General Discussion (dev branch)

[kylania 568]

Same, ANY MP Server I can be in Debug console and do whatever I want, major issue.

How many dev build public servers are there? Seems you deserve what you get if you do that. heh

[thr0tt 12]

How many dev build public servers are there? Seems you deserve what you get if you do that. heh

Why are you posting in the Dev branch discussion ? 'We' are helping the non-Dev branch be more stable by reporting problems, to answer your question there are about the same amount of dev to stable branch servers, im glad some of us are helping here.

[[aps]gnat 28]

Huge gun fire echo

Man class can now stand on vehicles with floor/deck geometry but a) doesn't move with vehicle b) deck is full of random holes

[scarecrow398 43]

How many dev build public servers are there? Seems you deserve what you get if you do that. heh

Majority of the public servers appear to be on the dev build...

I don't get how this even happened in the first place...

[progamer 14]

Gnat;2463297']Huge gun fire echo

Man class can now stand on vehicles with floor/deck geometry but a) doesn't move with vehicle b) deck is full of random holes

That's awesome to here that the Man class is being worked on!

[DaRkL3AD3R 1]

DaRkL3AD3R

Can you make a snapshot because i see volumetric clouds.

Before this is what clouds used to look like:

http://imageshack.com/a/img266/6783/vd0o.png

They were updated to look like this:

http://imageshack.com/a/img153/2833/iwm.png

Unfortunately for some odd reason the incredible new update to them was reverted and now we're back to the old plain looking fluffy clouds. :butbut: I really miss the updated appearance as it felt much more realistic and diverse.

[Deceiver 10]

How do the new new binocular animations look like?

Like this. This is what PurePassion mentioned above. Some random animation loop and involuntary transition are also added.

[afp 1]

Why should a sound for moving your body be useless or break immersion?! It sounds like there is a problem on your end ("I hear a beep")

Regarding problems with the movement sounds; the lowered crouch produces a constant slow walking sound, crawling with the binocs produces a walking sound as well, the prone adjustment stances are missing their sound and the sound for switching weapons is doubled. :)

Also, switching to the binocs with a pistol produces a overly fast and shaky, misaligned animation. The same applies to switching to the pistol while having the binocs out. The soldier is also still holding the pistol in his hands even though the animation holstered it.

Indeed, the new personal gear sounds are some of the best and balanced ever heard in a game, the overall volume too is low for the moment though. I have to turn everything almost to maximum to get the real immersive sound.

However, the personal sounds should be the same in 3th person view or the immersion is broken, now it looks like your character is few meters away.

[Smurf 12]

However, the personal sounds should be the same in 3th person view or the immersion is broken, now it looks like your character is few meters away.

But it is supose to be exactly that, a camera following you from a distance. You can see that by the lens flares and other things.

[afp 1]

It's breaking immersivity and identification with the character. It should be like it always been and like any other game.

[Anachoretes 10]

DaRkL3AD3R

Examples is weak. Very different scenes and current clouds can generate this. And thay still vulumetric - not flat.

Edited August 9, 2013 by Anachoretes

[dale0404 5]

Before this is what clouds used to look like:

http://imageshack.com/a/img266/6783/vd0o.png

They were updated to look like this:

http://imageshack.com/a/img153/2833/iwm.png

Unfortunately for some odd reason the incredible new update to them was reverted and now we're back to the old plain looking fluffy clouds. :butbut: I really miss the updated appearance as it felt much more realistic and diverse.

Please add some clouds...

[Anachoretes 10]

Btw, on the sunrise clouds often looks flat because weak sunrise light reflect from backside of cloud.

Also.

Example.

Edited August 9, 2013 by Anachoretes

[Azzur33 1]

Unfortunately for some odd reason the incredible new update to them was reverted and now we're back to the old plain looking fluffy clouds. :butbut: I really miss the updated appearance as it felt much more realistic and diverse.

The were reverted because the morning and evening clouds were looking bad, which was a shame, because they were great at other times of the day.

I'm sure they are coming back, if the problems (too dark clouds, weird colouring) can be fixed.

[strangere 2]

They aren't yet and neither is a massive amount of the "little" stuff.

You can see camo net on this recent pic.

http://www.armaholic.com/datas/users/a3_ghost_4.jpg

[mac81 0]

Please add some clouds...

I remember a video from BI showing volumetric cloud well before the release of the alpha, but that video

just showed the cloud in the distance and nothing more.

I found on the tube some videos showing players flying in beautiful volumetric cloud environment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVZPumIsTAk but I never had the chance to fly in clouds like that because every time I tried with a heli to climb toward them, the cloud layer simply start to climb too and it was impossible for me to reach and enter it!!!! So at the end I took a look to the altitude in those video and finally I figured out that to get in those clouds you have to climb to altitude from 2000 up to 5000meters!

So I'm wondering: should be possible have a parameter to adjust the height of a cloud in game? And what will be the impact that volumetric clouds have on performance? Because having volumetric cloud in the game as shown in the videos is great but at that altitude I think is useless, unless for air battles, but this is not a flight simulator!

[CreamyBlood 1]

Well, if the only thing to complain about is how the clouds look and how immersive the sounds are in third person (in a first person game) while looking at your butt then I'd say Arma 3 is good to go for gold press. Release the hounds, Arma 3 is ready for prime time.

[DontGetMadGetMoney 10]

can anybody say why helicopter controls are always messed up? like, i always need to reconfigure it, because X is assigned to autohover, q is a pedal while z is collective down, pedals are other different keys, makes no sense,i thought there were people at BI who are supposed to at least launch a game once in a week lol

[purepassion 22]

sounds like a problem on your end. Are you sure the buttons are saved and the profile is written correctly?

[mac81 0]

Well, if the only thing to complain about is how the clouds look and how immersive the sounds are in third person (in a first person game) while looking at your butt then I'd say Arma 3 is good to go for gold press. Release the hounds, Arma 3 is ready for prime time.

According me It's not just a metter of how cloud looks like, I was thinking about the possibility to have clouds close to the ground more than how they look like (read carefully my post) so they can affect helicopter flying at low level and also shooting condition for gunner like it is in real life, because as they are right now they are indeed beautifull to look at but useless... ...and maybe also performance consuming!!!

So next time reading through the various posts try to look a little bit further from the tip of your nose before putting down the first comment that pops in your head.

[Tyl3r99 41]

hopefully tasks can be fixed today

[lappihuan 178]

hopefully tasks can be fixed today

I think the problem is sitting in front of the computer...

I have a 99% working Task Module.

Try some Tutorials about the Task Module, you are crying about that like it would never work. :j:

[comp_uter15776 1]

I think the problem is sitting in front of the computer...

I have a 99% working Task Module.

Try some Tutorials about the Task Module, you are crying about that like it would never work. :j:

What is actually wrong with it? :s I've seen nothing that would be an issue on my end?

[KingoftheSandbox 10]

We tested a mission with silenced weapons yesterday and noticed that the penetration with silencers is bugged/or very unrealistic. Clear headshots should allways kill, no matter from what distance, often they dont. i searched on the tracker but didnt find a ticket for it.

im aware that silencers lower the penetration of a round, but headshots, which dont kill?

[dmarkwick 261]

We tested a mission with silenced weapons yesterday and noticed that the penetration with silencers is bugged/or very unrealistic. Clear headshots should allways kill, no matter from what distance, often they dont. i searched on the tracker but didnt find a ticket for it.

im aware that silencers lower the penetration of a round, but headshots, which dont kill?

Were you shooting units with helmets?