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forest gull My unit got suspended and I am trying to submit it for approval but it doesn't a...

Hm, try contacting BI support directly via email

dusk jolt Jun 14, 2021, 7:57 AM

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Out of curiosity, why does the arma unit servers seem to go down frequently?

dusk mural Jun 14, 2021, 7:57 AM

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cuz bad maintenance

dusk jolt Jun 14, 2021, 7:57 AM

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Makes sense

forest gull Jun 19, 2021, 6:18 PM

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Do we have any idea when the units page will be fixed? I emailed support like a week ago and nothing has changed.

potent gazelle Jun 19, 2021, 6:19 PM

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no info

autumn badger Jun 19, 2021, 6:21 PM

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blobdoggoshruggoogly

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units being down on the weekend is the norm

forest gull Jun 19, 2021, 6:22 PM

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I haven't been able to submit anything since I was asking about it

forest gull Jun 19, 2021, 6:22 PM

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forest gull My unit got suspended and I am trying to submit it for approval but it doesn't a...

Every day since this message

autumn badger Jun 19, 2021, 6:23 PM

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oh

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blobdoggoshruggoogly

hollow jay Jun 25, 2021, 12:48 PM

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How do you create a unit and do you have to have a Bohemian Account?

deft sphinx Jun 25, 2021, 12:54 PM

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on units.arma3.com and yes

hollow jay Jun 25, 2021, 4:47 PM

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ok thanks

signal pawn Jul 28, 2021, 9:29 AM

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Hello there - my group tried to make a few seperate units to organise ourselves into by veterancy, and we had them suspended right after making because they looked too similar to each other. We tried to fix it but we haven't heard anything back, is there any way we can get an ETA or some help on getting that ready?

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We're not spambots or anything of the sort

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We just wanted to have more than one unit tag within our group.

potent gazelle Jul 28, 2021, 9:30 AM

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DM'ing Nillers should work best

signal pawn Jul 28, 2021, 9:32 AM

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Thanks will do!

deft sphinx Aug 5, 2021, 7:34 PM

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REMINDER:

This channel (#community_units) is to talk about Arma 3 Units (https://units.arma3.com/). Thank you!

torn berry Aug 16, 2021, 10:03 AM

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whats a unit Biography

deft sphinx Aug 16, 2021, 10:04 AM

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torn berry whats a unit Biography

additional details/history about it

desert quiver Sep 20, 2021, 12:22 AM

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How does the "Whitelist" system work?

plucky steeple Oct 4, 2021, 11:39 PM

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anyone any idea why the units page has been giving Error_ for the last few days?

autumn badger Oct 5, 2021, 6:17 AM

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plucky steeple anyone any idea why the units page has been giving Error_ for the last few days?

props just down as on every weekend

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try again tomorrow heh

dire bridge Oct 7, 2021, 2:39 AM

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how do i join bro-nation?

fluid hedge Oct 11, 2021, 2:05 PM

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Is the website having issues?, been unable to log-in with steam to the www.units.arma3.com sight all weekend and today (last attempt 5 minutes ago at time of posting)

potent gazelle Oct 11, 2021, 2:20 PM

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Yes it had some last week.
Is only units broken or also the login on for example BI forums?

fluid hedge Oct 11, 2021, 2:35 PM

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only on arma3.com just logged in to forums no problem

potent gazelle Oct 11, 2021, 2:39 PM

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arma3.com, not units.arma3.com?

fluid hedge Oct 11, 2021, 2:40 PM

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both https://arma3.com/ & https://units.arma3.com/ won't let me login, just tells me it encountered an error

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tried to login on google chrome, firefox and opera GX

potent gazelle Oct 11, 2021, 2:42 PM

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Thanks, I'll forward

spare kelp Oct 11, 2021, 9:57 PM

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fluid hedge both https://arma3.com/ & https://units.arma3.com/ won't let me login, just tell...

Having the same issue here.

autumn badger Oct 12, 2021, 5:48 AM

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Huh, its still down?

primal lodge Oct 12, 2021, 11:21 AM

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autumn badger Huh, its still down?

At least for me it has been out since yesterday at about 1500 CEST.

distant rune Nov 21, 2021, 10:13 PM

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units seem to be down

fiery salmon Nov 22, 2021, 12:57 AM

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distant rune units seem to be down

it's always down on weekends due to some kind of maintenance

deft sphinx Nov 22, 2021, 1:12 AM

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due to players connecting en masse*

prisma monolith Nov 24, 2021, 9:08 PM

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Question about the unit emblems:
I noticed that the images - especially with curved emblems, will have little white fragments, "blitzers" when i upload my files as .png
any suggestions on how to avoid those? - https://i.imgur.com/C0BIFM0.png

unborn dirge Nov 28, 2021, 4:00 AM

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prisma monolith Question about the unit emblems: I noticed that the images - especially with cu...

Depends which programs you use but either Grab the magic wanda and put its selection to a small margin (ex 20%) or just full it out with the bucket tool with the same color

prisma monolith Nov 28, 2021, 9:58 AM

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i use photoshop and the outer circle is basically a contour of a form-layer

fiery salmon Nov 29, 2021, 5:52 PM

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you can always make a circle and mask/cut the border so it will make your symbol a pixel or 2 smaller, but without the white noise

uncut panther Dec 7, 2021, 1:50 AM

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@void path This isn't a place to advertise your unit. Use #communities_arma3

pearl monolith Dec 13, 2021, 9:31 AM

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anyone from switzerland'

deft sphinx Dec 13, 2021, 9:33 AM

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pearl monolith anyone from switzerland'

hi; see below to find players 😉

gleaming wrenBOT Dec 13, 2021, 9:33 AM

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

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

pearl monolith Dec 13, 2021, 9:34 AM

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deft sphinx hi; see below to find players 😉

thx ^^

deft sphinx Dec 23, 2021, 7:26 PM

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@terse oracle wrong channel

south lava Dec 23, 2021, 9:50 PM

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seeing units is working as well as it normally does, whats the logo file type and size limit please

brittle forum Dec 26, 2021, 12:03 PM

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I'm wondering why the units service is constantly offline

fiery salmon Dec 26, 2021, 1:58 PM

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Because it's overloaded as always during Christmas.

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Once the new year begins it will be working as it should.

pallid copper Dec 27, 2021, 4:06 PM

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Hello Arma team: How long till Arma Units is back up?

fiery salmon Dec 27, 2021, 4:39 PM

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With having all these years in mind - probably soon

rose ether Jan 4, 2022, 2:36 AM

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Previous unit owner left and we are trying to access the unit's page on units.arma3.com. to keep it up to date etc. Is there anyone that can help us?

potent gazelle Jan 5, 2022, 2:41 PM

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Message Nillers

pallid copper Jan 26, 2022, 4:56 PM

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What is the purpose of this channel ?

deft sphinx Jan 26, 2022, 4:57 PM

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pallid copper What is the purpose of this channel ?

pallid copper Jan 26, 2022, 4:59 PM

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Yes but what is there to discus about it?

deft sphinx Jan 26, 2022, 4:59 PM

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how to use it, if it is unavailable, etc

pallid copper Jan 26, 2022, 4:59 PM

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I see

deft sphinx Jan 26, 2022, 5:00 PM

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but yes, if you mean "one can mistake it for #communities_arma3", I would say "yes, unfortunately"

winged trench Feb 5, 2022, 8:28 PM

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Has units been down for awhile?

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Been noticing errors a lot. Unable to connect. Same with a lot of guys I run with.

deft sphinx Feb 5, 2022, 8:28 PM

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I don't know, but it is frequently

fringe breach Feb 7, 2022, 9:24 PM

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Has there been ANY feedback on when the units page is going to be working?

weak jackal Feb 7, 2022, 9:48 PM

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@fringe breach Well I am afraid that won't be anytime soon, issues have been going on for a long time now, and yes to long, I really can't say if it ever will work properly. Maybe @gaunt flume can kick it up the chain and ask around.

fringe breach Feb 7, 2022, 9:51 PM

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Even if the back end still worked so squadParams returned something would be enough for me

weak jackal Feb 7, 2022, 9:55 PM

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You are not the only one, it comes by almost daily on the discord to get it working.

fringe breach Feb 7, 2022, 9:55 PM

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It always promised so much, it could have been an amazing tool

weak jackal Feb 7, 2022, 10:00 PM

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Well I totally agree, it had a very promising future and got a lot of attention during/after the End Game Tournament but also exploded with users/units the last few years(I had the honour to post 1 of the first units on that page). But like I said maybe Nillers can give some insight about the units page.

gaunt flume Feb 8, 2022, 2:37 PM

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For the record, we are aware of the issues with the Units page and it is being investigated. 😄

uncut panther Feb 8, 2022, 2:38 PM

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Phew, I suspected that they didn't do anything about it yet meowsweats

gaunt flume Feb 8, 2022, 2:49 PM

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Actually. I should correct myself. It has already been brought back up and should be running again.

weak jackal Feb 8, 2022, 3:14 PM

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👍 thanks Nillers

fringe breach Feb 8, 2022, 8:14 PM

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Must be down again https://units.arma3.com/ takes forever to load and then clicking on My Units just results in error

winged trench Feb 17, 2022, 1:35 AM

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gaunt flume Actually. I should correct myself. It has already been brought back up and shoul...

Hey Nillers, it appears to be down again.

gaunt flume Feb 17, 2022, 12:45 PM

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winged trench Hey Nillers, it appears to be down again.

Yeah, it went down almost immediately after I said that. I jinxed it. Team is working on it. Sad_Kermit

flint walrus Feb 18, 2022, 11:22 PM

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when will we get the fully released Unit service?
it says still in Beta for quite some YEARS.

fiery salmon Feb 19, 2022, 2:07 AM

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It still doesn't work properly so beta state is understandable

primal lodge Feb 25, 2022, 1:01 PM

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gaunt flume Yeah, it went down almost immediately after I said that. I jinxed it. Team is wo...

It appears to be down again. It had a few outages before (especially late in the evening when I assume the bulk of players play) but in the last couple of weeks it seems to have worsened significantly.

gaunt flume Mar 2, 2022, 12:27 PM

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flint walrus when will we get the fully released Unit service? it says still in Beta for qui...

Sadly, at this stage, it’s very unlikely to ever be fully released. It was originally planned, but resources went else where and there are no plans to develop it further at this time.

gaunt flume Mar 3, 2022, 9:22 PM

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I’m still pushing to have this up and running as soon as possible. It hasn’t been forgotten.

potent gazelle Mar 4, 2022, 10:09 AM

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player addMagazine ["HandGrenade_Stone", 50];

deft sphinx Mar 4, 2022, 10:13 AM

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potent gazelle player addMagazine ["HandGrenade_Stone", 50];

They don't do any damage though 🙁

potent gazelle Mar 4, 2022, 10:21 AM

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They do 👀

    hit=0.5;
    indirectHit=0.2;
    indirectHitRange=1;
    dangerRadiusHit=6;
    suppressionRadiusHit=-1;

but not much

deft sphinx Mar 4, 2022, 10:25 AM

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I tried in A2 last time iirc, I threw like 10 headshot stones and the guy was still standing 😄

clever sigil Mar 5, 2022, 2:49 PM

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ישראלים?

deft sphinx Mar 5, 2022, 3:01 PM

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clever sigil ישראלים?

Hi,
there are Israeli players around but this server speaks English only, and this channel is to talk about the arma 3 units website service 🙂

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if you are looking for people, see below

gleaming wrenBOT Mar 5, 2022, 3:01 PM

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

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

primal lodge Mar 5, 2022, 7:30 PM

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potent gazelle player addMagazine ["HandGrenade_Stone", 50];

Are you sure you're in the right channel here?

uncut panther Mar 5, 2022, 10:46 PM

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He's sure. He's just joking

deft sphinx Mar 5, 2022, 10:53 PM

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I could have sworn he was Dedmen

primal lodge Mar 12, 2022, 3:05 PM

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deft sphinx I could have sworn he was Dedmen

You start to sound an awful lot like the DadBot... 🤨

🤣

deft sphinx Mar 12, 2022, 3:36 PM

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primal lodge You start to sound an awful lot like the DadBot... 🤨 🤣

I might develop my own version one of these days 😎

runic basalt Mar 15, 2022, 9:32 AM

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👀

runic basalt Mar 15, 2022, 9:49 AM

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I'm a little confused, but I'm trying to register an arma unit (predominantly for my friends and i) and its saying the name is taken, but there is no units using our name that is coming up on the unit browser. Any idea why?

deft sphinx Mar 15, 2022, 10:17 AM

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runic basalt I'm a little confused, but I'm trying to register an arma unit (predominantly fo...

(and thank you for the cringe ^^ I feed on it)
what is the name you are trying to setup?

runic basalt Mar 15, 2022, 10:22 AM

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RAF - Royal Armed Forces, there is similar names but the exact name isnt taken, which strikes me as odd

deft sphinx Mar 15, 2022, 10:25 AM

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runic basalt RAF - Royal Armed Forces, there is similar names but the exact name isnt taken, ...

what about the unit URL?

runic basalt Mar 15, 2022, 10:26 AM

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Didn't have any issues with the unit url

deft sphinx Mar 15, 2022, 10:26 AM

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runic basalt Mar 15, 2022, 10:30 AM

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hmm

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weird

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We couldn't get it working so we went with near as we could 🤷‍♂️

deft sphinx Mar 15, 2022, 10:31 AM

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ah well - problem solved in a way I guess 😃

weak jackal Mar 19, 2022, 12:33 PM

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@safe imp wrong channel if you are looking for a unit, you need to be in #looking_for_unit 😉

primal lodge Mar 27, 2022, 4:25 PM

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Looks like Units is down again...

potent gazelle Mar 27, 2022, 5:23 PM

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Thats indeed correct

solemn flax Mar 29, 2022, 2:21 PM

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potent gazelle Thats indeed correct

*ingrid

deft sphinx Mar 30, 2022, 8:28 PM

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This channel is about the Arma 3 Units website and service.

solemn flax Mar 31, 2022, 12:11 PM

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deft sphinx This channel is about the **Arma 3 Units** website and service.

Which is not working since ever

pallid copper Apr 1, 2022, 11:20 AM

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man...i wish the arma 3 units worked i wanna execute civs with troll face god damn

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so like

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is there to get around

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arma 3 units not working

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a magical way to make it work

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?

deft sphinx Apr 1, 2022, 11:23 AM

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pallid copper man...i wish the arma 3 units worked i wanna execute civs with troll face god da...

hurr durr mass murder funny.

deft sphinx Apr 1, 2022, 11:23 AM

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pallid copper a magical way to make it work

no. if the service does not work, you cannot make it work.

pallid copper Apr 1, 2022, 11:24 AM

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deft sphinx no. if the service does not work, you cannot make it work.

dam well i hope the fix is as fast as arma 4 releasing

deft sphinx Apr 1, 2022, 11:24 AM

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hold your breath for it

latent sparrow Apr 10, 2022, 2:07 AM

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Damn @deft sphinx, I thought you were against murder

deft sphinx Apr 12, 2022, 5:11 PM

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@hazy wolf see instead #looking_for_unit 🙂 this channel is about the Arma 3 Units web service 🙂

hazy wolf Apr 12, 2022, 5:11 PM

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k srry

deft sphinx Apr 12, 2022, 5:14 PM

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hazy wolf k srry

hey no probz! hope you find what you want
enjoy the game 👍

hazy wolf Apr 12, 2022, 5:51 PM

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ye, definently! this community is so nice by providing me with a ton of recruitments!

deft sphinx Apr 16, 2022, 3:06 PM

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this channel is about the Arma 3 Units web service thank you 🙂

dim birch Apr 18, 2022, 2:47 PM

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crashed again?

primal lodge Apr 18, 2022, 4:13 PM

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Would it be possible to download and save all necessary information about the player's unit(s) on the player's computer (||the unit emblems for example are already downloaded and saved on the player's machine||) so that, if Arma 3 units is down you could fall back on that previously saved data which would be synchronised each time units is available?

potent gazelle Apr 18, 2022, 5:03 PM

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The data is stored on server, not on player

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But yes, technically thats easy

primal lodge Apr 18, 2022, 6:53 PM

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potent gazelle The data is stored on server, not on player

Yeah, I was only talking about the unit emblems, at least I have a folder with the unit emblems of all units I have ever met in my Arms data files (C\Users\GeniusPlayUnique\AppData\Local\Arma 3\squads), currently 1 416 in total...

native sierra Apr 21, 2022, 7:25 PM

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Units do be down once more

noble robin Apr 28, 2022, 9:18 PM

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@potent gazelle can i ask how the fuck do i make a PROPER MODS LIST FOR THE DAMN SHIT so it can stop being deleted by yall bot it so anooying haveing to wait 7 days to repost my unit]

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#communities_arma3

uncut panther Apr 28, 2022, 9:29 PM

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you need to follow the template that pinned there
you just can edit your post but don't delete
language
don't ping someone specifically for such a question

weak jackal Apr 28, 2022, 9:39 PM

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@noble robin you did not have any issue posting last January while following the template 🤷

noble robin Apr 28, 2022, 9:40 PM

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weak jackal <@480333801034219521> you did not have any issue posting last January while foll...

your bot keeps tellin me its not correct

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also can i get that back by chance

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@weak jackal

weak jackal Apr 28, 2022, 9:43 PM

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Follow the template and rules and the bot will not alert 🤷 Bot also get triggered if you just mention a few mods and say "rest in discord" (as he can not read all mods but does read "discord/server").

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And I have send you the text @noble robin

potent gazelle Apr 29, 2022, 9:14 AM

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noble robin your bot keeps tellin me its not correct

Yes because you completely stopped following the template.
For whatever reason...
Just follow the template (like the bot told you) and it'll be fine

granite epoch May 10, 2022, 4:26 AM

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Can I post pictures with my unit advertisement in #communities_arma3 ?

potent gazelle May 10, 2022, 6:59 AM

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I don't think that channel allows image uploads

granite epoch May 12, 2022, 2:22 PM

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I saw the plus symbol to the left of the text bar thought that meant embedds were on

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apparently not mb lol

misty oyster Jun 3, 2022, 5:56 PM

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@pallid copper @hazy crescent Wrong channel, this channel is for http://units.arma3.com service, you are looking for #communities_arma3 please move your posts to that channel.

Arma 3

Units | Arma 3

Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.

hazy crescent Jun 3, 2022, 5:56 PM

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Sorry

pallid copper Jun 3, 2022, 5:56 PM

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misty oyster <@456226577798135808> <@655787995252654120> Wrong channel, this channel is for ...

Ah thanks

misty oyster Jun 3, 2022, 5:57 PM

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thank you 🙂

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#discord_server for all things Discord related.

misty oyster Jun 5, 2022, 9:44 PM

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@pallid copper this channel of not for advertising your unit, please move your message to the appropriate channel, and follow the templates in the pinned messages of those channels

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there is #communities_xbox for advertising your xbox community

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there is a template pinned in there, please use that to structure your message, and you are allowed to advertise only once every 14 days.

deft sphinx Jun 5, 2022, 9:50 PM

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@pallid copper cleaned that for you.

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@ruby mango wrong channel.

ruby mango Jun 5, 2022, 10:02 PM

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Right channel

deft sphinx Jun 5, 2022, 10:03 PM

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@ruby mango no. #communities_arma3 OR #communities_xbox, not here.

deft sphinx Jun 8, 2022, 2:02 PM

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@runic basalt this channel is not for advertising

gleaming wrenBOT Jun 8, 2022, 2:02 PM

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

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

runic basalt Jun 8, 2022, 2:02 PM

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misty oyster <@456226577798135808> <@655787995252654120> Wrong channel, this channel is for ...

.

deft sphinx Jun 8, 2022, 2:04 PM

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runic basalt .

See the channel's topic
It's to talk about the service, not its content

runic basalt Jun 8, 2022, 2:04 PM

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I doesn’t seem to ever get used for its purpose 😅

deft sphinx Jun 8, 2022, 2:05 PM

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everybody gave up on it :p

primal lodge Jun 30, 2022, 9:35 AM

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deft sphinx everybody gave up on it :p

Well, if you insist.

https://tenor.com/view/django-gif-23442143

Arma 3 Units seems to have a significant outage again. As far as I can tell it hasn't been available for at least the past 24 hours, probably longer.

flint walrus Jul 6, 2022, 6:50 PM

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good ol' arma unit down
(it's back online btw)