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

How do you set up games to play over the internet? Do I have to forward any ports or something?

So in the alpha, what is there to do exactly right now? Just missions or what? I am looking at buying it but am just wondering what you actually do right now in alpha that is fun.

[QUOTE=Morbo!!!;39851059]IMO helis have way too much friction. Tried landing the KA-60 on the runway at 50, 70, 100 and 130 km/h and all but 50 km/h landings damaged the shit out of it, not sure if it's because of the practically instant stop causing a nose-dive. With the MH-9, it was possible to land at ~80 km/h without damage but it came to a complete stop within a second or so. They also seem ridiculous in terms of acceleration and lift.[/QUOTE] This is something BI had better [B]fix[/B], because [B]yes it is broken[/B], if they want to be moving themselves into the modern age of gaming. Perhaps this comes off as a bit hostile, because who knows, maybe it's right on their list, but I'm not about to be overly hopeful. [editline]8th March 2013[/editline] Honestly you wouldn't think that helicopter runway landings would be important but in playing DCS I found myself much, much, much more comfortable making a runway landing in rough conditions than I did a vertical landing, where so much more can go wrong. It's an option I'd like A3 to have.

[QUOTE=Terragen;39851824]So in the alpha, what is there to do exactly right now? Just missions or what? I am looking at buying it but am just wondering what you actually do right now in alpha that is fun.[/QUOTE] Missions mostly, the singleplayer is basically 4 showcases and whatever missions you can do. Multiplayer is more fun when you play with a group of people(like Facepunch) but is fine with random too but again mostly missions.

[QUOTE=Valiantttt;39851844]Missions mostly, the singleplayer is basically 4 showcases and whatever missions you can do. Multiplayer is more fun when you play with a group of people(like Facepunch) but is fine with random too but again mostly missions.[/QUOTE] Worth picking up right now or waiting down the road when more content is added? I am going to buy it just wondering if I will keep busy with it or get bored after a few days.

Worth picking up, but don't expect too much as the island is about 10 times smaller then the game, and only a few weapons/things to drive. Fun to deathmatch because there isnt that much weapons ATM.

[QUOTE=jeimizu;39851107]Is there anything special I have to do to get TrackIR to work in the alpha? It recognizes it but doesn't do anything.[/QUOTE] You have to enable it under the Controller tab in the controls menu. Speaking of TrackIR, mine's started acting up ever since I got A3. Sometimes it'll just refuse to recognize my trackclip until I flail my head about around the corners of my TrackIR's vision. Not sure if it's a problem with the actual sensor or just ARMA, though.

Have been having a lot of fun with Wasteland. So much better than A2 wastland, because of how much better the gunplay is.

[QUOTE=milkandcooki;39851892]Have been having a lot of fun with Wasteland. So much better than A2 wastland, because of how much better the gunplay is.[/QUOTE] There is wasteland on A3?

Yeah there is, even saw a dynamic zombie sandbox thing. And the gunplay IS so much better, guns feel so much more powerful and accurate. Hell, I even managed to get a 750m killshot in multiplayer.

[QUOTE=Valiantttt;39851899]Yeah there is, even saw a dynamic zombie sandbox thing. And the gunplay IS so much better, guns feel so much more powerful and accurate. Hell, I even managed to get a 750m killshot in multiplayer.[/QUOTE] Well once you said wasteland was on it I was sold ha, thanks for the quick answers.

[QUOTE=Terragen;39851910]Well once you said wasteland was on it I was sold ha, thanks for the quick answers.[/QUOTE] From what I can tell it's a straight port from A2 so it's a bit rough around the edges, but the new features A3 brings makes it infinitely better.

How do you spawn an object slightly offset again ? (Editor question)

What is the wasteland game? Every time I've gone into a server with it, it's just a bunch of dudes team killing with pistols.

Basically DayZ without the zombies. And more things that spawn I geuss?(and base building).

[QUOTE=Deep;39851922]How do you spawn an object slightly offset again ? (Editor question)[/QUOTE] Offset? There is the placement radius on objects that randomizes where an object is created within a radius.

[QUOTE=milkandcooki;39851921]From what I can tell it's a straight port from A2 so it's a bit rough around the edges, but the new features A3 brings makes it infinitely better.[/QUOTE] Fine with me, one of my favorite things in A2 was wasteland. Can't wait to try it out in A3!

[t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/920130811455861117/1BF952E7D95C9748DF18AE86C5166ACC8E6B9829/[/t] somehow while attempting to land I managed to hang my helicopter perfectly from a building without killing myself. my copilot is still in the chopper and he's too scared to get out.

[QUOTE=MadPro119;39851536]Do save as Multiplayer Mission in the Editor. Now host. That should package the script with it.[/QUOTE] yeah I did it's still on/off working (we had 3 players, worked for host and one other, third got a blown up crate) [editline]9th March 2013[/editline] [t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/919004911549065326/BD765D65F4AA6B57C10D014F0D9356409CFABC85/[/t] arma 3: accurate patrol simulator

My rush mission is almost done, yo moved blu spawn much closer, got rid of opfor's mines, got bottomless ammo boxes, working zone restriction only thing i need now is the spawn ticket system cuel/2nd/anyone? [editline]8th March 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Teh Zip File;39850898]I see the AI is just as ridiculous and aimbot-y as ARMA 2's AI... instantly launches a grenade at you and hit you square in the face at 200m. :v:[/QUOTE] cuelio knows how you feel heyo

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[QUOTE=Deep;39852041]I mean putting infantry on top of buildings, ammo crates indoors and that sort of thing. If i'm not mistaken it's setpos but i don't know exactly how.[/QUOTE] You can place the unit over a building then use the elevation box in the unit setup to choose if its on top of the building or in it.

I am the best driver. [t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/594745738365653629/75EBDE80A2758943979A24538D6EAE12582B6DB6/[/t] What you don't see is the OpFor guy under the jeep. Not sure how this exactly happened. Heard an explosion in the base and found this when investigating. [t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/594745738365649770/FAEDFD92078DC57807D73983249DD37F702F0E53/[/t]

[QUOTE=Deep;39852041]I mean putting infantry on top of buildings, ammo crates indoors and that sort of thing. If i'm not mistaken it's setpos but i don't know exactly how.[/QUOTE] there is an altitude box if you want that

[QUOTE=MadPro119;39852096]You can place the unit over a building then use the elevation box in the unit setup to choose if its on top of the building or in it.[/QUOTE] oh god i'm retarded, i never noticed the damn box for some reason and always used setpos.

I got the Alpha and I've been enjoying it, but I'm kind of disappointed that they didn't include any real heavy weapons particularly the Railgun tank and RAH-66.

Well the alpha was said to be mainly focused on infantry iirc.

whoever made diver death, how did you remove everyones' attatchments?

I'm wondering what kind of expansions Arma 3 will get. Really hype. Hopefully we'll see a snowy environment like in the "Czech this cool shit out" DLC. Would be great for ARMA, especially if there's some heavy winter equipment you have to wear to stay warm.

That was me. I think I just removed the weapon and gave them a new one.