General Discussion (dev branch)

[Guest]

Yup, indeed, but I was also wondering about the workload. It will take a lot of resources to adapt everything, manpower and time. I hope it's worth it, but I understand that they want a more modern platform.

 

On modders/community side, it may be an major issue to have to rework everything in order to let content work in future games.

[Alwarren 2767]

That is actually a good thing, because it means no-one will be able to port over slow SQF or SQS scripts into the new Arma game (or what ever it might be)

 

I cringed when I read this statement.

 

From what I have seen on-screen of the new scripting language and what is mentioned on the Take On Mars forum, it looks very different from SQF (more in line with C++/C#), so automatic conversion might not be feasible from an economics point of view. But it doesn't have anything whatsoever to do with SQF's speed of execution.

 

An automatic or semi-automatic conversion would mean you could quickly port from Arma 3 to Arma 4 and then start to optimize/rewrite code. And while the absence of this is not the end of the world, it is beyond me how or why anybody has to spin it into "good news"

[R3vo 2654]

An automatic or semi-automatic conversion would mean you could quickly port from Arma 3 to Arma 4 and then start to optimize/rewrite code. And while the absence of this is not the end of the world, it is beyond me how or why anybody has to spin it into "good news"

 

Okay, maybe "good news" isn't the right term.

 

My concern is the following: If an automatic conversion would be possible and the code would run fine afterwards, how many scripters modders would actually spend time on it to optimise/rewrite their code? Many wouldn't in my opinion.

 

Anyway, we digress, this is totally of topic of this thread and highly speculative at the present time.

[fn_Quiksilver 1636]

Okay, maybe "good news" isn't the right term.

 

My concern is the following: If an automatic conversion would be possible and the code would run fine afterwards, how many scripters modders would actually spend time on it to optimise/rewrite their code? Many wouldn't in my opinion.

 

Anyway, we digress, this is totally of topic of this thread and highly speculative at the present time.

 

 

On the bright side it may mean BI will actually make their own playable content, since they won't be able to rely on community content from day 1.

[old_painless 182]

There'll probably be a lengthy development phase with early adopting, like a 2 year beta programme. Plenty of time to adapt to the new scripting language.

 

Btw, that video was really informative, nice to hear about the new engine under construction

[pettka 694]

Just to make it clear, there are currently no plans to have EnScript in Arma 3 and there is still a plenty of things ahead of us in our game. Speculations about possible Arma 4 are well ahead of time as we are not developing that game yet. Yeah, possibly in the future, there may be some Arma 4, there is no reason to deny that, but keep your crystal balls predictions for a different topic :icon_twisted:

[R0adki11 3949]

Off topic posts removed, can we try to stay on topic. I would prefer not to issue forum infractions  :16_6_8:

[Guest]

Ok, feedback here : http://imgur.com/a/ExuIj (Dev Branch)

Please go full-screen by clicking on the Imgur watermark, in order to see the lines on walls and ground

I'm replaying the Endgame showcase, and I've got this visual issue in Ouméré. It moves want I move my head (the lines rotates on the first picture, and the ground flash on the second one). Does anyone else have similar issues?

 

//EDIT : seems to be related to a specific kind of building, such as between 128 171 and 128 172 on Tanoa.

 

 

 

--Also, being forced to do 360° to stop scrolling in the windows on my second screen is somehow annoying. Is there a way to prevent it?

[Guest]

A lot of buildings have low-quality textures, badly animated parts and blank interior on Tanoa. Is it a known issue, or do I need to report them here?

[R3vo 2654]

A lot of buildings have low-quality textures, badly animated parts and blank interior on Tanoa. Is it a known issue, or do I need to report them here?

 

I guess that's part of the improvements coming to Tanoa.

[Guest]

In the arsenal, the Strider has a NATO variant (skin colour), but in 3Den it can't be changed in by editing vehicles appearance. Is it intended?

[CaptainAzimuth 714]

Jets feel much better with less Camera joggling the view around the cockpit. Thanks.

 

So, now comes other improvements? In the video i linked, you can see at the start, it's a little weird that as soon as i pressed the acceleration button the plane started moving before the engine even spooled up, or the Canopy closed. Kinda weird honestly, not immersive.

 

Also, while taking off, not really that much of a problem, Taxing feels nice (In the buzzard, didn't try the other planes yet). Lift was lacking but that's because my flaps weren't down, and the flight model is also well, as we known, not that great. Hopefully you guys can improve the flight model. Control of the aircraft also needs updating. You can compare my flight videos of various games. In Arma, it's not terrible, but it's not good either. Using WASD to control a jet is a pain at the same time as handling free look and weapons. It's not convenient or intuitive. But, it can be vastly improved with the mouse. You can see some parts in the video where i'm doing a rotation, and you can see a sort of jerking of the Joystick. This is me constantly tapping "S" in order to keep the plane level, and also in the rotational spiral without over correcting. This has to be changed. Doing it with the mouse isn't currently fun ether, as it is the same. Move the mouse some, but not too much. But it can be improved.

 

In terms of controls, it should be, move the mouse to a certain position, and the plane continues to fly in that position. So if my put my mouse a little down and add some rudder, my plane's real controls are moved to a position, so now i can then do a rotational orbit without having to constantly correct the aircraft with the mouse or the WASD keys. Less jerking, looks and feels great, immersive, and all around better. This can also help in the development of a better flight model, because of being able to control the plane more accurately. 

[Vasily.B 529]

I guess that's part of the improvements coming to Tanoa.

Well i got stripped sky :D

Lot of those low quality glitches propably will be fixed with next update (ASDHQ or something....). This laso my be shadows from moon.

[ineptaphid 6413]

So I like the new audio for footsteps etc, but we seem to have lost the sound of tiles/rubble when moving in destroyed buildings. Was that intentional or is it coming back?

[AveryTheKitty 2626]

Pics of the new Zamak texture?

[Guest]

Geez BIS why do you focus on making everything shaky? The RMB is unusable in the arsenal, the camera is just shaking all around when I want to rotate around a vehicle :-/

[Guest]

Argo, not Agon :)

[R0adki11 3949]

OFP and CUP Malden is better, no more futurealistic in A3 please. HUD look fantastic i would live to see it in A3,

 

Optionally off course :) In singleplayer its very usefull.

You do realise alot of vehicles and weapons portrayed in A3 are actually used now. So not really future is it ;)

 

Anyway lets get back on topic, this section is for Arma3 Discussion, Project Argo is over here : https://forums.bistudio.com/forum/207-project-argo/

[Vasily.B 529]

I'm wondering - hud presented in agro is made on same engine as a3, so its possible to port it, right? I'm allways all for minimalisation in A3 hud.

[R4G_Anton 4]

I'm wondering - hud presented in agro is made on same engine as a3, so its possible to port it, right? I'm allways all for minimalisation in A3 hud.

 

Project Agro xD

[R0adki11 3949]

I'm wondering - hud presented in agro is made on same engine as a3, so its possible to port it, right? I'm allways all for minimalisation in A3 hud.

 

 

Project Agro xD

 

As previous asked can we stay on topic, i can appreciate Project Agro  Argo uses the Arma3 engine, but for all purposes its is a separate game and has is own section of the forums.   :icon_ohmygod:

[pettka 694]

As previous asked can we stay on topic, i can appreciate Project Agro  Argo uses the Arma3 engine, but for all purposes its is a separate game and has is own section of the forums.   :icon_ohmygod:

Just to be precise, I have moved the discussion about Malden to a separate thread, feel free to continue discussing there. As for Project Argo, it has its own section of the forums and improvements to Arma 3 from its development are being documented on the wiki :icon_twisted:

[lex__1 422]

Hi, everybody. Someone can prompt, where to look for an exit from a problem.

Discussion was here.

https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/189687-wrought-iron-bushes/

Ticket

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T120680

I have no experience in setup of the server. The reason seems somewhere in settings.

Irritates players damages of cars from bushes and small fences. The problem appears only on the dedicated server.

[Vasily.B 529]

Today i want ask for something that could be revolution for AI infantry.
Its dynamic cover system (i dont know exac name) - used in GTA IV, GTA V, now in Mafia 3, Max Payne 3, and many other games.

Is it possible to adapt it into new (or current) engine?

Right now, current system isnt bad, but AI dont handle it too good. Very often me, and my 1 Ai friend are walking through the village - shootfire - autocombat start - and he think hes hidden. But he is on the barn's wall, and he choose wrong wall to cover, beacuse he is standing in direction where ai was shooting from. This happen very often.

Now with new dynamic cover, Ai could have new line in code, which would seek where fire was from then seek for cover against this fire. I know You at Bohemia have motion capture studio, dynamic covers would lok much better on AI's, and its possible IMHO. I would love to see it on dev branch soon :)

[R0adki11 3949]

Today i want ask for something that could be revolution for AI infantry.

Its dynamic cover system (i dont know exac name) - used in GTA IV, GTA V, now in Mafia 3, Max Payne 3, and many other games.

Is it possible to adapt it into new (or current) engine?

Right now, current system isnt bad, but AI dont handle it too good. Very often me, and my 1 Ai friend are walking through the village - shootfire - autocombat start - and he think hes hidden. But he is on the barn's wall, and he choose wrong wall to cover, beacuse he is standing in direction where ai was shooting from. This happen very often.

Now with new dynamic cover, Ai could have new line in code, which would seek where fire was from then seek for cover against this fire. I know You at Bohemia have motion capture studio, dynamic covers would lok much better on AI's, and its possible IMHO. I would love to see it on dev branch soon :)

Why not post that in the AI Dev thread, that would have been a better place..