ARMA Series (I, II, III) - It's like the 4th of July! - Games

[QUOTE=Deez_Nutz;39865936] Setting - The only thing that bothers me about this is the style of the warfare. If you don't understand what I'm talking about, I mean that the game is way too futuristic for my liking. It's just a personal opinion, but I can't stand seeing it in the year 2035 with modern day equipment. :v: OPFOR :v: : Seriously? What is with the armor? Am I suddenly playing the Vanu Sovreignty in Planetside 2??[/QUOTE]2035 isn't that far away. We won't be in some kind of Halo-esque setting by that point. More than likely, at least.

I'm thinking about making a missing called Tag and Bag, basically you assassinate someone, get a picture of their face and then get extraction. Should I do it?

I played arma II with friends for the first time and my god. it was like everything that could possibly fuck up did.

[QUOTE=SatansSin;39864798]I am pumped Story time from Wasteland on OPFOR; I was riding along, joined a group of 3. So I offer to pick them up, I don't hear anything they say. Then they shoot my tires out. Dick move, right? So I get out, shoot them all dead. Then I get shot by someone probably watching the fiasco go down. Revenge sought out. Okay, so then I randomly spawn. They're at least a click away, so I run toward. Joined them, figured, we could work as a team, put shit behind us. We go through some building, loot some weapon caches. Then they find a vehicle. They take off in the vehicle without me. I got a little pissed off. So I followed them. I ran, and I ran. They were fairly far away. I tracked them down, and I saw them in the distance. With my scope around 400-500m away. I line my scope up with one of them hiding behind a rock. POWF! The one goes down, the other scrambles for cover. I duck around, go around the hill, and I go up toward the rocks he was hiding behind. He sees me, gets out of cover, starts one shotting toward me, I'm fucking STRAFING, JUST STRAFING LEFT. BULLETS WIZZING BY. I START FIRING, POW POW POW POW UNTIL I HEAR A CLICK. DROPPED like a sack of potatoes. I ventured over to both their bodies as they watched in death cam. I started tea bagging them. Then I disconnect and laugh hard as fuck. That was more fun than I had killing enemies in Wasteland, to be honest.[/QUOTE] are you playing on 404 wasteland servers? if so which version is it on, every server i join ends up crashing after about 10-15 mins

I've asked before in this thread before but I need to know what kind of performance I'd get with the following: (It would also be nice to know the rough estimate of FPS I'd get at certain graphical options when playing, if at all possible.) Graphics Card: Radeon HD 6770 CPU: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Ram: 8gig Arma 3.

[QUOTE=Deez_Nutz;39865936] Setting - The only thing that bothers me about this is the style of the warfare. If you don't understand what I'm talking about, I mean that the game is way too futuristic for my liking. It's just a personal opinion, [B]but I can't stand seeing it in the year 2035 with modern day equipment.[/B] :v: OPFOR :v: : Seriously? What is with the armor? Am I suddenly playing the Vanu Sovreignty in Planetside 2??[/QUOTE] The 80's were 30 years ago. We still have a shitload of equipment from back then that is still used. Hell, the little bird is from the fucking 60's, and the black hawk from the 70's. Why would we suddenly have super laser rifle stuff and shit in the 30 years?

[QUOTE=zupadupazupadude;39866327]The 80's were 30 years ago. We still have a shitload of equipment from back then that is still used. Hell, the little bird is from the fucking 60's, and the black hawk from the 70's. Why would we suddenly have super laser rifle stuff and shit in the 30 years?[/QUOTE] The little bird is being replaced with the Kiowa, though.

[QUOTE=Satane;39866322]I'd say ~30 fps at medium settings, no PP, 600 view distance and 1080p[/QUOTE] It's still pretty difficult to say since the optimization's so bad that it really doesn't matter if you have a good or a bad your computer. Probably 80% of us here had to take the chance if we could play it or not.

[QUOTE=Deez_Nutz;39865936] :v: OPFOR :v: : Seriously? What is with the armor? Am I suddenly playing the Vanu Sovreignty in Planetside 2??[/QUOTE] So first you say things aren't futuristic enough, but now OPFOR is TOO high-tech for you?

[QUOTE=Blu_ninja;39866093]I played arma II with friends for the first time and my god. it was like everything that could possibly fuck up did.[/QUOTE] First time I played A2 with friends we ended up speeding through the middle of utes's airport in a motorcycle, RPGs ready to fire on the rear of the tanks as soon as we managed to outflank them. Oh god, bullets were flying everywhere. By the way, I just had the most fucking intense moment of my gaming life in A3. Tried the scuba mission, and after fucking some shit up at the enemy camp and taking the helo down with the MANPADS, I found myself taking 40mm nade fire from one of those patrol boats. I started sprinting uphill, 1st person cam and looking back with the Alt key, and you see, there were explosions everywhere around me. I could still hear that metallic plinking sound the launcher makes when firing, and after that, the booms, and the bits of mud in the camera, all of this while thinking "Shit, next one is gonna blow my legs off". Once I got out of his line of sight I realized I was so nervous I was shaking in real life. Best. Game. Ever.

[QUOTE=jrj996;39866046]I'm thinking about making a missing called Tag and Bag, basically you assassinate someone, get a picture of their face and then get extraction. Should I do it?[/QUOTE] I wish you could actually pull out a camera in ArmA games and use it to take UI-less screenshots. It would work like a pair of binocs, where you pull it up to your face with M2, then you could take photos with it. It would be a neat recon element, and would generally make things more immersive (I know ArmA 2 had embedded journalists). [editline]10th March 2013[/editline] I bet you could incorporate the picture-in-picture mechanic somehow too.

Joined the FP server and something weird happened [video=youtube;N02n6E9OiG0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N02n6E9OiG0[/video]

[QUOTE=Garik;39866349]The little bird is being replaced with the Kiowa, though.[/QUOTE] Yea, but it still has been in service for 60 years. Plus, the kiowa was introduced in the 60's too so ya.

[QUOTE=Kecske;39864900]PhysX, 'nuff said. *images* [/QUOTE] ArmA 3 uses PhysX? [editline]10th March 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Smoot;39865679]Oh god, it's Crysis all over again! (PhysX stuff)[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure Crysis used an in-house multi-threaded physics engine, and not PhysX. [editline]10th March 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Playguy;39866136]I've asked before in this thread before but I need to know what kind of performance I'd get with the following: (It would also be nice to know the rough estimate of FPS I'd get at certain graphical options when playing, if at all possible.) Graphics Card: Radeon HD 6770 CPU: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Ram: 8gig Arma 3.[/QUOTE] You'd get pretty good performance as long as you're willing to put some graphical settings down a bit. The CPU should be plenty for handling large amounts of NPCs, but use the startup commands posted earlier to utilize all 8 cores.

[QUOTE=paul simon;39866542]ArmA 3 uses PhysX?[/QUOTE] Are you serious?

[QUOTE=zupadupazupadude;39866612]Are you serious?[/QUOTE] Why yes? [editline]o[/editline] Ah, it does.

[QUOTE=zupadupazupadude;39866327]The 80's were 30 years ago. We still have a shitload of equipment from back then that is still used. Hell, the little bird is from the fucking 60's, and the black hawk from the 70's. Why would we suddenly have super laser rifle stuff and shit in the 30 years?[/QUOTE] If that's the case, then why aren't there any modern day weapons in the game? I'm pretty sure that the American military in 30 years won't have the funding to buy new weapons and we'll be stuck with that same M4 that's been in service for 20 years, not to mention that the AK47, the most popular rifle in the world isn't in the game either. What I meant to say was if you're going to make a game that is set in the near future, don't go too overboard with it. It is a military simulator after all, lets try to be a little realistic with this. [QUOTE=Tacosheller;39866380]So first you say things aren't futuristic enough, but now OPFOR is TOO high-tech for you?[/QUOTE] I just hate the armor is all. The first thing I thought of while playing as OPFOR was the VS from PS2.

there is a FP server? what is it running?

Is there a simple guide for getting ArmA 2 content into ArmA 3? Especially weapons and vehicles. I've seen people do it, but google gives me no good results.

[QUOTE=Deez_Nutz;39866649]If that's the case, then why aren't there any modern day weapons in the game? I'm pretty sure that the American military in 30 years won't have the funding to buy new weapons and we'll be stuck with that same M4 that's been in service for 20 years, not to mention that the AK47, the most popular rifle in the world isn't in the game either. What I meant to say was if you're going to make a game that is set in the near future, don't go too overboard with it. It is a military simulator after all, lets try to be a little realistic with this. [/QUOTE] Too late to cry now.

[QUOTE=Deez_Nutz;39866649]If that's the case, then why aren't there any modern day weapons in the game? I'm pretty sure that the American military in 30 years won't have the funding to buy new weapons and we'll be stuck with that same M4 that's been in service for 20 years, not to mention that the AK47, the most popular rifle in the world isn't in the game either. What I meant to say was if you're going to make a game that is set in the near future, don't go too overboard with it. It is a military simulator after all, lets try to be a little realistic with this. I just hate the armor is all. The first thing I thought of while playing as OPFOR was the VS from PS2.[/QUOTE] The AK-47 is probably gonna be in the game. This is an alpha, not all the vehicles, weapons and so forth are in the game yet. Also, the U.S. is looking for a replacement for the M4 now so to me it seems pretty likely that the M4 won't be around anymore at that time. Oh also, they set it in 2035 so they could have some creativity in the equipment and vehicles and didn't have to stick to what we use today, but still have the same ballistics, combat and so forth.

Anyone wanna host a little get together? Or is there already one?

Hey, I'm a having a slight graphic issue with Arma 3 [img_thumb]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/576731339874074499/DB0579DE1747B9CBCB94914259D21646F6654ACB/[/img_thumb] I've updated my graphics card and it didn't work. Any solution to this?

[QUOTE=petfe;39866829]Hey, I'm a having a slight graphic issue with Arma 3 [img_thumb]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/576731339874074499/DB0579DE1747B9CBCB94914259D21646F6654ACB/[/img_thumb] I've updated my graphics card and it didn't work. Any solution to this?[/QUOTE] Oh god what

[QUOTE=petfe;39866829]Hey, I'm a having a slight graphic issue with Arma 3 [img_thumb]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/576731339874074499/DB0579DE1747B9CBCB94914259D21646F6654ACB/[/img_thumb] I've updated my graphics card and it didn't work. Any solution to this?[/QUOTE] nah its just snowing man

[QUOTE=petfe;39866829]Hey, I'm a having a slight graphic issue with Arma 3 [img_thumb]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/576731339874074499/DB0579DE1747B9CBCB94914259D21646F6654ACB/[/img_thumb] I've updated my graphics card and it didn't work. Any solution to this?[/QUOTE] I had the same thing, disable ATOC and it should disappear.

[QUOTE=zupadupazupadude;39866725]The AK-47 is probably gonna be in the game. This is an alpha, not all the vehicles, weapons and so forth are in the game yet. Also, the U.S. is looking for a replacement for the M4 now so to me it seems pretty likely that the M4 won't be around anymore at that time. Oh also, they set it in 2035 so they could have some creativity in the equipment and vehicles and didn't have to stick to what we use today, but still have the same ballistics, combat and so forth.[/QUOTE] You're right, it IS still Alpha and I wouldn't expect them to have everything right away. However I do bet that if they do add the AK47 that it's going to be nothing but all decked out, which there is nothing wrong with that for the sake of tactical advantage, but I would like to see some diversity. The FN SCAR was supposed to replace the M4 (Must be a reason why the US Army used it in ARMA 2 OA) but it doesn't help too much when only the Rangers and Special Forces get them standard issue and us regular grunts still have the same M4s that were used from the beginning of the OEF campaign and probably before that as well. All the budget cuts that are happening now are going to affect the military and with that, there probably won't be another weapon replacement any time soon.

[QUOTE=Frosty701;39866843]Oh god what[/QUOTE] There's something in the rendering options, you'll know it by it saying "All trees + grass" or something like that. Turn it off, happened to me too. And for my issue, I can't seem to play? I join a server, it takes years to load it, then I can't see the list of available positions, and hours afterwards it loads the positions but I can't join any. Anyone else have this problem? Yesterday everything was fine and I was having fun in Wasteland.

[QUOTE=Tacosheller;39866380]So first you say things aren't futuristic enough, but now OPFOR is TOO high-tech for you?[/QUOTE] Shitting on his post because he criticised the game is really stupid and childlike of a lot of you, he even listed the parts of the game he enjoyed. I have to agree with him partially, and I can see where he is coming from. Its the future, the setting basically is like modern warfare only the uniforms are pretty different and not as visually interesting. I liked playing as units that actually exist/look alike in Arma 2. I'm not particularly pleased myself about that aspect of the game but Its not complete a turn off for me. People will always say "well I want a different setting everything is modern nowadays!!!" yet scarcely anyone if at all would asking for a different time period had Bohemia not coined the idea. He never said the game wasn't futuristic enough, he merely stated he didn't like the prospect of a future setting where things are hardly different. And the Opfor visors are ugly as shit.

No point in whining about the models and guns when there's gonna be an ACE mod sooner or later.