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Arma 3 and the real world

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Of course we know about the island, the thread starter was talking about matching one of the screenshots from the announcement to a real life location.

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It looks like the island, if truly 1:1 scale, will be roughly 35x30km of land mass. I'm fucking STOKED for the island and I would pay 60$ for it alone, let alone all of the engine upgrades and new content that come with.

ArmA3isle.jpg

Can a BIS Dev confirm the scale of the island, please? :)

How large is that comppared to takistan?

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Takistan is about 160km² if I'm not mistaken. Chernarus is 225km² and this Island will be even larger.

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How large is that comppared to takistan?

It's 2,4.

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no, you take the size of takistan and multiply it by 2.4

which makes it about 380 km2 big ( if 160 is right for Takistan)

Edited by PurePassion

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no, you take the size of takistan and multiply it by 2.4

which makes it about 380 km2 big ( if 160 is right for Takistan)

So the new map is 20 x 19

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@jonney

haha not really the UK is about 244.000 km² big, so there is a huge difference

making maps at the size of 10.000 km2 + just wouldnt make sence at all

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lol arma 3 looks better than real life...

It's not real life. :) It's Google Earth = satellite image mapped on top coarse polygon terrain. :) Real life is always more real than any game. Hope this will be always true. At least for me.

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Real life is always more real than any game. Hope this will be always true. At least for me.

Reality is just a perception. :rolleyes:

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I have a question: Were you able to play a little bit with the possibilities of caves?

I have a scenery like this in my mind which is actually taken from Lemnos

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/9771702.jpg

imagine coming closer to the island with an ASTUTE sub and then switching to a smaller SDV. You silently approach to the shore and some meters behind it you disembark and swim the rest. You get closer to this sort of cave and break through the watersurface. All sounds get brighter and you see light reflections on the walls as you scan the area and approach unseen further into the island behind enemy lines.

Goose skin? Those are exactly the scenarios that could make Arma III awesome

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greece ey'?

i forsee missions where EU soldiers has to bring tons of valueable transport ( our taxmoney ) to the banks, whitout being raided by the partisans ;0)

It's not real life. :) It's Google Earth = satellite image mapped on top coarse polygon terrain. :) Real life is always more real than any game. Hope this will be always true. At least for me.

Ahh! lucky bastard! you have been there?!?

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30x35km in size :eek: oh plz plz be a complete island!

Edit: I see it's a bit smaller, but how much smaller!?

Edited by Trauma.au

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How does Lemnos compare to Chernarus in size then? I would like to have even bigger maps, that would make flying fixed wing even more exciting.

Can someone post in order the smallest to the biggest official islands in BIS history?

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How does Lemnos compare to Chernarus in size then? I would like to have even bigger maps, that would make flying fixed wing even more exciting.

Read page 4 of this thread. You know... one page back.

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Well Lemnos is about 477 sq. km, Chernarus is 225 sq. km and Sahrani was 101.62 sq. km.

Seems to nearly double each iteration.

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