Development Blog & Reveals

[slatts 1978]

what the f***, who are u, why u know who i am? :confused:

I'M The_Blink, from Arma-rpg and SLR-RPG ;) With you, Pisa and Stefen

[krazikilla 5]

I'M The_Blink, from Arma-rpg and SLR-RPG ;) With you, Pisa and Stefen

oh, hi there :)

anyway, enuff private chat. lets stay on topic.

-> uhmm.. looking forward to arma 3 :D

[chrisb 196]

even further than that, iv heard of firefights up to 2000 meters

One and a quarter miles apart, firefights, get the binoculars out lads.. ____________________________________________________________________:681: is he dead yet! can't tell he's too far away..:p

Edited March 3, 2013 by ChrisB

[slatts 1978]

even further than that, iv heard of firefights up to 2000 meters

That's not a firefight, that's a long range engagement. ;)

[Kuskov 1]

The generally accepted average is 300 meters.

Perhaps in open terrain, but recent wars in Iraq, Libya and Syria have shown that the majority of fighting is taking place in urban areas and firefights are generally at distances of less than 100 metres, often room to room.

[CriminalMinds 10]

New Arma 3 screens from the ARG:

http://imgur.com/a/cKKWU

Thx to bovine3dom and all the others in the ARG thread!

Edited March 3, 2013 by CriminalMinds

[Kuskov 1]

Holy crap those screenshots are phenomenal!

Great, now I wont be able to sleep until Tuesday, and then I definitely won't get any sleep!

[Praelium 0]

Absolutely beautiful. I love natural look of them - no fancy sunset views or special angles, just raw Arma III.

[call_911 10]

Combat Basketball anyone :)

[chortles 263]

Perhaps in open terrain, but recent wars in Iraq, Libya and Syria have shown that the majority of fighting is taking place in urban areas and firefights are generally at distances of less than 100 metres, often room to room.

For what it's worth, the screenshots on page 479 linked by CriminalMinds that show the weapon HUD show 300 meters as the zero distance, which (considering earlier footage with "300" in the same position) suggest that 300 meters will be the default zero distance for the MX rifles in-game.

... heads up, "HE" grenades now have a separate display in the weapon HUD! May this be (further) proof of grenades being finally separated from the fire mode cycle?

[CriminalMinds 10]

Mysterious to me, are the different colors of the hud and different layouts. The first one was grey, this one is green. Has anyone an idea why?

[KorroBravin 1]

Mysterious to me, are the different colors of the hud and different layouts. The first one was grey, this one is green. Has anyone an idea why?

I'd imagine UI customization/colour blind accessibility controls on that kind of thing

[call_911 10]

The infantry models are just hands down...amazing!!

http://i.imgur.com/uNme737h.jpg

[antoineflemming 14]

I'd imagine UI customization/colour blind accessibility controls on that kind of thing

Probably the same UI customization feature that TKOH has.

[Leopardi 0]

New Arma 3 screens from the ARG:

http://imgur.com/a/cKKWU

Thx to bovine3dom and all the others in the ARG thread!

imgur is down... anywhere else we can see those shots?

[maddogx 13]

Not down for me / back up.

EDIT: never mind, imgur seems to be back down again.

Edited March 3, 2013 by MadDogX

[Sgt.Spoetnik 10]

Amazing pics, much more detail on trees and rocks and they look :rolleyes:, will be mindblowing!

[sqb-sma 66]

imgur is down... anywhere else we can see those shots?

Imgur is back up, check em!

[pettka 694]

And don't forget to check Dslyecxi's

for his videos :icon_twisted:

[Iroquois Pliskin 0]

And don't forget to check Dslyecxi's

for his videos :icon_twisted:

Missed that.. just woke up. Watching now.

Dat AH-9 screenshot at 1:01 with the rain of casings being ejected...

Edited March 3, 2013 by Iroquois Pliskin

[Tonmeister 14]

i've been outta the loop for a while, but I wonder if the weapon safety is active ingame, as suggests in the image...

[Iroquois Pliskin 0]

i've been outta the loop for a while, but I wonder if the weapon safety is active ingame, as suggests in the image...

http://i.imgur.com/CoPsoIXh.jpg

You mean the 5-sectioned line running just below the weapon name & caliber? Let's see... Safety//Single fire//Burst//Full Auto... and the 5th one? Perhaps it is the under barrel GL?

The above isn't necessarily in that order, but to fill out all five settings, that should be he case.

P.S. The featured weapon doesn't have a burst mode, but there's definitely SAFE on the safety trigger on the rifle itself.

[nodunit 397]

That would be a new thing consider Arma has never had a safe mode, either you have the gun or you don't, and if you do, it's always armed. Oh hey that could lead to priming of weapon systems on vehicles for frustrating weapons checks.

[Iroquois Pliskin 0]

That would be a new thing consider Arma has never had a safe mode, either you have the gun or you don't, and if you do, it's always armed. Oh hey that could lead to priming of weapon systems on vehicles for frustrating weapons checks.

That's what I was talking about in the Control scheme thread months ago... F key for FIRE SELECTOR only is FTW!

Hand grenades & other functions that are all stacked onto the F-cycle in ArmA II could receive their own dedicated key(s).

[zimms 22]

http://i.imgur.com/CoPsoIXh.jpg

You mean the 5-sectioned line running just below the weapon name & caliber? Let's see... Safety//Single fire//Burst//Full Auto... and the 5th one? Perhaps it is the under barrel GL?

The above isn't necessarily in that order, but to fill out all five settings, that should be he case.

P.S. The featured weapon doesn't have a burst mode, but there's definitely SAFE on the safety trigger on the rifle itself.

This is of course just my speculation, but I guess there will always be those 5 bars, no matter if the current weapon has burst functionality.

1: Single Fire

2-3: Burst

5: Full auto

So it's more a visual representation rather than 5 different 'modes'.