What's the first thing you're going to do on Alpha?

[Dxze 10]

Run about to get a feel for the new, more smooth movement. Then jump in a heli and explore the island. Cannot wait! :D

[nodunit 397]

Perhaps, depending on the server constraints, we should all have a sort of get together to test things and have fun like racing, weapon testing, some swimming, watching the sun set, sit by a fire composed of the losers vehicle at night, attach to some bleachers to the side of a car and ride on it..

[NeuroFunker 11]

testing all new features. Diving, physx at driving, ragdoll, flying choppahs, check on new animations. Ofcourse all that with a buddy in editor coop.

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I will live on the island as an civilian. Have a civilian car and house and go out for some trips now an then. One day at the beach, another to go hiking i the mountains, maybe a bike trip.

All this with only the civilian and animals module running.

with that rig?

[Leopardi 0]

Pray that AMD CPU's won't be useless like in arma 2.

[derdoe 10]

Getting my flottilla of battleships ready and checking the water physics :)

[TSAndrey 1]

Teabag dead terorists

[krazikilla 5]

Creating a testmission with all kind of stuff and starting up a server to test everything out with my m**edit** dudes :)

[rehtus777 10]

1) Mess with the "Set-Up". See if I can squeeze as much power as possible out of my CPU / GPU / RAM - while still having a decent Frame Rate.

2) Get in the Editor > create a tank > place it next to a building > then fire away..... I'm checking out the destruction.

3) Go to night mode and check out the new HDR.

4 ) Check out ragdoll effect.

5) Take a swim

6) Fly a chopper

7) Target Practice with the new weapons.

8) Basic Training

Oorah.

[lNTRUDER 26]

I'm going all-in! :D

Of course I can't wait to get my hands on the editor! Oh the joy

[bardosy 154]

Explain to me what UAZ you will test it on.

You are right! I mean a 4wheel drive, military car. I mean UAZ-like car.

[whiteshadow09 0]

In all seriousness though, I will be checking out the editor and exploring Stratis.

[DShKM 18]

1) Mess with the "Set-Up". See if I can squeeze as much power as possible out of my CPU / GPU / RAM - while still having a decent Frame Rate.

2) Get in the Editor > create a tank > place it next to a building > then fire away..... I'm checking out the destruction.

3) Go to night mode and check out the new HDR.

4 ) Check out ragdoll effect.

5) Take a swim

6) Fly a chopper

7) Target Practice with the new weapons.

8) Basic Training

Oorah.

You sir, have made a great list. This is exactly what I'll do on Tuesday. My anxiety is off the charts now.

[valax 1]

Explore Stratis via air.

Go diving with the fishies.

Editor.

Phyics.

See how much the AI lags if you place down lots of them.

[slatts 1978]

I think before I go blowing up the wildlife with satchels I'll push my PC to the point just before it explodes to see how well I can play it.

[khaki 10]

Cry to myself as I listen to all my friends and the Arma community enjoy the Alpha :cryy:

[ArcherSix 1]

Basic training, get a feel for it all.

Then, I'm going to do some Armory stuff (assuming that's intact).

Finally, some multiplayer.

[Zyromkiru 10]

graphics settings and performance to see how well the game is currently playable and then I want to test the controls.

[BigMorgan 11]

I'm going to crank the visual settings to max (view distance to 4000-5000m) and look for a MP game. :cool:

[ryanbeckey0 1]

1. max everything and decrease until i find a good compromise with FPS

2. do the tutorials

3. check out underwater diving

4. try to kill the new AI

[dunedain 48]

As always I'll will start the first SP mission, map my keys properly while playing it, tweak the graphical options to get a decent framerate. I'll then have fun with the editor.

[Sunchips21 1]

Test out something i have always wondered about since the first time they announced the underwater environment.

!!!Drive a car off a cliff into the ocean!!!

Edited March 1, 2013 by Sunchips21

[Kees5507 10]

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I'm wondering the same about jumping into the ocean from some height.

[das attorney 857]

2. Enter the editor, place a player unit, and an enemy unit called unit1, then write an init script:

sleep 5;
unit1 setVelocity [0, 0, 100];
sleep 1;
unit1 setVelocity [0, 0, -1000];
sleep 0.05;
unit1 setDamage 1;

Are you sure you'll need the setDammage line at the end? ;)

[bensch 1]

if its possible to create a dedicated server with the alpha, then I stresstest the complete game. I simulate 50players on a server with many many EnemyAI. That was a big problem from Arma2, that you can run big missions without FPS-Drops like hell; client and server side.

[Minoza 11]

Find out whether glowing cows made it into the alpha. :D