Development Blog & Reveals

[ProfTournesol 956]

great job. But shooting underwater is not possible...

...for the moment.

[Tonci87 163]

Uuuhm shooting underwater is possible......

[roberthammer 582]

You only need special underwater ammo and maybe some weapon which is water friendly (don't jams in the water) - in future everything is possible

[purepassion 22]

great job. But shooting underwater is not possible.

Oh, in fact it is :)

@RH, don't you think that round barrel just over the trigger resembles more to the KSG, rather than the RFB?

[Mr. Charles 22]

And The animations of the soldiers are from a person with spinal problems

A bit stiff, sure. But you don't have to use the tactical stance.

[roberthammer 582]

Underwater weapon is cleary RFB - just look at barrel , they only removed rails from the top for some reason tho

http://www.arma3.com/full/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wai_so_tiny/3.jpg

[Lonestar 11]

And The animations of the soldiers are from a person with spinal problems

Another feature worth mentioning is 'alternate poses', which is an experimental feature we're keen to validate with the Community Alpha and see if it earns its place. These are extensions of the three basic stances (stand, kneel and prone). With them, you can adjust to have a high/low or left/right variant to each stance. In terms of gameplay, we'd expect to see improvements in finding effective cover and being able to fire from it.

http://www.bistudio.com/english/company/developers-blog/294-report-in-interview-with-zdenk-vespalec-animation-lead

It is an alternate pose.

[NoRailgunner 0]

Thanks for new lighting info guess most people will enjoy sunrise-daylight-sunset-twilight-dusk and night in A3, maybe even take a break from shooting.... :) Do those underwater weapons use supercavitating ammunition and have a limited accurate range ~25m or will there be no difference to standard ammunition in A3? Hope that a handgrenade will be useable in A3 as deadly "depth charge" too.

[MavericK96 0]

Video looks great, but one of the major problems with ArmA 2 lighting (IMO) is that light beams are not obstructed by objects. In the video, the portion titled "Long Range Lighting" seems to show the same issue in ArmA 3. Is this true, or am I missing something?

[Maio 293]

Good video. Everything looked great and sounded great. The turret had a nice beefy sound to it :)

[Colossus 2]

Good bye, light cones. Good bye, radiated grass.

Hello, ArmA 3! Time to put on some sunglasses :cool:

[Shelestov 270]

"PRESS [sPACE] TO ADVANCE" lol:)

[ProfTournesol 956]

"PRESS [sPACE] TO ADVANCE" lol:)

That's E3 demo.

[purepassion 22]

Underwater weapon is cleary RFB - just look at barrel , they only removed rails from the top for some reason tho

http://www.arma3.com/full/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wai_so_tiny/3.jpg

oh yeah, I thought you meant this picture :o

[Lonestar 11]

The turret had a nice beefy sound to it :)

Hell yeah! :cool:

[roberthammer 582]

oh yeah, I thought you meant this picture :o

That's KSG for sure :)

but now - i still don't know what is that Tan weapon before underwater scene - it really looks like Bushmaster ACR ,but it still looks different - like Polish weapon MSBS , dunno

Edited May 24, 2012 by RobertHammer

[Maio 293]

That's KSG for sure :)

but now - i still don't know what is that Tan weapon before underwater scene - it really looks like Bushmaster ACR ,but it still looks different - like Polish weapon MSBS , dunno

Could be a ACR with a different stock.

[defwen 12]

Awesome video, the police car is very nice at night.

I bit dont like the big text Press Enter, but still its in devs hands so time to countdown E3 and try convince again that running guy with cam to visit BIS place.

[Clarkey1 10]

Video looks great, but one of the major problems with ArmA 2 lighting (IMO) is that light beams are not obstructed by objects. In the video, the portion titled "Long Range Lighting" seems to show the same issue in ArmA 3. Is this true, or am I missing something?

I'm pretty sure Pavel said in the interview that for the time being the sun and moon do not cast shadows.

EDIT: It's the other way around sorry, the point-light doesn't cast shadows yet, but sun and moon do. OK well it's still early days, can't wait for the E3 demo :D

Edited May 24, 2012 by Clarkey1

[Mr. Charles 22]

If you pause the video at 1:24, you can see the amazing searchlight from the helicopter go through 5+ hangars...

[MavericK96 0]

I'm pretty sure Pavel said in the interview that for the time being the sun and moon do not cast shadows.

I was referring to the rotating spotlight in the video. It pans over several structures and none of them seem to block the light from going through them.

I guess it's possible that the light is way higher than all of them but I think that's unlikely.

[Shelestov 270]

is there a hope that we'll get a dynamic shadows in the future?

[instagoat 133]

great job. But shooting underwater is not possible. And The animations of the soldiers are from a person with spinal problems

Uh, yes it is, and has been since the 70s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_firearm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APS_amphibious_rifle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mk_1_Underwater_Defense_Gun

and more recently:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASM-DT_amphibious_rifle

[hamm 10]

The lighting looks a lot better! But the fact that the sun and moon are the only shadow-emitting light sources is disappointing. It means lights (like the searchlight in the video) still won't be blocked by objects. It also makes me think that indoor lighting hasn't been improved.

[Maio 293]

Um... I think our mystery weapon is the XCR :D

If so.. thanks BIS ;)