General Discussion (dev branch)

[buster0083 1]

Was there a sugarcane farm directly east of Agia Marina in the original release? I've never noticed it before.

It's great. Sugarcane makes for quite a thick jungles, please BIS make the area they take ~3 times bigger at least. It's just an awesome area that can look quite maze-like if you do it.

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/597002149161864366/229F85D5B7B127B56F9612CED41342B3D687B17B/

Forgive my lack of observational skills but do you have a grid ref? I've never noticed it and now I can't find it!

[daze23 1]

Forgive my lack of observational skills but do you have a grid ref? I've never noticed it and now I can't find it!

around 034059

[Trauma.au 10]

Run speed almost indistinguishable from tactical pace, depends on how tired I am when playing as to whether I notice a change.

[buster0083 1]

around 034059

Thanks! My mistake was trying to find it from a helo

[l mandrake 9]

Where is the the dev branch changelog sticky? Unstuck?

[papanowel 120]

Where is the the dev branch changelog sticky? Unstuck?

It's in Arma3 - News section forum.

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?149636-Alpha-Development-branch-changelog

[Dwarden 1125]

yes, dev changelog, sitrep and spotrep were moved to NEWS section

[nikiforos 450]

Ohh and I thought I was blind:)

[metalcraze 290]

I've noticed this a long time ago but is parallax mapping entirely absent from ArmA3 atm?

This is especially apparent when loading Utes or Proving Grounds, maps that rely heavily on parallax bumpmapping to create detail on the ground.

Ground is flat everywhere and on Stratis it's very obvious too when looking at those small rocks on textures everywhere. Is it under rework or something? Will it make comeback?

[purepassion 22]

What terrain detail settings are you using? I am definitely getting parallax mapping on various groundtextures

[dmarkwick 261]

I've noticed this a long time ago but is parallax mapping entirely absent from ArmA3 atm?

This is especially apparent when loading Utes or Proving Grounds, maps that rely heavily on parallax bumpmapping to create detail on the ground.

Ground is flat everywhere and on Stratis it's very obvious too when looking at those small rocks on textures everywhere. Is it under rework or something? Will it make comeback?

I hope not, I don't think we need it, it never added anything other than odd looking floaty movements to small objects on the ground, and odd shadow movements when you got close.

[metalcraze 290]

What terrain detail settings are you using? I am definitely getting parallax mapping on various groundtextures

Heh it looks like it's indeed tied to ground quality setting in A3 (vs. A2). I had it on standard to save FPS on grass (since it affects grass too) but looks like it starts appearing only at High and above. BIS should make it on by default like in A2 or at least a separate setting (since I have more grass and bigger terrain polygonal detail forced on me too). Plus parallax seems to be less pronounced in A3 compared to A2 (compare them on Utes)

[nodunit 397]

No thanks, no forced parallax until they extend the rendering range, watching the ground warp like this

is distracting and a bit eerie. I'd love to see Parallax more pronounced on smaller rocks and things like that to add more detail to the terrain but not quite like this.

[daze23 1]

daily dev build updates have spoiled me. is today a holiday? :p

[chortles 263]

The SITREP said that after Tuesday's update:

we will halt updates for two days. Publication should continue this Friday. The reason? We are making significant and extensive changes to the way audio and volume balancing are handled. These changes affect all assets with sound, and we want to make sure it all gets published in one go. There will also be a detailed description of the changes and what to test afterwards.

[sqb-sma 66]

The SITREP said that after Tuesday's update:

Hell to the yes, sound is sorely lacking. Can't wait to see it get some attention.

[bigpickle 0]

Originally Posted by DnA

we will halt updates for two days. Publication should continue this Friday. The reason? We are making significant and extensive changes to the way audio and volume balancing are handled. These changes affect all assets with sound, and we want to make sure it all gets published in one go. There will also be a detailed description of the changes and what to test afterwards.

[daze23 1]

so just the stable build got updated today?

[Smurf 12]

Yes > http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?151644-Alpha-SPOTREPs&p=2386812#post2386812

[nikiforos 450]

Good job BIS with the update!!!

I gain 4-5 FPS in daylight and I also noticed better performance at night.

I like the tweaking with the NVG and the thing that they aren't too bright as before.

First impressions are positive and I wanted to share my experience so far ;)

[metalcraze 290]

So which update has newer files? Stable or dev?

Since stable says it's only 38 megs compared to previous stable (which means it has barely anything but new EXE) and when going from dev to stable it's 300+ megs download. So many files are getting downgraded probably?

[.kju 3242]

Dev is newer

[dethica 2]

anyone else notice the muzzle flashes are extremely visible during the day now?

[jumpinghubert 49]

the coronas of streetlight are like static sprites:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=142847213

@metalcraze

dev is older.

non dev 0.56.104778

dev 0.55.104711

[Alo Keen 7]

Is it? The size difference is... substantial.